# 1999 ABC Championship for Women

The 1999 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Women, was the 18th regional championship held by Asian Basketball Confederation. The competition was hosted by Shizuoka, Japan and took place between May 2 to May 9, 1999. The championship is divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The last finisher of Level I is relegated to Level II and the top finisher of Level II qualify for Level I 2001's championship.

## Participating teams

| Level I | Level II |
| South Korea  Japan  China  Chinese Taipei  Thailand  Kazakhstan * | Malaysia  Hong Kong  North Korea  Sri Lanka  Uzbekistan * |
* Withdrew

## Preliminary round
### Level I

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| Japan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 327 | 240 | +87 | 7 | 1–1 / 1.069 |
| South Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 311 | 249 | +62 | 7 | 1–1 / 1.027 |
| China | 4 | 3 | 1 | 290 | 249 | +41 | 7 | 1–1 / 0.907 |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 1 | 3 | 284 | 249 | −35 | 5 | |
| Thailand | 4 | 0 | 4 | 165 | 390 | −225 | 4 | |
* May 2 13:40
| Japan | 68–63 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 30–41, 38–22 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
* May 2 17:20
| China | 90–42 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 36–20, 54–22 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
* May 3 13:40
| Thailand | 39–92 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 17–37, 22–55 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
* May 3 15:30
| Chinese Taipei | 57–64 | China |
| Scoring by half: 30–34, 27–30 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
* May 4 15:30
| South Korea | 66–61 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 33–33, 33–28 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
* May 4 17:20
| Japan | 69–72 | China |
| Scoring by half: 28–38, 41–34 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
* May 5 13:40
| China | 64–81 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 27–44, 37–37 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
* May 5 15:30
| Thailand | 33–105 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 16–46, 17–49 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
* May 6 15:30
| Japan | 85–72 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 41–42, 44–30 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
* May 6 17:20
| Chinese Taipei | 103–51 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 50–16, 53–35 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

### Level II

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| North Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 302 | 142 | +160 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 219 | 178 | +41 | 5 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 2 | 175 | 201 | −26 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 3 | 95 | 270 | −175 | 3 |
* May 2 10:00
| Hong Kong | 40–100 | North Korea |
| Scoring by half: 23–45, 17–55 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
* May 4 11:50
| Malaysia | 71–91 | North Korea |
| Scoring by half: 34–41, 37–50 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
* May 5 17:20
| Hong Kong | 76–36 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 38–14, 38–22 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
* May 6 13:40
| Hong Kong | 59–65 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 38–38, 21–27 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
* May 8 9:20
| Sri Lanka | 31–111 | North Korea |
| Scoring by half: 17–71, 14–40 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
* May 9 9:00
| Sri Lanka | 28–83 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 19–42, 9–41 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| May 8 | May 8 |
| Japan | 83 |
| Japan | 83 | May 9 | May 9 |
| Chinese Taipei | 74 | May 9 | May 9 |
| Chinese Taipei | 74 | Japan | 65 |
| May 8 | May 8 | | Japan | 65 |
| May 8 | May 8 | South Korea | 68 |
| South Korea | 70 | South Korea | 68 |
| China | 69 | | |
| China | 69 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | May 9 | May 9 |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 68 |
| | | China | 57 |

### Semifinals

* May 8 13:30
| Japan | 83–74 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 43–41, 40–33 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
* May 8 15:20
| South Korea | 70–69 | China |
| Scoring by half: 34–42, 36–27 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

### 3rd place

* May 9 10:50
| Chinese Taipei | 68–57 | China |
| Scoring by half: 38–26, 30–31 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

### Final

* May 9 13:00
| Japan | 65–68 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 30–37, 35–31 |||
* Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | South Korea | 5–1 |
| | Japan | 4–2 |
| | Chinese Taipei | 2–4 |
| 4 | China | 3–3 |
| 5 | Thailand | 0–4 |
| 6 | North Korea | 3–0 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 2–1 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 1–2 |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 0–3 |

## Awards

* 1999 Asian champions
* South Korea Eleventh title