2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup
The 2017 FIBA Women's Asia Cup was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania at the 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Spain. The tournament was held from 23 to 29 July in Bangalore, India. Before this edition, the tournament was known as the FIBA Asia Championship for Women, and only involved FIBA Asia members. FIBA Oceania teams Australia and New Zealand, as well as Fiji competed in the tournament for the first time.
Japan won their fourth title after defeating Australia 74–73 in the final, while China captured the bronze medal by defeating South Korea 75–51. These four countries qualified for 2018 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.
Venue
| Bangalore | |
| Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium | |
| Capacity: 4,000 | |
Qualifiers
For Division A:- Semifinalists at the 2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship:
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- Qualifying round winners at the 2015 FIBA Asia Women's Championship:
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- Teams from FIBA Oceania:
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- The host nation, being relegated to Division B at the previous championship:
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- Early registrants for the Division B slots from FIBA Asia:
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- Finalists of the Women's Basketball Final at the 2015 Pacific Games:
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Competition format
The tournament composed of two divisions, Division A and Division B.For each division, during the Group Phase, eight participating teams were divided into two groups of four teams each. Each team played all the other teams in its own group, and all four teams in each group advanced to their division's Quarter-finals. A total of twelve games were played in the Group Phase.
During the Final Phase, Quarter-finals games were decided on the ranking of the participating teams in the Group Phase:
- Game 13: 1st A v 4th B
- Game 14: 2nd B v 3rd B
- Game 15: 3rd A v 2nd B
- Game 16: 4th A v 1st B
Meanwhile, the four losing quarterfinalists went on to play 5th-8th Classification Games wherein the two winners advanced to play 5-6 Classification Game, while the two losers played 7-8 Classification Game
During the Semi-finals, the four teams played as follows:
- Game 21: Winner of Game 13 v Winner of Game 14
- Game 22: Winner of Game 15 v Winner of Game 16
- Game 23: Loser of Game 21 v Loser of Game 22
- Game 24: Winner of Game 21 v Winner of Game 22
Divisions
Division A included teams that won in the 2015 qualifying round and the semifinalists of the previous championship. FIBA Oceania teams and competed in the tournament for the first time and were placed in the same division.Division B included the host team, previous championship Level II participants and. Returning participants that were absent two years ago were, and. Completing the eight-team Division B were FIBA Oceania representatives and, which qualified by playing at the Women's Basketball Final at the 2015 Pacific Games.
Included were the FIBA World Rankings prior to the draw.
| Division A | Division B |
Draw
The official draw ceremony was held on 17 May 2017 in Krishna Hall, Bengaluru.Division A
''All times are local ''Preliminary round
Group A
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Group B
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Knockout round
Bracket
;5th place bracketQuarterfinals
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5–8th place semifinals
----Semifinals
----Division B
''All times are local ''Preliminary round
Group A
American Samoa withdrew from competition.----
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Group B
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Knockout round
Bracket
;5th place bracketQuarterfinals
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Semifinals
----Final standings
Division A
| Rank | Team | Record |
| 5–1 | ||
| 5–1 | ||
| 5–1 | ||
| 4 | 2–4 | |
| 5 | 3–3 | |
| 6 | 3–3 | |
| 7 | 1–5 | |
| 8 | 0–6 |
Division B
| Rank | Team | Record |
| 1 | 5–0 | |
| 2 | 4–1 | |
| 3 | 4–2 | |
| 4 | 2–3 | |
| 5 | 2–3 | |
| 6 | 1–5 | |
| 7 | 0–3 |
Statistics and awards
Statistical leaders
;Points| Name | PPG |
 Awards;Most Valuable Player;All-Tournament Team |