1997 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women

1997 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women
Tournament details
Host nation Brazil
Dates July 5 – 13
Teams 12 (from 5 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  United States (1st title)
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Japan Miki (22.1) United States (80.6)
Rebounds Cuba Plutin (12.1) Russia (41.3)
Assists United States Teasley (4.1) United States (12.0)
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The 1997 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women took place in Brazil from 5 to 13 July 1997. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and Brazilian Basketball Confederation.

Twelve national teams competed for the championship. United States came away with the Gold medal by defeating Australia 78-74 in the final.[1]

Venues

Competing nations

Except Brazil, which automatically qualified as the host nation, the 11 remaining countries qualified through their continents’ qualifying tournaments:

Preliminary Round

Times given below are in UTC-03:00

Group A

Position Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreak
1  Brazil 5 4 1 344 298 +46 9 1-0
2  Slovakia 5 4 1 336 277 +59 9 0-1
3  Czech Republic 5 3 2 308 277 +31 8
4  China 5 2 3 327 311 +16 7
5  Mali 5 1 4 216 321 -105 6 1-0
6  Argentina 5 1 4 276 323 -47 6 0-1
5 July 1997
10:00
Mali  37–60  Czech Republic
5 July 1997
14:00
Argentina  79–65  China
5 July 1997
19:15
Slovakia  73–75  Brazil
6 July 1997
11:30
China  66–37  Mali
6 July 1997
15:30
Czech Republic  59–63  Slovakia
6 July 1997
19:30
Brazil  73–48  Argentina
7 July 1997
12:00
Mali  56–48  Argentina
7 July 1997
16:00
Slovakia  60–55  China
7 July 1997
20:00
Czech Republic  53–61  Brazil
9 July 1997
12:00
Argentina  50–62  Slovakia
9 July 1997
16:00
China  65–69  Czech Republic
9 July 1997
20:00
Brazil  69–48  Mali
10 July 1997
12:00
Czech Republic  67–51  Argentina
10 July 1997
16:00
Slovakia  78–38  Mali
10 July 1997
20:00
China  76–66  Brazil

Group B

Position Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreak
1  United States 5 4 1 393 335 +58 9 1-1 (+24)
2  Australia 5 4 1 380 300 +80 9 1-1 (+3)
3  Russia 5 4 1 351 343 +8 9 1-1 (-27)
4  Spain 5 2 3 284 287 -3 7
5  Cuba 5 1 4 372 422 -50 6
6  Japan 5 0 5 295 391 -96 5
5 July 1997
12:00
Cuba  57–72  Spain
5 July 1997
16:00
United States  84–65  Japan
5 July 1997
21:00
Russia  66–63  Australia
6 July 1997
9:30
Japan  63–68  Cuba
6 July 1997
13:30
Spain  45–59  Russia
6 July 1997
17:30
Australia  80–74  United States
7 July 1997
10:00
Russia  76–58  Japan
7 July 1997
14:00
Spain  41–53  Australia
7 July 1997
Cuba  88–92  United States
9 July 1997
10:00
Australia  91–58  Cuba
9 July 1997
14:00
Japan  48–70  Spain
9 July 1997
18:00
United States  76–46  Russia
10 July 1997
10:00
Japan  61–93  Australia
10 July 1997
14:00
Spain  56–70  United States
10 July 1997
18:00
Russia  104–101  Cuba

Knockout stage

Bracket

Semi-finals First place
12 July
  United States  90  
  Slovakia  77  
 
13 July
      United States  78
    Australia  74
Third place
12 July 13 July
  Brazil  60   Slovakia  45
  Australia  71     Brazil  40
5th place bracket
Semi-finals Fifth place
12 July
  Russia  74  
  China  57  
 
13 July
      Russia  68
    Czech Republic  63
Seventh place
12 July 13 July
  Czech Republic  57   China  60
  Spain  54     Spain  57
9th place bracket
Semi-finals Ninth place
12 July
  Cuba  59  
  Argentina  74  
 
13 July
      Australia  70
    Slovakia  60
Eleventh place
12 July 13 July
  Mali  60   Cuba  67
  Japan  58     Japan  63

Classification 9-12

12 July 1997
10:00
Cuba  59–74  Argentina
12 July 1997
12:00
Mali  60–58  Japan

Classification 5-8

12 July 1997
14:00
Russia  74–57  China
12 July 1997
16:00
Czech Republic  57–54  Spain

Semifinals

12 July 1997
18:00
Brazil  60–71  Australia
12 July 1997
20:00
United States  90–77  Slovakia

Eleventh place game

13 July 1997
9:30
Cuba  67–63  Japan

Ninth place game

13 July 1997
11:30
Argentina  70–60  Mali

Seventh place game

13 July 1997
13:30
China  60–57  Spain

Fifth place game

13 July 1997
15:30
Russia  68–63  Czech Republic

Third place game

13 July 1997
17:30
Slovakia  45–40  Brazil

Final

13 July 1997
19:30
United States  78–74  Australia

Final standings

# Team W-L
United States United States 6-1
Australia Australia 5-2
Slovakia Slovakia 5-2
4 Brazil Brazil 4-3
5 Russia Russia 6-1
6 Czech Republic Czech Republic 4-3
7 China China 3-4
8 Spain Spain 2-5
9 Argentina Argentina 3-4
10 Mali Mali 2-5
11 Cuba Cuba 2-5
12 Japan Japan 0-7

Awards

 1997 FIBA Women's World Junior Championship Winner 

United States
First title

References

  1. ↑ FIBA Archive. 1997 World Championship for Junior Women. Event Standings. Retrieved 2016-07-14

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