1999 ABC Championship for Women

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1999 FIBA Asia Championship
for Women
18th Asian Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
DatesMay 2–9
Teams9
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (11th title)

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[edit]

Level I Level II

 South Korea
 Japan
 China
 Chinese Taipei
 Thailand
 Kazakhstan *

 Malaysia
 Hong Kong
 North Korea
 Sri Lanka
 Uzbekistan *

* Withdrew

Preliminary round[edit]

Level I[edit]

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
May 2
17:20
China  90–42  Thailand
Scoring by half: 36–20, 54–22
May 3
13:40
Thailand  39–92  South Korea
Scoring by half: 17–37, 22–55
May 3
15:30
Chinese Taipei  57–64  China
Scoring by half: 30–34, 27–30
May 4
15:30
South Korea  66–61  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 33–33, 33–28
May 4
17:20
Japan  69–72  China
Scoring by half: 28–38, 41–34
May 5
13:40
China  64–81  South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–44, 37–37
May 5
15:30
Thailand  33–105  Japan
Scoring by half: 16–46, 17–49
May 6
15:30
Japan  85–72  South Korea
Scoring by half: 41–42, 44–30
May 6
17:20
Chinese Taipei  103–51  Thailand
Scoring by half: 50–16, 53–35

Level II[edit]

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
May 4
11:50
Malaysia  71–91  North Korea
Scoring by half: 34–41, 37–50
May 5
17:20
Hong Kong  76–36  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 38–14, 38–22
May 6
13:40
Hong Kong  59–65  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–38, 21–27
May 8
9:20
Sri Lanka  31–111  North Korea
Scoring by half: 17–71, 14–40
May 9
9:00
Sri Lanka  28–83  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 19–42, 9–41

Final round[edit]

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
May 8
 
 
 Japan83
 
May 9
 
 Chinese Taipei74
 
 Japan65
 
May 8
 
 South Korea68
 
 South Korea70
 
 
 China69
 
3rd place
 
 
May 9
 
 
 Chinese Taipei68
 
 
 China57

Semifinals[edit]

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

3rd place[edit]

May 9
10:50
Chinese Taipei  68–57  China
Scoring by half: 38–26, 30–31

Final[edit]

May 9
13:00
Japan  65–68  South Korea
Scoring by half: 30–37, 35–31

Final standing[edit]

Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea 5–1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan 4–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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[edit]

 1999 Asian champions 

South Korea
Eleventh title

References[edit]