Asian basketball championship
The men's basketball Asian championship (officially: FIBA Asia Cup ) has been the continental basketball championship for Asia and Oceania since 2017 and is organized by the world association FIBA . From 1960 to 2015 the championship was only held for Asian teams every two years and was also the Asian qualifying tournament for the Basketball World Cup or the Summer Olympics .
As of 2017, the previous Asian and Oceania championships were combined. The tournament, now held every four years, is no longer a qualifying tournament for the World Cup or the Summer Olympics.
Until 1975, the selection of the Philippines dominated the competition. In that year, however, the Philippine Basketball Association was founded, which made the best Filipino players professionals and thus no longer allowed to play in the Asian Cup (this restriction was only lifted in 1989). In addition, the team from the People's Republic of China had joined FIBA the year before and has won 16 of the 21 events since then, although China, which was already qualified to host the Olympic Games in 2007, only sent a B-team. At this event, Iran was the first team from the Middle East to win the competition.
Previous events
| year | Host | final | 3rd place match | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| country | Venues | gold | Result | silver | bronze | Result | fourth place | |||
| 1960 details |
Philippines | Manila |
 Philippines |
Group stage only |
 Taiwan |
 Japan |
Group stage only |
 South Korea |
||
| 1963 details |
Taiwan | Taipei |
Philippines |
86-71 |
Taiwan |
South Korea |
77-91 |
 Thailand |
||
| 1965 details |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur |
Japan |
Group stage only |
Philippines |
South Korea |
Group stage only |
Thailand |
||
| 1967 details |
South Korea | Seoul |
Philippines |
South Korea |
Japan |
 India |
||||
| 1969 details |
Thailand | Bangkok |
South Korea |
Japan |
Philippines |
Taiwan |
||||
| 1971 details |
Japan | Tokyo |
Japan |
Philippines |
South Korea |
Taiwan |
||||
| 1973 details |
Philippines | Manila |
Philippines |
South Korea |
Taiwan |
Japan |
||||
| 1975 details |
Thailand | Bangkok |
 China |
Japan |
South Korea |
India |
||||
| 1977 details |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur |
China |
South Korea |
Japan |
 Malaysia |
||||
| 1979 details |
Japan | Nagoya |
China |
Japan |
South Korea |
Philippines |
||||
| 1981 details |
India | Kolkata |
China |
South Korea |
Japan |
Philippines |
||||
| 1983 details |
United Kingdom | Hong Kong |
China |
95-71 |
Japan |
South Korea |
83-60 |
 Kuwait |
||
| 1986 details |
Malaysia | Kuala Lumpur |
Philippines |
Group stage only |
South Korea |
China |
Group stage only |
Malaysia |
||
| 1987 details |
Thailand | Bangkok |
China |
86-79 |
South Korea |
Japan |
89-75 |
Philippines |
||
| 1989 details |
People's Republic of China | Beijing |
China |
102-72 |
South Korea |
 Taiwan |
69-58 |
Japan |
||
| 1991 details |
Japan | Kobe |
China |
104-88 |
South Korea |
Japan |
63-60 |
Taiwan |
||
| 1993 details |
Indonesia | Jakarta |
China |
93-72 |
 North Korea |
South Korea |
86-70 |
 Iran |
||
| 1995 details |
South Korea | Seoul |
China |
87-78 |
South Korea |
Japan |
69-63 |
Taiwan |
||
| 1997 details |
Saudi Arabia | Riad |
South Korea |
78-76 |
Japan |
China |
94-68 |
 Saudi Arabia |
||
| 1999 details |
Japan | Nagoya |
China |
63-45 |
South Korea |
Saudi Arabia |
93-67 |
Taiwan |
||
| 2001 details |
People's Republic of China | Shanghai |
China |
97-63 |
 Lebanon |
South Korea |
95-94 |
 Syria |
||
| 2003 details |
China | Harbin |
China |
106-96 |
South Korea |
 Qatar |
77-67 |
Lebanon |
||
| 2005 details |
Qatar | Doha |
China |
77-61 |
Lebanon |
Qatar |
89-77 |
South Korea |
||
| 2007 details |
Japan | Tokushima |
Iran |
86-72 |
Lebanon |
South Korea |
80-76 |
 Kazakhstan |
||
| 2009 details |
China | Tianjin |
Iran |
70-52 |
China |
 Jordan |
80-66 |
Lebanon |
||
| 2011 details |
China | Wuhan |
China |
70-69 |
Jordan |
South Korea |
70-68 |
Philippines |
||
| 2013 details |
Philippines | Manila |
Iran |
85-71 |
Philippines |
South Korea |
75-57 |
Taiwan |
||
| 2015 details |
China | Changsha |
China |
78-67 |
Philippines |
Iran |
68-63 |
Japan |
||
| 2017 details |
Lebanon | Beirut |
 Australia |
79-56 |
Iran |
South Korea |
80-71 |
 New Zealand |
||
Eternal table
| Medal table | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
| 1 |
 People's Republic of China
|
16 | 1 | 2 | 19th |
| 2 |
Philippines
|
5 | 4th | 1 | 9 |
| 3 |
 Iran
|
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4th |
 South Korea
|
2 | 11 | 12 | 25th |
| 5 |
 Japan
|
2 | 5 | 7th | 14th |
| 6th |
 Australia
|
1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7th |
Lebanon
|
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 8th |
Chinese Taipei
|
0 | 2 | 2 | 4th |
| 9 |
Jordan
|
0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 10 |
North Korea
|
0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 |
 Qatar
|
0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 12 |
 Saudi Arabia
|
0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Web links
- Official website of the host 2015 (English)
- Official website of FIBA Asia (English)