# 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Women

The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Women is the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the World Championship 2010 at Czech Republic. The tournament will be held on Chennai, India from 17 to 24 September.
The championship is divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The two lowest finishers of Level I meets the top two finishers to determine which teams qualify for Level for 2011's championship. The losers are relegated to Level II.

## Participating teams

| Level I | Level II |
| South Korea  China  Japan  Chinese Taipei  Thailand  India | Kazakhstan  Lebanon  Malaysia  Philippines  Sri Lanka  Uzbekistan |

## Preliminary round
### Level I

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| China | 5 | 5 | 0 | 454 | 284 | +170 | 10 |
| South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 468 | 289 | +179 | 9 |
| Japan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 401 | 340 | +61 | 8 |
| Chinese Taipei | 5 | 2 | 3 | 334 | 378 | −44 | 7 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1 | 4 | 300 | 468 | −168 | 6 |
| India | 5 | 0 | 5 | 281 | 479 | −198 | 5 |
* 17 September 16:00
* Report
| India | 46–102 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–27, 14–29, 12–28, 13–18 |||
| Pts: Jose 15 Rebs: K. Kaur 9 Asts: Four players 1 | | Pts: Beon Y.H. 26 Rebs: Jung S.M. 14 Asts: Lee M.S. 7 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 17 September 18:00
* Report
| Thailand | 51–115 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–34, 10–21, 9–33, 17–27 |||
| Pts: Jantakan 20 Rebs: Banmoo 5 Asts: Chuinim, Jantakan 2 | | Pts: Huang H.P. 18 Rebs: Guan X. 8 Asts: Guan X. 4 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 17 September 20:00
* Report
| Japan | 73–65 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 19–20, 19–15, 17–13 |||
| Pts: Oga 24 Rebs: Mitani 8 Asts: Yoshida 6 | | Pts: Li W.T., Liu C.Y. 12 Rebs: Cheng H.Y., Liu C.Y. 4 Asts: Cheng H.Y. 4 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 18 September 15:00
* Report
| China | 75–58 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 19–19, 23–14, 19–12 |||
| Pts: Chen N. 18 Rebs: Chen N. 8 Asts: Bian L., Ma Z.Y. 3 | | Pts: Koiso 17 Rebs: Yoshida 11 Asts: Four players 2 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 18 September 17:00
* Report
| Chinese Taipei | 84–61 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 30–18, 20–17, 18–10 |||
| Pts: Chang S.C., Lan J.Y. 15 Rebs: Li W.T. 4 Asts: Huang F.S. 8 | | Pts: Jose 34 Rebs: Jose 11 Asts: Pt. Singh, Maggon 3 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 18 September 19:00
* Report
| South Korea | 116–45 | Thailand |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–12, 35–10, 30–10, 25–13 |||
| Pts: Kim K.R. 19 Rebs: Four players 6 Asts: Lee M.S. 10 | | Pts: Suksomwong 12 Rebs: Banmoo 5 Asts: Saechua, Mathuros 2 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 19 September 15:00
* Report
| Japan | 94–60 | Thailand |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 22–14, 25–18, 26–19 |||
| Pts: Sakurada 17 Rebs: Mitani 9 Asts: Obata 7 | | Pts: Banmoo 19 Rebs: Jantakan 6 Asts: Saechua, Mathuros 3 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 19 September 17:00
* Report
| India | 49–107 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–29, 8–29, 13–22, 15–27 |||
| Pts: Pauldurai 14 Rebs: Jose 9 Asts: Ps. Singh 3 | | Pts: Ma Z.Y. 17 Rebs: Guan X. 10 Asts: Yang B.B. 6 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 19 September 19:00
* Report
| Chinese Taipei | 55–96 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–31, 15–26, 13–25, 20–14 |||
| Pts: Lin C.W. 14 Rebs: Chu Y.H. 5 Asts: Li W.T., Lin H.M. 2 | | Pts: Park J.E. 17 Rebs: Jung S.M. 7 Asts: Jung S.M. 10 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 21 September 15:00
* Report
| South Korea | 82–68 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 21–19, 26–8, 21–18 |||
| Pts: Park J.E. 17 Rebs: Kim K.R. 9 Asts: Beon Y.H. 5 | | Pts: Oga 16 Rebs: Yoshida 12 Asts: Yoshida, Oga 4 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 21 September 17:00
* Report
| Thailand | 78–67 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 17–13, 17–17, 22–18 |||
| Pts: Jantakan 20 Rebs: Mathuros 9 Asts: Mathuros 4 | | Pts: Jose 23 Rebs: Jose 10 Asts: Jose, Ps. Singh 3 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 21 September 19:00
* Report
| China | 82–54 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 22–13, 23–11, 22–13 |||
| Pts: Ma Z.Y. 13 Rebs: Chen X.L., Chen N. 7 Asts: Ma Z.Y. 4 | | Pts: Lan J.Y. 22 Rebs: Lan J.Y. 3 Asts: Lin C.W. 3 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 22 September 15:00
* Report
| Chinese Taipei | 76–66 | Thailand |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 8–13, 29–21, 16–14 |||
| Pts: Liu C.Y. 16 Rebs: Liu C.Y. 7 Asts: Huang F.S. 8 | | Pts: Jantakan 22 Rebs: Yothanan, Mathuros 10 Asts: Intapan, Yothanan, Jantakan 2 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 22 September 17:00
* Report
| India | 58–108 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 11–34, 13–29, 14–24 |||
| Pts: Jose 30 Rebs: Ps. Singh 5 Asts: Pauldurai 3 | | Pts: Sakurada 26 Rebs: Koiso 8 Asts: Obata 6 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 22 September 19:00
* Report
| China | 75–72 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 14–14, 21–23, 20–15 |||
| Pts: Chen X.L., Chen N. 17 Rebs: Chen N. 10 Asts: Bian L., Miao L.J. 5 | | Pts: Beon Y.H. 23 Rebs: Beon Y.H. 5 Asts: Beon Y.H., Jung S.M. 4 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai

### Level II

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| Malaysia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 369 | 309 | +60 | 9 | 1–0 |
| Lebanon | 5 | 4 | 1 | 409 | 318 | +91 | 9 | 0–1 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 355 | 316 | +39 | 8 | 1–0 |
| Philippines | 5 | 3 | 2 | 318 | 332 | −14 | 8 | 0–1 |
| Uzbekistan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 377 | 365 | +12 | 6 | |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 0 | 5 | 242 | 430 | −188 | 5 | |
* 17 September 9:00
* Report
| Philippines | 61–55 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 13–11, 15–16, 13–9 |||
| Pts: Valencia 15 Rebs: Jose 6 Asts: Grajales 5 | | Pts: Kew S.M. 14 Rebs: Yong S.M. 6 Asts: Goh B.F., Yong S.M. 3 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 17 September 11:00
* Report
| Lebanon | 83–68 | Uzbekistan |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 15–21, 26–13, 16–15 |||
| Pts: Nasr 23 Rebs: Anderson 8 Asts: Nasr 4 | | Pts: Polunina 21 Rebs: Tatarinova, Krasovskaya 6 Asts: Khusnitdinova, Polunina 3 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 17 September 13:00
* Report
| Sri Lanka | 40–94 | Kazakhstan |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–27, 14–24, 11–23, 7–20 |||
| Pts: Fernando 13 Rebs: Gallage, Sandamali 4 Asts: Gunawijaya 2 | | Pts: Dots 13 Rebs: Ivanova 10 Asts: Alishauskaite 4 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 18 September 9:00
* Report
| Malaysia | 84–69 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–26, 19–21, 14–11, 29–11 |||
| Pts: Goh B.F. 22 Rebs: Pee Y.Y., Kew S.M. 5 Asts: Pee Y.Y. 6 | | Pts: Nasr 18 Rebs: El Charif 11 Asts: Four players 1 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 18 September 11:00
* Report
| Kazakhstan | 71–52 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 15–6, 22–17, 17–14 |||
| Pts: Alishauskaite 18 Rebs: Ivanova, Sedova, Kuzmicheva 13 Asts: Alishauskaite 7 | | Pts: Arayi 26 Rebs: Lubiano 9 Asts: Six players 1 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 18 September 13:00
* Report
| Uzbekistan | 89–48 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–12, 25–16, 17–13, 20–7 |||
| Pts: Koniva 24 Rebs: Tatarinova 11 Asts: Polunina 5 | | Pts: Sandamali 15 Rebs: Silva 8 Asts: Thalagala 3 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 19 September 9:00
* Report
| Kazakhstan | 57–71 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 8–15, 17–20, 17–19 |||
| Pts: Kuzmicheva 18 Rebs: Sedova 13 Asts: Volikova 3 | | Pts: Ang S.T. 20 Rebs: Yong S.M. 8 Asts: Pee Y.Y. 4 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 19 September 11:00
* Report
| Sri Lanka | 54–96 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 11–29, 15–34, 8–13 |||
| Pts: Fernando 16 Rebs: Silva 9 Asts: Sandamali, Karunaratne, Silva 2 | | Pts: Anderson 22 Rebs: Anderson 9 Asts: Anderson 4 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 19 September 13:00
* Report
| Philippines | 81–73 | Uzbekistan |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 22–11, 17–33, 26–14 |||
| Pts: Grajales 22 Rebs: Grajales 6 Asts: Grajales 6 | | Pts: Khusnitdinova 15 Rebs: Dmitrieva, Krasovskaya 5 Asts: Polunina, Krasovskaya 3 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 21 September 9:00
* Report
| Malaysia | 81–45 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–16, 16–12, 23–7, 28–10 |||
| Pts: Ang S.T. 19 Rebs: Yaakob 6 Asts: Goh B.F., Yaakob 5 | | Pts: Fernando 15 Rebs: Bollegala 8 Asts: Bollegala, Silva 2 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 21 September 11:00
* Report
| Uzbekistan | 70–75 | Kazakhstan |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 15–22, 14–19, 22–13 |||
| Pts: Polunina, Krasovskaya 14 Rebs: Krasovskaya 7 Asts: Burieva 3 | | Pts: Kuzmicheva 20 Rebs: Protsenko 11 Asts: Protsenko 5 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 21 September 13:00
* Report
| Lebanon | 78–54 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 20–11, 22–11, 18–19 |||
| Pts: Alameddine, Nasr 16 Rebs: El Charif 16 Asts: Nasr 6 | | Pts: Borja 21 Rebs: Tioseco 9 Asts: Mercado 2 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 22 September 9:00
* Report
| Uzbekistan | 77–78 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 13–22, 28–11, 15–27 |||
| Pts: Polunina 19 Rebs: Tatarinova 11 Asts: Khusnitdinova 4 | | Pts: Kew S.M. 18 Rebs: Kew S.M. 8 Asts: Yaakob 5 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 22 September 11:00
* Report
| Philippines | 70–55 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 11–3, 24–10, 20–22 |||
| Pts: Arayi 23 Rebs: Tioseco 11 Asts: delos Reyes 2 | | Pts: Fernando, Sandamali 12 Rebs: Bollegala, Silva 9 Asts: Fonseka 3 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 22 September 13:00
* Report
| Kazakhstan | 58–83 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 11–22, 17–22, 18–14 |||
| Pts: Kuzmicheva 15 Rebs: Sedova 11 Asts: Kucheryavykh 5 | | Pts: Anderson 23 Rebs: Anderson 13 Asts: Alameddine 6 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai

## Qualifying round

Winners are promoted to Level I for the 2011 championships.
* 23 September 13:00
* Report
| Thailand | 58–83 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 11–25, 18–17, 8–19 |||
| Pts: Suksomwong 21 Rebs: Banmoo 8 Asts: Jantakan 8 | | Pts: Anderson 24 Rebs: Anderson 15 Asts: Nasr 9 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 23 September 15:00
* Report
| India | 90–74 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 20–26, 25–18, 21–14 |||
| Pts: H. Kaur 31 Rebs: H. Kaur 16 Asts: Pauldurai 7 | | Pts: Goh B.F. 16 Rebs: Yong S.M., Kew S.M. 6 Asts: Pee Y.Y., Kew S.M. 4 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| September 23 | September 23 |
| South Korea | 101 |
| South Korea | 101 | September 24 | September 24 |
| Japan | 57 | September 24 | September 24 |
| Japan | 57 | South Korea | 71 |
| September 23 | September 23 | | South Korea | 71 |
| September 23 | September 23 | China | 91 |
| China | 70 | China | 91 |
| Chinese Taipei | 59 | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 59 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | September 24 | September 24 |
| | | Japan | 72 |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 57 |

### Semifinals

* 23 September 17:00
* Report
| South Korea | 101–57 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–5, 18–15, 30–20, 23–17 |||
| Pts: Kim K.R. 19 Rebs: Lee M.S., Jung S.M. 5 Asts: Lee M.S. 4 | | Pts: Yamada 12 Rebs: Koiso 6 Asts: Obata 4 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai
* 23 September 19:00
* Report
| China | 70–59 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–17, 13–20, 16–8, 14–14 |||
| Pts: Chen X.L., Liu D. 12 Rebs: Chen N. 8 Asts: Bian L., Miao L.J. 5 | | Pts: Cheng H.Y. 11 Rebs: Lin C.W. 3 Asts: Liu C.Y. 4 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai

### 3rd place

* 24 September 14:00
* Report
| Japan | 72–57 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–11, 21–8, 12–18, 21–20 |||
| Pts: Koiso 21 Rebs: Koiso 13 Asts: Yoshida 9 | | Pts: Cheng H.Y. 17 Rebs: Liu C.Y. 8 Asts: Lin C.W., Cheng H.Y., Ma Y.H. 3 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai

### Final

* 24 September 16:00
* Report
| South Korea | 71–91 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 14–21, 15–28, 25–24 |||
| Pts: Beon Y.H. 29 Rebs: Jung S.M., Kim J.E. 4 Asts: Lee M.S. 3 | | Pts: Chen N. 17 Rebs: Chen N. 9 Asts: Miao L.J. 8 |
* Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium, Chennai

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | China | 7–0 |
| | South Korea | 5–2 |
| | Japan | 4–3 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 2–5 |
| 5 | Thailand | 1–5 |
| 6 | India | 1–5 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 4–2 |
| 8 | Lebanon | 5–1 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 3–2 |
| 10 | Philippines | 3–2 |
| 11 | Uzbekistan | 1–4 |
| 12 | Sri Lanka | 0–5 |

## Awards

* 2009 Asian champions
* China Tenth title
* Most Valuable Player: Bian Lan