1999 FIBA Asia Championship
for Women

18th Asian Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	May 2–9
Teams	9
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	South Korea (11th title)

The 1999 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Women, was the 18th regional championship held by Asian Basketball Confederation. The competition was hosted by Shizuoka, Japan and took place between May 2 to May 9, 1999. The championship is divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The last finisher of Level I is relegated to Level II and the top finisher of Level II qualify for Level I 2001's championship.

Participating teams

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Level I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
Japan	4	3	1	327	240	+87	7	1–1 / 1.069
South Korea	4	3	1	311	249	+62	7	1–1 / 1.027
China	4	3	1	290	249	+41	7	1–1 / 0.907
Chinese Taipei	4	1	3	284	249	−35	5
Thailand	4	0	4	165	390	−225	4

May 2 13:40

Japan	68–63	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 30–41, 38–22

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

May 2 17:20

China	90–42	Thailand
Scoring by half: 36–20, 54–22

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

May 3 13:40

Thailand	39–92	South Korea
Scoring by half: 17–37, 22–55

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

May 3 15:30

Chinese Taipei	57–64	China
Scoring by half: 30–34, 27–30

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

May 4 15:30

South Korea	66–61	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 33–33, 33–28

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

May 4 17:20

Japan	69–72	China
Scoring by half: 28–38, 41–34

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

May 5 13:40

China	64–81	South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–44, 37–37

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

May 5 15:30

Thailand	33–105	Japan
Scoring by half: 16–46, 17–49

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

May 6 15:30

Japan	85–72	South Korea
Scoring by half: 41–42, 44–30

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

May 6 17:20

Chinese Taipei	103–51	Thailand
Scoring by half: 50–16, 53–35

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

Level II

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
North Korea	3	3	0	302	142	+160	6
Malaysia	3	2	1	219	178	+41	5
Hong Kong	3	1	2	175	201	−26	4
Sri Lanka	3	0	3	95	270	−175	3

May 2 10:00

Hong Kong	40–100	North Korea
Scoring by half: 23–45, 17–55

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

May 4 11:50

Malaysia	71–91	North Korea
Scoring by half: 34–41, 37–50

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

May 5 17:20

Hong Kong	76–36	Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 38–14, 38–22

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

May 6 13:40

Hong Kong	59–65	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–38, 21–27

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

May 8 9:20

Sri Lanka	31–111	North Korea
Scoring by half: 17–71, 14–40

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

May 9 9:00

Sri Lanka	28–83	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 19–42, 9–41

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	May 8
	Japan	83
					May 9
	Chinese Taipei	74
					Japan	65
	May 8
					South Korea	68
	South Korea	70
	China	69
					3rd place
					May 9
					Chinese Taipei	68
					China	57

Semifinals

May 8 13:30

Japan	83–74	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 43–41, 40–33

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

May 8 15:20

South Korea	70–69	China
Scoring by half: 34–42, 36–27

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

3rd place

May 9 10:50

Chinese Taipei	68–57	China
Scoring by half: 38–26, 30–31

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

Final

May 9 13:00

Japan	65–68	South Korea
Scoring by half: 30–37, 35–31

Kusanagi Sports Park Stadium, Shizuoka

Final standing

Rank	Team	Record
	South Korea	5–1
	Japan	4–2
	Chinese Taipei	2–4
4	China	3–3
5	Thailand	0–4
6	North Korea	3–0
7	Malaysia	2–1
8	Hong Kong	1–2
9	Sri Lanka	0–3

Awards

1999 Asian champions
South Korea Eleventh title

References

• Results
• archive.fiba.com
• basketball-zine.com