Asian Basketball Confederation Championship 1997

The 1997 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Format

*The teams will be divided into four groups (Groups A-D) for the preliminary round.
*Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals.
*Group A's and C's topnotchers are grouped with Group B's and D's runners-up (Group I) while Group A's and C's runners-up are grouped with Group B's and D's topnotchers (Group II) for a round-robin play.
*All of the bottom two of Groups A-D are grouped together also in Groups III and Groups IV, but these teams are not able to "qualify" for the semifinal knock-out round.
*The topnotcher of Group I meets the runner-up of Group II while the topnotcher of Group II meets the runner-up of Group I in the sudden-death semifinals.
*The winners in the semifinals dispute the championship while the losers dispute the third-place trophy, all sudden-death games.

Preliminary round

basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 11
teamA= bk-rt|BAN|scoreA=55
teamB= bk|KOR|scoreB=153basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 11
teamA= bk-rt|IND|scoreA=65
teamB= bk|UAE|scoreB=82basketballbox|date=September 12
teamA= bk-rt|KOR|scoreA=100
teamB= bk|IND|scoreB=69basketballbox|date=September 12
teamB= bk|UAE|scoreB=108
teamA= bk-rt|BAN|scoreA=42basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 13
teamA= bk-rt|BAN|scoreA=55
teamB= bk|IND|scoreB=123basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 13
teamA= bk-rt|UAE|scoreA=72
teamB= bk|KOR|scoreB=73

Group C

Group I

basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 14
teamA= bk-rt|BHR|scoreA=76
teamB= bk|INA|scoreB=68basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 14
teamA= bk-rt|BAN|scoreA=60
teamB= bk|HKG|scoreB=95basketballbox|date=September 15
teamA= bk-rt|BHR|scoreA=109
teamB= bk|BAN|scoreB=39basketballbox|date=September 15
teamB= bk|INA|scoreB=84
teamA= bk-rt|HKG|scoreA=72basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 16
teamA= bk-rt|INA|scoreA=114
teamB= bk|BAN|scoreB=38basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 16
teamA= bk-rt|HKG|scoreA=69
teamB= bk|BHR|scoreB=79

Group IV

basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 14
teamA= bk-rt|KAZ|scoreA=74
teamB= bk|PHI|1919|scoreB=84basketballbox|date=September 15
teamA= bk-rt|PHI|1919|scoreA=89
teamB= bk|IND|scoreB=69basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 16
teamA= bk-rt|IND|scoreA=87
teamB= bk|KAZ|scoreB=83

Classification rounds

basketballbox|date=September 17|report=13th place
teamA= bk-rt|HKG|scoreA=68
teamB= bk|KAZ|scoreB=100basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 17|report=11th place
teamA= bk-rt|INA|scoreA=62
teamB= bk|IND|scoreB=70basketballbox|date=September 17|report=9th place
teamA= bk-rt|BHR|scoreA=79
teamB= bk|PHI|1919|scoreB=84basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 18|report=7th place
teamA= bk-rt|JOR|scoreA=71
teamB= bk|IRI|scoreB=62basketballbox|date=September 18|report=5th place
teamA= bk-rt|UAE|scoreA=78
teamB= bk|TPE|scoreB=62

Bracket

Round4-with third|RD1=Semifinals|RD2=Final|Consol=Third place
September 18|bk|CHN|72|bk|KOR|86
September 18|bk|JPN|108|bk|KSA|92
September 19|bk|KOR|78|bk|JPN|76
September 19|bk|CHN|94|bk|KSA|68

Final classification

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References

* [http://todor66.com/basketball/Asia/Men_1997.html Results]