1997 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Brazil |
Dates | July 5–13 |
Teams | 12 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | ![]() |
Tournament statistics | |
Top scorer | ![]() |
Top rebounds | ![]() |
Top assists | ![]() |
PPG (Team) | ![]() |
RPG (Team) | ![]() |
APG (Team) | ![]() |
The 1997 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women (Portuguese: Campeonato Mundial Feminino Sub-19 da Fiba 1997) 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
[edit]Competing nations
[edit]Except Brazil, which automatically qualified as the host nation, the 11 remaining countries qualified through their continents’ qualifying tournaments:
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Preliminary round
[edit]- Times given below are in UTC-03:00
Group A
[edit]Position | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreak |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 344 | 298 | +46 | 9 | 1–0 |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 336 | 277 | +59 | 9 | 0–1 |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 3 | 2 | 308 | 277 | +31 | 8 | |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | 327 | 311 | +16 | 7 | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 4 | 216 | 321 | −105 | 6 | 1–0 |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 4 | 276 | 323 | −47 | 6 | 0–1 |
Group B
[edit]Position | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreak |
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1 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 393 | 335 | +58 | 9 | 1–1 (+24) |
2 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 380 | 300 | +80 | 9 | 1–1 (+3) |
3 | ![]() | 5 | 4 | 1 | 351 | 343 | +8 | 9 | 1–1 (−27) |
4 | ![]() | 5 | 2 | 3 | 284 | 287 | −3 | 7 | |
5 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | 4 | 372 | 422 | −50 | 6 | |
6 | ![]() | 5 | 0 | 5 | 295 | 391 | −96 | 5 |
Knockout stage
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | First place | |||||
12 July | ||||||
![]() | 90 | |||||
13 July | ||||||
![]() | 77 | |||||
![]() | 78 | |||||
12 July | ||||||
![]() | 74 | |||||
![]() | 60 | |||||
![]() | 71 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
13 July | ||||||
![]() | 45 | |||||
![]() | 40 |
- 5th place bracket
Semi-finals | Fifth place | |||||
12 July | ||||||
![]() | 74 | |||||
13 July | ||||||
![]() | 57 | |||||
![]() | 68 | |||||
12 July | ||||||
![]() | 63 | |||||
![]() | 57 | |||||
![]() | 54 | |||||
Seventh place | ||||||
13 July | ||||||
![]() | 60 | |||||
![]() | 57 |
- 9th place bracket
Semi-finals | Ninth place | |||||
12 July | ||||||
![]() | 59 | |||||
13 July | ||||||
![]() | 74 | |||||
![]() | 70 | |||||
12 July | ||||||
![]() | 60 | |||||
![]() | 60 | |||||
![]() | 58 | |||||
Eleventh place | ||||||
13 July | ||||||
![]() | 67 | |||||
![]() | 63 |
Classification 9–12
[edit]Classification 5–8
[edit]Semifinals
[edit]Eleventh place game
[edit]Ninth place game
[edit]Seventh place game
[edit]Fifth place game
[edit]Third place game
[edit]Final
[edit]Final standings
[edit]# | Team | W-L |
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![]() | ![]() | 6–1 |
![]() | ![]() | 5–2 |
![]() | ![]() | 5–2 |
4 | ![]() | 4–3 |
5 | ![]() | 6–1 |
6 | ![]() | 4–3 |
7 | ![]() | 3–4 |
8 | ![]() | 2–5 |
9 | ![]() | 3–4 |
10 | ![]() | 2–5 |
11 | ![]() | 2–5 |
12 | ![]() | 0–7 |
Awards
[edit]1997 FIBA Women's World Junior Championship winner |
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![]() United States First title |
References
[edit]- ^ FIBA Archive. 1997 World Championship for Junior Women. Event Standings. Retrieved 2016-07-14