Basketball at the 2014 Asian Games – Women's tournament
| Women at the 2014 Asian Games |
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Samsan World Gymnasium Hwaseong Indoor Arena |
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| Date | September 23, 2014–October 2, 2014 | ||||||
| Competitors | 129 from 11 nations | ||||||
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| ← 2010 | 2018 → | ||||||
The women's basketball tournament of the 2014 Asian Games was held at the 7,406 seat Samsan World Gymnasium, and at the 5,158 seat Hwaseong Sports Complex in Incheon, South Korea from 23 September to 2 October, 2014. This event awarded one gold medal to the winner of the tournament, one silver medal to the first runner-up, and one bronze medal to the second runner-up.
With the 2014 FIBA World Championship for Women having been held at the same time as the Asian Games, teams who participated in both tournaments have sent two completely different squads to both Turkey and Incheon. China and Japan sent their "A" team to the World Championship and the "B" team to the Asian Games, while the Koreans did the reverse. Best 6 teams from the basketball competition of the 2010 Asian Games that are participating in 2014 directly entered the final
Qatari players refused to take off their headscarfs prior to the start of their first game against Mongolia, the organizers disqualified Qatar from the competition on 25 September when they didn't show up for the next game.
All times are Korea Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
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