2009 Asian Basketball Championship

FIBA Asia Championship 2009
25th Asian Basketball Championship
Number of nations	16
winner	Iran (2nd title)
venue	People's Republic of China
Opening game	August 6, 2009
Endgame	August 16, 2009
Games	62
Most basket points	Rasheim Wright (186 points)
Most valuable player	Hamed Hadadi

The 2009 Asian Basketball Championship (officially: FIBA Asia Championship 2009 ) was the 25th edition of this tournament and took place from August 6 to August 16, 2009 in Tianjin , People's Republic of China . It was organized by FIBA Asia , the Asian basketball association. The three best teams were given a starting place at the 2010 Basketball World Cup .

Attendees

A total of 16 teams took part in the 2009 Asian Cup, which qualified for the tournament in different ways.

•  People's Republic of China - as host
•  Jordan - Winner of the FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 2008
•  Chinese Taipei - by wild card

Regional qualification winners:

West Asia:

•  Iran
•  Lebanon

Gulf region:

•  Qatar
•  Kuwait
•  United Arab Emirates

Central Asia:

•  India
•  Kazakhstan
•  Sri Lanka
•  Uzbekistan

East Asia:

•  South Korea
•  Japan

South East Asia:

•  Philippines
•  Indonesia

All games were played in two different sports halls in Tianjin .

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 three best in each group reached the group stage. The fourth place played for places 13-16.

Group A

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	South Korea	3	3	0	286: 184	6th
2	Philippines	3	2	1	249: 169	5
3	Japan	3	1	2	291: 218	4th
4th	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	130: 385	3

August 6, 2009	Philippines	-	Sri Lanka	115 : 31
August 6, 2009	South Korea	-	Japan	95 : 74
August 7, 2009	South Korea	-	Sri Lanka	122 : 54
August 7, 2009	Japan	-	Philippines	69: 78
August 8, 2009	Sri Lanka	-	Japan	45: 148
August 8, 2009	Philippines	-	South Korea	56: 69

Group B

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Iran	3	3	0	247: 174	6th
2	Taiwan	3	2	1	242: 200	5
3	Kuwait	3	1	2	166: 231	4th
4th	Uzbekistan	3	0	3	203: 253	3

August 6, 2009	Iran	-	Taiwan	71 : 67
August 6, 2009	Kuwait	-	Uzbekistan	69 : 64
August 7, 2009	Taiwan	-	Kuwait	73 : 51
August 7, 2009	Iran	-	Uzbekistan	82 : 61
August 8, 2009	Uzbekistan	-	Taiwan	78: 102
August 8, 2009	Kuwait	-	Iran	46: 94

Group C

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	China	3	3	0	287: 166	6th
2	Qatar	3	2	1	233: 224	5
3	Kazakhstan	3	1	2	192: 223	4th
4th	India	3	0	3	191: 290	3

August 6, 2009	Kazakhstan	-	Qatar	62: 77
August 6, 2009	India	-	China	49: 121
August 7, 2009	Kazakhstan	-	China	56: 74
August 7, 2009	Qatar	-	India	95 : 70
August 8, 2009	China	-	Qatar	92 : 61
August 8, 2009	India	-	Kazakhstan	72: 74

Group D

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Jordan	3	3	0	268: 181	6th
2	Lebanon	3	2	1	298: 158	5
3	UAE	3	1	2	173: 250	4th
4th	Indonesia	3	0	3	146: 196	3

August 6, 2009	Indonesia	-	UAE	63: 68
August 6, 2009	Lebanon	-	Jordan	67: 84
August 7, 2009	Jordan	-	Indonesia	105 : 47
August 7, 2009	Lebanon	-	UAE	108 : 38
August 8, 2009	UAE	-	Jordan	67: 79
August 8, 2009	Indonesia	-	Lebanon	36: 123

Group stage

After the preliminary round, the first three teams in each group qualified for the group stage. The three best teams in groups A and B form group E, the best in groups C and D form the new group F. Each team competed once against each of the three teams from the other preliminary group. The points from the preliminary round matches against the teams from their own group were counted further.

Group E

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Iran	5	5	0	436: 328	10
2	South Korea	5	4th	1	380: 340	9
3	Philippines	5	3	2	374: 367	8th
4th	Taiwan	5	2	3	379: 350	7th
5	Japan	5	1	4th	371: 424	6th
6th	Kuwait	5	0	5	277: 408	5

August 10, 2009	South Korea	-	Kuwait	78 : 58
August 10, 2009	Japan	-	Iran	71: 101
August 10, 2009	Philippines	-	Taiwan	77 : 70
August 11, 2009	Iran	-	Philippines	88 : 78
August 11, 2009	Kuwait	-	Japan	51: 78
August 11, 2009	Taiwan	-	South Korea	70: 72
August 12, 2009	Philippines	-	Kuwait	85 : 71
August 12, 2009	Japan	-	Taiwan	79: 99
August 12, 2009	South Korea	-	Iran	66: 82

Group F.

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	China	5	5	0	408: 327	10
2	Jordan	5	4th	1	418: 363	9
3	Lebanon	5	3	2	421: 312	8th
4th	Qatar	5	2	3	352: 346	7th
5	Kazakhstan	5	1	4th	338: 410	6th
6th	UAE	5	0	5	265: 444	5

August 10, 2009	Kazakhstan	-	Jordan	80: 98
August 10, 2009	China	-	UAE	82 : 59
August 10, 2009	Qatar	-	Lebanon	63: 73
August 11, 2009	UAE	-	Kazakhstan	56: 84
August 11, 2009	Lebanon	-	China	68: 71
August 11, 2009	Jordan	-	Qatar	74 : 60
August 12, 2009	Qatar	-	UAE	91 : 45
August 12, 2009	Kazakhstan	-	Lebanon	56: 105
August 21, 2009	China	-	Jordan	89 : 83

Final round

mode

After the intermediate round, the first four teams of both groups E and F qualified for the final round. The quarter-finals were played crosswise against an opponent from the other intermediate round group. Then both the winners of the quarter-finals met in the semifinals, as well as the losers in the placement round for places five to eight. The winners of the semi-finals contested the final, the losers the game for third place. The winners of the placement games played for fifth place, the losers for seventh place. The fifth and sixth placed from groups E and F played crosswise in the knockout system for places 9 to 12.

Places 1 to 4

	Quarter finals				Semifinals				final
	August 14, 2009
	Jordan	81
					August 15, 2009
	Philippines	70
					Iran	77
	August 14, 2009
					Jordan	75
	Qatar	65
									August 16, 2009
	Iran	75
									Iran	70
	August 14, 2009
									China	52
	Taiwan	83
					August 15, 2009
	China	101
					China	72			Game for third place
	August 14, 2009
					Lebanon	68
	South Korea	65							Jordan	80
	Lebanon	68							Lebanon	66
									August 16, 2009

Places 5 to 8

	Placement games				5th and 6th place
	August 15, 2009
	Qatar	83
	Philippines	65
					August 16, 2009
					Qatar	79
					Taiwan	87
					7th and 8th place
	August 15, 2009				August 16, 2009
	South Korea	65			Philippines	80
	Taiwan	70			South Korea	82

Places 9 to 12

	Placement games				9th and 10th place
	August 14, 2009
	Kuwait	57
	Kazakhstan	76
					August 15, 2009
					Kazakhstan	77
					Japan	73
					11th and 12th place
	August 15, 2009				August 15, 2009
	Japan	86			Kuwait	65
	UAE	59			UAE	61

Seats 13 to 16

	Placement games				9th and 10th place
	August 10, 2009
	Sri Lanka	47
	Uzbekistan	90
					August 11, 2009
					Uzbekistan	79
					India	89
					11th and 12th place
	August 10, 2009				August 11, 2009
	India	91			Sri Lanka	42
	Indonesia	52			Indonesia	74

Final results

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.
1	Iran	9-0
2	People's Republic of China	8: 1
3	Jordan	7: 2
4th	Lebanon	5: 4
5	Chinese Taipei	5: 4
6th	Qatar	4: 5
7th	South Korea	6: 3
8th	Philippines	4: 5
9	Kazakhstan	4: 4
10	Japan	3: 5
11	Kuwait	2: 6
12	United Arab Emirates	1: 7
13	India	2: 3
14th	Uzbekistan	1: 4
15th	Indonesia	1: 4
16	Sri Lanka	0: 5

The three best teams qualified for the 2010 Basketball World Cup in Turkey.

Individual statistics

Points

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Rasheim Wright	186	1	Rasheim Wright	20.7
2	Yi Jianlian	165	2	Aleksandr Koslow	19.4
3	Samad Nikkhah Bahrami	162	3	Yi Jianlian	18.3
4th	Abdulrahman Saad	160	4th	Samad Nikkhah Bahrami	18th
5	Wang Zhizhi	150	5	Abdulrahman Saad	17.8

Rebounds

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Hamed Hadadi	118	1	Hamed Hadadi	13.4
2	Yi Jianlian	94	2	Yi Jianlian	10.4
3	Zaid Abbas	79	3	Anton Ponomarev	9.6
4th	Anton Ponomarev	77	4th	Zaid Abbas	8.8
5	Wang Zhizhi	71	5	Jackson Vroman	8.4

Assists

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Samad Nikkhah Bahrami	43	1	Samad Nikkhah Bahrami	4.8
2	Osama Daghles	33	2	Osama Daghles	4.1
3	Kei Igarashi	29	3	Kei Igarashi	3.6
4th	Mahdi Kamrany	27	4th	Sambhadji Kadam	3.2
5	Lee Jung-suk	27	5	Mahdi Kamrany	3
	Wei Liu	27		Lee Jung-suk	3

Steals

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Mehdi Kamrani	26th	1	Mehdi Kamrani	2.9
2	Lee Hsueh-lin	21st	2	Talwindetjit Singh	2.4
3	Abdulrahman Saad	20th	3	Lee Hsueh-lin	2.3
4th	Rasheim Wright	19th	4th	Abdulrahman Saad	2.2
5	Hamed Afagh	18th	5	Rasheim Wright	2.1
	Yang Hee-jong	18th

Blocks

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Hamed Hadadi	36	1	Hamed Hadadi	4th
2	Yi Jianlian	22nd	2	Yi Jianlian	2.4
3	Dmitry Gavrilov	12	3	Dmitry Gavrilov	1.5
4th	Joji Takeuchi	10	4th	Joji Takeuchi	1.2
5	Kim Joo-sung	10	5	Kim Joo-sung	1.1

Web links

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