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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)
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2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup
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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. 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. 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:
  •  Japan
  •  China
  •  South Korea
  •  Chinese Taipei
• 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)

Competition format

The tournament composed of two divisions, Division A and Division B.

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.

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.

Included were the FIBA World Rankings prior to the draw.

* Withdrew.

Draw

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

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

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

New Zealand	59–53	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 7–21, 17–14, 10–3, 25–15
Pts: Purcell 22 Rebs: Harmon 15 Asts: Purcell, Taylor 4		Pts: Bao 12 Rebs: Bao 6 Asts: Huang F. 6

North Korea	53–110	China
Scoring by quarter: 7–23, 20–30, 11–28, 15–29
Pts: Ro 20 Rebs: Ro 5 Asts: Ro 4		Pts: Li Y. 33 Rebs: Li Y. 11 Asts: Li M. 8

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Australia	3	3	0	268	193	+75	6
2	Japan	3	2	1	250	194	+56	5
3	South Korea	3	1	2	201	211	−10	4
4	Philippines	3	0	3	183	304	−121	3

South Korea	54–78	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 3–20, 18–24, 18–21
Pts: Sim 11 Rebs: Park Ji-s. 8 Asts: five players 1		Pts: Griffin 15 Rebs: Smith, Snell 7 Asts: Mansfield 5

Philippines	55–106	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 11–25, 20–31, 8–31, 16–19
Pts: Miranda 17 Rebs: Animam 9 Asts: Cabinbin 3		Pts: Mawuli 21 Rebs: Akaho, Fujioka 10 Asts: Fujioka 10

Australia	107–65	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 38–14, 30–9, 21–23, 18–19
Pts: St. Blicavs 18 Rebs: Sa. Blicavs 8 Asts: Sa. Blicavs 6		Pts: Pontejos 18 Rebs: Cabinbin 4 Asts: Cabinbin 5

Japan	70–56	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 12–14, 26–7, 16–13, 16–22
Pts: Nagaoka 13 Rebs: Mamiya, Miyazawa 5 Asts: Yoshida 8		Pts: Lim 12 Rebs: Kim D. 7 Asts: Kim D. 5

Japan	74–83	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 15–20, 20–25, 24–24
Pts: Fujioka 18 Rebs: Takada 6 Asts: Fujioka 10		Pts: Tolo 17 Rebs: Griffin 9 Asts: Mansfield 7

South Korea	91–63	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 25–15, 26–13, 21–16
Pts: Kim D. 19 Rebs: Kim D., Lim 10 Asts: Park H.N. 7		Pts: Lim 14 Rebs: Lim 6 Asts: Sambile 4

Knockout round

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	27 July
	China	117
					28 July
	Philippines	43
					China	71
	27 July
					Japan	74
	Japan	73
									29 July
	Chinese Taipei	57
									Japan	74
	27 July
									Australia	73
	New Zealand	49
					28 July
	South Korea	64
					South Korea	64
	27 July
					Australia	81			Third place
	Australia	81
									29 July
	North Korea	48
									China	75
									South Korea	51

5th place bracket

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	28 July
	Philippines	53
					29 July
	Chinese Taipei	87
					Chinese Taipei	65
	28 July
					New Zealand	45
	New Zealand	82
	North Korea	61
					Seventh place
					29 July
					Philippines	78
					North Korea	63

Quarterfinals

New Zealand	49–64	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 14–8, 6–26, 18–11, 11–19
Pts: Harmon 13 Rebs: Harmon 10 Asts: four players 2		Pts: Park Ji-s. 19 Rebs: Park Ji-s. 11 Asts: Kim D. 5

Australia	81–48	North Korea
Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 21–11, 11–12, 21–13
Pts: Smith 20 Rebs: Smith 9 Asts: three players 4		Pts: Ro 22 Rebs: Kim R., Ro 5 Asts: Kim R. 4

China	117–43	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 33–13, 28–2, 25–16, 31–12
Pts: Li Y. 17 Rebs: Li Y. 12 Asts: Shao, Zhao 7		Pts: Bernardino 11 Rebs: Animam 6 Asts: five players 1

Japan	73–57	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 20–15, 19–15, 21–12
Pts: Nagaoka 28 Rebs: Takada 9 Asts: Yoshida 8		Pts: Huang P. 17 Rebs: Bao 16 Asts: Huang F. 5

5–8th place semifinals

New Zealand	82–61	North Korea
Scoring by quarter: 31–8, 18–17, 22–16, 22–20
Pts: Harmon 15 Rebs: Purcell 14 Asts: Cocks, Taylor 5		Pts: Ri 19 Rebs: Ro 7 Asts: Ro 5

Philippines	53–87	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 8–13, 17–21, 11–28
Pts: Cabinbin 14 Rebs: Almazan 6 Asts: Cabinbin 7		Pts: Bao 16 Rebs: Bao 11 Asts: Lin Y. 6

Semifinals

South Korea	64–81	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 13–23, 11–16, 23–20
Pts: Kang L., Sim 14 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Sim 5		Pts: Griffin 16 Rebs: Griffin 9 Asts: Ebzery 5

China	71–74	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 17–14, 23–22, 16–20
Pts: Shao 16 Rebs: Huang 7 Asts: Shen 6		Pts: Fujioka 19 Rebs: Fujioka, Osaki 8 Asts: Fujioka 14

Seventh place game

North Korea	63–78	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 10–29, 16–17, 24–14
Pts: Kim M. 20 Rebs: Ro 9 Asts: Ro 5		Pts: Lim 16 Rebs: Resultay 10 Asts: Cabinbin 8

Fifth place game

New Zealand	45–65	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 4–20, 15–13, 13–15, 13–17
Pts: Cocks 10 Rebs: Purcell 10 Asts: Harmon 4		Pts: Bao, Huang P. 10 Rebs: Cheng 9 Asts: Chen, Wu 4

Third place game

South Korea	51–75	China
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 15–21, 11–17, 6–17
Pts: Park Ji-s. 14 Rebs: Park Ji-s. 11 Asts: Sim 6		Pts: Huang, Li Y. 16 Rebs: Li Y. 11 Asts: Li M. 7

Final

Australia	73–74	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 22–16, 14–26, 20–15
Pts: Griffin 30 Rebs: Griffin 15 Asts: Ebzery 6		Pts: Mizushima 26 Rebs: Takada 8 Asts: Machida 9

Final standing

Rank	Team	Record
	Japan	5–1
	Australia	5–1
	China	5–1
4	South Korea	2–4
5	Chinese Taipei	3–3
6	New Zealand	3–3
7	Philippines	1–5
8	North Korea	0–6

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Points Name PPG Ro Suk-yong 20.2 Li Yueru 17.2 Kelsey Griffin 15.8 Jillian Harmon 14.0 Moeko Nagaoka 13.7

Rebounds Name RPG Kalani Purcell 10.0 Jillian Harmon 9.3 Li Yueru Joy Burke 8.7 Kelsey Griffin 8.2 Park Ji-su

Assists Name APG Manami Fujioka 8.2 Asami Yoshida 6.0 Rui Machida 5.2 Li Meng 5.0 France Cabinbin 4.5

Blocks Name BPG Park Ji-su 2.2 Ro Suk-yong 1.5 Marianna Tolo 1.4 Huang Hongpin 1.2 Joy Burke

Steals Name SPG Huang Ping-jen 2.8 Asami Yoshida 2.3 Shao Ting 1.8 Lu Wen Afril Bernardino Ro Suk-yong

Awards

Most Valuable Player

• Kelsey Griffin

All-Tournament Team

• Manami Fujioka
• Lim Yung-hui
• Moeko Nagaoka
• Kelsey Griffin
• Li Yueru

Division B

All times are local (UTC+05:30)

Preliminary round

Group A

American Samoa withdrew from competition.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	India	2	2	0	180	118	+62	4
2	Uzbekistan	2	1	1	154	131	+23	3
3	Sri Lanka	2	0	2	81	166	−85	2

Uzbekistan	76–92	India
Scoring by quarter: 9–19, 21–24, 23–26, 23–23
Pts: Salavatova 15 Rebs: Averyanova, Koneva 8 Asts: Kashuba 8		Pts: Paul 28 Rebs: Limaye 10 Asts: Akula, Paul 5

Sri Lanka	39–78	Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 10–26, 10–27, 12–13, 7–12
Pts: Dapana 14 Rebs: Silva 9 Asts: Beruwalaga 3		Pts: Koneva 19 Rebs: Asanova 12 Asts: Kashuba 8

Sri Lanka	42–88	India
Scoring by quarter: 10–23, 3–17, 13–19, 16–29
Pts: Dapana 9 Rebs: Silva 8 Asts: Silva 3		Pts: Varghese 19 Rebs: Limaye 10 Asts: Sonkar 6

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	206	154	+52	6
2	Lebanon	3	2	1	218	174	+44	5
3	Singapore	3	1	2	219	185	+34	4
4	Fiji	3	0	3	134	264	−130	3

Fiji	38–103	Singapore
Scoring by quarter: 9–35, 12–25, 9–18, 8–25
Pts: Tawake 8 Rebs: Kainamoli 10 Asts: four players 1		Pts: Tan 21 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Koh 6

Kazakhstan	62–54	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 14–11, 21–13, 12–17
Pts: Yagodkina 22 Rebs: Kondrakova 18 Asts: three players 3		Pts: Akl 18 Rebs: Bakhos 6 Asts: Akl 3

Lebanon	90–48	Fiji
Scoring by quarter: 28–11, 17–14, 34–16, 11–7
Pts: Schoucair 21 Rebs: Mokdad 10 Asts: Mokdad 7		Pts: Koyamainavure 13 Rebs: Kainamoli, Koyamainavure 7 Asts: Koyamainavure 4

Singapore	52–73	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 6–9, 18–21, 10–23, 18–20
Pts: Poon 15 Rebs: Lim R. 12 Asts: Tan 2		Pts: Yagodkina 16 Rebs: Kondrakova 12 Asts: Kolesnikova 5

Kazakhstan	71–48	Fiji
Scoring by quarter: 19–9, 14–7, 16–12, 22–20
Pts: Ossipenko 21 Rebs: Kondrakova 12 Asts: Kolesnikova 5		Pts: Koyamainavure 28 Rebs: four players 5 Asts: Kainamoli 4

Lebanon	74–64	Singapore
Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 16–15, 21–11, 19–22
Pts: Maalouf 16 Rebs: El Charif 9 Asts: Akl 5		Pts: Poon 20 Rebs: Lim R., Tan 7 Asts: Lim R. 5

Knockout round

Bracket

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	27 July
	India	93
					28 July
	Fiji	51
					India	79
	27 July
					Lebanon	69
	Lebanon	86
									29 July
	Sri Lanka	37
									India	75
	27 July
									Kazakhstan	73
	Uzbekistan	84
					28 July
	Singapore	79
					Uzbekistan	51
					Kazakhstan	77			Third place
									29 July
									Lebanon	59
									Uzbekistan	55

5th place bracket

	5–7th place semifinals				Fifth place
	28 July
	Fiji	65
					29 July
	Sri Lanka	64
					Fiji	65
					Singapore	80

Quarterfinals

Uzbekistan	84–79	Singapore
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 14–15, 33–16, 19–26
Pts: Koneva 26 Rebs: Khusnitdinova 11 Asts: Koneva 7		Pts: Lim M. 18 Rebs: Lim R. 7 Asts: Poon 6

Lebanon	86–37	Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 25–11, 22–9, 29–10, 10–7
Pts: Moukaddem 16 Rebs: Gyokchian 12 Asts: Moukaddem 6		Pts: Silva 17 Rebs: three players 6 Asts: Durage 3

India	93–51	Fiji
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 23–12, 25–16, 26–12
Pts: Paul 19 Rebs: Rajaganapathi 10 Asts: Sonkar 7		Pts: Koyamainavure 24 Rebs: Koyamainavure 11 Asts: Dobui 5

5–8th place semifinal

Sri Lanka	64–65	Fiji
Scoring by quarter: 13–16, 15–8, 19–23, 17–18
Pts: Durage, Iddamalgoda 10 Rebs: Gallage, Silva 12 Asts: five players 2		Pts: Koyamainavure 22 Rebs: Tawake 13 Asts: Dobui, Koyamainavure 5

Semifinals

Uzbekistan	51–77	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 9–23, 20–15, 9–22
Pts: Sevastyanova 19 Rebs: Averyanova 15 Asts: Sevastyanova 3		Pts: Kurazova 24 Rebs: Kurazova 8 Asts: Yagodkina 6

Lebanon	69–79	India
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 18–17, 20–23, 11–23
Pts: Akl 20 Rebs: El Charif 14 Asts: Fares 5		Pts: Palanilkumkalayil 20 Rebs: Palanilkumkalayil 7 Asts: Palanilkumkalayil 6

Fifth place game

Fiji	65–80	Singapore
Scoring by quarter: 7–24, 17–20, 16–16, 25–20
Pts: Koyamainavure 31 Rebs: Koyamainavure 11 Asts: Kainamoli 5		Pts: Lim Z. 26 Rebs: Tan 7 Asts: Chu 5

Third place game

Uzbekistan	55–59	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 13–8, 11–17, 17–16, 14–18
Pts: Khusnitdinova 22 Rebs: Averyanova 12 Asts: Sevastyanova 4		Pts: Akl 20 Rebs: El Charif 6 Asts: Akl 5

Final

Kazakhstan	73–75	India
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 20–15, 19–19, 15–25
Pts: Kondrakova 30 Rebs: Kondrakova 18 Asts: Yagodkina 6		Pts: Palanilkumkalayil 20 Rebs: Limaye 10 Asts: Limaye 6

Final standing

Rank	Team	Record
1	India	5–0
2	Kazakhstan	4–1
3	Lebanon	4–2
4	Uzbekistan	2–3
5	Singapore	2–3
6	Fiji	1–5
7	Sri Lanka	0–3

Notes

1. ^ American Samoa originally qualified for 2017 FIBA Asia Women's Cup and was drawn into Group A of Division B but withdrew in July 2017 prior to the tournament citing the failure to secure funding from the American Samoa National Olympic Committee and their government.

References

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External links

• Official website

• 2017 in Indian women's sport
• 2017 in women's basketball
• 2017–18 in Asian basketball
• FIBA Women's Asia Cup
• International women's basketball competitions hosted by India
• July 2017 sports events in Asia