2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup

The 2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup was the first step for the qualification for FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania for the women's basketball tournament at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan.[1] The tournament was held from 24 to 29 September 2019 in Bangalore, India.[2]

2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup
Division A
28th Asian Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation India
Dates24–29 September
Teams8 
(from 46 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Japan
(5th title)
MVP Nako Motohashi
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Motohashi (17.0)  Australia (87.7)
Rebounds Li (9.6)  China (50.2)
Assists Motohashi (5.0)  Australia (28.5)
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Japan won their fifth overall and fourth consecutive title after defeating China in the final.[3]

Venue
Bangalore
Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium
Capacity: 4,000

Qualified teams

Competition format

For Division A, during the Group phase, eight participating teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. Each team played all the other teams in its own group (a total of three (3) games for each team).

The top teams in each group automatically qualified to the semi-finals, while the next two teams qualified to the quarter-finals, where the second placed team of one group played the third placed team of the other group for a spot in the semi-finals.

Meanwhile, the bottom teams in each group played the seventh place classification game. The eighth placed team of Division A was relegated down to Division B of 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup, while the remaining teams in Division A advanced to play in the FIBA Pre-Qualifying Olympic Tournament alongside the Division B winner.[4] However, the Division B was not held due to no country willing to host the tournament and India was given a berth in the Olympic pre-qualifiers.[5][6]

Squads
Main article: 2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup squads

Each team consisted of 12 players which had to be confirmed by FIBA before September 23.[7]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+05:30)

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 3 3 0 283 137 +146 6 Semifinals
2  South Korea 3 2 1 206 208 −2 5 Playoffs
3  Chinese Taipei 3 1 2 180 184 −4 4
4  India (H) 3 0 3 147 287 −140 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Host.
24 September 2019
15:30
South Korea  48–44  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 12–14, 10–10, 17–11, 9–9
Pts: Kim M. 10
Rebs: Park H. 9
Asts: three players 3		 Pts: Cheng 10
Rebs: Cheng 8
Asts: Chu 4
24 September 2019
20:00
Japan  103–27  India
Scoring by quarter: 28–7, 22–11, 31–6, 22–3
Pts: Akaho 23
Rebs: Nakada 11
Asts: Motohashi 5		 Pts: Limaye 11
Rebs: Limaye 6
Asts: Geetha 3
25 September 2019
15:30
Chinese Taipei  49–78  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 21–6, 9–27, 7–24
Pts: Huang L. 12
Rebs: Tsai 4
Asts: Chu 4		 Pts: Takada, Tokashiki 19
Rebs: Tokashiki 11
Asts: Machida 10
25 September 2019
20:00
India  62–97  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 6–24, 15–30, 19–23
Pts: Skaria 14
Rebs: Udayakumar 6
Asts: Geetha, Limaye 3		 Pts: Jin 21
Rebs: Bae 9
Asts: Bae 7
26 September 2019
17:45
Japan  102–61  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 24–5, 21–21, 30–16, 27–19
Pts: Motohashi 21
Rebs: Takada 8
Asts: Machida 7		 Pts: Kang, Kim Y. 12
Rebs: Jin, Kang 6
Asts: Shin, Sim 4
26 September 2019
20:00
Chinese Taipei  87–58  India
Scoring by quarter: 28–10, 13–14, 22–16, 24–18
Pts: Lin 15
Rebs: Tsai 7
Asts: Huang L., Lin 4		 Pts: Limaye 13
Rebs: four players 6
Asts: Limaye 5

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 3 0 241 170 +71 6 Semifinals
2  Australia 3 2 1 274 171 +103 5 Playoffs
3  New Zealand 3 1 2 163 206 −43 4
4  Philippines 3 0 3 171 302 −131 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
24 September 2019
13:15
Australia  123–57  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 38–16, 23–18, 25–6, 37–17
Pts: Magbegor 18
Rebs: George 14
Asts: Mitchell 9		 Pts: Miranda 17
Rebs: Bernardino, Miranda 4
Asts: Daez, Miranda 2
24 September 2019
17:45
China  67–44  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 8–8, 13–9, 21–12, 25–15
Pts: Li Yua., Shao 13
Rebs: Li Yue. 14
Asts: Shao 6		 Pts: Cocks 10
Rebs: Purcell 6
Asts: Cocks 3
25 September 2019
13:15
New Zealand  44–82  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 14–26, 6–20, 13–19
Pts: Farnworth 12
Rebs: Davidson 6
Asts: Cocks 3		 Pts: Magbegor 14
Rebs: George 9
Asts: Seekamp 6
25 September 2019
17:45
Philippines  57–104  China
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 15–26, 21–24, 10–33
Pts: Bernardino 10
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Cabinbin 5		 Pts: Chen 21
Rebs: Han 11
Asts: three players 6
26 September 2019
13:15
New Zealand  75–57  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 25–17, 19–14, 17–11
Pts: Boagni 16
Rebs: Purcell 13
Asts: Purcell 5		 Pts: Pontejos 15
Rebs: Pontejos 7
Asts: Cabinbin 5
26 September 2019
15:30
Australia  69–70  China
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 15–25, 16–12, 18–14
Pts: Ebzery 13
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: O'Hea 6		 Pts: Wang 18
Rebs: Li Yue. 9
Asts: Wang 3

Knockout round

Bracket
 
PlayoffsSemifinalsFinals
 
          
 
 
 
 
28 September
 
 
 Japan76
 
27 September
 
 Australia64
 
 Australia90
 
29 September
 
 Chinese Taipei51
 
 Japan71
 
 
 China68
 
 
28 September
 
 
 China80
 
27 September
 
 South Korea52 Third place
 
 South Korea58
 
29 September
 
 New Zealand52
 
 Australia98
 
 
 South Korea62
 

Playoffs
27 September 2019
17:45
South Korea  58–52  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 13–16, 17–9, 8–13
Pts: Bae, Kang 13
Rebs: Kang, Park H.6
Asts: Youm 7		 Pts: Davidson 12
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: Purcell 4
27 September 2019
20:00
Australia  90–51  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 26–9, 26–14, 21–13, 17–15
Pts: Allen 15
Rebs: Seekamp 10
Asts: O'Hea, Seekamp 5		 Pts: Chen, Huang L. 11
Rebs: Tsai 5
Asts: four players 2

Semifinals
28 September 2019
17:45
Japan  76–64  Australia
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 20–5, 17–20, 24–16
Pts: Motohashi 22
Rebs: Miyazawa 15
Asts: Motohashi 6		 Pts: O'Hea 12
Rebs: Allen 8
Asts: three players 4
28 September 2019
20:00
China  80–52  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 18–13, 20–2, 17–19
Pts: Han 17
Rebs: Gao 9
Asts: Shao 7		 Pts: Bae 10
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Bae 4

Seventh place game
27 September 2019
15:30
India  78–92  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 16–28, 22–13, 19–22, 21–29
Pts: Limaye 23
Rebs: Udayakumar 9
Asts: Limaye 6		 Pts: Pontejos 18
Rebs: Animam 13
Asts: Tongco 8

Fifth place game
28 September 2019
15:30
Chinese Taipei  56–71  New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 14–15, 13–21, 16–22, 13–13
Pts: Huang P. 13
Rebs: Tsai 7
Asts: Chen, Huang L. 4		 Pts: Cocks 18
Rebs: Purcell 11
Asts: Karaitiana 5

Third place game
29 September 2019
15:30
Australia  98–62  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 24–9, 24–10, 19–19, 31–24
Pts: Allen 20
Rebs: Allen, Magbegor 7
Asts: Talbot 8		 Pts: Kim M., Park H. 13
Rebs: Park J. 7
Asts: Kim M., Shin 5

Final
29 September 2019
17:45
Japan  71–68  China
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 17–16, 20–16, 17–17
Pts: Motohashi 24
Rebs: Takada 9
Asts: Motohashi 8		 Pts: Han 18
Rebs: Han, Li Yue. 7
Asts: Chen 5

Final standing
Qualified to the Asia/Oceania Pre-Qualifying Tournaments
Relegated to Division B of the 2021 FIBA Asia Women's Cup
(Wildcard entry to the Asia/Oceania Pre-Qualifying Tournaments)
Rank Team Record
 Japan5–0
 China4–1
 Australia4–2
4  South Korea3–3
5  New Zealand2–3
6  Chinese Taipei1–4
7  Philippines1–3
8  India0–4

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Awards

The all star-teams and MVP was announced on 29 September 2019.[9]

All-Star Team
Guards Forwards Center
Nako Motohashi
Shao Ting		 Yuki Miyazawa
Rebecca Allen		 Han Xu
MVP: Nako Motohashi

References
  1. "FIBA Calendar". FIBA. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  2. "Bengaluru confirmed as host city for FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2019, Division A". FIBA. 4 July 2019.
  3. "Japan beat China to claim Women's Asia Cup 2019 crown and complete four-peat". FIBA. 29 September 2019.
  4. "Competition System – FIBA Women's Asia Cup Division A 2019". FIBA. Retrieved 12 August 2019.
  5. "Women cagers in Oly qualifiers". New Indian Express. Express News Service. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  6. "Groups drawn for Asia-Oceania Pre-Qualifiers of the 2020 Olympic Qualifying Tournament". FIBA. 28 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
  7. "Stage set for FIBA Women's Asia Cup in Bengaluru as rosters are confirmed". Bengaluru: FIBA. 23 September 2019. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  8. "Statistical leaders". FIBA. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  9. "Japan's Nako Motohashi named MVP to headline Women's Asia Cup All-Star Five". FIBA. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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