2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup
Tournament details | |
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Host country | Jordan |
City | Amman |
Dates | 27 September – 3 October (Division A) 7 – 13 November (Division B) |
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Japan (6th title) |
Runners-up | China |
Third place | Australia |
Fourth place | South Korea |
Tournament statistics | |
Games played | 20 |
Attendance | 1,734 (87 per match) |
MVP | Himawari Akaho |
Top scorer | Sami Whitcomb (17.5 points per game) |
Official website | |
FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2021 - Division A FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2021 - Division B | |
The 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup Division A was the 29th edition of the tournament, held from 27 September to 3 October 2021 in Amman, Jordan.[1] The tournament was originally set to be hosted by India.[2][3] It served as the Asian and Oceanian qualification for the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Australia, where the top four teams qualified for one of the qualifying tournaments.
Japan won their sixth title after beating China in the final.[4] Australia captured the bronze medal by defeating South Korea.[5]
The Division B tournament will be held also in the same venue from 7 to 13 November, with 6 teams participating, including the host country.[6][7]
Venue[]
Amman | |
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Capacity: 7,500 | |
Qualified teams[]
The same eight teams from the last edition qualified for this years' tournament, listed by their final position.[8] Since no Division B tournament was held in the 2019 edition, the last finishing team was not relegated to this edition's Division B tournament.[9]
For Division A:
- Semifinalists at the 2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup:
- 5th-8th Placers of the 2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup:
For Division B:
- The host nation
- Early registrants for the Division B slots from FIBA Asia:
Squads[]
Division A[]
Preliminary round[]
All times are local (UTC+3).[9]
Group A[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 265 | 158 | +107 | 6 | Semifinals |
2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 254 | 205 | +49 | 5 | Playoffs |
3 | New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 228 | 196 | +32 | 4 | |
4 | India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 164 | 352 | −188 | 3 | Seventh place game |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
27 September 2021
10:00 |
Japan | 136–46 | India |
Scoring by quarter: 41–14, 25–11, 38–14, 32–7 | ||
Pts: Miyashita 27 Rebs: Nagata 6 Asts: Miyazaki 12 |
Pts: 11 Rebs: P. Kumar 8 Asts: 4 |
27 September 2021
13:00 |
South Korea | 85–69 | New Zealand |
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 22–18, 26–21, 13–10 | ||
Pts: Choi 29 Rebs: Park H. 11 Asts: Park H. 6 |
Pts: Davidson 21 Rebs: Davidson 11 Asts: Karaitiana, Paalvast 4 |
28 September 2021
10:00 |
New Zealand | 50–62 | Japan |
Scoring by quarter: 20–13, 11–19, 11–15, 8–15 | ||
Pts: 9 Rebs: Davidson 6 Asts: 5 |
Pts: Mawuli 15 Rebs: Nakada 8 Asts: Miyazaki 7 |
, Amman
Attendance: 0 Referees: Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Glenn Cornelio (PHI) |
28 September 2021
13:00 |
India | 69–107 | South Korea |
Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 15–25, 7–33, 27–23 | ||
Pts: 16 Rebs: 12 Asts: 6 |
Pts: Kang 18 Rebs: Park J., 6 Asts: 14 |
, Amman
Attendance: 100 Referees: Mohammed Al-Tarawneh (JOR), Claude Abi Gebrayel (LBN), Tien Hsiao-Lun (TPE) |
29 September 2021
10:00 |
Japan | 67–62 | South Korea |
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 13–18, 6–12, 24–14 | ||
Pts: Miyazaki, Akaho 18 Rebs: Miyazaki, Akaho 7 Asts: Miyazaki 9 |
Pts: Choi 16 Rebs: Kim D. 7 Asts: 7 |
29 September 2021
13:00 |
New Zealand | 109–49 | India |
Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 22–13, 23–7, 36–15 | ||
Pts: Davidson 18 Rebs: Davidson 11 Asts: 7 |
Pts: 12 Rebs: , 6 Asts: , 3 |
Group B[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 349 | 166 | +183 | 6 | Semifinals |
2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 260 | 203 | +57 | 5 | Playoffs |
3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 208 | 252 | −44 | 4 | |
4 | Philippines | 3 | 0 | 3 | 160 | 356 | −196 | 3 | Seventh place game |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
27 September 2021
16:00 |
China | 143–52 | Philippines |
Scoring by quarter: 35–17, 34–12, 39–9, 35–14 | ||
Pts: Yang L. 21 Rebs: Wang 7 Asts: Wang, Zhang 7 |
Pts: Bernardino 17 Rebs: Bernardino 7 Asts: Bernardino 2 |
, Amman
Attendance: 0 Referees: Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Claude Abi Gebrael (LBN), Yana Nikogossyan (KAZ) |
27 September 2021
19:00 |
Australia | 76–65 | Chinese Taipei |
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 14–18, 20–11, 23–20 | ||
Pts: Garbin 15 Rebs: Sharp 10 Asts: Whitcomb 11 |
Pts: 12 Rebs: 11 Asts: Lin Y. 7 |
28 September 2021
16:00 |
Chinese Taipei | 50–124 | China |
Scoring by quarter: 12–29, 10–30, 10–37, 18–28 | ||
Pts: 15 Rebs: , Peng 3 Asts: 3 |
Pts: Li Yue. 20 Rebs: Li Yue. 6 Asts: Li Yua. 8 |
28 September 2021
19:00 |
Philippines | 56–120 | Australia |
Scoring by quarter: 20–32, 13–32, 13–27, 10–29 | ||
Pts: Pontejos 13 Rebs: 6 Asts: 3 |
Pts: Froling, Nicholson 21 Rebs: Froling 12 Asts: Whitcomb 7 |
, Amman
Attendance: 125 Referees: Wissam Zein (SYR), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Rakesh Ramalingaiah (IND) |
29 September 2021
16:00 |
China | 82–64 | Australia |
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 15–20, 18–10, 24–15 | ||
Pts: Han 16 Rebs: Han 11 Asts: Wang 5 |
Pts: Whitcomb 24 Rebs: Whitcomb 7 Asts: Whitcomb 5 |
, Amman
Attendance: 124 Referees: Ahmed Al-Shuwaili (IRQ), Yana Nikogossyan (KAZ), Saif Al-Dossari (QAT) |
29 September 2021
19:00 |
Chinese Taipei | 93–52 | Philippines |
Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 19–15, 31–11, 17–11 | ||
Pts: 19 Rebs: 7 Asts: 7 |
Pts: Bernardino 24 Rebs: Bernardino 14 Asts: Bernardino 3 |
Knockout round[]
Bracket[]
Qualification to Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
2 October | ||||||||||
Japan | 67 | |||||||||
30 September | ||||||||||
Australia | 65 | |||||||||
Australia | 72 | |||||||||
3 October | ||||||||||
New Zealand | 61 | |||||||||
Japan | 78 | |||||||||
China | 73 | |||||||||
2 October | ||||||||||
China | 93 | |||||||||
30 September | ||||||||||
South Korea | 69 | Third place | ||||||||
South Korea | 80 | |||||||||
3 October | ||||||||||
Chinese Taipei | 74 | |||||||||
Australia | 88 | |||||||||
South Korea | 58 | |||||||||
Playoffs[]
30 September 2021
13:00 |
South Korea | 80–74 | Chinese Taipei |
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 21–20, 12–21, 23–17 | ||
Pts: Park H. 22 Rebs: Choi 8 Asts: Kim D. 5 |
Pts: 18 Rebs: 7 Asts: 4 |
, Amman
Attendance: 168 Referees: Glenn Cornelio (PHI), Yana Nikogossyan (KAZ), Claude Abi Gebrayel (LBN) |
30 September 2021
16:00 |
Australia | 72–61 | New Zealand |
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 20–14, 14–11, 18–16 | ||
Pts: Whitcomb 29 Rebs: Aokuso, Whitcomb 7 Asts: Whitcomb 6 |
Pts: 17 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: 6 |
Semifinals[]
As Australia, host of the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, made it to the semifinals, all four teams qualify to the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournament.
2 October 2021
12:00 |
China | 93–69 | South Korea |
Scoring by quarter: 23–9, 27–16, 22–18, 21–26 | ||
Pts: Li Yue. 20 Rebs: Li Yue. 12 Asts: Wang 8 |
Pts: 12 Rebs: Park J. 5 Asts: Park J. 6 |
2 October 2021
15:00 |
Japan | 67–65 | Australia |
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 11–24, 22–19, 14–10 | ||
Pts: Hayashi 17 Rebs: Hayashi 7 Asts: Miyazaki 9 |
Pts: Whitcomb 16 Rebs: Scherf 15 Asts: Whitcomb 8 |
, Amman
Attendance: 123 Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Glenn Cornelio (PHI) |
Seventh place game[]
This was also a relegation playoff, with the winner retaining Division A status, while the loser relegated to Division B.
30 September 2021
19:00 |
India | 70–74 | Philippines |
Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 20–21, 13–21, 18–19 | ||
Pts: 15 Rebs: 13 Asts: 7 |
Pts: , Pontejos 22 Rebs: Bernardino 11 Asts: Bernardino 7 |
Fifth place game[]
2 October 2021
18:00 |
Chinese Taipei | 59–74 | New Zealand |
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 13–22, 15–18, 15–18 | ||
Pts: 12 Rebs: Chen, 12 Asts: Lin Y., 4 |
Pts: Davidson 26 Rebs: Purcell 10 Asts: 5 |
, Amman
Attendance: 34 Referees: Kim Bo-hui (KOR), Mohammed Al-Tarawneh (JOR), Rakesh Ramalingaiah (IND) |
Third place game[]
3 October 2021
12:00 |
Australia | 88–58 | South Korea |
Scoring by quarter: 24–22, 23–10, 19–12, 22–14 | ||
Pts: Whitcomb 15 Rebs: Whitcomb 9 Asts: Whitcomb 8 |
Pts: Park J. 17 Rebs: Park J. 6 Asts: Kim D., Park H. 4 |
Final[]
3 October 2021
15:00 |
Japan | 78–73 | China |
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 17–18, 16–18, 26–16 | ||
Pts: Miyazaki 26 Rebs: Akaho 8 Asts: Miyazaki 11 |
Pts: Huang 18 Rebs: Li Yue. 11 Asts: Yang 7 |
, Amman
Attendance: 476 Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Yana Nikogossyan (KAZ) |
Division B[]
All times are local (UTC+02:00)
Preliminary round[]
Group A[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Lebanon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 149 | 127 | +22 | 4 | Semifinals |
2 | Syria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 141 | 154 | −13 | 3 | Playoffs |
3 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 2 | 135 | 144 | −9 | 2 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored
7 November 2021
16:00 |
Lebanon | 66–64 | Iran |
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 16–19, 14–11, 15–13 | ||
Pts: 17 Rebs: , 7 Asts: 12 |
Pts: 16 Rebs: 13 Asts: 7 |
, Amman
Referees: Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Yana Nikogossyan (KAZ), Rendra Lesmana (INA) |
8 November 2021
16:00 |
Iran | 71–78 | Syria |
Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 17–21, 15–25, 26–10 | ||
Pts: 18 Rebs: 12 Asts: , 4 |
Pts: 26 Rebs: Brown, 7 Asts: 4 |
, Amman
Referees: Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Yana Nikogossyan (KAZ), Ibrahim Jerrar (JOR) |
9 November 2021
16:00 |
Syria | 63–83 | Lebanon |
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 12–28, 15–17, 19–17 | ||
Pts: 18 Rebs: 7 Asts: three players 2 |
Pts: 22 Rebs: Akl 13 Asts: Akl 5 |
, Amman
Referees: Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Yana Nikogossyan (KAZ), Rendra Lesmana (INA) |
Group B[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Jordan (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 148 | 115 | +33 | 4 | Semifinals |
2 | Indonesia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 143 | 145 | −2 | 3 | Playoffs |
3 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 120 | 151 | −31 | 2 |
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored
(H) Host
7 November 2021
19:00 |
Kazakhstan | 69–79 | Indonesia |
Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 17–23, 18–17, 20–15 | ||
Pts: 26 Rebs: Kurazova, 8 Asts: 5 |
Pts: 31 Rebs: Pierre-Louis 15 Asts: 10 |
, Amman
Referees: Mohammad Alamiri (KUW), Alia Alyassin (SYR), Richard El Hajj (LIB) |
8 November 2021
19:00 |
Indonesia | 64–76 | Jordan |
Scoring by quarter: 27–23, 12–17, 13–16, 12–20 | ||
Pts: 17 Rebs: 9 Asts: 7 |
Pts: Cloud, 19 Rebs: Cloud 7 Asts: Cloud 9 |
, Amman
Referees: Mohammad Alamiri (KUW), Richard El Hajj (LIB), Samaneh Dehghani (IRI) |
9 November 2021
19:00 |
Jordan | 72–51 | Kazakhstan |
Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 17–11, 20–12, 8–14 | ||
Pts: 15 Rebs: Cloud 6 Asts: Cloud 7 |
Pts: 12 Rebs: , 4 Asts: Kurazova 4 |
, Amman
Referees: Mohammad Alamiri (KUW), Alia Alyassin (SYR), Richard El Hajj (LIB) |
Knockout round[]
Bracket[]
Qualification to Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
12 November | ||||||||||
Lebanon | 76 | |||||||||
10 November | ||||||||||
Indonesia | 62 | |||||||||
Indonesia | 76 | |||||||||
13 November | ||||||||||
Iran | 68 | |||||||||
Lebanon | 80 | |||||||||
Jordan | 40 | |||||||||
12 November | ||||||||||
Jordan | 61 | |||||||||
10 November | ||||||||||
Kazakhstan | 56 | Third place | ||||||||
Syria | 69 | |||||||||
13 November | ||||||||||
Kazakhstan | 87 | |||||||||
Indonesia | 79 | |||||||||
Kazakhstan | 55 | |||||||||
Playoffs[]
10 November 2021
16:00 |
Syria | 69–87 | Kazakhstan |
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 19–22, 11–18, 26–26 | ||
Pts: 22 Rebs: 6 Asts: 4 players 2 |
Pts: 30 Rebs: 11 Asts: Yagodkina 7 |
, Amman
Referees: Richard El Hajj (LIB), Samaneh Dehghani (IRI), Rendra Lesmana (INA) |
10 November 2021
19:00 |
Indonesia | 76–68 | Iran |
Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 28–13, 20–29, 18–14 | ||
Pts: 19 Rebs: Pierre-Louis 11 Asts: 7 |
Pts: 17 Rebs: 6 Asts: Abdolvand 7 |
, Amman
Referees: Mohammad Alamiri (KUW), Yana Nikogossyan (KAZ), Ibrahim Jerrar (JOR) |
Fifth place game[]
12 November 2021
13:00 |
Syria | 63–58 | Iran |
Scoring by quarter: 7–17, 16–13, 23–14, 17–14 | ||
Pts: 20 Rebs: Brown 14 Asts: , 4 |
Pts: 16 Rebs: 9 Asts: 4 |
, Amman
Referees: Mohammad Alamiri (KUW), Ibrahim Jerrar (JOR), Rendra Lesmana (INA) |
Semifinals[]
12 November 2021
16:00 |
Lebanon | 76–62 | Indonesia |
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 19–18, 18–12, 23–14 | ||
Pts: 19 Rebs: 7 Asts: 4 |
Pts: 16 Rebs: Sophia 9 Asts: 5 |
, Amman
Referees: Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Yana Nikogossyan (KAZ), Samaneh Dehghani (IRI) |
12 November 2021
19:00 |
Jordan | 61–56 | Kazakhstan |
Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 8–12, 18–15, 15–15 | ||
Pts: Cloud 25 Rebs: 11 Asts: Cloud 7 |
Pts: 19 Rebs: Yagodkina 10 Asts: , 11 |
, Amman
Referees: Mohammad Alamiri (KUW), Alia Alyassin (SYR), Richard El Hajj (LIB) |
Third place game[]
13 November 2021
16:00 |
Indonesia | 79–55 | Kazakhstan |
Scoring by quarter: 20–10, 18–19, 25–16, 16–10 | ||
Pts: 23 Rebs: Pierre-Louis 10 Asts: 6 |
Pts: 11 Rebs: Tutkishova, 8 Asts: 4 |
, Amman
Referees: Richard El Hajj (LIB), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Ibrahim Jerrar (JOR) |
Final[]
This is also a promotion playoff, with the loser retaining Division B status, while the winner promoted to Division A.
13 November 2021
19:00 |
Lebanon | 80–40 | Jordan |
Scoring by quarter: 26–5, 14–14, 31–6, 9–15 | ||
Pts: 22 Rebs: 9 Asts: Akl 6 |
Pts: 25 Rebs: 12 Asts: Cloud 6 |
, Amman
Referees: Mohammad Alamiri (KUW), Yana Nikogossyan (KAZ), Samaneh Dehghani (IRI) |
Final standings[]
Division A[]
Qualified to the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournament | |
Qualified to the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup as host | |
Relegated to Division B of the |
Rank | Team | Record |
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Japan | 5–0 | |
China | 4–1 | |
Australia | 4–2 | |
4 | South Korea | 3–3 |
5 | New Zealand | 2–3 |
6 | Chinese Taipei | 1–4 |
7 | Philippines | 1–3 |
8 | India | 0–4 |
Division B[]
Promoted to Division A of the |
Rank | Team | Record |
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Lebanon | 4–0 | |
Jordan | 3–1 | |
Indonesia | 3–2 | |
4 | Kazakhstan | 1–4 |
5 | Syria | 2–2 |
6 | Iran | 0–4 |
Statistics and awards[]
Statistical leaders[]
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Awards[]
The awards were announced on 3 October 2021.[12]
All-Star team | ||
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Guards | Forwards | Center |
Sami Whitcomb Saori Miyazaki |
Huang Sijing Himawari Akaho |
Li Yueru |
MVP: Himawari Akaho |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "FIBA Asia events calendar update". FIBA. 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
- ^ "FIBA Asia Board holds Its fourth meeting". FIBA. 8 April 2021.
- ^ "FIBA's Executive Committee confirms global calendar update". FIBA. 4 September 2020.
- ^ "Japan sink China for fifth straight title in amazing advert for female hoops in Asia". FIBA. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Bronze medal in Amman points to bright future for Opals". FIBA. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Which teams will be fighting for promotion at FIBA Women's Asia Cup Division B". FIBA. 11 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Schedule of FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2021 Division B confirmed". FIBA. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "Competition System". FIBA Women's Asia Cup Division A 2021. FIBA. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Schedule of FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2021 Division A confirmed". FIBA. 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Player statistical leaders". FIBA. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Teams statistical leaders". FIBA. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
- ^ "Akaho crowned TISSOT MVP to lead FIBA Women's Asia Cup All-Star Five". FIBA. 3 October 2021. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
External links[]
- 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup
- FIBA Women's Asia Cup
- September 2021 sports events in Asia
- October 2021 sports events in Asia
- 2021–22 in Asian basketball
- 2021 in women's basketball
- International basketball competitions hosted by Jordan
- 2021 in Jordanian sport