1997 ABC Championship
Appearance
19th Asian Basketball Championship | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Saudi Arabia |
Dates | September 11 – September 19 |
Teams | 15 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Korea (2nd title) |
Tournament statistics | |
MVP | Chun Hee-Chul |
The 1997 Men's Asian Basketball Confederation Championship was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Format
- The teams will be divided into four groups (Groups A-D) for the preliminary round.
- Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals.
- Group A's and C's topnotchers are grouped with Group B's and D's runners-up (Group I) while Group A's and C's runners-up are grouped with Group B's and D's topnotchers (Group II) for a round-robin play.
- The topnotcher of Group I meets the runner-up of Group II while the topnotcher of Group II meets the runner-up of Group I in the sudden-death semifinals.
- The winners in the semifinals dispute the championship while the losers dispute the third-place trophy, all sudden-death games.
- Teams eliminated from the preliminary round will be split into two groups (III and IV), in the same way as Groups I and II were split.
Preliminary round
Group A
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
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
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
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Quarter-final round
Group I
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Philippines | 2 | 2 | 0 | 173 | 143 | +30 | 4 |
India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 156 | 172 | −16 | 3 |
Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 157 | 171 | −14 | 2 |
Knockout round
Semifinals | Final | |||||
September 18 - Riyadh | ||||||
China | 72 | |||||
September 19 - Riyadh | ||||||
South Korea | 86 | |||||
South Korea | 78 | |||||
September 18 - Riyadh | ||||||
Japan | 76 | |||||
Japan | 108 | |||||
Saudi Arabia | 92 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
September 19 - Riyadh | ||||||
China | 94 | |||||
Saudi Arabia | 68 |
Semifinals
Finals
Final standings
Rank | Team | Record |
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South Korea | 7–1 | |
Japan | 4–3 | |
China | 7–1 | |
4th | Saudi Arabia | 4–3 |
5th | United Arab Emirates | 4–3 |
6th | Chinese Taipei | 4–3 |
7th | Jordan | 3–4 |
8th | Iran | 3–4 |
9th | Philippines | 3–3 |
10th | Bahrain | 4–3 |
11th | India | 3–3 |
12th | Indonesia | 2–5 |
13th | Kazakhstan | 2–4 |
14th | Hong Kong | 1–5 |
15th | Bangladesh | 0–6 |