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1997 ABC Championship

International basketball competition

1997 FIBA Asia Championship

19th Asian Basketball Championship
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
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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)
China	Saudi Arabia	Kazakhstan	Indonesia	Iran
South Korea	United Arab Emirates	India	Philippines	Jordan
Japan	Bahrain	Bangladesh
Chinese Taipei
Hong Kong
TBD

Preliminary round[edit]

Group A[edit]

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

China	74–60	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 35–42, 39–18

Iran	77–76	Philippines
Scoring by half: 35–38, 42–38

China	107–72	Philippines
Scoring by half: 57–27, 50–45

Bahrain	67–72	Iran
Scoring by half: 37–38, 30–34

China	99–66	Iran
Scoring by half: 52–34, 47–32

Philippines	68–70	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 38–38, 30–32

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

South Korea	153–55	Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 82–34, 71–21

United Arab Emirates	82–65	India
Scoring by half: 44–27, 38–38

India	69–100	South Korea
Scoring by half: 35–59, 34–41

Bangladesh	42–108	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 25–48, 17–60

India	123–55	Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 57–33, 66–22

South Korea	73–72	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 44–37, 29–35

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

Saudi Arabia	84–58	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 44–26, 40–32

Hong Kong	58–92	Japan
Scoring by half: 20–49, 38–43

Japan	71–81	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 31–40, 40–41

Group D[edit]

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

Jordan	66–65 (OT)	Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 24–30, 33–27 Overtime: 9–8

Chinese Taipei	75–50	Indonesia
Scoring by half: 36–24, 39–26

Jordan	60–68	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 29–38, 31–30

Indonesia	75–103	Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 34–53, 41–50

Jordan	71–51	Indonesia
Scoring by half: 32–22, 39–29

Chinese Taipei	62–58	Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 29–33, 33–25

Quarterfinal round[edit]

Group I[edit]

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

China	95–62	Jordan
Scoring by half: 53–26, 42–36

Saudi Arabia	90–76	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 39–36, 51–40

United Arab Emirates	54–83	China
Scoring by half: 25–42, 29–41

Jordan	59–71	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 26–44, 33–27

United Arab Emirates	77–59	Jordan
Scoring by half: 37–28, 40–31

China	85–62	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 52–27, 33–35

Group II[edit]

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

Iran	54–72	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 19–29, 35–43

Japan	89–83	South Korea
Scoring by half: 38–38, 51–45

South Korea	103–85	Iran
Scoring by half: 50–44, 53–41

Chinese Taipei	74–85	Japan
Scoring by half: 39–42, 35–43

Iran	94–91	Japan
Scoring by half: 44–40, 50–51

South Korea	96–71	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 53–34, 43–37

Group III[edit]

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

Bahrain	76–68	Indonesia
Scoring by half: 42–28, 34–40

Hong Kong	95–60	Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 51–26, 44–34

Bangladesh	39–109	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 21–58, 18–51

Indonesia	84–72	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 43–49, 41–23

Indonesia	114–38	Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 58–22, 56–16

Bahrain	79–69	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 48–41, 31–28

Group IV[edit]

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

Philippines	84–74	Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 37–41, 47–33

India	69–89	Philippines
Scoring by half: 25–45, 44–44

Kazakhstan	83–87	India
Scoring by half: 42–46, 41–41

Classification 5th–14th[edit]

13th place[edit]

Hong Kong	68–100	Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 35–43, 33–57

11th place[edit]

Indonesia	0–20	India
Walkover

9th place[edit]

Bahrain	79–84	Philippines
Scoring by half: 41–46, 38–38

7th place[edit]

Jordan	71–62	Iran
Scoring by half: 36–22, 35–40

5th place[edit]

United Arab Emirates	78–62	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 35–27, 43–35

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]

China	72–86	South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–36, 30–50

Saudi Arabia	92–108	Japan
Scoring by half: 43–51, 49–57

3rd place[edit]

Saudi Arabia	68–94	China
Scoring by half: 30–48, 38–46

Final[edit]

South Korea	78–76	Japan
Scoring by half: 41–44, 37–32

Final standing[edit]

Rank	Team	Record
	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
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]

External links[edit]

• Results
• Archive.fiba.com