2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup

2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup
27th Asian Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	23–29 July
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Japan (4th title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Kelsey Griffin
Top scorer	Ro (20.2)
Top rebounds	Purcell (10.0)
Top assists	Fujioka (9.2)
PPG (Team)	China (92.0)
RPG (Team)	China (47.0)
APG (Team)	China (29.8)
Official website
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The 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Spain. The tournament was held from 23 to 29 July in Bangalore, India.^[1]^[2] Before this edition, the tournament was known as the FIBA Asia Championship for Women, and only involved FIBA Asia members. FIBA Oceania teams Australia and New Zealand, as well as Fiji (at Division B) competed in the tournament for the first time.

Japan won their fourth title after defeating Australia 74–73 in the final, while China captured the bronze medal by defeating South Korea 75–51.^[3] These four countries qualified for 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.

Venue

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Bangalore	Bangalore
Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium
Capacity: 4,000

Qualifiers

For Division A:

Semifinalists at the 2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship:
Qualifying round winners at the 2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship:
- Philippines
- North Korea
Teams from FIBA Oceania:
- Australia
- New Zealand

For Division B:

The host nation, being relegated to Division B at the previous championship:
- India
Early registrants for the Division B slots from FIBA Asia:
- Kazakhstan
- Sri Lanka
- Lebanon
- Uzbekistan
- Singapore
Finalists of the Women's Basketball Final at the 2015 Pacific Games:
- Fiji
- American Samoa (withdrew)^{[note 1]}

Competition format

The tournament composed of two divisions, Division A and Division B.^[5]^[6]

For each division, during the Group Phase, eight participating teams were divided into two groups (A and B) of four teams each. Each team played all the other teams in its own group (a total of three games for each team), and all four teams in each group advanced to their division's Quarter-finals. A total of twelve games were played in the Group Phase.

During the Final Phase, Quarter-finals games were decided on the ranking of the participating teams in the Group Phase:

Game 13: 1st A v 4th B
Game 14: 2nd B v 3rd B
Game 15: 3rd A v 2nd B
Game 16: 4th A v 1st B

For Division A, the four winners advanced to the Semi-finals and to the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.

Meanwhile, the four losing quarterfinalists went on to play 5th-8th Classification Games wherein the two winners advanced to play 5-6 Classification Game, while the two losers played 7-8 Classification Game

During the Semi-finals, the four teams played as follows:

Game 21: Winner of Game 13 v Winner of Game 14
Game 22: Winner of Game 15 v Winner of Game 16

In determining the Champions and the Third Place winner, the four teams played as follows:

Game 23: Loser of Game 21 v Loser of Game 22
Game 24: Winner of Game 21 v Winner of Game 22

Divisions

Division A included teams that won in the 2015 qualifying round and the semifinalists of the previous championship. FIBA Oceania teams Australia and New Zealand competed in the tournament for the first time and were placed in the same division.^[7]

Division B included the host team, previous championship Level II participants Kazakhstan and Sri Lanka. Returning participants that were absent two years ago were Lebanon, Uzbekistan and Singapore. Completing the eight-team Division B were FIBA Oceania representatives Fiji and American Samoa, which qualified by playing at the Women's Basketball Final at the 2015 Pacific Games.^[8]

Included were the FIBA World Rankings prior to the draw.

Division A	Division B
Australia (4) China (10) Japan (13) South Korea (15) Chinese Taipei (34) New Zealand (38) Philippines (49) North Korea (64)	India (40) Kazakhstan (43) Lebanon (54) Uzbekistan (54) Sri Lanka (56) Singapore (67) Fiji (77) American Samoa* (77)

* Withdrew.

Draw

The official draw ceremony was held on 17 May 2017 in Krishna Hall, Bengaluru.^[9]

Squads

Division A

All times are local (UTC+05:30)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	China	3	3	0	289	164	+125	6
2	New Zealand	3	2	1	178	180	−2	5
3	Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	193	237	−44	4
4	North Korea	3	0	3	179	258	−79	3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

23 July 2017
15:30

Chinese Taipei	77–76	North Korea
Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 20–16, 20–16, 17–16
Pts: Bao 17 Rebs: Bao 10 Asts: Huang P. 4		Pts: Ro 26 Rebs: Kim R. 6 Asts: Jang 5

New Zealand	48–77	China
Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 14–22, 16–21, 8–17
Pts: Harmon 14 Rebs: Purcell 6 Asts: Paalvast 3		Pts: Li M. 15 Rebs: Li Y. 11 Asts: four players 3

North Korea	50–71	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 14–15, 13–16, 12–23
Pts: Pak H. 20 Rebs: Jang, Ro 7 Asts: Jang 4		Pts: Harmon 23 Rebs: Harmon 13 Asts: Paalvast 5

China	102–63	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 28–8, 30–17, 21–22, 23–16
Pts: Huang S. 25 Rebs: four players 4 Asts: Li M. 7		Pts: Huang P. 13 Rebs: Bao, Lin Y. 4 Asts: three players 2

Venue

Qualifiers

Competition format

Divisions

Draw

Squads

Division A

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final standing

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Awards

Division B

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Knockout round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

5–8th place semifinal

Semifinals

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final standing

Notes

References

External links