The 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup Division A was the 29th edition of the tournament, held from 27 September to 3 October 2021 in Amman, Jordan. The tournament was originally set to be hosted by India. It served as the Asian and Oceanian qualification for the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup in Australia, where the top four teams qualified for one of the qualifying tournaments.
Japan won their sixth title after beating China in the final. Australia captured the bronze medal by defeating South Korea.
The Division B tournament will be held also in the same venue from 7 to 13 November, with 6 teams participating, including the host country.
Venue
AmmanPrince Hamza StadiumCapacity: 7,500
Qualified teams The same eight teams from the last edition qualified for this years' tournament, listed by their final position. Since no Division B tournament was held in the 2019 edition, the last finishing team was not relegated to this edition's Division B tournament.
For Division A: Semifinalists at the 2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup:
5th-8th Placers of the 2019 FIBA Women's Asia Cup:
For Division B: The host nation
Early registrants for the Division B slots from FIBA Asia:
Squads
Division A
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+03:00).
Group A
Group B
Knockout round Bracket
Playoffs
Semifinals As Australia, host of the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup, made it to the semifinals, all four teams qualify to the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournament.
Seventh place game This was also a relegation playoff, with the winner retaining Division A status, while the loser relegated to Division B.
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Division B All times are local (UTC+02:00)
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Knockout round Bracket
Playoffs
Fifth place game
Semifinals
Third place game
Final This is also a promotion playoff, with the loser retaining Division B status, while the winner promoted to Division A.
Final standings Division A Qualified to the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup Qualifying Tournament Qualified to the 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup as the host nation Relegated to Division B of the 2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup Rank Team Record 5–0 4–1 4–2 4 3–3 5 2–3 6 1–4 7 1–3 8 0–4
Division B Promoted to Division A of the 2023 FIBA Women's Asia Cup Rank Team Record 4–0 3–1 3–2 4 1–4 5 2–2 6 0–4
Statistics and awards Statistical leaders Players
Points Name PPG Sami Whitcomb 17.5 Li Yueru 15.6 Penina Davidson 15.4 Afril Bernardino 14.5 Park Hye-jin 14.2
Rebounds Name RPG Afril Bernardino 8.8 Penina Davidson 8.0 Lauren Scherf 7.7 Pushpa Senthil 7.5 Li Yueru 7.4
Assists Name APG Saori Miyazaki 9.6 Sami Whitcomb 7.5 An He-ji 5.6 Li Yuan 5.0 Yang Liwei 4.8 Nishanthi Masilamani
Blocks Name BPG Afril Bernardino 1.8 Lauren Scherf 1.7 Li Yueru 1.4 Huang Sijing 1.2 Stephanie Mawuli Jin An Kim Dan-bi
Steals Name SPG Himawari Akaho 2.2 Stephanie Mawuli Afril Bernardino 2.0 Huang Sijing 1.8 Kalani Purcell
Efficiency Name EFFPG Sami Whitcomb 23.7 Li Yueru 22.2 Huang Sijing 22.0 Afril Bernardino 19.8 Saori Miyazaki 19.2 Penina Davidson
Teams
Points Team PPG 103.0 82.0 80.8 76.8 72.6
Rebounds Team RPG 48.0 42.6 41.3 36.2
Assists Team APG 35.2 25.7 23.6 22.4 21.5
Blocks Team BPG 4.2 3.7 3.0
Steals Team SPG 11.8 8.8 6.8 6.7 6.0
Efficiency Team EFFPG 148.0 99.8 97.8 91.0 88.4
Awards The awards were announced on 3 October 2021.
All-Star teamGuardsForwardsCenter Sami Whitcomb Saori Miyazaki Huang Sijing Himawari Akaho Li YueruMVP: Himawari Akaho
See also 2021 FIBA Asia Cup 2022 FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup
References
External links Official website Tournament summary (Division A)