FIBA Asia Championship

 

FIBA Asia Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1960
No. of teams	16
Continent	Asia (FIBA Asia)
Most recent champion(s)	Iran

For the women's tournament, see FIBA Asia Championship for Women.

The FIBA Asia Championship for Men (formerly Asian Basketball Confederation Championship) is a tournament which takes place every two years between teams of the continent. This is the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship and the Olympic basketball tournament. The tournament is also known as the Asian Championships

History

The Asian Basketball Confederation Championship was inaugurated at Manila on 1960. The championship was held to find Asia's best team and for qualification for the World Championship and the Olympics. On the next four tournaments, the Philippines won 3 with the Japanese beating the Filipinos on 1965. Korea, Japan and the Philippines split the next 3 championships until China debuted on 1975 at Bangkok with the championship, where they've dominated ever since.

There were only 3 instances where China didn't win the championship since then: at 1986 when the Philippines won with the presence of 2 naturalized Americans, at 1997, when the Chinese complained at Riyadh's climate, and at 2007, when the Chinese sent their "B team" since they've already qualified for the Olympics by virtue of their hosting.

Korea had been the perennial runner-ups, with Japan and DPR Korea sneaking in. The Philippines had become weaker due to its players being professionals (therefore ineligible for FIBA participation until 1989), and due to the politicization of basketball in that country. By the 21st century, the tournament has since been renamed into the FIBA Asia Championship. During the 2007 Championship, West Asian teams were able to compete with the traditional East Asian powers, as evidenced of an all-West Asian final when Iran defeated Lebanon. The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship will be held from September 1 to September 9, 2009 with Philippines bidding as next host. ^[1]

Qualification

The top 5 finishers of the previous championship and the host country qualify automatically; the other 10 teams are filled up with qualifying tournaments in each of FIBA Asia's 5 subzones, with each subzone sending at least 2 teams.

Results

Summaries

Results highlighted in blue are Olympic qualifiers, those which aren't are World Championship qualifiers.

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Game
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		3rd Place	Score	4th Place
1960 Details	Philippines (Manila)		Philippines	[2]	Taiwan		Japan	[2]	Korea
1963 Details	Republic of China (Taipei)		Philippines	[2]	Taiwan		Korea	[2]	Thailand
1965 Details	Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)		Japan	[2]	Philippines		Korea	[2]	Thailand
1967 Details	South Korea (Seoul)		Philippines	[2]	Korea		Japan	[2]	India
1969 Details	Thailand (Bangkok)		Korea	[2]	Japan		Philippines	[2]	Taiwan
1971 Details	Japan (Tokyo)		Japan	[2]	Philippines		Korea	[2]	Taiwan
1973 Details	Philippines (Manila)		Philippines	[2]	Korea		Taiwan	[2]	Japan
1975 Details	Thailand (Bangkok)		China	[2]	Japan		Korea	[2]	India
1977 Details	Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)		China	[2]	Korea		Japan	[2]	Malaysia
1979 Details	Japan (Nagoya)		China	[2]	Japan		Korea	[2]	Philippines
1981 Details	India (Calcutta)		China	[2]	Korea		Japan	[2]	Philippines
1983 Details	Hong Kong		China	95–71	Japan		Korea	83–60	Kuwait
1986 Details	Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur)		Philippines	[2]	Korea		China	[2]	Malaysia
1987 Details	Thailand (Bangkok)		China	86–79	Korea		Japan	89–75	Philippines
1989 Details	China (Beijing)		China	102–72	Korea		Chinese Taipei	69–58	Japan
1991 Details	Japan (Kobe)		China	[2]	Korea		Japan	[2]	Chinese Taipei
1993 Details	Indonesia (Jakarta)		China	93–72	DPR Korea		Korea	86–70	Iran
1995 Details	South Korea (Seoul)		China	87–78	Korea		Japan	69–63	Chinese Taipei
1997 Details	Saudi Arabia (Riyadh)		Korea	78–76	Japan		China	94–68	Saudi Arabia
1999 Details	Japan (Fukuoka)		China	63–45	Korea		Saudi Arabia	93–67	Chinese Taipei
2001 Details	China (Shanghai)		China	97–63	Lebanon		Korea	95–94	Syria
2003 Details	China (Harbin)		China	106–96	Korea		Qatar	77–67	Lebanon
2005 Details	Qatar (Doha)		China	77–61	Lebanon		Qatar	89–77	Korea
2007 Details	Japan (Tokushima)		Iran	74–69	Lebanon		Korea	80–76	Kazakhstan

Performances by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	14	0	2	16
2	Philippines	5	2	1	8
3	Korea	2	10	10	22
4	Japan	2	5	7	14
5	Iran	1	0	0	1
6	Lebanon	0	3	0	3
7	Chinese Taipei	0	2	2	4
8	DPR Korea	0	1	0	1
9	Qatar	0	0	2	2
10	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1

MVP Awards

Year	MVP Award Winner
1960	Carlos Badion
1987	Lee Chung Hee
1995	Hur Jae
1997	Chun Hee Chul
1999	Hu Weidong
2001	Yao Ming
2003	Yao Ming
2005	Yao Ming

Participating nations

Nation	60	63	65	67	69	71	73	75	77	79	81	83	86	87	89	91	93	95	97	99	01	03	05	07	09	Years
Bahrain								12th	12th				13th		15th			10th	12th							6
Bangladesh										13th					5th		18th		15th							4
China								1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	10th		17
Chinese Taipei	2nd	2nd	5th	5th	4th	4th	3rd						6th	5th	3rd	4th	5th	4th	6th	4th	7th	11th	9th	6th		19
DPR Korea																5th	2nd									2
Hong Kong	5th	6th	8th	9th	9th	9th	11th	9th	10th	11th	10th	7th	13th	14th	13th	11th	13th	15th	14th	13th	11th	13th	15th	13th		24
India			7th	6th	5th	6th	6th	4th	7th	5th	5th	6th	10th	6th	6th	13th		13th	11th		8th	8th	12th	15th		20
Indonesia	6th			4th			8th	10th	13th			12th	11th	12th	14th	14th	12th	18th	12th				14th	12th		15
Iran							5th				8th	5th	8th		5th	6th	4th	10th	8th			5th	6th	1st	Q	13
Iraq									6th	8th				9th												3
Nation	60	63	65	67	69	71	73	75	77	79	81	83	86	87	89	91	93	95	97	99	01	03	05	07	09	Years
Japan	3rd		1st	3rd	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	5th	3rd	4th	3rd	7th	3rd	2nd	5th	6th	6th	5th	8th		23
Jordan												8th	9th	10th		8th	10th	17th	7th			10th	7th	5th	Q	11
Kazakhstan																		5th	13th			7th	10th	4th	Q	6
Korea	4th	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	4th	3rd	Q	25
Kuwait								12th				4th				12th	9th	11th		6th	12th	12th	13th	14th		10
Kyrgyzstan																		8th								1
Lebanon																				7th	2nd	4th	2nd	2nd	Q	6
Macau												15th		15th												2
Malaysia	7th	5th	6th	8th	7th	5th	9th	8th	4th	7th	6th	11th	4th	7th	9th	17th	14th	14th		15th		16th	16th			21
Pakistan					8th		12th	11th	9th	6th	9th	13th	14th		10th		17th									10
Nation	60	63	65	67	69	71	73	75	77	79	81	83	86	87	89	91	93	95	97	99	01	03	05	07	09	Years
Philippines	1st	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	5th	5th	4th	4th	9th	1st	4th	8th	7th	11th	12th	9th	11th		15th		9th		22
Qatar																16th					5th	3rd	3rd	7th		5
Saudi Arabia														7th	9th	6th	6th	4th	3rd				8th	WD		7
Singapore		7th	9th	10th		8th	10th	7th	11th	10th	11th	14th	12th	11th	11th	10th	16th				14th					16
Sri Lanka								13th	14th		12th		15th			18th		19th								6
Syria																				8th	4th	9th		11th		4
Thailand		4th	4th	7th	6th	7th	7th	6th	8th	9th	7th	10th	7th	8th	12th		15th	16th		14th	13th					18
UAE																	8th	9th	5th	10th	10th			16th		6
Uzbekistan																		7th		9th	9th	14th	11th			5
Vietnam		8th	10th																							2
Nations	7	8	10	10	9	9	12	13	14	13	12	15	15	15	15	18	18	19	15	15	14	16	16	16

Only Korea and Hong Kong participated on all 24 tournaments. WD=Withdrew, Q=Qualified

Countries not able to qualify

Afghanistan  Bhutan  Brunei  Cambodia  Laos  Maldives  Mongolia

Myanmar  Nepal  Oman  Palestine (only qualified at the FIBA Africa Championship)  Tajikistan  Turkmenistan  Yemen

See also

• Basketball at the Asian Games
• Basketball at the Southeast Asian Games
• Southeast Asia Basketball Association

Footnotes

1. ^ ‘Like Chot, everyone’s bleeding,’ says Pangilinan
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z} A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

External links

• FIBA-Asia Official Site

National basketball teams of Asia (FIBA Asia)
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