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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

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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

. 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.

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

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

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Preliminary round

Group A

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Knockout round

Bracket

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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

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Awards

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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

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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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