1997 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women

women World U-19 1997 160 Brazil July 5–13 12 5 1 1 United States 1 JPN Miki (22.1) USA (80.6) CUB Plutin (12.1) RUS (41.3) USA Teasley (4.1) USA (12.0) 1993 2001 The 1997 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women (Portuguese: 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. Twelve national teams competed for the championship. United States came away with the Gold medal by defeating Australia 78–74 in the final.FIBA Archive. 1997 World Championship for Junior Women. Event Standings. Retrieved 2016-07-14 Venues Natal Competing nations Except Brazil, which automatically qualified as the host nation, the 11 remaining countries qualified through their continents’ qualifying tournaments: FIBA Africa (1) 19 MLI FIBA Asia (2) 19 CHN 19 JPN FIBA Americas (4) 19 BRA (Host) 19 ARG 19 CUB 19 USA FIBA Oceania (1) 19 AUS FIBA Europe (4) 19 CZE 19 RUS 19 SVK 19 ESP Preliminary round Times given below are in UTC-03:00 Group A Position Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreak 1 19 BRA 5 4 1 344 298 +46 9 1–0 2 19 SVK 5 4 1 336 277 +59 9 0–1 3 19 CZE 5 3 2 308 277 +31 8 4 19 CHN 5 2 3 327 311 +16 7 5 19 MLI 5 1 4 216 321 −105 6 1–0 6 19 ARG 5 1 4 276 323 −47 6 0–1 #eee 5 July 1997 10:00 Natal 19 MLI 37 19 CZE 60 5 July 1997 14:00 Natal 19 ARG 79 19 CHN 65 #eee 5 July 1997 19:15 Natal 19 SVK 73 19 BRA 75 6 July 1997 11:30 Natal 19 CHN 66 19 MLI 37 #eee 6 July 1997 15:30 Natal 19 CZE 59 19 SVK 63 6 July 1997 19:30 Natal 19 BRA 73 19 ARG 48 #eee 7 July 1997 12:00 Natal 19 MLI 56 19 ARG 48 7 July 1997 16:00 Natal 19 SVK 60 19 CHN 55 #eee 7 July 1997 20:00 Natal 19 CZE 53 19 BRA 61 9 July 1997 12:00 Natal 19 ARG 50 19 SVK 62 #eee 9 July 1997 16:00 Natal 19 CHN 65 19 CZE 69 9 July 1997 20:00 Natal 19 BRA 69 19 MLI 48 #eee 10 July 1997 12:00 Natal 19 CZE 67 19 ARG 51 10 July 1997 16:00 Natal 19 SVK 78 19 MLI 38 #eee 10 July 1997 20:00 Natal 19 CHN 76 19 BRA 66 Group B Position Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreak 1 19 USA 5 4 1 393 335 +58 9 1–1 (+24) 2 19 AUS 5 4 1 380 300 +80 9 1–1 (+3) 3 19 RUS 5 4 1 351 343 +8 9 1–1 (−27) 4 19 ESP 5 2 3 284 287 −3 7 5 19 CUB 5 1 4 372 422 −50 6 6 19 JPN 5 0 5 295 391 −96 5 #eee 5 July 1997 12:00 Natal 19 CUB 57 19 ESP 72 5 July 1997 16:00 Natal 19 USA 84 19 JPN 65 #eee 5 July 1997 21:00 Natal 19 RUS 66 19 AUS 63 6 July 1997 9:30 Natal 19 JPN 63 19 CUB 68 #eee 6 July 1997 13:30 Natal 19 ESP 45 19 RUS 59 6 July 1997 17:30 Natal 19 AUS 80 19 USA 74 #eee 7 July 1997 10:00 Natal 19 RUS 76 19 JPN 58 7 July 1997 14:00 Natal 19 ESP 41 19 AUS 53 #eee 7 July 1997 Natal 19 CUB 88 19 USA 92 9 July 1997 10:00 Natal 19 AUS 91 19 CUB 58 #eee 9 July 1997 14:00 Natal 19 JPN 48 19 ESP 70 9 July 1997 18:00 Natal 19 USA 76 19 RUS 46 #eee 10 July 1997 10:00 Natal 19 JPN 61 19 AUS 93 10 July 1997 14:00 Natal 19 ESP 56 19 USA 70 #eee 10 July 1997 18:00 Natal 19 RUS 104 19 CUB 101 Knockout stage Bracket First place Third place 12 July 19 USA 90 19 SVK 77 12 July 19 BRA 60 19 AUS 71 13 July 19 USA 78 19 AUS 74 13 July 19 SVK 45 19 BRA 40 5th place bracket Fifth place Seventh place 12 July 19 RUS 74 19 CHN 57 12 July 19 CZE 57 19 ESP 54 13 July 19 RUS 68 19 CZE 63 13 July 19 CHN 60 19 ESP 57 9th place bracket Ninth place Eleventh place 12 July 19 CUB 59 19 ARG 74 12 July 19 MLI 60 19 JPN 58 13 July 19 ARG 70 19 MLI 60 13 July 19 CUB 67 19 JPN 63 Classification 9–12 #eee 12 July 1997 10:00 Natal 19 CUB 59 19 ARG 74 12 July 1997 12:00 Natal 19 MLI 60 19 JPN 58 Classification 5–8 #eee 12 July 1997 14:00 Natal 19 RUS 74 19 CHN 57 12 July 1997 16:00 Natal 19 CZE 57 19 ESP 54 Semifinals #eee 12 July 1997 18:00 Natal 19 BRA 60 19 AUS 71 12 July 1997 20:00 Natal 19 USA 90 19 SVK 77 Eleventh place game #eee 13 July 1997 9:30 Natal 19 CUB 67 19 JPN 63 Ninth place game #eee 13 July 1997 11:30 Natal 19 ARG 70 19 MLI 60 Seventh place game #eee 13 July 1997 13:30 Natal 19 CHN 60 19 ESP 57 Fifth place game #eee 13 July 1997 15:30 Natal 19 RUS 68 19 CZE 63 Third place game #fdb 13 July 1997 17:30 Natal 19 SVK 45 19 BRA 40 Final #ffffd0 13 July 1997 19:30 Natal 19 USA 78 19 AUS 74 Final standings # Team W-L File:Gold medal icon.svg USA United States 6–1 File:Silver medal icon.svg AUS Australia 5–2 File:Bronze medal icon.svg SVK Slovakia 5–2 4 BRA Brazil 4–3 5 RUS Russia 6–1 6 CZE Czech Republic 4–3 7 CHN China 3–4 8 ESP Spain 2–5 9 ARG Argentina 3–4 10 MLI Mali 2–5 11 CUB Cuba 2–5 12 JPN Japan 0–7 Awards bkwu 19 1997 FIBA Women's World Junior Championship winner United States First References External links Official Web of 1997 FIBA World Championship for Junior Women. Category:FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup World Championship for Women Category:1997 in Brazilian sport Category:Women's international basketball competitions hosted by Brazil Category:1997 in Brazilian women's sport