1997 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women

1997 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryBrazil
DatesJuly 5–13
Teams12
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions United States (1st title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorerJapan Miki (22.1)
Top reboundsCuba Plutin (12.1)
Top assistsUnited States Teasley (4.1)
PPG (Team)United States (80.6)
RPG (Team)Russia (41.3)
APG (Team)United States (12.0)
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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

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-finalsFirst place
 
      
 
 12 July
 
 
 United States90
 
 13 July
 
 Slovakia77
 
 United States78
 
 12 July
 
 Australia74
 
 Brazil60
 
 
 Australia71
 
Third place
 
 
 13 July
 
 
 Slovakia45
 
 
 Brazil40
5th place bracket
 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
 12 July
 
 
 Russia74
 
 13 July
 
 China57
 
 Russia68
 
 12 July
 
 Czech Republic63
 
 Czech Republic57
 
 
 Spain54
 
Seventh place
 
 
 13 July
 
 
 China60
 
 
 Spain57
9th place bracket
 
Semi-finalsNinth place
 
      
 
 12 July
 
 
 Cuba59
 
 13 July
 
 Argentina74
 
 Argentina70
 
 12 July
 
 Mali60
 
 Mali60
 
 
 Japan58
 
Eleventh place
 
 
 13 July
 
 
 Cuba67
 
 
 Japan63

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