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The 1997 Men's Asian Basketball Confederation Championship was held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Quick Facts 19th Asian Basketball Championship, Tournament details ...
1997 FIBA Asia Cup
19th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
DatesSeptember 11–19
Teams15
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVPSouth Korea Chun Hee-Chul
1995
1999
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Qualification

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.

More information East Asia (4+2), Gulf (1+2) ...
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
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Preliminary round

Group A

More information Team, Pld ...
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 330280198+826
 Iran 321215242−275
 Bahrain 312197214−174
 Philippines 303216254−383
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September 11
China  7460  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 35–42, 39–18
September 11
Iran  7776  Philippines
Scoring by half: 35–38, 42–38
September 12
China  10772  Philippines
Scoring by half: 57–27, 50–45
September 12
Bahrain  6772  Iran
Scoring by half: 37–38, 30–34
September 13
China  9966  Iran
Scoring by half: 52–34, 47–32
September 13
Philippines  6870  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 38–38, 30–32

Group B

More information Team, Pld ...
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 330326196+1306
 United Arab Emirates 321262180+825
 India 312257237+204
 Bangladesh 303152384−2323
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September 11
South Korea  15355  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 82–34, 71–21
September 11
United Arab Emirates  8265  India
Scoring by half: 44–27, 38–38
September 12
India  69100  South Korea
Scoring by half: 35–59, 34–41
September 12
Bangladesh  42108  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 25–48, 17–60
September 13
India  12355  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 57–33, 66–22
September 13
South Korea  7372  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 44–37, 29–35

Group C

More information Team, Pld ...
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Saudi Arabia 220165129+364
 Japan 211163139+243
 Hong Kong 202116176−602
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September 11
Saudi Arabia  8458  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 44–26, 40–32
September 12
Hong Kong  5892  Japan
Scoring by half: 20–49, 38–43
September 13
Japan  7181  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 31–40, 40–41

Group D

More information Team, Pld ...
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Chinese Taipei 330205168+376
 Jordan 321197184+135
 Kazakhstan 312226203+234
 Indonesia 303176249−733
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September 11
Jordan  6665 (OT)  Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 24–30, 33–27 Overtime: 9–8
September 11
Chinese Taipei  7550  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 36–24, 39–26
September 12
Jordan  6068  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 29–38, 31–30
September 12
Indonesia  75103  Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 34–53, 41–50
September 13
Jordan  7151  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 32–22, 39–29
September 13
Chinese Taipei  6258  Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 29–33, 33–25
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Quarterfinal round

Group I

More information Team, Pld ...
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 330263178+856
 Saudi Arabia 321223220+35
 United Arab Emirates 312207232−254
 Jordan 303180243−633
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September 15
China  9562  Jordan
Scoring by half: 53–26, 42–36
September 15
Saudi Arabia  9076  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 39–36, 51–40
September 16
United Arab Emirates  5483  China
Scoring by half: 25–42, 29–41
September 16
Jordan  5971  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 26–44, 33–27
September 17
United Arab Emirates  7759  Jordan
Scoring by half: 37–28, 40–31
September 17
China  8562  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 52–27, 33–35

Group II

More information Team, Pld ...
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Japan 321265251+1451–0
 South Korea 321282245+3750–1
 Chinese Taipei 312217235−1841–0
 Iran 312233266−3340–1
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September 15
Iran  5472  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 19–29, 35–43
September 15
Japan  8983  South Korea
Scoring by half: 38–38, 51–45
September 16
South Korea  10385  Iran
Scoring by half: 50–44, 53–41
September 16
Chinese Taipei  7485  Japan
Scoring by half: 39–42, 35–43
September 17
Iran  9491  Japan
Scoring by half: 44–40, 50–51
September 17
South Korea  9671  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 53–34, 43–37

Group III

More information Team, Pld ...
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Bahrain 330264176+886
 Indonesia 321266186+805
 Hong Kong 312236223+134
 Bangladesh 303137318−1813
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September 15
Bahrain  7668  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 42–28, 34–40
September 15
Hong Kong  9560  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 51–26, 44–34
September 16
Bangladesh  39109  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 21–58, 18–51
September 16
Indonesia  8472  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 43–49, 41–23
September 17
Indonesia  11438  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 58–22, 56–16
September 17
Bahrain  7969  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 48–41, 31–28

Group IV

More information Team, Pld ...
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Philippines 220173143+304
 India 211156172−163
 Kazakhstan 202157171−142
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September 15
Philippines  8474  Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 37–41, 47–33
September 16
India  6989  Philippines
Scoring by half: 25–45, 44–44
September 17
Kazakhstan  8387  India
Scoring by half: 42–46, 41–41

Classification 5th–14th

13th place

September 18
Hong Kong  68100  Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 35–43, 33–57

11th place

September 18
Indonesia  020  India
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9th place

September 18
Bahrain  7984  Philippines
Scoring by half: 41–46, 38–38

7th place

September 19
Jordan  7162  Iran
Scoring by half: 36–22, 35–40

5th place

September 19
United Arab Emirates  7862  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 35–27, 43–35
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Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
September 18
 
 
 China72
 
September 19
 
 South Korea86
 
 South Korea78
 
September 18
 
 Japan76
 
 Saudi Arabia92
 
 
 Japan108
 
3rd place
 
 
September 19
 
 
 China94
 
 
 Saudi Arabia68

Semifinals

September 18
China  7286  South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–36, 30–50
September 18
Saudi Arabia  92108  Japan
Scoring by half: 43–51, 49–57

3rd place

September 19
Saudi Arabia  6894  China
Scoring by half: 30–48, 38–46

Final

September 19
South Korea  7876  Japan
Scoring by half: 41–44, 37–32
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Final standing

Qualified for the 1998 FIBA World Championship
More information Rank, Team ...
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea7–1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan4–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  China7–1
4  Saudi Arabia4–3
5  United Arab Emirates4–3
6  Chinese Taipei4–3
7  Jordan3–4
8  Iran3–4
9  Philippines3–3
10  Bahrain4–3
11  India3–3
12  Indonesia2–5
13  Kazakhstan2–4
14  Hong Kong1–5
15  Bangladesh0–6
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Awards

 1997 Asian champions 

South Korea
Second title

References

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