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2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship

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Host nation
  
China

Venues
  
1 (in 1 host city)

MVP
  
Ramu Tokashiki

Dates
  
29 August–5 September

Champions
  
Japan (3rd title)

Teams
  
12 (from 45 federations)

The 2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the women's basketball tournament at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The tournament was held in Wuhan, China.

Contents

The championship was divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The two lowest finishers of Level I met the top two finishers of Level II to determine which teams qualified for the top Level of the 2017 Championship. The losers were relegated to Level II.

Qualifying

  • Semifinalists of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship for Women:
  •  Japan
  •  South Korea
  •  China
  •  Chinese Taipei
  • Qualifying round winners at the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship for Women:
  •  India
  •  Thailand
  • Levels:
  • Level I include teams that won in the 2013 qualifying round and the semifinalists of the 2013 championship.
  • Level II are the other teams. Teams that lost in the 2013 qualifying round and the teams that registered first for the championship are in this level.
  • Host country's level is dependent on their performance in 2013.

    • Draw

    Included are the FIBA World Rankings prior to the draw.

    Preliminary round

    All times are local (UTC+08:00)

    Qualifying round

    Winners are promoted to Level I of the 2017 FIBA Asia Championship for Women.

    Final round

    Champions qualify to the 2016 Summer Olympics; runner-up and third place qualify to the 2016 World Qualifying Tournament.

    All-2015 FIBA Asia Women's Team

    G – Asami Yoshida
    G – Shao Ting
    F – Kim Danbi
    F – Ramu Tokashiki (Tournament MVP)
    C – Sun Mengran

    References

    2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship Wikipedia
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