2007 Asian Basketball Championship

FIBA Asia Championship 2007
24th Asian Basketball Championship
Number of nations	16
winner	Iran (1st title)
venue	Japan
Opening game	July 28, 2007
Endgame	August 5, 2007
Games	60
Most basket points	Michael Madanly (232 points)
Most valuable player	Hamed Hadadi

The 2007 Asian Basketball Championship (officially: FIBA Asia Championship 2007 ) was the 24th edition of this tournament and took place from July 28th to August 5th, 2007 in Tokushima , Japan . It was organized by FIBA Asia , the Asian basketball association. The best team (excluding China, which automatically qualified to host the Olympic Games) received a starting place at the 2008 Olympic Games .

Attendees

A total of 16 teams took part in the 2007 Asian Cup, which qualified for the tournament in different ways.

•  Japan - as a host
•  People's Republic of China - as defending champion

Regional qualification winners:

West Asia:

•  Iran
•  Jordan
•  Lebanon
•  Syria

Gulf region:

•  Qatar
•  Saudi Arabia *
•  United Arab Emirates

Central Asia:

•  Kazakhstan
•  India

East Asia:

•  Chinese Taipei - by wild card
•  Hong Kong
•  South Korea

South East Asia:

•  Philippines
•  Indonesia

Saudi Arabia withdrew its team and was replaced by Kuwait . All games were played in two different sports halls in Tokushima .  

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round four teams played against each other in four groups. The winner of a game received two points, the loser one point. The two best in each group reached the group stage. The third placed played for places 9-12. The fourth place played for places 13-16.

Group A

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Iran	3	3	0	212: 191	6th
2	Jordan	3	2	1	216: 201	5
3	Philippines	3	1	2	224: 233	4th
4th	China	3	0	3	207: 234	3

July 28, 2007	China	-	Jordan	65: 78
July 28, 2007	Iran	-	Philippines	75 : 69
July 29, 2007	Philippines	-	China	79 : 74
July 29, 2007	Jordan	-	Iran	54: 60
July 30, 2007	Iran	-	China	77 : 68
July 30, 2007	Philippines	-	Jordan	76: 84

Group B

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Japan	3	3	0	287: 181	6th
2	Lebanon	3	2	1	277: 200	5
3	UAE	3	1	2	199: 283	4th
4th	Kuwait	3	0	3	175: 274	3

July 28, 2007	UAE	-	Japan	66: 109
July 28, 2007	Lebanon	-	Kuwait	104 : 59
July 29, 2007	Kuwait	-	UAE	68: 69
July 29, 2007	Japan	-	Lebanon	77 : 67
July 30, 2007	UAE	-	Lebanon	64: 106
July 30, 2007	Japan	-	Kuwait	101 : 48

Group C

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Qatar	3	3	0	268: 163	6th
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	1	273: 203	5
3	India	3	1	2	195: 269	4th
4th	Indonesia	3	0	3	164: 265	3

July 28, 2007	Qatar	-	India	106 : 49
July 28, 2007	Kazakhstan	-	Indonesia	107 : 53
July 29, 2007	India	-	Kazakhstan	74: 97
July 29, 2007	Indonesia	-	Qatar	45: 86
July 30, 2007	Indonesia	-	India	66: 72
July 30, 2007	Kazakhstan	-	Qatar	69: 76

Group D

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	South Korea	3	3	0	281: 216	6th
2	Taiwan	3	2	1	258: 232	5
3	Hong Kong	3	1	2	252: 305	4th
4th	Syria	3	0	3	245: 283	3

July 28, 2007	South Korea	-	Hong Kong	107 : 67
July 28, 2007	Syria	-	Taiwan	66: 90
July 29, 2007	Hong Kong	-	Syria	104 : 100
July 29, 2007	Taiwan	-	South Korea	70: 85
July 30, 2007	Taiwan	-	Hong Kong	98 : 81
July 30, 2007	Syria	-	South Korea	79: 89

Group stage

After the preliminary round, the first two teams in groups E and F played for places 1 to 8, the last two teams in groups G and H for places 9 to 16. In the groups, a simple round was played everyone against everyone .

Group E

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Lebanon	3	3	0	267: 192	6th
2	Iran	3	2	1	231: 233	5
3	Qatar	3	1	2	242: 259	4th
4th	Taiwan	3	0	3	202: 158	3

July 31, 2007	Iran	-	Taiwan	76 : 64
July 31, 2007	Lebanon	-	Qatar	90 : 68
August 1, 2007	Taiwan	-	Lebanon	64: 95
August 1, 2007	Qatar	-	Iran	87: 95
August 2, 2007	Qatar	-	Taiwan	87 : 74
August 2, 2007	Iran	-	Lebanon	60: 82

Group F.

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Kazakhstan	3	2	1	241: 240	5
2	South Korea	3	2	1	236: 223	5
3	Japan	3	1	2	239: 254	4th
4th	Jordan	3	1	2	215: 214	4th

July 31, 2007	Jordan	-	South Korea	65: 70
July 31, 2007	Japan	-	Kazakhstan	85: 93
August 1, 2007	Kazakhstan	-	Jordan	73: 82
August 1, 2007	South Korea	-	Japan	93 : 83
August 2, 2007	Kazakhstan	-	South Korea	75 : 73
August 2, 2007	Jordan	-	Hong Kong	68: 71

Group G

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Philippines	3	3	0	300: 227	6th
2	Syria	3	2	1	314: 230	5
3	Kuwait	3	1	2	199: 266	4th
4th	India	3	0	3	191: 281	3

July 31, 2007	Philippines	-	Syria	93 : 69
July 31, 2007	Kuwait	-	India	72 : 68
August 1, 2007	India	-	Philippines	69: 104
August 1, 2007	Syria	-	Kuwait	109 : 69
August 2, 2007	Philippines	-	Kuwait	89 : 58
August 2, 2007	India	-	Syria	54: 105

Group H.

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	China	3	3	0	295: 171	6th
2	Indonesia	3	2	1	211: 261	5
3	Hong Kong	3	1	2	234: 238	4th
4th	UAE	3	0	3	270: 158	3

July 31, 2007	China	-	Hong Kong	93 : 69
July 31, 2007	UAE	-	Indonesia	81: 83
August 1, 2007	Indonesia	-	China	47: 102
August 1, 2007	Hong Kong	-	UAE	87 : 64
August 2, 2007	China	-	UAE	100 : 55
August 2, 2007	Indonesia	-	Hong Kong	81 : 78

Final round

mode

The two best from groups E and F played in the knockout system for places 1 to 4. The third and fourth placed from groups E and F played in the knockout system for places 5 to 8. The winners of groups G and H played for 9th place, the second placed for 11th place, the third placed for 13th place and the last of groups G and H for 15th place.

Places 1 to 4

	Semifinals				final
	August 4, 2007
	Kazakhstan	62
	Iran	75
					August 5, 2007
					Iran	74
					Lebanon	69
					3rd place
	August 4, 2007				August 5, 2007
	Lebanon	76			Kazakhstan	76
	South Korea	74			South Korea	80

Places 5 to 8

	Placement games				5th and 6th place
	August 15, 2007
	Japan	80
	Taiwan	85
					August 16, 2007
					Taiwan	74
					Jordan	97
					7th and 8th place
	August 15, 2007				August 16, 2007
	Qatar	67			Japan	82
	Jordan	77			Qatar	86

Places 9 to 16

Play for 9th place	August 4, 2007	Philippines	-	China	78 : 76
Game for 11th place	August 4, 2007	Syria	-	Indonesia	108 : 79
Game for 13th place	August 4, 2007	Kuwait	-	Hong Kong	66: 72
Play for 15th place	August 4, 2007	India	-	UAE	82 : 77

Final results

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.
1	Iran	7: 1
2	Lebanon	6: 2
3	South Korea	6: 2
4th	Kazakhstan	4: 4
5	Jordan	5: 3
6th	Chinese Taipei	3: 5
7th	Qatar	5: 3
8th	Japan	4: 4
9	Philippines	5: 2
10	People's Republic of China	3: 4
11	Syria	3: 4
12	Indonesia	2: 5
13	Hong Kong	3: 4
14th	Kuwait	1: 6
15th	India	2: 5
16	United Arab Emirates	1: 6

The Iranian team qualified for the 2008 Olympics . Lebanon and South Korea qualified for the Olympic qualifying tournament in Athens.

Individual statistics

Points

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Michael Madanly	232	1	Michael Madanly	33.1
2	Fadi El Chatib	218	2	Fadi El Chatib	27.3
3	Hsin-An Chen	145	3	Hsin-An Chen	18.1
	Rasheim Wright	145		Rasheim Wright	18.1
5	Anton Ponomarev	141	5	Anton Ponomarev	17.8

Rebounds

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Hamed Hadadi	77	1	Wissam Yakoub Tamer	10.6
2	Wissam Yakoub Tamer	74	2	Hamed Hadadi	9.6
3	Ha Seung-jin	73	3	Ha Seung-jin	9.1
4th	Joseph Vogel	71	4th	Joseph Vogel	8.9
5	Michael Madanly	57	5	Jackson Vroman	8.1
	Anton Ponomarev	57
	Jr Sakuragi	57

Assists

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Sambhadji Kadam	28	1	Sambhadji Kadam	4th
2	Osama Daghles	25th	2	Osama Daghles	3.1
3	Kim Seung-hyun	23		Chi Ho Poon	3.1
4th	Yang Dong-geun	23	4th	Kim Seung-hyun	2.9
5	Chi Ho Poon	22nd	5	Yang Dong-geun	2.9

Steals

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Sambhadji Kadam	16	1	Sambhadji Kadam	2.3
2	Kei Igarashi	14th	2	Kei Igarashi	1.8
3	Abdulrahman Saad	13	3	Rashed Alrabah	1.7
4th	Rashed Alrabah	12	4th	Abdulrahman Saad	1.6
	Mahdi Kamrany	12		Saqer Hasan	1.6
	Yang Dong-geun	12		Michael Madanly	1.6

Blocks

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Hamed Hadadi	11	1	Hamed Hadadi	1.4
2	Ha Seung-jin	8th	2	Ha Seung-jin	1
	Joseph Vogel	8th		Joseph Vogel	1
4th	Tai-Hao Wu	7th	4th	Ali Takeuchi	0.9
5	Yasseen Musa	5	5	Sulaiman Altabakh	0.7
	Salem Omer	5

Web links

• Official website (English)
• Data on archiv.fiba.com (English)