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
BangaloreSree Kanteerava Indoor StadiumCapacity: 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:
Teams from FIBA Oceania:
For Division B: The host nation, being relegated to Division B at the previous championship:
Early registrants for the Division B slots from FIBA Asia:
Finalists of the Women's Basketball Final at the 2015 Pacific Games:
(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 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 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.
Division ADivision B (4) (10) (13) (15) (34) (38) (49) (64) (40) (43) (54) (54) (56) (67) (77) * (77)
* 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
Group B
Knockout round Bracket
5th place bracket
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Division B All times are local (UTC+05:30)
Preliminary round Group A American Samoa withdrew from competition.
Group B
Knockout round Bracket
5th place bracket
Quarterfinals
5–8th place semifinal
Semifinals
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final standings Division A Qualified for 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Relegated to Division B of the 2019 FIBA Asia Women's Cup RankTeamRecord 5–1 5–1 5–14 2–45 3–36 3–37 1–58 0–6
Division B Promoted to Division A of the 2019 FIBA Asia Women's Cup RankTeamRecord1 5–02 4–13 4–24 2–35 2–36 1–57 0–3
Statistics and awards Statistical leaders
PointsStatistics 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
Notes
References
External links Official website