1997 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women

The 1997 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women (Portugese: 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.

1997 FIBA Under-19 Women’s Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host nationBrazil
DatesJuly 5 – 13
Teams12 
(from 5 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions United States
(1st title)
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Miki (22.1) (80.6)
Rebounds Plutin (12.1) (41.3)
Assists Teasley (4.1) (12.0)
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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

PositionTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTiebreak
1 Brazil541344298+4691-0
2 Slovakia541336277+5990-1
3 Czech Republic532308277+318
4 China523327311+167
5 Mali514216321-10561-0
6 Argentina514276323-4760-1
5 July 1997
10:00
Mali  3760  Czech Republic
5 July 1997
14:00
Argentina  7965  China
5 July 1997
19:15
Slovakia  7375  Brazil
6 July 1997
11:30
China  6637  Mali
6 July 1997
15:30
Czech Republic  5963  Slovakia
6 July 1997
19:30
Brazil  7348  Argentina
7 July 1997
12:00
Mali  5648  Argentina
7 July 1997
16:00
Slovakia  6055  China
7 July 1997
20:00
Czech Republic  5361  Brazil
9 July 1997
12:00
Argentina  5062  Slovakia
9 July 1997
16:00
China  6569  Czech Republic
9 July 1997
20:00
Brazil  6948  Mali
10 July 1997
12:00
Czech Republic  6751  Argentina
10 July 1997
16:00
Slovakia  7838  Mali
10 July 1997
20:00
China  7666  Brazil

Group B

PositionTeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTiebreak
1 United States541393335+5891-1 (+24)
2 Australia541380300+8091-1 (+3)
3 Russia541351343+891-1 (-27)
4 Spain523284287-37
5 Cuba514372422-506
6 Japan505295391-965
5 July 1997
12:00
Cuba  5772  Spain
5 July 1997
16:00
United States  8465  Japan
5 July 1997
21:00
Russia  6663  Australia
6 July 1997
9:30
Japan  6368  Cuba
6 July 1997
13:30
Spain  4559  Russia
6 July 1997
17:30
Australia  8074  United States
7 July 1997
10:00
Russia  7658  Japan
7 July 1997
14:00
Spain  4153  Australia
7 July 1997
Cuba  8892  United States
9 July 1997
10:00
Australia  9158  Cuba
9 July 1997
14:00
Japan  4870  Spain
9 July 1997
18:00
United States  7646  Russia
10 July 1997
10:00
Japan  6193  Australia
10 July 1997
14:00
Spain  5670  United States
10 July 1997
18:00
Russia  104101  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
 
 Australia70
 
12 July
 
 Slovakia60
 
 Mali60
 
 
 Japan58
 
Eleventh place
 
 
13 July
 
 
 Cuba67
 
 
 Japan63

Classification 9-12

12 July 1997
10:00
Cuba  5974  Argentina
12 July 1997
12:00
Mali  6058  Japan

Classification 5-8

12 July 1997
14:00
Russia  7457  China
12 July 1997
16:00
Czech Republic  5754  Spain

Semifinals

12 July 1997
18:00
Brazil  6071  Australia
12 July 1997
20:00
United States  9077  Slovakia

Eleventh place game

13 July 1997
9:30
Cuba  6763  Japan

Ninth place game

13 July 1997
11:30
Argentina  7060  Mali

Seventh place game

13 July 1997
13:30
China  6057  Spain

Fifth place game

13 July 1997
15:30
Russia  6863  Czech Republic

Third place game

13 July 1997
17:30
Slovakia  4540  Brazil

Final

13 July 1997
19:30
United States  7874  Australia

Final standings

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