1999 ABC Championship for Women

The 1999 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Women, was the 18th regional championship held by Asian Basketball Confederation. The competition was hosted by Shizuoka, Japan and took place between May 2 to May 9, 1999. The championship is divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The last finisher of Level I is relegated to Level II and the top finisher of Level II qualify for Level I 2001's championship.

1999 FIBA Asia Championship
for Women
18th Asian Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nationJapan
DatesMay 2–9
Teams9 (from 44 federations)
Venues1 (in 1 host city)
Champions South Korea (11th title)

Participating teams
Level I Level II

 South Korea
 Japan
 China
 Chinese Taipei
 Thailand
 Kazakhstan *

 Malaysia
 Hong Kong
 North Korea
 Sri Lanka
 Uzbekistan *

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Level I
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Japan 431327240+8771–1 / 1.069
 South Korea 431311249+6271–1 / 1.027
 China 431290249+4171–1 / 0.907
 Chinese Taipei 413284249−355
 Thailand 404165390−2254
May 2
13:40
Japan  68–63  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 30–41, 38–22
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 2
17:20
China  90–42  Thailand
Scoring by half: 36–20, 54–22
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 3
13:40
Thailand  39–92  South Korea
Scoring by half: 17–37, 22–55
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 3
15:30
Chinese Taipei  57–64  China
Scoring by half: 30–34, 27–30
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 4
15:30
South Korea  66–61  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 33–33, 33–28
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 4
17:20
Japan  69–72  China
Scoring by half: 28–38, 41–34
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 5
13:40
China  64–81  South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–44, 37–37
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 5
15:30
Thailand  33–105  Japan
Scoring by half: 16–46, 17–49
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 6
15:30
Japan  85–72  South Korea
Scoring by half: 41–42, 44–30
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 6
17:20
Chinese Taipei  103–51  Thailand
Scoring by half: 50–16, 53–35
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

Level II
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 North Korea 330302142+1606
 Malaysia 321219178+415
 Hong Kong 312175201−264
 Sri Lanka 30395270−1753
May 2
10:00
Hong Kong  40–100  North Korea
Scoring by half: 23–45, 17–55
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 4
11:50
Malaysia  71–91  North Korea
Scoring by half: 34–41, 37–50
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 5
17:20
Hong Kong  76–36  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 38–14, 38–22
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 6
13:40
Hong Kong  59–65  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–38, 21–27
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 8
9:20
Sri Lanka  31–111  North Korea
Scoring by half: 17–71, 14–40
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 9
9:00
Sri Lanka  28–83  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 19–42, 9–41
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

Final round
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
May 8
 
 
 Japan83
 
May 9
 
 Chinese Taipei74
 
 Japan65
 
May 8
 
 South Korea68
 
 South Korea70
 
 
 China69
 
3rd place
 
 
May 9
 
 
 Chinese Taipei68
 
 
 China57

Semifinals
May 8
13:30
Japan  83–74  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 43–41, 40–33
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka
May 8
15:20
South Korea  70–69  China
Scoring by half: 34–42, 36–27
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

3rd place
May 9
10:50
Chinese Taipei  68–57  China
Scoring by half: 38–26, 30–31
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

Final
May 9
13:00
Japan  65–68  South Korea
Scoring by half: 30–37, 35–31
Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

Final standing
Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea5–1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan4–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Chinese Taipei2–4
4  China3–3
5  Thailand0–4
6  North Korea3–0
7  Malaysia2–1
8  Hong Kong1–2
9  Sri Lanka0–3

Awards
 1999 Asian champions 

South Korea
Eleventh title

References
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