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2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup

Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Sydney
Dates	26 June – 2 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1
Final positions
Champions	China (12th title)
Runners-up	Japan
Third place	Australia
Fourth place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Games played	20
MVP	Han Xu
Top scorer	Han Xu (22.0 ppg)
Official website
FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2023 Division A FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2023 Division B
← 2021 2025 →

The 2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup was the 30th edition of the tournament, held from 26 June to 2 July 2023 in Sydney, Australia. This was the first time Australia hosted this tournament. The top four teams qualified for the 2024 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.

China won their 12th title after a win in the final over Japan.

The FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2023 Division B was held later from 13 to 19 August 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Venue

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Sydney	Sydney
State Sports Centre
Capacity: 5,006

Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The first-placed team qualified to the semifinals while the second-and third-placed teams played in a playoff round. The second-placed teams faced off against the third-placed teams. A knockout-system was used after the preliminary round with the losing teams playing in a classification game.

Qualified teams

Seven teams from the last edition qualified for this year's tournament and the winners of the Division B tournament, Lebanon.

For Division A:

• The host nation
  •  Australia

• Rest of the top seven places at the 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup:
  •  Japan
  •  China
  •  South Korea
  •  New Zealand
  •  Chinese Taipei
  •  Philippines

• Division B winners of the 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup:
  •  Lebanon

For Division B:

• The host nation
  •  Thailand
• Early registrants for the Division B slots from FIBA Asia:
  •  Indonesia
  •  Iran
  •  Jordan
  •  Kazakhstan
  •  Malaysia
  •  Mongolia
  •  Sri Lanka

Squads

Each nation had to submit a list of 12 players.

Division A

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+10:00).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	256	171	+85	6	Semifinals
2	New Zealand	3	2	1	188	189	−1	5	Playoffs
3	South Korea	3	1	2	221	207	+14	4
4	Lebanon	3	0	3	143	241	−98	3	Seventh place game

South Korea	64–66	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 13–21, 21–11, 18–14
Pts: Kang, Park Ji-s. 18 Rebs: Park Ji-s. 10 Asts: Park Ji-h. 6		Pts: Davidson 24 Rebs: Reed 11 Asts: Dalton, C. Leger-Walker 3

China	89–44	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 24–21, 18–9, 22–2, 25–12
Pts: Han 17 Rebs: Han 10 Asts: Li Yua. 6		Pts: Akl 13 Rebs: Elias 6 Asts: three players 2

Lebanon	54–76	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 11–25, 13–23, 11–15, 19–13
Pts: Baptiste 20 Rebs: Baptiste 12 Asts: El Charif, Fayad 2		Pts: Park Ji-h. 18 Rebs: Jin 11 Asts: Shin 7

New Zealand	46–80	China
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 7–15, 7–32, 19–15
Pts: Hunter 10 Rebs: Beck 7 Asts: Beck 3		Pts: Han 17 Rebs: Han 13 Asts: Li Yua. 7

New Zealand	76–45	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 17–6, 22–11, 16–12, 21–16
Pts: Tupaea 20 Rebs: Davidson 13 Asts: Beck 5		Pts: Baptiste 11 Rebs: Baptiste 7 Asts: Baptiste 4

China	87–81 (OT)	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 20–17, 21–16, 19–18, Overtime: 15–9
Pts: Han 33 Rebs: Han, Zhang 11 Asts: Li M. 7		Pts: Park Ji-s. 22 Rebs: Park Ji-s. 8 Asts: Park Ji-h. 5

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	280	176	+104	6	Semifinals
2	Australia	3	2	1	262	170	+92	5	Playoffs
3	Philippines	3	1	2	183	281	−98	4
4	Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	179	277	−98	3	Seventh place game

Japan	94–53	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 19–17, 26–12, 28–10
Pts: Mawuli 18 Rebs: Mawuli 9 Asts: Yamamoto 7		Pts: Lin Y. 14 Rebs: Han, Lin Y. 6 Asts: Lin Y. 4

Australia	105–34	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 30–7, 26–16, 22–5, 27–6
Pts: Garbin 18 Rebs: Scherf 9 Asts: Madgen 7		Pts: De Jesus 18 Rebs: Animam 7 Asts: three players 1

Philippines	57–95	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 14–28, 17–21, 17–17, 9–29
Pts: Bernardino, De Jesus 12 Rebs: Bernardino 8 Asts: De Jesus 4		Pts: Akaho 16 Rebs: Okoye 9 Asts: Hoshi 7

Chinese Taipei	45–91	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 12–22, 16–29, 5–21
Pts: Lin Y., Liu H. 8 Rebs: Cheng I., Lin Y. 4 Asts: Lin Y. 3		Pts: Froling 16 Rebs: Maley 15 Asts: Madgen 4

Chinese Taipei	81–92	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 20–29, 18–22, 24–21, 19–20
Pts: Lin Y. 21 Rebs: Lin Y. 10 Asts: Lin Y. 7		Pts: De Jesus 25 Rebs: Animam 15 Asts: De Jesus 4

Australia	66–91	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 11–29, 19–26, 15–21
Pts: Rocci 12 Rebs: Maley 4 Asts: Rocci 5		Pts: Okoye 20 Rebs: Akaho 7 Asts: Miyazaki 6

Knockout round

Bracket

	Qualification to semifinals				Semi-finals				Final
					1 July
					China	74
	30 June
					Australia	60
	Australia	91
									2 July
	South Korea	64
									China	73
									Japan	71
					1 July
					Japan	88
	30 June
					New Zealand	52			Third place
	New Zealand	83
									2 July
	Philippines	78
									Australia	81
									New Zealand	59

Qualification to semifinals

New Zealand	83–78	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 24–26, 23–28, 15–9
Pts: C. Leger-Walker 34 Rebs: Davidson 10 Asts: C. Leger-Walker 6		Pts: Bernardino, Joson 15 Rebs: Animam 11 Asts: De Jesus 3

Australia	91–64	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 31–16, 21–17, 19–21, 20–10
Pts: Madgen, Scherf 14 Rebs: Scherf 9 Asts: Madgen 5		Pts: Yang In-y. 14 Rebs: Park Ji-h. 4 Asts: An He-j. 8

Semifinals

Japan	88–52	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 24–11, 23–14, 19–13, 22–14
Pts: Mawuli 17 Rebs: Mawuli 6 Asts: Miyazaki 5		Pts: C. Leger-Walker 14 Rebs: McGoldrick 9 Asts: Beck 2

China	74–60	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 18–11, 17–21, 18–11, 21–17
Pts: Han 17 Rebs: Han 15 Asts: Wang 6		Pts: Kunek 16 Rebs: Scherf 8 Asts: Heal 3

Seventh place game

Lebanon	75–73	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 17–11, 20–13, 17–22
Pts: Akl 27 Rebs: Baptiste 7 Asts: Akl, Baptiste 4		Pts: Cheng W. 25 Rebs: Cheng I. 10 Asts: Pan 5

Fifth place game

Philippines	71–80	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 15–26, 21–22, 16–14
Pts: Bernardino 16 Rebs: Bernardino 9 Asts: De Jesus 5		Pts: Park Ji-h. 24 Rebs: Park Ji-s. 16 Asts: Park Ji-s. 4

Third place game

Australia	81–59	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 17–14, 24–17, 18–14
Pts: Kunek 19 Rebs: Maley 11 Asts: Madgen 5		Pts: Davidson 19 Rebs: Davidson 11 Asts: K. Leger-Walker 4

Final

China	73–71	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 9–18, 22–16, 25–20
Pts: Han 26 Rebs: Han 10 Asts: Li M. 6		Pts: Takada 17 Rebs: Akaho 6 Asts: Yamamoto 9

Division B

All times are local (UTC+07:00)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Indonesia	3	3	0	194	163	+31	6	Semifinals
2	Iran	3	2	1	191	157	+34	5	Playoffs
3	Malaysia	3	1	2	199	193	+6	4
4	Mongolia	3	0	3	153	224	−71	3	Seventh place game

Indonesia	69–52	Mongolia
Scoring by quarter: 17–10, 16–11, 16–18, 20–13
Pts: Pierre-Louis 19 Rebs: Pierre-Louis 9 Asts: Retong 11		Pts: Bat-Erdene 9 Rebs: Bat-Erdene 8 Asts: Nandinkhusel 3

Iran	65–59	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 21–13, 19–17, 8–11
Pts: Soudjani 13 Rebs: Soudjani 7 Asts: Shojaeikohnehshahri 3		Pts: Yap 28 Rebs: Yap 9 Asts: Low 4

Malaysia	55–60	Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 17–17, 13–11, 7–13
Pts: Yap 16 Rebs: Foo 9 Asts: Saw 7		Pts: Pierre-Louis 22 Rebs: Pierre-Louis 12 Asts: Kusuma 5

Mongolia	33–70	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 8–16, 6–12, 10–26, 9–16
Pts: Nandinkhusel 9 Rebs: Murat 8 Asts: Nandinkhusel 2		Pts: Vakili 13 Rebs: Eissaianjangi 9 Asts: Tehrani 5

Indonesia	65–56	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 8–15, 13–16, 25–12
Pts: Pierre-Louis 26 Rebs: Pierre-Louis 15 Asts: Retong 6		Pts: Khameneh 16 Rebs: Khameneh 5 Asts: Khameneh 3

Malaysia	85–68	Mongolia
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 32–10, 15–20, 16–20
Pts: Yap 20 Rebs: Foo 7 Asts: Saw 9		Pts: Bat-Erdene 14 Rebs: Bat-Erdene 10 Asts: Nandinkhusel 7

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jordan	3	3	0	230	177	+53	6	Semifinals
2	Thailand	3	2	1	244	161	+83	5	Playoffs
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	182	180	+2	4
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	111	249	−138	3	Seventh place game

Kazakhstan	66–34	Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 23–8, 18–6, 17 –8, 8–12
Pts: Yagodkina 16 Rebs: Bezgodova 12 Asts: Bezgodova 3		Pts: Ekanayake 7 Rebs: Arachchige 6 Asts: Ekanayake 3

Jordan	74–71	Thailand
Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 18–15, 20–20, 14–23
Pts: Al Hinn 26 Rebs: Al Hinn 11 Asts: Sheppard 6		Pts: Udomsuk 19 Rebs: Lumdappang 12 Asts: Thuamon 8

Sri Lanka	41–82	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 8–15, 12–26, 11–26, 10–15
Pts: Arachchige 11 Rebs: Arachchige 10 Asts: Ravindran 4		Pts: Sheppard 19 Rebs: Al Hinn 10 Asts: Sheppard 4

Thailand	72–51	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 17–16, 11–9, 19–11
Pts: Udomsuk 22 Rebs: Lumdappang 7 Asts: Lumdappang 6		Pts: Bezgodova 13 Rebs: Bezgodova 14 Asts: Bagmet 5

Kazakhstan	65–74	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 13–13, 13–21, 21–21
Pts: Yagodkina 20 Rebs: Bezgodova 9 Asts: Yagodkina 6		Pts: Sheppard 38 Rebs: Al Hinn 9 Asts: Sheppard 8

Thailand	101–36	Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 24–7, 27–8, 22–9
Pts: Boonjun 16 Rebs: Boonjun 11 Asts: Summat 8		Pts: Ekanayake 14 Rebs: Morseth 9 Asts: Mills 2

Knockout round

Bracket

	Qualification to Semi-finals				Semi-finals				Final
					18 August
					Indonesia	65
	17 August
					Thailand	57
	Thailand	67
									19 August
	Malaysia	58
									Indonesia	55
									Iran	54
					18 August
					Jordan	54
	17 August
					Iran	72			Third place
	Iran	54
									19 August
	Kazakhstan	41
									Thailand	66
									Jordan	52

Qualification to Semifinals

Thailand	67–58	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 16 - 19, 11- 13, 18 - 16, 22 - 10
Pts: Udomsuk 21 Rebs: Udomsuk 8 Asts: Thuamon 6		Pts: Low 14 Rebs: Pang 9 Asts: Saw 5

Iran	54–41	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 20 - 12, 8 - 7, 14 - 15, 12 - 7
Pts: Khameneh 16 Rebs: Abedi 8 Asts: Khameneh 3		Pts: Bezgodova 15 Rebs: Bezgodova 6 Asts: Koroleva 4

Seventh place game

Mongolia	80–41	Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 17 - 7, 23 - 14, 32 - 11, 8 - 9
Pts: Baatar 24 Rebs: Bat-Erdene 12 Asts: Bayarmaa 9		Pts: Thalagala 18 Rebs: Morseth 5 Asts: Ekanayake 4

Fifth place game

Malaysia	62–44	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 17 - 10, 20 - 5, 17 - 21, 8 - 8
Pts: Yap 16 Rebs: Tan 8 Asts: Pang 4		Pts: Yagodkina 18 Rebs: Yagodkina 8 Asts: Bagmet 5

Semifinals

Indonesia	65–57	Thailand
Scoring by quarter: 18 - 12, 16 - 15, 14 - 17, 17 - 13
Pts: Pierre-Louis 12 Rebs: Pierre-Louis 14 Asts: Retong 7		Pts: Thuamon 18 Rebs: Udomsuk 7 Asts: Thuamon 5

Jordan	54–72	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 19 - 26, 10 - 15, 15 - 18, 10 - 13
Pts: Sheppard 24 Rebs: Al Hinn 6 Asts: Sheppard 5		Pts: Shahriari 22 Rebs: Khameneh 7 Asts: Khameneh 8

Third place game

Thailand	66–52	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 8–15, 14–12, 27–10
Pts: Udomsuk 17 Rebs: Lumdappang 13 Asts: Thuamon 5		Pts: Abu Jbara 14 Rebs: Abu Jbara 12 Asts: Abu Jbara 3

Final

This is also a promotion playoff, with the loser retaining Division B status, while the winner promoted to Division A.

Indonesia	55–54	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 12–9, 19–14, 12–15
Pts: Orville 16 Rebs: Pierre-Louis 14 Asts: Retong 9		Pts: Shahriari 14 Rebs: Shahriari 5 Asts: Khameneh 6

Final standings

Division A

Rank	Team	Record
	China	5–0
	Japan	4–1
	Australia	4–2
4	New Zealand	3–3
5	South Korea	2–3
6	Philippines	1–4
7	Lebanon	1–3
8	Chinese Taipei	0–4

Division B

Rank	Team	Record
1	Indonesia	5–0
2	Iran	4–2
3	Thailand	4–2
4	Jordan	3–2
5	Malaysia	2–3
6	Kazakhstan	1–4
7	Mongolia	1–3
8	Sri Lanka	0–4

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Players

Points Name PPG Han Xu 22.0 Charlisse Leger-Walker 17.3 Li Meng 14.4 Lin Yu-ting 14.0 Park Ji-hyun

Rebounds Name RPG Han Xu 11.8 Penina Davidson 9.8 Jack Animam 9.6 Park Ji-su 8.4 Trinity Baptiste 7.8

Assists Name APG Mai Yamamoto 5.2 Li Meng 4.8 Saori Miyazaki Maddison Rocci 4.2 Tess Madgen 4.0 Li Yuan Lin Yu-ting

Blocks Name BPG Han Xu 2.6 Himawari Akaho 1.6 Park Ji-su Kim Dan-bi 1.4 Penina Davidson 1.2

Steals Name SPG Park Ji-hyun 2.4 Afril Bernardino 2.2 Park Ji-su Cheng I-hsiu 2.0 Stephanie Mawuli

Efficiency Name EFFPG Han Xu 29.4 Penina Davidson 20.0 Jack Animam 17.6 Lin Yu-ting 17.3 Park Ji-hyun 17.2

Teams

Points Team PPG  Japan 87.8  Australia 82.3  China 80.6  South Korea 73.0  Philippines 66.4

Rebounds Team RPG  Australia 47.8  China 45.5  South Korea 39.6  Japan 39.4  New Zealand 39.3

Assists Team APG  China 22.6  Japan 22.2  South Korea 20.2  Australia 18.5  Chinese Taipei 17.0

Blocks Team BPG  South Korea 4.8  Japan 4.4  New Zealand 3.8  China 3.6  Chinese Taipei 3.0

Steals Team SPG  South Korea 10.0  Australia 8.5  Chinese Taipei 8.0  Philippines  Japan 7.6

Efficiency Team EFFPG  Japan 109.6  Australia 101.0  China 99.4  South Korea 82.4  New Zealand 66.0

Awards

The awards were announced on 2 July 2023.

All-Tournament Team
Guards	Forwards	Center
Mai Yamamoto Li Meng	Alice Kunek Penina Davidson	Han Xu
MVP: Han Xu

References

1. "Exciting FIBA Asia events announced for 2023". FIBA. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
2. "2023 Women's Asia Cup To Be Held In Australia". basketballvictoria.com.au. 24 January 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
3. ^ "Sydney to host FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2023". FIBA. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
4. "FIFA Women's Asia Cup". Retrieved 15 June 2023.
5. "China end 12-year wait to be crowned FIBA Women's Asia Cup champions". Retrieved 2 July 2023.
6. ^ "Competitions Schedule". fiba.basketball. 8 June 2023.
7. "Lebanon celebrate promotion to Division A after spoiling the home party in Amman". FIBA. 23 November 2022. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
8. "Iran to Compete at 2023 Women's Basketball Division B Asian Cup". Tasnim News Agency. 19 May 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
9. "Statistical leaders". FIBA. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
10. "Teams statistical leaders". FIBA. Retrieved 2 July 2023.
11. "Unstoppable Xu Han crowned TISSOT MVP to lead TISSOT All-Star Five". FIBA. 2 July 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

External links

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• Tournament summary

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• FIBA Women's Asia Cup
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• July 2023 sports events in Australia
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