| 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup | |
| Gender: | women |
| Continent: | Asia |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Dates: | 23–29 July |
| Teams: | 16 |
| Federations: | 46 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | JPN |
| Title Number: | 4 |
| Mvp: | Kelsey Griffin |
| Ppg P: |  Ro (20.2) |
| Ppg T: | (92.0) |
| Rpg P: |  Purcell (10.0) |
| Rpg T: | (47.0) |
| Apg P: |  Fujioka (9.2) |
| Apg T: | (29.8) |
| Website: | 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup |
| Prevseason: | 2015 |
| Nextseason: | 2019 |
The 2017 FIBA 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.
| Bangalore | |
|---|---|
| Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium | |
| Capacity: 4,000 | |
For Division A:
For Division B:
The tournament composed of two divisions, Division A and Division B.[4] [5]
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:
For Division A, the four winners advanced to the Semi-finals and to the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.
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:
In determining the Champions and the Third Place winner, the four teams played as follows:
Division A included teams that won in the 2015 qualifying round and the semifinalists of the previous championship. FIBA Oceania teams and competed in the tournament for the first time and were placed in the same division.[6]
Division B included the host team, previous championship Level II participants and . Returning participants that were absent two years ago were, and . Completing the eight-team Division B were FIBA Oceania representatives and, which qualified by playing at the Women's Basketball Final at the 2015 Pacific Games.[7]
Included were the FIBA World Rankings prior to the draw.
* Withdrew.
The official draw ceremony was held on 17 May 2017 in Krishna Hall, Bengaluru.[8]
See main article: 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup squads.
All times are local (UTC+05:30)
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| width=10px bgcolor=ccffcc | Qualified for 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup | ||
| width=10px bgcolor=ffcccc | Relegated to Division B of the 2019 FIBA Asia Women's Cup |
| width=40 | Rank | width=180 | Team | width=60 | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5–1 | |||||
| 5–1 | |||||
| 5–1 | |||||
| 4 | 2–4 | ||||
| 5 | 3–3 | ||||
| 6 | 3–3 | ||||
| 7 | 1–5 | ||||
| 8 | 0–6 |
| Name | PPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 20.2 | ||
| 17.2 | ||
| 15.8 | ||
| 14.0 | ||
| 13.7 |
| Name | RPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 9.3 | |
 Li Yueru | ||
| 8.7 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 8.2 | |
 Park Ji-su |
| Name | APG | |
|---|---|---|
| 8.2 | ||
| 6.0 | ||
| 5.2 | ||
| 5.0 | ||
| 4.5 |
| Name | BPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.2 | ||
| 1.5 | ||
| 1.4 | ||
| align=center rowspan=2 | 1.2 | |
| Joy Burke |
| Name | SPG | |
|---|---|---|
| 2.8 | ||
| 2.3 | ||
| align=center rowspan=4 | 1.8 | |
| Lu Wen | ||
| Afril Bernardino | ||
| Ro Suk-yong |
All times are local (UTC+05:30)
American Samoa withdrew from competition.
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| width=10px bgcolor=ccffcc | Promoted to Division A of the 2019 FIBA Asia Women's Cup |
| width=40 | Rank | width=180 | Team | width=60 | Record |
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| 1 | 5–0 | ||||
| 2 | 4–1 | ||||
| 3 | 4–2 | ||||
| 4 | 2–3 | ||||
| 5 | 2–3 | ||||
| 6 | 1–5 | ||||
| 7 | 0–3 |
