1997 Asian Basketball Championship

FIBA Asia Championship 1997
19th Asian Basketball Championship
Number of nations	15th
winner	South Korea (2nd title)
venue	Riad
Opening game	September 11, 1997
Endgame	September 19, 1997
Games	51

The 1997 Asian Basketball Championship (officially: FIBA Asia Championship 1997 ) was the 19th edition of this tournament and took place from September 11th to 19th in Riyadh , Saudi Arabia . It was organized by FIBA Asia , the Asian basketball association. The two best teams qualified for the 1998 World Basketball Championship .

Attendees

According to the rules of FIBA ​​Asia, the five best-placed teams from the 1995 Asian Basketball Championship were allowed to take part in the tournament in addition to the host Saudi Arabia , as well as two other teams from each regional association, with the exception of East Asia, as five participants were already qualified for the tournament. A total of 15 teams took part in the tournament.

The top five teams of the 1995 Asian Basketball Championship plus hosts:

•  China
•  South Korea
•  Japan
•  Chinese Taipei
•  Kazakhstan
•  Saudi Arabia - host

Regional qualification winners:

West Asia:

•  Iran
•  Jordan

Gulf region:

•  United Arab Emirates
•  Bahrain

Central Asia:

•  India
•  Bangladesh

East Asia:

•  Hong Kong

South East Asia:

•  Indonesia
•  Philippines

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in three groups with four teams and one group with three teams. The winner of a game received two points, the loser one point. The two best of each group played in groups E and F for places 1-8. The third and fourth placed played in groups G and H for places 9-15.

Group A

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	China	3	3	0	280: 198	6th
2	Iran	3	2	1	215: 242	5
3	Bahrain	3	1	2	197: 214	4th
4th	Philippines	3	0	3	216: 254	3

September 11, 1997	China	-	Bahrain	74 : 60
September 11, 1997	Iran	-	Philippines	77 : 76
September 12, 1997	China	-	Philippines	107 : 72
September 12, 1997	Bahrain	-	Iran	67: 72
September 13, 1997	China	-	Iran	99 : 66
September 13, 1997	Philippines	-	Bahrain	68: 70

Group B

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	South Korea	3	3	0	326: 196	6th
2	UAE	3	2	1	262: 180	5
3	India	3	1	2	257: 237	4th
4th	Bangladesh	3	0	3	152: 384	3

September 11, 1997	South Korea	-	Bangladesh	153 : 55
September 11, 1997	UAE	-	India	82 : 65
September 12, 1997	India	-	South Korea	69: 100
September 12, 1997	Bangladesh	-	UAE	42: 108
September 13, 1997	India	-	Bangladesh	123 : 55
September 13, 1997	South Korea	-	UAE	73 : 72

Group C

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Saudi Arabia	2	2	0	165: 129	4th
2	Japan	2	1	1	163: 139	3
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	116: 176	2

September 11, 1997	Saudi Arabia	-	Hong Kong	84 : 58
September 12, 1997	Hong Kong	-	Japan	58: 92
September 13, 1997	Japan	-	Saudi Arabia	71: 81

Group D

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Taiwan	3	3	0	205: 168	6th
2	Jordan	3	2	1	197: 184	5
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	226: 203	4th
4th	Indonesia	3	0	3	176: 249	3

September 11, 1997	Jordan	-	Kazakhstan	66 : 65
September 11, 1997	Taiwan	-	Indonesia	75 : 50
September 12, 1997	Jordan	-	Taiwan	60: 68
September 12, 1997	Indonesia	-	Kazakhstan	75: 103
September 13, 1997	Jordan	-	Indonesia	71 : 51
September 13, 1997	Taiwan	-	Kazakhstan	62 : 58

Group stage

After the preliminary round, the first two teams in groups E and F played for places 1 to 8, the third and fourth-placed teams in groups G and H for places 9 to 15. In the groups, a simple round was played by everyone played everyone.

Group E

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	China	3	3	0	263: 178	6th
2	Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	223: 220	5
3	UAE	3	1	2	207: 232	4th
4th	Jordan	3	0	3	180: 243	3

September 15, 1997	China	-	Jordan	95 : 62
September 15, 1997	Saudi Arabia	-	UAE	90 : 76
September 16, 1997	UAE	-	China	54: 83
September 16, 1997	Jordan	-	Saudi Arabia	59: 71
17th September 1997	UAE	-	Jordan	77 : 59
17th September 1997	China	-	Saudi Arabia	85 : 62

Group F.

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Japan	3	2	1	265: 251	5
2	South Korea	3	2	1	282: 245	5
3	Taiwan	3	1	2	217: 235	4th
4th	Iran	3	1	2	233: 266	4th

September 15, 1997	Iran	-	Taiwan	54: 72
September 15, 1997	Japan	-	South Korea	89 : 83
September 16, 1997	South Korea	-	Iran	103 : 85
September 16, 1997	Taiwan	-	Japan	74: 85
17th September 1997	Iran	-	Japan	94 : 91
17th September 1997	South Korea	-	Taiwan	96 : 71

Group G

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Bahrain	3	3	0	264: 176	6th
2	Indonesia	3	2	1	266: 186	5
3	Hong Kong	3	1	2	236: 223	4th
4th	Bangladesh	3	0	3	137: 318	3

September 15, 1997	Bahrain	-	Indonesia	76 : 68
September 15, 1997	Hong Kong	-	Bangladesh	95 : 60
September 16, 1997	Bangladesh	-	Bahrain	39: 109
September 16, 1997	Indonesia	-	Hong Kong	84 : 72
17th September 1997	Indonesia	-	Bangladesh	114 : 38
17th September 1997	Bahrain	-	Hong Kong	79 : 69

Group H.

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Philippines	2	2	0	173: 143	4th
2	India	2	1	1	156: 172	3
3	Kazakhstan	2	0	2	157: 171	2

September 15, 1997	Philippines	-	Kazakhstan	84 : 74
September 16, 1997	India	-	Philippines	69: 89
17th September 1997	Kazakhstan	-	India	83: 87

Final round

mode

The two best teams from groups E and F played in the knockout system for places 1 to 4. The third-placed teams from groups E and F played for places 5, the fourth-placed teams for places 5 to 8. The winners of groups G and H played for 9th place, the second placed for 11th place, the third placed for 13th place.

Places 1 to 4

	Semifinals				final
	September 18, 1997
	China	72
	South Korea	86
					October 19, 1997
					South Korea	78
					Japan	76
					3rd place
	September 18, 1997				October 19, 1997
	Saudi Arabia	92			Saudi Arabia	68
	Japan	108			China	94

Places 5 to 14

Play for 5th place	September 19, 1997	UAE	-	Taiwan	78 : 62
Game for 7th place	September 19, 1997	Jordan	-	Iran	71 : 62
Play for 9th place	September 18, 1997	Bahrain	-	Philippines	79: 84
Game for 11th place	September 18, 1997	Indonesia	-	India	0: 20
Game for 13th place	September 18, 1997	Hong Kong	-	Kazakhstan	68: 100

Final results

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.
1	South Korea	7: 1
2	Japan	4: 3
3	People's Republic of China	7: 1
4th	Saudi Arabia	4: 3
5	United Arab Emirates	4: 3
6th	Chinese Taipei	4: 3
7th	Jordan	3: 4
8th	Iran	1: 5
9	Philippines	3: 3
10	Bahrain	4: 3
11	India	3: 3
12	Indonesia	2: 5
13	Kazakhstan	2: 4
14th	Hong Kong	1: 5
15th	Bangladesh	0: 6

South Korea and Japan qualified for the 1998 World Basketball Championship .

Web links

• Data on archiv.fiba.com (English)