2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship

Updated on Dec 19, 2024

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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.

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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