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 Women's Asia Cup
18th Asian Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
DatesMay 2–9
Teams9
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions South Korea (11th title)

Participating teams

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Level I Level II

  South Korea
  Japan
  China
  Chinese Taipei
  Thailand
  Kazakhstan *

  Malaysia
  Hong Kong
  North Korea
  Sri Lanka
  Uzbekistan *

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

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Level I

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
  Japan 4 3 1 327 240 +87 7 1–1 / 1.069
  South Korea 4 3 1 311 249 +62 7 1–1 / 1.027
  China 4 3 1 290 249 +41 7 1–1 / 0.907
  Chinese Taipei 4 1 3 284 249 −35 5
  Thailand 4 0 4 165 390 −225 4
May 2
13:40
Japan   68–63   Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 30–41, 38–22
May 2
17:20
China   90–42   Thailand
Scoring by half: 36–20, 54–22
May 3
13:40
Thailand   39–92   South Korea
Scoring by half: 17–37, 22–55
May 3
15:30
Chinese Taipei   57–64   China
Scoring by half: 30–34, 27–30
May 4
15:30
South Korea   66–61   Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 33–33, 33–28
May 4
17:20
Japan   69–72   China
Scoring by half: 28–38, 41–34
May 5
13:40
China   64–81   South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–44, 37–37
May 5
15:30
Thailand   33–105   Japan
Scoring by half: 16–46, 17–49
May 6
15:30
Japan   85–72   South Korea
Scoring by half: 41–42, 44–30
May 6
17:20
Chinese Taipei   103–51   Thailand
Scoring by half: 50–16, 53–35

Level II

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  North Korea 3 3 0 302 142 +160 6
  Malaysia 3 2 1 219 178 +41 5
  Hong Kong 3 1 2 175 201 −26 4
  Sri Lanka 3 0 3 95 270 −175 3
May 2
10:00
Hong Kong   40–100   North Korea
Scoring by half: 23–45, 17–55
May 4
11:50
Malaysia   71–91   North Korea
Scoring by half: 34–41, 37–50
May 5
17:20
Hong Kong   76–36   Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 38–14, 38–22
May 6
13:40
Hong Kong   59–65   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–38, 21–27
May 8
9:20
Sri Lanka   31–111   North Korea
Scoring by half: 17–71, 14–40
May 9
9:00
Sri Lanka   28–83   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 19–42, 9–41

Final round

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

Semifinals

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

3rd place

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May 9
10:50
Chinese Taipei   68–57   China
Scoring by half: 38–26, 30–31

Final

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May 9
13:00
Japan   65–68   South Korea
Scoring by half: 30–37, 35–31

Final standing

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Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
Rank Team Record
    South Korea 5–1
    Japan 4–2
    Chinese Taipei 2–4
4   China 3–3
5   Thailand 0–4
6   North Korea 3–0
7   Malaysia 2–1
8   Hong Kong 1–2
9   Sri Lanka 0–3

Awards

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 1999 Asian champions 
 
South Korea
Eleventh title

References

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