2017 FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship
The 2017 FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup. Originally slated to be held at Hyderabad, the tournament venue was moved and held in Bengaluru, India from October 22 to 28.
stormed back from a 13-point deficit in the third quarter to eke out a come-from-behind 61–60 win against in the Finals, notching their first-ever championship in the tournament. Meanwhile, dethroned defending champions salvaged the bronze medal after dispatching, 60–43.
All these teams will represent FIBA Asia at the next year's FIBA U17 Women's World Cup to be held in Belarus.
Venues
| Bangalore | Karnataka |
| Sree Kanteerava Indoor Stadium | |
| Capacity: 4,000 | |
| Koramangala Indoor Stadium | |
| Capacity: 2,000 | |
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Qualified teams
For Division A:- Semifinalists of the 2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women:
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- Qualifying round winners at the 2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women:
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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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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 will include teams that won in the 2015 qualifying round and the semifinalists of the previous championship. FIBA Oceania teams and will compete in the tournament for the first time and will be placed in the same division.Division B included the host team, previous championship Level II participants and. Returning participant that was absent two years ago is. Completing the seven-team Division B were the first-time participants, and.
Included were the FIBA World Rankings prior to the draw.
| Division A | Division B |
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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5th–8th place semifinals
----Semifinals
----Division B
''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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Semifinals
----Final standings
| Rank | Team | Record |
| 6–0 | ||
| 5–1 | ||
| 4–2 | ||
| 4 | 3–3 | |
| 5 | 3–3 | |
| 6 | 1–5 | |
| 7 | 2–4 | |
| 8 | 0–6 |
| Promoted to Division A of the 2019 FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship |
Statistical leaders
Players
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| 1 |  Teams;Points
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