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 in 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 four 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, at 2007, when the Chinese sent their "B team" since they've already qualified for the Olympics by virtue of their hosting, and at 2009 when Iran defeated a full-strength Chinese team in Tianjin to become the first team since the Chinese to successfully defend the championship

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. It is to be noted that the Chinese sent their "B team" to the Asian Championships (the "A team" was focused on warm-ups for the then up-coming Beijing Olympics to be hosted in China.)

Summary

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Game
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1960 Details	Manila		Philippines	1	Taiwan		Japan	1	Korea
1963 Details	Taipei		Philippines	91–77	Taiwan		Korea	86–71	Thailand
1965 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Japan	1	Philippines		Korea	1	Thailand
1967 Details	Seoul		Philippines	1	Korea		Japan	1	Indonesia
1969 Details	Bangkok		Korea	1	Japan		Philippines	1	Taiwan
1971 Details	Tokyo		Japan	1	Philippines		Korea	1	Taiwan
1973 Details	Manila		Philippines	1	Korea		Taiwan	1	Japan
1975 Details	Bangkok		China	1	Japan		Korea	1	India
1977 Details	Kuala Lumpur		China	1	Korea		Japan	1	Malaysia
1979 Details	Nagoya		China	1	Japan		Korea	1	Philippines
1981 Details	Calcutta		China	1	Korea		Japan	1	Philippines
1983 Details	Hong Kong		China	95–71	Japan		Korea	83–60	Kuwait
1985 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Philippines	1	Korea		China	1	Malaysia
1987 Details	Bangkok		China	86–79	Korea		Japan	89–75	Philippines
1989 Details	Beijing		China	102–72	Korea		Chinese Taipei	69–58	Japan
1991 Details	Kobe		China	104–88	Korea		Japan	63–60	Chinese Taipei
1993 Details	Jakarta		China	93–72	DPR Korea		Korea	86–70	Iran
1995 Details	Seoul		China	87–78	Korea		Japan	69–63	Chinese Taipei
1997 Details	Riyadh		Korea	78–76	Japan		China	94–68	Saudi Arabia
1999 Details	Fukuoka		China	63–45	Korea		Saudi Arabia	93–67	Chinese Taipei
2001 Details	Shanghai		China	97–63	Lebanon		Korea	95–94 Overtime	Syria
2003 Details	Harbin		China	106–96	Korea		Qatar	77–67	Lebanon
2005 Details	Doha		China	77–61	Lebanon		Qatar	89–77	Korea
2007 Details	Tokushima		Iran	74–69	Lebanon		Korea	80–76	Kazakhstan
2009 Details	Tianjin		Iran	70–52	China		Jordan	80–66	Lebanon
2011 Details

Note 1: A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Medal table

Map of the countries' best results.

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	14	1	2	17
2	Philippines	5	2	1	8
3	Korea	2	11	9	22
4	Japan	2	5	7	14
5	Iran	2	0	0	2
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	Jordan	0	0	1	1
	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
2007	Hamed Haddadi
2009	Hamed Haddadi

Participating nations

Nation	1960	1963	1965	1967	1969	1971	1973	1975	1977	1979	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999
Bahrain									12th	12th				13th		15th			10th	12th
Bangladesh										13th					15th		18th		15th
China								1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st
Chinese Taipei	2nd	2nd	5th	5th	4th	4th	3rd						6th	5th	3rd	4th	5th	4th	6th	4th
DPR Korea																5th	2nd
Hong Kong	5th	6th	8th	9th	9th	9th	11th	9th	10th	11th	10th	7th	13th	14th	13th	11th	13th	15th	14th	13th
India			7th	6th	5th	6th	6th	4th	7th	5th	5th	6th	10th	6th	6th	13th		13th	11th
Indonesia	6th			4th			8th	10th	13th			12th	11th	12th	14th	14th	12th	18th	12th
Iran							5th				8th	5th	8th		5th	6th	4th	10th	8th
Iraq									6th	8th				9th
Japan	3rd		1st	3rd	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	5th	3rd	4th	3rd	7th	3rd	2nd	5th
Jordan												8th	9th	10th		8th	10th	17th	7th
Kazakhstan																		5th	13th
Korea	4th	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd
Kuwait								12th				4th				12th	9th	11th		6th
Kyrgyzstan																		8th
Lebanon																				7th
Macau												15th		15th
Malaysia	7th	5th	6th	8th	7th	5th	9th	8th	4th	7th	6th	11th	4th	7th	9th	17th	14th	14th		15th
Pakistan					8th		12th	11th	9th	6th	9th	13th	14th		10th		17th
Philippines	1st	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	5th	5th	4th	4th	9th	1st	4th	8th	7th	11th	12th	9th	11th
Qatar																16th
Saudi Arabia															7th	9th	6th	6th	4th	3rd
Singapore		7th	9th	10th		8th	10th	7th	11th	10th	11th	14th	12th	11th	11th	10th	16th
Sri Lanka								13th	14th		12th		15th			18th		19th
Syria																				8th
Thailand		4th	4th	7th	6th	7th	7th	6th	8th	9th	7th	10th	7th	8th	12th		15th	16th		14th
United Arab Emirates																	8th	9th	5th	10th
Uzbekistan																		7th		9th
Vietnam		8th	10th
Nations	7	8	10	10	9	9	12	13	14	13	12	15	15	15	15	18	18	19	15	15

Nation	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	Years
Bahrain						6
Bangladesh						4
China	1st	1st	1st	10th	2nd	18
Chinese Taipei	7th	11th	9th	6th	5th	20
DPR Korea						2
Hong Kong	11th	13th	15th	13th		24
India	8th	8th	12th	15th	13th	21
Indonesia			14th	12th	15th	16
Iran		5th	6th	1st	1st	13
Iraq						3
Japan	6th	6th	5th	8th	10th	24
Jordan		10th	7th	5th	3rd	11
Kazakhstan		7th	10th	4th	9th	6
Korea	3rd	2nd	4th	3rd	7th	25
Kuwait	12th	12th	13th	14th	11th	11
Kyrgyzstan						1
Lebanon	2nd	4th	2nd	2nd	4th	6
Macau						2
Malaysia		16th	16th			21
Pakistan						10
Philippines		15th		9th	8th	23
Qatar	5th	3rd	3rd	7th	6th	6
Saudi Arabia			8th			7
Singapore	14th					16
Sri Lanka					16th	7
Syria	4th	9th		11th		4
Thailand	13th					18
United Arab Emirates	10th			16th	12th	7
Uzbekistan	9th	14th	11th		14th	6
Vietnam						2
Nations	14	16	16	16	16

See also

• FIBA Asia Championship for Women
• FIBA Asia Under-20 Championship
• FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
• FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship
• Basketball at the Asian Games

References

External links

• FIBA-Asia Official Site

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