FIBA Women's Asia Cup

FIBA Women's Asia Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2025 FIBA Women's Asia Cup
FormerlyFIBA Asia Championship for Women
ABC Championship for Women
SportBasketball
Founded1965 (1965)
First season1965
No. of teams16
Country
ContinentAsia-Pacific
Most recent
champion
 Australia (1st title)
Most titles China
 South Korea
(12 titles)
QualificationFIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
Related
competitions
FIBA Asia Cup
Official websitewww.fiba.basketball/history

The FIBA Women's Asia Cup is an international basketball tournament which takes place every two years for women's national teams from FIBA Asia, and since 2017 also including FIBA Oceania. It was known as the ABC Championship for Women until 2001, and the FIBA Asia Championship for Women until 2015. The winner of this tournament qualifies automatically for the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, while the next best five teams advance to the World Cup Qualifying Tournaments.

Summary

Year Host Final Third place game
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1965[1]
Details

Seoul

South Korea
No playoffs
Japan

Republic of China
No playoffs
Philippines
1968[2]
Details

Taipei

South Korea
No playoffs
Japan

Republic of China
No playoffs
Thailand
1970[3]
Details

Kuala Lumpur

Japan
No playoffs
South Korea

Republic of China
No playoffs
Malaysia
1972[4]
Details

Taipei

South Korea
66–51
Republic of China

Thailand
70–54
Indonesia
1974[5]
Details

Seoul

South Korea
No playoffs
Japan

Republic of China
No playoffs
Iran
1976[6]
Details

Hong Kong

China
No playoffs
South Korea

Japan
No playoffs
Malaysia
1978[7]
Details

Kuala Lumpur

South Korea
No playoffs
China

Japan
No playoffs
Malaysia
1980[8]
Details

Hong Kong

South Korea
No playoffs
China

Japan
No playoffs
Malaysia
1982[9]
Details

Tokyo

South Korea
No playoffs
China

Japan
No playoffs
Macau
1984[10]
Details

Shanghai

South Korea
62–61
China

Japan
81–53
Philippines
1986[11]
Details

Kuala Lumpur

China
No playoffs
South Korea

Chinese Taipei
No playoffs
Japan
1988[12]
Details

Hong Kong

South Korea
No playoffs
China

Chinese Taipei
No playoffs
Japan
1990[13]
Details

Singapore

China
No playoffs
South Korea

Japan
No playoffs
Chinese Taipei
1992[14]
Details

Seoul

China
89–76
South Korea

Japan
79–75
Chinese Taipei
1994[15]
Details

Sendai

China
74–66
South Korea

Japan
92–67
Chinese Taipei
1995[16]
Details

Shizuoka

China
94–69
South Korea

Japan
68–65
Chinese Taipei
1997[17]
Details

Bangkok

South Korea
74–61
Japan

China
101–63
Chinese Taipei
1999[18]
Details

Shizuoka

South Korea
68–65
Japan

Chinese Taipei
68–57
China
2001[19]
Details

Bangkok

China
105–76
Japan

South Korea
78–63
Chinese Taipei
2004[20]
Details

Sendai

China
92–80
Japan

South Korea
88–59
Chinese Taipei
2005[21]
Details

Qinhuangdao

China
73–67
South Korea

Chinese Taipei
73–62
Japan
2007[22]
Details

Incheon

South Korea
79–73
China

Japan
73–70
Chinese Taipei
2009[23]
Details

Chennai

China
91–71
South Korea

Japan
72–57
Chinese Taipei
2011[24]
Details

Omura

China
65–62
South Korea

Japan
83–56
Chinese Taipei
2013[25]
Details

Bangkok

Japan
65–43
South Korea

China
61–53
Chinese Taipei
2015[26]
Details

Wuhan

Japan
85–50
China

South Korea
52–45
Chinese Taipei
2017[27]
Details

Bangalore

Japan
74–73
Australia

China
75–51
South Korea
2019[28]
Details

Bangalore

Japan
71–68
China

Australia
98–62
South Korea
2021[29]
Details

Amman

Japan
78–73
China

Australia
88–58
South Korea
2023[30]
Details

Sydney

China
73–71
Japan

Australia
81–59
New Zealand
2025[31]
Details

Shenzhen

Australia
88–79
Japan

China
101–66
South Korea
2027[32]
Details

TBD

Medal table

As of 2025 tournament
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 South Korea1211326
2 China129425
3 Japan691227
4 Australia1135
5 Republic of China0145
6 Chinese Taipei0044
7 Thailand0011
Totals (7 entries)31313193

Tournament awards

Most recent award winners (2025)
Year Winner
2025 Alexandra Fowler
Year Player Position Team
2025 Stephanie Reid Guard  Australia
Park Ji-hyun Guard  South Korea
Kokoro Tanaka Guard  Japan
Alexandra Fowler Forward  Australia
Han Xu Center  China

Participating nations

Country
1965

1968

1970

1972

1974

1976

1978

1980

1982

1984

1986

1988

1990

1992

1994

1995

1997

1999

2001

2004
 Cambodia 6th
 China 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 4th 1st 1st
 Chinese Taipei 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 3rd 4th 4th
 Hong Kong 7th 8th 5th 5th 7th 5th 6th 7th 9th 6th 8th 5th 5th 8th 10th 8th 10th 9th
 India 10th 7th 9th 7th 7th 8th 7th 6th 9th 8th 7th
 Indonesia 5th 4th 7th 9th 10th 9th 11th 12th 11th
 Iran 4th
 Japan 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd
 Jordan 11th
 Kazakhstan 6th 6th 7th 6th
 Kyrgyzstan 7th 5th 6th
 Lebanon 13th
 Macau 4th 8th 14th 12th
 Malaysia 5th 5th 4th 4th 4th 4th 6th 5th 6th 5th 5th 9th 10th 8th 7th 9th 6th
 North Korea 6th 6th
 Philippines 4th 6th 6th 8th 8th 4th 10th 9th 8th
 Singapore 8th 7th 5th 6th 8th 5th 6th 8th 9th 11th 13th
 South Korea 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 3rd
 Sri Lanka 9th 10th 10th 10th 7th 12th 9th 11th
 Syria 9th
 Thailand 4th 6th 3rd 5th 5th 7th 8th 7th 5th 5th 5th 5th
 Uzbekistan 7th
 Vietnam 9th 7th
Teams 5 8 10 5 7 7 9 10 9 10 10 9 11 7 11 12 14 9 13 9
Country
2005

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023

2025

2027
Years
 Australia 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st Q 6
 Cambodia 1
 China 1st 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 3rd Q 27
 Chinese Taipei 3rd 4th 4th 4th 4th 4th 5th 6th 6th 8th 9th Q 27
 Cook Islands 15th 1
 Fiji 14th 1
 Hong Kong 9th 8th 12th 11th 22
 India 10th 7th 6th 6th 5th 6th 9th 8th 8th 13th 21
 Indonesia 9th 9th 11th 9th 8th 13
 Iran 14th 10th 10th 4
 Japan 4th 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd Q 31
 Jordan 10th 12th 3
 Kazakhstan 7th 9th 8th 6th 9th 10th 12th 14th 14th 13
 Kyrgyzstan 3
 Lebanon 8th 5th 11th 9th 7th 7th Q 7
 Macau 4
 Malaysia 8th 6th 7th 7th 8th 10th 13th 24
 Mongolia 15th 12th 2
 New Zealand 6th 5th 5th 4th 5th Q 6
 North Korea 6th 8th 8th 5
 Philippines 11th 10th 10th 7th 7th 7th 7th 6th 6th Q 19
 Singapore 12th 11th 11th 13th 15
 South Korea 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 4th 4th 4th 5th 4th Q 32
 Sri Lanka 13th 12th 12th 12th 12th 15th 16th 15
 Syria 13th 2
 Tahiti 16th 1
 Thailand 5th 5th 5th 7th 5th 11th 11th 19
 Uzbekistan 9th 11th 10th 11th 12th 6
 Vietnam 10th 3
Teams 13 12 12 12 12 12 15 8 14 16 16 16

Debut of teams

A total of 29 national teams have appeared in at least one FIBA Women's Asia Cup in the history of the tournament through the 2025 competition. Countries competing in their first Asia Cup are listed below by year.

Year Debutants Number
1965  Chinese Taipei,  Japan,  Malaysia,  Philippines,  South Korea 5
1968  Hong Kong,  Singapore,  Thailand 8
1970  India,  Indonesia,  Vietnam 11
1972 None 11
1974  Cambodia,  Iran 13
1976  China 14
1978  Sri Lanka 15
1980 None 15
1982  Macau 16
1984 None 16
1986  Syria 17
1988 None 17
1990  North Korea 18
1992 None 18
1994  Kazakhstan,  Kyrgyzstan 20
1995  Jordan 21
1997 None 21
1999 None 21
2001  Lebanon,  Uzbekistan 23
2004 None 23
2005 None 23
2007 None 23
2009 None 23
2011 None 23
2013 None 23
2015 None 23
2017  Australia,  Fiji,  New Zealand 26
2019 None 26
2021 None 26
2023  Mongolia 27
2025  Cook Islands,  Tahiti 29
2027 TBD 29
Total 29

General statistics

All-time records, as of the 2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup (Division A). Results of the teams participating in Division B of the tournament are also included.

Team Played Won Lost Percentage
 Australia 24 17 7 70.8%
 Cambodia 4 1 3 25%
 China 159 133 26 83.6%
 Chinese Taipei 158 67 91 42.4%
 Fiji 6 1 5 16.7%
 Hong Kong 119 38 81 31.9%
 India 109 38 71 34.9%
 Indonesia 68 24 44 35.3%
 Iran 10 2 8 20%
 Japan 187 134 53 71.7%
 Jordan 9 4 5 44.4%
 Kazakhstan 56 32 24 57.1%
 Kyrgyzstan 15 5 10 33.3%
 Lebanon 30 17 13 56.7%
 Macau 20 5 15 25%
 Malaysia 135 65 70 48.1%
 Mongolia 4 1 3 25%
 New Zealand 22 10 12 45.5%
 North Korea 25 18 7 72%
 Philippines 94 34 60 36.2%
 Singapore 91 23 68 25.3%
 South Korea 196 157 39 80.1%
 Sri Lanka 70 3 67 4.3%
 Syria 10 4 6 40%
 Thailand 98 35 63 35.7%
 Uzbekistan 30 12 18 40%
 Vietnam 19 3 16 15.8%

See also

References

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