2011 Asian Basketball Championship

FIBA Asia Championship 2011
26th Asian Basketball Championship
Number of nations	16
winner	China (15th title)
venue	People's Republic of China
Opening game	September 15, 2011
Endgame	September 25, 2011
Games	62
Most basket points	Marcus Douthit (197 points)
Most valuable player	Yi Jianlian

The 2011 Asian Basketball Championship (officially: FIBA Asia Championship 2011 ) was the 26th edition of this tournament and took place from September 15 to September 25, 2011 in the People's Republic of China . It was organized by FIBA Asia , the Asian basketball association. The winner received a starting place at the 2012 Olympics .

Attendees

A total of 16 teams took part in the 2011 Asian Cup, which qualified for the tournament in different ways.

•  People's Republic of China - as host
•  Lebanon - Winner of the FIBA Asia Stanković Cup 2010

Regional qualification winners:

West Asia:

•  Iran
•  Jordan
•  Syria

Gulf region:

•  Qatar
•  United Arab Emirates
•  Bahrain

Central Asia:

•  India
•  Uzbekistan

East Asia:

•  South Korea
•  Japan
•  Chinese Taipei

South East Asia:

•  Philippines
•  Indonesia
•  Malaysia

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

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	253: 157	6th
2	Lebanon	3	2	1	220: 207	5
3	Malaysia	3	1	2	172: 243	4th
4th	India	3	0	3	188: 226	3

September 15, 2011	Malaysia	-	South Korea	42: 89
September 15, 2011	Lebanon	-	India	71 : 68
September 16, 2011	Lebanon	-	South Korea	62: 80
September 16, 2011	India	-	Malaysia	67: 71
17th September 2011	South Korea	-	India	84 : 53
17th September 2011	Malaysia	-	Lebanon	59: 87

Group B

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Iran	3	3	0	221: 79	6th
2	Taiwan	3	2	1	212: 198	5
3	Uzbekistan	3	1	2	136: 225	4th
4th	Qatar	3	0	3	94: 161	3

September 15, 2011	Taiwan	-	Iran	37: 49
September 15, 2011	Qatar	-	Uzbekistan	12: 27
September 16, 2011	Uzbekistan	-	Taiwan	71: 81
September 16, 2011	Qatar	-	Iran	4: 40
17th September 2011	Taiwan	-	Qatar	94 : 78
17th September 2011	Iran	-	Uzbekistan	132 : 38

Group C

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Japan	3	3	0	250: 201	6th
2	Jordan	3	2	1	247: 209	5
3	Syria	3	1	2	187: 209	4th
4th	Indonesia	3	0	3	179: 244	3

September 15, 2011	Syria	-	Jordan	58: 71
September 15, 2011	Japan	-	Indonesia	81 : 59
September 16, 2011	Indonesia	-	Syria	61: 74
September 16, 2011	Jordan	-	Japan	87: 92
17th September 2011	Syria	-	Japan	55: 77
17th September 2011	Jordan	-	Indonesia	89 : 59

Group D

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	China	3	3	0	251: 169	6th
2	Philippines	3	2	1	265: 198	5
3	UAE	3	1	2	203: 220	4th
4th	Bahrain	3	0	3	173: 305	3

September 15, 2011	Philippines	-	UAE	92 : 52
September 15, 2011	Bahrain	-	China	49: 101
September 16, 2011	Philippines	-	China	60: 75
September 16, 2011	UAE	-	Bahrain	91 : 53
17th September 2011	Bahrain	-	Philippines	71: 113
17th September 2011	China	-	UAE	75 : 60

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	457: 218	10
2	South Korea	5	4th	1	419: 310	9
3	Taiwan	5	3	2	348: 322	8th
4th	Lebanon	5	2	3	353: 328	7th
5	Malaysia	5	1	4th	279: 481	6th
6th	Uzbekistan	5	0	5	294: 500	5

September 19, 2011	Malaysia	-	Iran	36: 121
September 19, 2011	Lebanon	-	Taiwan	58: 60
September 19, 2011	South Korea	-	Uzbekistan	106 : 57
September 20, 2011	Uzbekistan	-	Malaysia	75: 80
September 20, 2011	Iran	-	Lebanon	76 : 45
September 20, 2011	Taiwan	-	South Korea	61: 82
September 21, 2011	Lebanon	-	Uzbekistan	101 : 53
September 21, 2011	Malaysia	-	Taiwan	62: 109
September 21, 2011	South Korea	-	Iran	62: 79

Group F.

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	China	5	5	0	417: 309	10
2	Philippines	5	4th	1	382: 319	9
3	Japan	5	3	2	404: 370	8th
4th	Jordan	5	2	3	376: 395	7th
5	Syria	5	1	4th	316: 386	6th
6th	UAE	5	0	5	326: 442	5

September 19, 2011	Jordan	-	Philippines	64: 72
September 19, 2011	Japan	-	UAE	101 : 61
September 19, 2011	Syria	-	China	71:90
September 20, 2011	UAE	-	Syria	73: 80
September 20, 2011	Philippines	-	Japan	83 : 76
September 20, 2011	China	-	Jordan	93 : 60
September 21, 2011	Jordan	-	UAE	94 : 80
September 21, 2011	Syria	-	Philippines	52: 75
September 21, 2011	Japan	-	China	58: 84

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
	September 23, 2011
	Jordan	88
					September 24, 2011
	Iran	84
					Jordan	75
	September 23, 2011
					Philippines	61
	Philippines	95
									September 25, 2011
	Taiwan	78
									Jordan	69
	September 23, 2011
									China	70
	South Korea	86
					September 24, 2011
	Japan	67
					South Korea	43			Game for third place
	September 23, 2011
					China	56
	Lebanon	48							Philippines	68
	China	68							South Korea	70
									September 23, 2011

Places 5 to 8

	Placement games				5th and 6th place
	September 24, 2011
	Iran	98
	Taiwan	66
					September 25, 2011
					Iran	87
					Lebanon	65
					7th and 8th place
	September 24, 2011				September 25, 2011
	Japan	78			Taiwan	72
	Lebanon	80			Japan	81

Places 9 to 12

	Placement games				9th and 10th place
	September 23, 2011
	Malaysia	87
	UAE	89
					September 24, 2011
					UAE	72
					Syria	76
					11th and 12th place
	September 23, 2011				September 24, 2011
	Uzbekistan	65			Malaysia	82
	Syria	97			Uzbekistan	76

Seats 13 to 16

	Placement games				9th and 10th place
	September 19, 2011
	Indonesia	85
	Bahrain	62
					September 20, 2011
					Indonesia	84
					India	75
					11th and 12th place
	September 19, 2011				September 20, 2011
	India	20th			Bahrain	20th
	Qatar	0			Qatar	0

Final results

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

China qualified for the London 2012 Summer Olympics . Jordan and South Korea qualified for the pre-Olympic qualifier in Venezuela.

Honors

All-Star Team  :

• PG - Sam Daghlas
• SG - Takuya Kawamura
• SF - Samad Nikkhah Bahrami
• PF - Yi Jianlian - also MVP of the tournament
• C - Hamed Haddadi

Individual statistics

Points

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Marcus Douthit	197	1	Marcus Douthit	21.9
2	Rasheim Wright	173	2	Rasheim Wright	19.2
3	Yi Jianlian	149	3	Ibrahim Ahmad	17th
4th	Samuel Hoskin	147	4th	Yi Jianlian	16.6
5	Hamed Hadadi	139	5	Samuel Hoskin	16.3

Rebounds

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Marcus Douthit	110	1	Marcus Douthit	12.2
2	Hamed Hadadi	103	2	Hamed Hadadi	11.4
	Kosuke Takeuchi	103		Kosuke Takeuchi	11.4
4th	Yi Jianlian	97	4th	Yi Jianlian	10.8
5	Samuel Hoskin	91	5	Samuel Hoskin	10.1

Assists

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Guganeswaran Batumalai	39	1	Mario Wuysang	6.4
2	Osama Daghles	37	2	Guganeswaran Batumalai	4.9
	Mehdi Kamrani	37	3	Osama Daghles	4.6
	Kim Joo-sung	37	4th	Mehdi Kamrani	4.1
5	Takeki Shonaka	33		Kim Joo-sung	4.1

Steals

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Sun Yue	16	1	Sun Yue	1.8
2	Osama Daghles	14th		Osama Daghles	1.8
	Chang Tsung-hsien	14th		Ibrahim Ahmad	1.8
	Kenta Hirose	14th		Talwindetjit Singh	1.8
	Rasheim Wright	14th	5	Lee Hsueh-lin	1.7

Blocks

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Hamed Hadadi	26th	1	Hamed Hadadi	2.9
2	Marcus Douthit	15th	2	Amjyot Singh	1.8
	Ali Jamal Zaghab	15th	3	Marcus Douthit	1.7
3	Sun Yue	13		Ali Jamal Zaghab	1.7
	Yi Jianlian	13	5	Sun Yue	1.4
6th	Kim Joo-sung	10		Yi Jianlian	1.4

Web links

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Yi emerges the MVP as the All-Star line-up is drawn. (No longer available online.) FIBA.COM, September 25, 2011, archived from the original on November 8, 2011 ; accessed on May 3, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.