1997 ABC Championship
Appearance
19th Asian Basketball Championship | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Saudi Arabia |
Dates | September 11–19 |
Teams | 15 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | South Korea (2nd title) |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | Chun Hee-Chul |
The 1997 Men's Asian Basketball Confederation Championship was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Qualification
[edit]According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (Saudi Arabia) and the best 5 teams of the previous Asian Championship were automatically qualified.
East Asia (4+2) | Gulf (1+2) | Middle Asia (1+2) | Southeast Asia (2) | West Asia (2) |
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China | Saudi Arabia | Kazakhstan | Indonesia | Iran |
South Korea | United Arab Emirates | India | Philippines | Jordan |
Japan | Bahrain | Bangladesh | ||
Chinese Taipei | ||||
Hong Kong | ||||
Preliminary round
[edit]Group A
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 280 | 198 | +82 | 6 |
Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 215 | 242 | −27 | 5 |
Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 197 | 214 | −17 | 4 |
Philippines | 3 | 0 | 3 | 216 | 254 | −38 | 3 |
Group B
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 326 | 196 | +130 | 6 |
United Arab Emirates | 3 | 2 | 1 | 262 | 180 | +82 | 5 |
India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 257 | 237 | +20 | 4 |
Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 152 | 384 | −232 | 3 |
Group C
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Saudi Arabia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 165 | 129 | +36 | 4 |
Japan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 163 | 139 | +24 | 3 |
Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 2 | 116 | 176 | −60 | 2 |
Group D
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Chinese Taipei | 3 | 3 | 0 | 205 | 168 | +37 | 6 |
Jordan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 197 | 184 | +13 | 5 |
Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 226 | 203 | +23 | 4 |
Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 176 | 249 | −73 | 3 |
Quarterfinal round
[edit]Group I
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 263 | 178 | +85 | 6 |
Saudi Arabia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 223 | 220 | +3 | 5 |
United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 2 | 207 | 232 | −25 | 4 |
Jordan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 180 | 243 | −63 | 3 |
Group II
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
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Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 265 | 251 | +14 | 5 | 1–0 |
South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 282 | 245 | +37 | 5 | 0–1 |
Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 217 | 235 | −18 | 4 | 1–0 |
Iran | 3 | 1 | 2 | 233 | 266 | −33 | 4 | 0–1 |
Group III
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Bahrain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 264 | 176 | +88 | 6 |
Indonesia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 266 | 186 | +80 | 5 |
Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 2 | 236 | 223 | +13 | 4 |
Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 137 | 318 | −181 | 3 |
Group IV
[edit]Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Philippines | 2 | 2 | 0 | 173 | 143 | +30 | 4 |
India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 156 | 172 | −16 | 3 |
Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 157 | 171 | −14 | 2 |
Classification 5th–14th
[edit]13th place
[edit]11th place
[edit]9th place
[edit]7th place
[edit]5th place
[edit]Final round
[edit]Semifinals | Final | |||||
September 18 | ||||||
China | 72 | |||||
September 19 | ||||||
South Korea | 86 | |||||
South Korea | 78 | |||||
September 18 | ||||||
Japan | 76 | |||||
Saudi Arabia | 92 | |||||
Japan | 108 | |||||
3rd place | ||||||
September 19 | ||||||
China | 94 | |||||
Saudi Arabia | 68 |
Semifinals
[edit]3rd place
[edit]Final
[edit]Final standing
[edit]Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship |
Rank | Team | Record |
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South Korea | 7–1 | |
Japan | 4–3 | |
China | 7–1 | |
4 | Saudi Arabia | 4–3 |
5 | United Arab Emirates | 4–3 |
6 | Chinese Taipei | 4–3 |
7 | Jordan | 3–4 |
8 | Iran | 3–4 |
9 | Philippines | 3–3 |
10 | Bahrain | 4–3 |
11 | India | 3–3 |
12 | Indonesia | 2–5 |
13 | Kazakhstan | 2–4 |
14 | Hong Kong | 1–5 |
15 | Bangladesh | 0–6 |
Awards
[edit]1997 Asian champions |
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South Korea Second title |
- Most Valuable Player: Chun Hee-Chul[1]
- Best Scorer: Abdulmajeed Ali
- Best Playmaker: Kang Dong-Hee
- Best 3-Pointer: Alexey Yeropkin
- Best Coach: Kim Dong-Kwang
- Sportsmanship Award: Romel Adducul
References
[edit]- ^ Florian Wanninger (2002), FIBA 1930-2001 Results, FIBA, ISBN 978-3897018365