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International basketball competition
The 1997 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women took place in Brazil from 5 to 13 July 1997. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and Brazilian Basketball Confederation .
Twelve national teams competed for the championship. United States came away with the Gold medal by defeating Australia 78-74 in the final.[ 1]
Venues
Competing nations
Except Brazil, which automatically qualified as the host nation, the 11 remaining countries qualified through their continents’ qualifying tournaments:
Preliminary round
Times given below are in UTC-03:00
Group A
Position
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Tiebreak
1
Brazil
5
4
1
344
298
+46
9
1-0
2
Slovakia
5
4
1
336
277
+59
9
0-1
3
Czech Republic
5
3
2
308
277
+31
8
4
China
5
2
3
327
311
+16
7
5
Mali
5
1
4
216
321
-105
6
1-0
6
Argentina
5
1
4
276
323
-47
6
0-1
Group B
Position
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Tiebreak
1
United States
5
4
1
393
335
+58
9
1-1 (+24)
2
Australia
5
4
1
380
300
+80
9
1-1 (+3)
3
Russia
5
4
1
351
343
+8
9
1-1 (-27)
4
Spain
5
2
3
284
287
-3
7
5
Cuba
5
1
4
372
422
-50
6
6
Japan
5
0
5
295
391
-96
5
Knockout stage
Bracket
5th place bracket
9th place bracket
Classification 9-12
Classification 5-8
Semifinals
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final standings
Awards
1997 FIBA Women's World Junior Championship Winner
United States First title
References
^ FIBA Archive. 1997 World Championship for Junior Women. Event Standings . Retrieved 2016-07-14
External links