Asian Basketball Championship 2013

FIBA Asia Championship 2013
27th Asian Basketball Championship
Number of nations	16
winner	Iran (3rd title)
venue	Philippines
Opening game	1 August 2013
Endgame	11th September 2013
Games	57
Most basket points	Hamed Haddadi
Most valuable player	Hamed Haddadi

The 2013 Asian Basketball Championship (officially: FIBA Asia Championship 2013 ) was the 27th edition of this tournament and took place from August 1 to August 11, 2013 in the Philippines . It was organized by FIBA Asia , the Asian basketball association. The three best placed received a starting place at the 2014 World Cup .

Attendees

A total of 15 teams took part in the 2013 Asian Cup, which were able to qualify for the tournament in different ways. The team from Lebanon did not take part in the championships. The host and the winner of the FIBA Asia Stanković Cup were automatically qualified . The representatives from West, East, Southeast Asia and the Gulf region each got two places. South and Central Asia each got a starting place. The last four starting places were awarded based on the results of the Stanković Cup 2012. This gave West Asia three more launch sites and the Gulf region one launch site.

•  Philippines - as a host
•  Iran - Winner of the FIBA ​​Asia Stanković Cup 2012

Regional qualification winners:

East Asia:

•  South Korea
•  People's Republic of China
•  Japan
•  Hong Kong
•  Chinese Taipei

Gulf region:

•  Qatar
•  Bahrain
•  Saudi Arabia

South East Asia:

•  Thailand
•  Malaysia

West Asia:

•  Lebanon ¹⁾
•  Jordan

Central Asia:

•  Kazakhstan

South Asia:

•  India

¹⁾ In July 2013, FIBA ​​suspended Lebanon's membership for an indefinite period. Thus Lebanon was excluded from participation in the Asian Cup. FIBA tried to invite the runners-up in the West Asia qualification, Iraq and United Arab Emirates, but both canceled due to lack of preparation time. FIBA decided to hold the tournament with 15 teams. All teams in group B were qualified for the next round regardless of the outcome of the group games.
All games were played in two different sports halls in Manila .

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round four teams played against each other in three groups. In Group B only three teams played. 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	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	265: 233	6th
2	Philippines	3	2	1	234: 221	5
3	Jordan	3	1	2	221: 215	4th
4th	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	180: 231	3

1 August 2013	Jordan	-	Chinese Taipei	87: 91
1 August 2013	Saudi Arabia	-	Philippines	66- 78
August 2, 2013	Chinese Taipei	-	Saudi Arabia	90 -67
August 2, 2013	Jordan	-	Philippines	71- 77
3rd August 2013	Philippines	-	Chinese Taipei	79- 84
3rd August 2013	Saudi Arabia	-	Jordan	47- 63

Group B

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Qatar	2	2	0	162: 138	4th
2	Japan	2	1	1	150: 134	3
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	123: 163	2

1 August 2013	Japan	-	Qatar	74: 75
August 2, 2013	Japan	-	Hong Kong	76 : 59
3rd August 2013	Hong Kong	-	Qatar	64: 87

Group C

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Iran	3	3	0	261: 141	6th
2	South Korea	3	2	1	208: 193	5
3	China	3	1	2	223: 155	4th
4th	Malaysia	3	0	3	105: 308	3

1 August 2013	Iran	-	Malaysia	115 : 25
1 August 2013	China	-	South Korea	59: 63
August 2, 2013	China	-	Malaysia	113 : 22
August 2, 2013	South Korea	-	Iran	65: 76
3rd August 2013	Malaysia	-	South Korea	58: 80
3rd August 2013	Iran	-	China	70 : 51

Group D

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Kazakhstan	3	3	0	240: 210	6th
2	Bahrain	3	2	1	244: 221	5
3	India	3	1	2	236: 227	4th
4th	Thailand	3	0	3	194: 256	3

1 August 2013	Kazakhstan	-	Thailand	81 : 67
1 August 2013	India	-	Bahrain	80: 82
August 2, 2013	Thailand	-	India	65: 89
August 2, 2013	Kazakhstan	-	Bahrain	79 : 76
3rd August 2013	India	-	Kazakhstan	67: 80
3rd August 2013	Bahrain	-	Thailand	86 : 62

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 formed group E, the best in groups C and D formed 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 taken.

Group E

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Philippines	5	4th	1	393: 351	9
2	Chinese Taipei	5	4th	1	416: 368	9
3	Qatar	5	4th	1	378: 347	9
4th	Jordan	5	2	3	364: 353	7th
5	Japan	5	1	4th	353: 368	6th
6th	Hong Kong	5	0	5	287: 404	5

5th August 2013	Qatar	-	Jordan	75 : 61
5th August 2013	Chinese Taipei	-	Hong Kong	94 : 55
5th August 2013	Philippines	-	Japan	90 : 71
August 6, 2013	Jordan	-	Hong Kong	80 : 54
August 6, 2013	Japan	-	Chinese Taipei	76: 79
August 6, 2013	Philippines	-	Qatar	80 : 70
7th August 2013	Japan	-	Jordan	56: 65
7th August 2013	Chinese Taipei	-	Qatar	68: 71
7th August 2013	Hong Kong	-	Philippines	55: 67

Group F.

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Iran	5	5	0	408: 383	10
2	South Korea	5	4th	1	390: 287	9
3	China	5	3	2	350: 311	8th
4th	Kazakhstan	5	2	3	326: 372	7th
5	Bahrain	5	1	4th	331: 418	6th
6th	India	5	0	5	304: 478	5

5th August 2013	Iran	-	India	102 : 58
5th August 2013	Kazakhstan	-	China	67: 73
5th August 2013	South Korea	-	Bahrain	96 : 51
August 6, 2013	Bahrain	-	Iran	56: 75
August 6, 2013	China	-	India	79 : 45
August 6, 2013	Kazakhstan	-	South Korea	47: 71
7th August 2013	Iran	-	Kazakhstan	85 : 53
7th August 2013	Bahrain	-	China	66: 88
7th August 2013	India	-	South Korea	54: 95

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 9, 2013
	Philippines	88
					August 10, 2013
	Kazakhstan	58
					Philippines	86
	August 9, 2013
					South Korea	79
	South Korea	79
									August 11, 2013
	Qatar	52
									Philippines	71
	August 9, 2013
									Iran	85
	Iran	94
					August 10, 2013
	Jordan	50
					Iran	79			Game for third place
	August 9, 2013
					Chinese Taipei	60
	Chinese Taipei	96							South Korea	75
	China	78							Chinese Taipei	57
									August 11, 2013

Places 5 to 8

	Placement games				5th and 6th place
	August 10, 2013
	Kazakhstan	67
	Qatar	72
					August 11, 2013
					Qatar	85
					China	96
					7th and 8th place
	August 10, 2013				August 11, 2013
	Jordan	76			Kazakhstan	59
	China	79			Jordan	88

Places 9 to 12

	Placement games				9th and 10th place
	August 9, 2013
	Japan	73
	India	64
					August 10, 2013
					Japan	79
					Hong Kong	50
					11th and 12th place
	August 9, 2013				August 10, 2013
	Bahrain	79			India	75
	Hong Kong	87			Bahrain	65

Seats 13 to 15

	Placement games				13th and 14th place
	5th August 2013
	Saudi Arabia
	bye
					August 6, 2013
					Saudi Arabia	93
					Thailand	80
					15th place
	5th August 2013				August 6, 2013
	Malaysia	56			Malaysia
	Thailand	71

Final results

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.
1	Iran	9-0
2	Philippines	7: 2
3	South Korea	7: 2
4th	Chinese Taipei	6: 3
5	People's Republic of China	6: 3
6th	Qatar	5: 3
7th	Jordan	4: 5
8th	Kazakhstan	3: 6
9	Japan	3: 4
10	Hong Kong	1: 6
11	India	2: 6
12	Bahrain	2: 6
13	Saudi Arabia	1: 3
14th	Thailand	1: 4
15th	Malaysia	0: 4

The top three qualified for the 2014 World Basketball Championship in Spain.

Honors

All-Star Team  :

• PG - Jayson Castro
• SG - Kim Min-goo
• SF - Lin Chih-chieh
• PF - Oshin Sahakian
• C - Hamed Haddadi - also MVP of the tournament

Individual statistics

Points

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Hamed Haddadi	169	1	Hamed Haddadi	18.8
2	Quincy Davis	132	2	Yi Jianlian	17.4
3	Jimmy Baxter	127	3	Jarvis Hayes	16.7
3	Wang Zhizhi	121	4th	Aymam Almuwallad	15.3
3	Samad Nikkhah Bahrami	115	5	Quincy Davis	14.7

Rebounds

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Hamed Hadadi	90	1	Hamed Hadadi	10
2	Quincy Davis	81		Mohammed Almarwani	10
3	Marcus Douthit	75	3	Marcus Douthit	9.4
4th	Anton Ponomarev	70		JR Sakuragi	9.4
5	JR Sakuragi	66	5	Quincy Davis	9.0

Assists

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Mehdi Kamrani	59	1	Mehdi Kamrani	6.6
2	Lin Chih-chieh	44	2	Jerry Jamar Johnson	4.9
3	Yang Dong-geun	40		Lin Chih-chieh	4.9
	Jerry Jamar Johnson	40	4th	Yang Dong-geun	4.4
5	Samad Nikkhah Bahrami	38	5	Marzouq Almuwallad	4.3

Steals

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Mehdi Kamrani	14th	1	Mehdi Kamrani	1.56
2	Hamed Afagh	12	2	Hamed Afagh	1.33
	Samad Nikkhah Bahrami	12		Samad Nikkhah Bahrami	1.33
4th	Kim Tae-sool	9		Wattana Suttisin	1.33
	Makoto Heijma	9	5	Makoto Heijma	1.29

Blocks

total			per game
space	Surname	number	space	Surname	average
1	Marcus Douthit	16	1	Marcus Douthit	2.0
2	Hamed Hadadi	15th	2	Hamed Hadadi	1.67
	Jong-hyun Lee	15th		Jong-hyun Lee	1.67
4th	Ahmed Akber	13		Ahmed Akber	1.63
5	Amjyot Singh	11	5	Amjyot Singh	1.38
	Quincy Davis	11	6th	Kosuke Takeuchi	1.29

Web links

• Official website (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IRI - Hamed Haddadi named MVP as Iran win title. (No longer available online.) FIBA.COM, August 11, 2013, archived from the original on August 16, 2013 ; accessed on August 14, 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.