2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup

2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup
Tournament details
Host countryAustralia
CitySydney
Dates26 June – 2 July
Teams8 (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 played20
MVPChina Han Xu
Top scorerChina Han Xu (22.0 ppg)
Official website
FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2023 Division A
FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2023 Division B
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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.[1][2] This was the first time Australia hosted this tournament.[3] The top four teams qualified for the 2024 Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments.[4]

China won their 12th title after a win in the final over Japan.[5]

The FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2023 Division B was held later from 13 to 19 August 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand.[3]

Venue

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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.[6]

Qualified teams

Seven teams from the last edition qualified for this year's tournament and the winners of the Division B tournament, Lebanon.[7]

For Division A:

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

For Division B:[8]

Squads

Main article: 2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup squads

Each nation had to submit a list of 12 players.

Division A

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+10:00).[6]

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
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
26 June 2023
11:00
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Referees: Vaughan Mayberry (AUS), Kumiko Kumagai (JPN), Yana Nikogossyan (KAZ)
26 June 2023
13:30
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Attendance: 275
Referees: Jacquiline Dover (AUS), Saif Al-Dossari (QAT), Joenard Garcia (PHI)
27 June 2023
11:00
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Referees: Chuang Chih-chun (TPE), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS), Jacquiline Dover (AUS)
27 June 2023
17:00
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Kumiko Kumagai (JPN), Leong Chuen Wing (SGP)
28 June 2023
11:00
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Referees: Chuang Chih-chun (TPE), Joenard Garcia (PHI), Yana Nikogossyan (KAZ)
28 June 2023
17:00
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Referees: Preeda Muongmee (THA), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Jacquiline Dover (AUS)

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
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
26 June 2023
17:00
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Attendance: 500
Referees: Preeda Muongmee (THA), Ryan Jones (NZL), Lee Ji-youn (KOR)
26 June 2023
19:30
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Yu Yijing (CHN), Paul Skayem (LBN)
27 June 2023
13:30
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Referees: Lee Ji-youn (KOR), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Callum Welch (NZL)
27 June 2023
19:30
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Referees: Yana Nikogossyan (KAZ), Saif Al-Dossari (QAT), Paul Skayem (LBN)
28 June 2023
13:30
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Referees: Lee Ji-youn (KOR), Leong Chuen Wing (SGP), Callum Welch (NZL)
28 June 2023
19:30
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Referees: Ryan Jones (NZL), Harja Jaladri (INA), Yu Yijing (CHN)

Knockout round

Bracket

 
Qualification to semifinalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
1 July
 
 
 China74
 
30 June
 
 Australia60
 
 Australia91
 
2 July
 
 South Korea64
 
 China73
 
 
 Japan71
 
 
1 July
 
 
 Japan88
 
30 June
 
 New Zealand52 Third place
 
 New Zealand83
 
2 July
 
 Philippines78
 
 Australia81
 
 
 New Zealand59
 

Qualification to semifinals

30 June 2023
17:00
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Referees: Paul Skayem (LBN), Vaughan Mayberry (AUS), Leong Chuen Wing (SGP)
30 June 2023
19:30
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Referees: Saif Al-Dossari (QAT), Kumiko Kumagai (JPN), Ryan Jones (NZL)

Semifinals

1 July 2023
17:00
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Referees: Saif Al-Dossari (QAT), Chan Owe Shiong (MAS), Joenard Garcia (PHI)
1 July 2023
19:30
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Preeda Muongmee (THA), Leong Chuen Wing (SGP)

Seventh place game

30 June 2023
14:30
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Referees: Lee Ji-youn (KOR), Jacquiline Dover (AUS), Yana Nikogossyan (KAZ)

Fifth place game

1 July 2023
14:30
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Referees: Chuang Chih-chun (TPE), Yu Yijing (CHN), Callum Welch (NZL)

Third place game

2 July 2023
12:30
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Referees: Chuang Chih-chun (TPE), Kumiko Kumagai (JPN), Yu Yijing (CHN)

Final

2 July 2023
15:00
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
State Sports Centre, Sydney
Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Lee Ji-youn (KOR), Preeda Muongmee (THA)

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
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored
13 August 2023
10:00
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
13 August 2023
12:30
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
14 August 2023
10:00
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
14 August 2023
12:30
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
15 August 2023
10:00
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
15 August 2023
12:30
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
Updated to match(es) played on 13 August 2023. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored
13 August 2023
15:00
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
13 August 2023
17:30
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
14 August 2023
15:00
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
14 August 2023
17:30
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
15 August 2023
15:00
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
15 August 2023
17:30
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-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
 
 
 
18 August
 
 
 Indonesia65
 
17 August
 
 Thailand57
 
 Thailand67
 
19 August
 
 Malaysia58
 
 Indonesia55
 
 
 Iran54
 
 
18 August
 
 
 Jordan54
 
17 August
 
 Iran72 Third place
 
 Iran54
 
19 August
 
 Kazakhstan41
 
 Thailand66
 
 
 Jordan52
 

Qualification to Semifinals

17 August 2023
15:00
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
17 August 2023
17:30
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

17 August 2023
12:30
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

18 August 2023
12:30
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

18 August 2023
15:00
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
18 August 2023
17:30
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

19 August 2023
15:00
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.

19 August 2023
17:30
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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China 5–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan 4–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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
Qualified for the 2024 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournaments
Relegated to Division B of the 2025 FIBA Women's Asia Cup

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
Promoted to Division A of the 2025 FIBA Women's Asia Cup

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Players

Teams

Awards

The awards were announced on 2 July 2023.[11]

All-Tournament Team
Guards Forwards Center
Japan Mai Yamamoto
China Li Meng 		Australia Alice Kunek
New Zealand Penina Davidson 		China Han Xu
MVP: China Han Xu

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