1997 ABC Champions Cup

1997 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
8th Asia Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host country Indonesia
Dates18–25 July
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Hong Kong (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPUnited States Wayman Strickland
1996
1998

The ABC Champions Cup 1997 was the 8th staging of the ABC Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of Asian Basketball Confederation. The tournament was held in Jakarta, Indonesia between July 18 and July 25, 1997.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team Pld W L Pts Tiebreaker
Indonesia Aspac 4 3 1 7 1–0
Hong Kong Regal 4 3 1 7 0–1
Philippines Tanduay Gold Rhum 4 2 2 6
Uzbekistan MHSK Tashkent 4 1 3 5 1–0
Malaysia Petronas 4 1 3 5 0–1
July 18
Tanduay Gold Rhum Philippines 90–76 Uzbekistan MHSK Tashkent
Scoring by half: 59−39, 31−37
July 19
MHSK Tashkent Uzbekistan 63–72 Indonesia Aspac
Scoring by half: 38−32, 31−40
July 20
19:45
Aspac Indonesia 75–63 Philippines Tanduay Gold Rhum
Scoring by half: 42−35, 33−28

Group B

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Team Pld W L Pts
Japan Isuzu Giga Cats 4 4 0 8
South Korea Kia Motors 4 3 1 7
China PLA Hongshan 4 2 2 6
Iran Zob Ahan Isfahan 4 1 3 5
Singapore Tong Whye 4 0 4 4

Classification 5th–10th

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9th place

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7th place

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5th place

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Final round

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
July 24
 
 
Indonesia Aspac65
 
July 25
 
South Korea Kia Motors 86
 
South Korea Kia Motors 59
 
July 24
 
Hong Kong Regal 64
 
Japan Isuzu Giga Cats66
 
 
Hong Kong Regal70
 
3rd place
 
 
July 25
 
 
Indonesia Aspac78
 
 
Japan Isuzu Giga Cats52

Semifinals

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July 24
Aspac Indonesia 65–86 South Korea Kia Motors
Scoring by half: 30–46, 35–40
July 24
Isuzu Giga Cats Japan 66–70 Hong Kong Regal
Scoring by half: 32–28, 34–42

3rd place

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Final

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July 25
Kia Motors South Korea 59–64 Hong Kong Regal
Scoring by half: 26–32, 33–32

Final standing

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Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s) Hong Kong Regal 5–1
2nd place, silver medalist(s) South Korea Kia Motors 4–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Indonesia Aspac 4–2
4 Japan Isuzu Giga Cats 4–2
5 Philippines Tanduay Gold Rhum 3–2
6 China PLA Hongshan 2–3
7 Uzbekistan MHSK Tashkent 2–3
8 Iran Zob Ahan Isfahan 1–4
9 Malaysia Petronas 2–3
10 Singapore Tong Whye 0–5

Awards

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References

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