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FIBA Women's Asia Cup
The FIBA Women's Asia Cup is an international basketball tournament which takes place every two years for women's national teams from FIBA Asia, and since 2017 FIBA Oceania. It was known as the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Championship u ...
was the qualifying tournament for
FIBA Asia
FIBA Asia is a zone within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) which contains all 44 Asian FIBA federations.
Member associations
Tournaments Organized by FIBA Asia National teams
* FIBA Asia Cup – since 2017, also inclu ...
and
FIBA Oceania
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at the
2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
The 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 18th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain from 22 to 30 September 2018. This was the first edition to u ...
in
Spain
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. The tournament was held from 23 to 29 July in
Bangalore
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,
India
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. 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
Qualifiers
For Division A:
*Semifinalists at the
2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship
The 2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the women's basketball tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The tournament was held in Wuhan, China.
The championship was divid ...
:
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*Qualifying round winners at the
2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship
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The championship was divid ...
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*Teams from
FIBA Oceania
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:
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For Division B:
*The host nation, being relegated to Division B at the
previous championship:
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*Early registrants for the Division B slots from
FIBA Asia
FIBA Asia is a zone within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) which contains all 44 Asian FIBA federations.
Member associations
Tournaments Organized by FIBA Asia National teams
* FIBA Asia Cup – since 2017, also inclu ...
:
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*Finalists of the
Women's Basketball Final at the 2015 Pacific Games:
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** (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
The 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, the 18th edition of FIBA's premier international tournament for women's national basketball teams, was held in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain from 22 to 30 September 2018. This was the first edition to u ...
.
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
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teams and 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 and . Returning participants that were absent two years ago were , and . Completing the eight-team Division B were
FIBA Oceania
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representatives and , 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
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Group B
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Knockout round
Bracket
;5th place bracket
Quarterfinals
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5–8th place semifinals
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Semifinals
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Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final standing
Statistics and awards
Statistical leaders
;Points
;Rebounds
;Assists
;Blocks
;Steals
Awards
;Most Valuable Player
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Kelsey Griffin
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;All-Tournament Team
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Manami Fujioka
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Lim Yung-hui
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Moeko Nagaoka
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Kelsey Griffin
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Li Yueru
Division B
''All times are local (
UTC+05:30)''
Preliminary round
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout round
Bracket
;5th place bracket
Quarterfinals
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5–8th place semifinal
Semifinals
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Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final standing
Notes
References
External links
Official website
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2017
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International women's basketball competitions hosted by India
July 2017 sports events in Asia