# 1997 ABC Championship for Women

The 1997 ABC Championship for Women is the qualifying tournament for 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women. The tournament was held on Bangkok, Thailand from April 27 to May 5. 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 1999's championship.

## Participating teams

| Level I | Level II – Group A | Level II – Group B |
| China  South Korea  Japan  Chinese Taipei  Kyrgyzstan  Thailand | Kazakhstan  Indonesia  India  Singapore | Hong Kong  Malaysia  Macau  Sri Lanka |

## Preliminary round
### Level I

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Korea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 410 | 343 | +67 | 10 |
| China | 5 | 4 | 1 | 465 | 340 | +125 | 9 |
| Japan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 445 | 351 | +94 | 8 |
| Chinese Taipei | 5 | 2 | 3 | 392 | 423 | −31 | 7 |
| Thailand | 5 | 1 | 4 | 327 | 462 | −135 | 6 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 350 | 470 | −120 | 5 |
* April 27
| Chinese Taipei | 76–88 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 41–49, 35–39 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* April 27
| Thailand | 83–79 | Kyrgyzstan |
| Scoring by half: 48–42, 35–37 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* April 27
| China | 97–77 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 46–33, 51–44 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* April 28
| Kyrgyzstan | 61–100 | China |
| Scoring by half: 30–55, 31–45 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* April 28
| Chinese Taipei | 100–64 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 50–39, 50–25 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* April 28
| South Korea | 73–71 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 44–34, 29–37 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* April 29
| Chinese Taipei | 90–74 | Kyrgyzstan |
| Scoring by half: 40–34, 50–40 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* April 29
| Thailand | 41–88 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 19–44, 22–44 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* April 29
| China | 65–72 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 36–38, 29–34 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* May 1
| Chinese Taipei | 62–103 | China |
| Scoring by half: 43–57, 19–46 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* May 1
| Japan | 115–76 | Kyrgyzstan |
| Scoring by half: 57–37, 58–39 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* May 1
| South Korea | 95–71 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 56–32, 39–39 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* May 2
| South Korea | 82–60 | Kyrgyzstan |
| Scoring by half: 46–29, 36–31 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* May 2
| Thailand | 68–100 | China |
| Scoring by half: 34–53, 34–47 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* May 2
| Japan | 94–64 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 43–33, 51–31 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok

### Level II – Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 234 | 148 | +86 | 6 |
| India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 224 | 156 | +68 | 5 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 167 | 212 | −45 | 4 |
| Singapore | 3 | 0 | 3 | 123 | 232 | −109 | 3 |
* April 27
| Kazakhstan | 66–54 | India |
| Scoring by half: 34–25, 32–29 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* April 28
| Singapore | 36–87 | Kazakhstan |
| Scoring by half: 14–40, 22–47 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* April 29
| India | 86–48 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by half: 44–18, 42–30 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* April 30
| Indonesia | 58–81 | Kazakhstan |
| Scoring by half: 31–39, 27–42 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* May 1
| India | 84–42 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 51–16, 33–26 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* May 2
| Singapore | 45–61 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by half: 20–24, 25–37 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok

### Level II – Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Malaysia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 243 | 112 | +131 | 6 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 1 | 213 | 132 | +81 | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 113 | 206 | −93 | 4 |
| Macau | 3 | 0 | 3 | 119 | 238 | −119 | 3 |
* April 27
| Hong Kong | 82–36 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 48–14, 34–22 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* April 28
| Macau | 32–86 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 13–51, 19–35 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* April 29
| Sri Lanka | 24–80 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 20–40, 4–40 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* April 30
| Malaysia | 64–45 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 35–24, 29–21 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* May 1
| Sri Lanka | 53–44 | Macau |
| Scoring by half: 30–20, 23–24 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* May 2
| Macau | 43–99 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 20–55, 23–44 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok

## Classification 7th–14th
### 13th place

* May 4
| Singapore | 77–49 | Macau |
| Scoring by half: 35–25, 42–24 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok

### 11th place

* May 4
| Indonesia | 61–29 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 27–15, 34–14 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok

### 9th place

* May 5
| India | 69–60 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 38–27, 31–33 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok

### 7th place

* May 5
| Kazakhstan | 62–45 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 27–18, 35–27 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| May 4 | May 4 |
| China | 77 |
| China | 77 | May 5 | May 5 |
| Japan | 90 | May 5 | May 5 |
| Japan | 90 | Japan | 61 |
| May 4 | May 4 | | Japan | 61 |
| May 4 | May 4 | South Korea | 74 |
| South Korea | 92 | South Korea | 74 |
| Chinese Taipei | 77 | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 77 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | May 5 | May 5 |
| | | China | 101 |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 63 |

### Semifinals

* May 4
| China | 77–90 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 39–48, 38–42 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok
* May 4
| South Korea | 92–77 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 56–43, 36–34 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok

### 3rd place

* May 5
| China | 101–63 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 59–28, 42–35 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok

### Final

* May 5
| Japan | 61–74 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 38–43, 23–31 |||
* Nimibutr Gymnasium, Bangkok

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship for Women
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | South Korea | 7–0 |
| | Japan | 4–3 |
| | China | 5–2 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 2–5 |
| 5 | Thailand | 1–4 |
| 6 | Kyrgyzstan | 0–5 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 4–0 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 3–1 |
| 9 | India | 3–1 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 2–2 |
| 11 | Indonesia | 2–2 |
| 12 | Sri Lanka | 1–3 |
| 13 | Singapore | 1–3 |
| 14 | Macau | 0–4 |

## Awards

* 1997 Asian champions
* South Korea Tenth title
* Most Valuable Player: Yoo Young-Joo