The 2017FIBA Women's Asia Cup was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Spain. The tournament was held from 23 to 29 July in Bangalore, India.[1][2] Before this edition, the tournament was known as the FIBA Asia Championship for Women, and only involved FIBA Asia members. FIBA Oceania teams Australia and New Zealand, as well as Fiji (at Division B) competed in the tournament for the first time.
Japan won their fourth title after defeating Australia 74–73 in the final, while China captured the bronze medal by defeating South Korea 75–51.[3] These four countries qualified for 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.
The tournament composed of two divisions, Division A and Division B.[5][6]
For each division, during the Group Phase, eight participating teams were divided into two groups (A and B) of four teams each. Each team played all the other teams in its own group (a total of three games for each team), and all four teams in each group advanced to their division's Quarter-finals. A total of twelve games were played in the Group Phase.
During the Final Phase, Quarter-finals games were decided on the ranking of the participating teams in the Group Phase:
Meanwhile, the four losing quarterfinalists went on to play 5th-8th Classification Games wherein the two winners advanced to play 5-6 Classification Game, while the two losers played 7-8 Classification Game
During the Semi-finals, the four teams played as follows:
Game 21: Winner of Game 13 v Winner of Game 14
Game 22: Winner of Game 15 v Winner of Game 16
In determining the Champions and the Third Place winner, the four teams played as follows:
Game 23: Loser of Game 21 v Loser of Game 22
Game 24: Winner of Game 21 v Winner of Game 22
Divisions
Division A included teams that won in the 2015 qualifying round and the semifinalists of the previous championship. FIBA Oceania teams Australia and New Zealand competed in the tournament for the first time and were placed in the same division.[7]
^ abAmerican Samoa originally qualified for 2017 FIBA Asia Women's Cup and was drawn into Group A of Division B but withdrew in July 2017 prior to the tournament citing the failure to secure funding from the American Samoa National Olympic Committee and their government.[4]
