2017 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

Qualification for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup are being held to determine the participants in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup. Lebanon secured qualification by being named as hosts. The other fifteen berths were disputed per FIBA Asia zone, and via the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge.

Qualification format

The following are eligible to participate:[1]

Berths
ZoneAllocated berthsAdditional berths from FIBA Asia ChallengeTotal
Central Asia101
East Asia325
Persian Gulf101
South Asia101
Southeast Asia101
West Asia235*
Wild Cards2N/A2
Total11516

* Including the host nation Lebanon.

Qualified teams
TeamQualified asDate Last
appearance		 Total
appearances
 Lebanon*Host Nation20 January 2017 2015 8
 Kazakhstan2017 Central Asian Qualifying
Round Winners		1 June 2017 2015 8
 Chinese Taipei2017 East Asian Champions5 June 2017 2015 23
 South Korea2017 East Asian Runners-up5 June 2017 2015 28
 Japan2017 East Asian 3rd Place4 June 2017 2015 27
 China2017 East Asian 4th Place4 June 2017 2015 21
 Hong Kong2017 East Asian 5th Place6 June 2017 2015 5
 Qatar2016 Gulf Champions9 September 2016 2015 9
 India2017 South Asian Champions23 May 2017 2015 24
 Philippines2017 Southeast Asian Champions18 May 2017 2015 26
 Iran2017 West Asian Runners-up1 February 2017 2015 16
 Jordan2017 West Asian 3rd Place31 January 2017 2015 14
 Iraq2017 West Asian 4th Place2 February 2017 1987 3
 Syria2017 West Asian 5th Place1 February 2017 2011 5
 AustraliaWild Card2016 None N/A
 New Zealand

* Lebanon is also the 2017 West Asian Champions.

FIBA Asia Challenge
Main article: 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge

The 6th FIBA Asia Challenge was held at Tehran, Iran from 9 to 18 September 2016.

Rank Team Note
 Iran West Asia (+1)
 South Korea East Asia (+1)
 Jordan West Asia (+2)
4  Iraq West Asia (+3)
5  China East Asia (+2)
6  Japan
7  India
8  Chinese Taipei
9  Philippines
10  Qatar
11  Kazakhstan
12  Thailand

Central Asia

The 2017 Central Asian Qualifying Round was a one-game playoff between Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan in Almaty.[3]

1 June 2017
Kazakhstan  81–71  Kyrgyzstan
Scoring by quarter: 22–16, 26–14, 23–17, 10–24

East Asia
Main article: 2017 EABA Championship
2017 EABA Championship
4th East Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Japan
Dates3–7 June
Teams6 
(from 8 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Chinese Taipei
(1st title)
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Zhao Y.H. (19.8)  South Korea (87.8)
Rebounds Hu J.Q. (13.0)  Chinese Taipei (43.0)
Assists Sun M.H. (7.0)  South Korea (25.8)
Official website
< 2013

The 4th EABA Championship was held in Nagano, Japan from 3 to 7 June 2017. The top five nations will qualify for the main tournament.[4] On 7 June 2017, Chinese Taipei defeated the defending champions South Korea in the final, 77-64.[5] Hosts Japan subdued China in the bronze medal game, 76-58.[6] All four semifinalists qualified to the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup, along with Hong Kong, who took the fifth and last East Asian spot by defeating Macau, 96-81, the day before.[7] The draw was held in Tokyo, Japan on 6 March 2017 to determine the composition of the two groups.[8]

Preliminary round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Japan (H, Q) 2 2 0 197 119 +78 4 Qualification to semifinals and 2017 FIBA Asia Cup
2  South Korea (Q) 2 1 1 181 136 +45 3
3  Macau 2 0 2 105 228 −123 2 Qualification to 5th place playoff
Source: FIBA
(H) Host; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
3 June 2017
15:00
Japan  78–72  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 14–15, 21–23, 20–16
Pts: Brown 15
Rebs: Brown 8
Asts: Brown 5		 Pts: Lee D.S. 15
Rebs: Heo I.Y., Heo H. 7
Asts: Heo H. 5
Nagano Mashima General Sports Arena, Nagano
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Hsieh Wen-wei (TPE), Zhang Zhiwei (CHN)
4 June 2017
15:00
Macau  47–119  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 6–31, 13–27, 13–36
Pts: Hoi 12
Rebs: Lo 5
Asts: 3 players at 2 each		 Pts: Hiejima 17
Rebs: Takeuchi 9
Asts: Hiejima 10
Nagano Mashima General Sports Arena, Nagano
Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Chan Ho Ming (HKG), Zhang Zhiwei (CHN)
5 June 2017
16:45
South Korea  109–58  Macau
Scoring by quarter: 30–14, 14–12, 32–14, 33–18
Pts: Lee D.S. 26
Rebs: Jeong, Park 7
Asts: Heo H. 7		 Pts: Chan 16
Rebs: Chan 15
Asts: Lam 4
Nagano Mashima General Sports Arena, Nagano
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Chan Ho Ming (HKG), Hsieh Wen-wei (TPE)

Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  China (Q) 2 2 0 186 123 +63 4 Qualification to semifinals and 2017 FIBA Asia Cup
2  Chinese Taipei (Q) 2 1 1 155 153 +2 3
3  Hong Kong 2 0 2 117 182 −65 2 Qualification to 5th place playoff
Source: FIBA
(Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
3 June 2017
17:15
China  96–63  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 27–17, 19–13, 29–25
Pts: Zhao 22
Rebs: Hu 8
Asts: Sun 8		 Pts: Davis 15
Rebs: Davis 9
Asts: Chiang 4
Nagano Mashima General Sports Arena, Nagano
Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Yuji Higashi (JPN), Shin Gi Rok (KOR)
4 June 2017
17:15
Hong Kong  60–90  China
Scoring by quarter: 9–24, 15–29, 11–17, 25–20
Pts: Reid 16
Rebs: Reid 10
Asts: Chan 5, Lo 5		 Pts: Hu 17
Rebs: Hu 12
Asts: Sun 9
Nagano Mashima General Sports Arena, Nagano
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Chao Hio Tong (MAC), Takeo Kitazawa (JPN)
5 June 2017
19:00
Chinese Taipei  92–57  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 22–13, 29–22, 19–11
Nagano Mashima General Sports Arena, Nagano
Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Chao Hio Tong (MAC), Takeo Kitazawa (JPN)

Classification 5th–6th
6 June 2017
14:30
Macau  81–96  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 9–29, 32–34, 29–16
Nagano Mashima General Sports Arena, Nagano
Referees: Yuji Higashi (JPN), Wen-Wei Hsieh (TPE), Gi Rok Shin (KOR)

Final round
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
6 June
 
 
  Japan 73
 
7 June
 
  Chinese Taipei 78
 
  Chinese Taipei 77
 
6 June
 
  South Korea 64
 
  China 104
 
 
  South Korea (OT) 106
 
3rd place
 
 
7 June
 
 
  Japan 76
 
 
  China 58

Semifinals
6 June 2017
19:00
Japan  73–78  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 11–15, 21–15, 26–23
Pts: Hiejima 20
Rebs: Brown 8
Asts: Hashimoto 4		 Pts: Davis 29
Rebs: Davis 17
Asts: Chiang 5
Nagano Mashima General Sports Arena, Nagano
Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Chao Hio Tong (MAC), Zhang Zhiwei (CHN)
6 June 2017
16:45
China  104–106 (OT)  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 15–25, 25–19, 32–29, Overtime: 11–13
Pts: Sun 28
Rebs: Hu 18
Asts: Hu 7		 Pts: Heo I.Y. 22
Rebs: three players 5
Asts: Lee J.H. 6
Nagano Mashima General Sports Arena, Nagano
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Chan Ho Ming (HKG), Takeo Kitazawa (JPN)

3rd place
7 June 2017
18:00
China  58–76  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 9–26, 11–9, 21–22, 17–19
Pts: Zhao 20
Rebs: Hu 14
Asts: Sun 4		 Pts: Brown 21
Rebs: Brown 11
Asts: Tanaka 5
Nagano Mashima General Sports Arena, Nagano
Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Wen-Wei Hsieh (TPE), Harja Jaladri (INA)

Final
7 June 2017
15:45
South Korea  64–77  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 14–24, 17–24, 13–14
Pts: Heo I.Y. 18
Rebs: Lee J.H. 7
Asts: Heo H., Lee D.S. 6		 Pts: Liu 23
Rebs: Davis 13
Asts: Yu 4
Nagano Mashima General Sports Arena, Nagano
Referees: Yuji Higashi (JPN), Takeo Kitazawa (JPN), Zhiwei Zhang (CHN)

Final standing
Rank Team
 Chinese Taipei
 South Korea
 Japan
4  China
5  Hong Kong
6  Macau

Persian Gulf
2016 GCC Championship
15th Gulf Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation United Arab Emirates
Dates28 August - 4 September
Teams5 
(from 6 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Qatar
< 2015

The 15th Gulf Basketball Championship was held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates in September 2016.[9][10]

Rank Team Qualification
 QatarQualification to 2017 FIBA Asia Cup
 Saudi Arabia
 United Arab Emirates
4  Bahrain
5  Oman

South Asia
Main article: 2017 SABA Championship
2017 SABA Championship
6th South Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Maldives
Dates19–23 May
Teams5 
(from 8 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions India
(5th title)
< 2016

The 6th SABA Championship was held in Malé, Maldives from 19 May to 23 May 2017.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  India (C, Q) 4 4 0 404 218 +186 8 Qualified to 2017 FIBA Asia Cup and
2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Asian Qualifiers [11]
2  Bangladesh 4 3 1 323 340 −17 7
3  Sri Lanka 4 1 3 285 312 −27 5[lower-alpha 1]
4    Nepal 4 1 3 236 306 −70 5[lower-alpha 1]
5  Maldives (H) 4 1 3 222 294 −72 5[lower-alpha 1]
Updated to match(es) played on 23 May 2017. Source:
Rules for classification: (1) Tournament points, (2) Head-to-head tournament points, (3) Head-to-head goal average, (4) Overall goal average, (5) Drawing of lots
(C) Champion; (H) Host; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
Notes:
  1. Considering these teams have 1–1 records against each other;
    When the quotient system is used, Sri Lanka win the bronze medal as they have an average of 0.913 against 0.771 of Nepal and 0.755 of Maldives.

Results

All times are in Maldivian Time (UTC+05:00)

19 May 2017
17:00
Bangladesh  76–66    Nepal
Scoring by quarter: 22–14, 17–18, 23–20, 14–14
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
19 May 2017
21:00
India  84–42  Maldives
Scoring by quarter: 22–3, 24–12, 22–13, 16–14
Pts: Am. Singh 25 Pts: Zilaal 12
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
20 May 2017
17:00
Bangladesh  90–80  Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 25–28, 25–18, 24–20, 16–14
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
20 May 2017
21:00
Nepal    61–59  Maldives
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 13–20, 20–13, 12–10
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
21 May 2017
17:00
Sri Lanka  61–88  India
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 17–27, 15–16, 12–22
Pts: Perera 18 Pts: Am. Singh 28
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
21 May 2017
21:00
Maldives  52–86  Bangladesh
Scoring by quarter: 9–12, 8–29, 9–19, 26–26
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
22 May 2017
17:00
India  142–71  Bangladesh
Scoring by quarter: 36–9, 32–20, 45–13, 29–29
Pts: Am. Singh 22 Pts: Biswas 25
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
22 May 2017
21:00
Sri Lanka  81–65    Nepal
Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 19–15, 16–9, 23–21
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
23 May 2017
17:00
Nepal    44–109  India
Scoring by quarter: 6–25, 7–20, 13–45, 18–19
Pts: Shrestha 9 Pts: Bhriguvanshi 22
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé
23 May 2017
21:00
Maldives  69–63  Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 23–22, 12–17, 13–13
Maldives Centre For Social Education Youth Center, Malé

Final Rankings
Qualified for:
Rank Team
 India
 Bangladesh
 Sri Lanka
4th    Nepal
5th  Maldives

Southeast Asia
Main article: 2017 SEABA Championship

The 12th SEABA Championship was held in Quezon City, Philippines from 12 to 18 May 2017.[12]

West Asia
2017 WABA Championship
15th West Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Jordan
Dates29 January - 2 February
Teams6 
(from 7 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Lebanon
(5th title)
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points El Khatib (22.8)  Iran (88.4)
Rebounds Nunnally (10.4)  Iran (46.4)
 Lebanon
Assists Galloway (5.4)  Iran (16.6)
Official website
< 2016

The 15th WABA Championship was held in Amman, Jordan from 29 January to 2 February 2017. National teams that participated were Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Palestine, Syria and hosts Jordan.[13] Only the top four teams excluding Lebanon qualified for the continental joust.[14]

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Lebanon (C, Q) 5 5 0 400 308 +92 10 Qualified as hosts of 2017 FIBA Asia Cup
2  Iran (Q) 5 4 1 442 317 +125 9 Qualification to 2017 FIBA Asia Cup
3  Jordan (H, Q) 5 3 2 354 361 −7 8
4  Iraq (Q) 5 2 3 333 345 −12 7
5  Syria (Q) 5 1 4 321 384 −63 6
6  Palestine (E) 5 0 5 333 468 −135 5 Eliminated
Source: FIBA
(C) Champion; (E) Eliminated; (H) Host; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated.
29 January 2017
15:00
Palestine  65–114  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 24–27, 13–33, 19–32
Pts: Tamimi 12
Rebs: Nunnally 4
Asts: Anani 2		 Pts: Jamshidi 29
Rebs: Kardoust 9
Asts: Mashayekhi, Kazemi 4
Orthodox Club Arena, Amman
29 January 2017
17:00
Iraq  46–86  Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 11–23, 14–21, 12–20, 9–22
Pts: Al-Hchaimi
Rebs: Aljuboori 11
Asts: Galloway 4		 Pts: Arakji 16
Rebs: Bawji, El Khatib 6
Asts: Arakji, Stephan 3
Orthodox Club Arena, Amman
29 January 2017
19:00
Syria  70–78  Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 16–28, 19–17, 16–18
Pts: Madanly 24
Rebs: Saddier 11
Asts: Madanly 5		 Pts: Abdeen 25
Rebs: Hussein 11
Asts: Abdeen 8
Orthodox Club Arena, Amman
30 January 2017
15:00
Iran  92–48  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 25–4, 23–12, 17–17, 27–15
Pts: Jamshidi 17
Rebs: Kazemi 10
Asts: Pour 4		 Pts: Adribi, Haidar 8
Rebs: Cheikh Ali 5
Asts: Baker, Harbasha 3
Orthodox Club Arena, Amman
30 January 2017
17:00
Lebanon  99–75  Palestine
Scoring by quarter: 29–18, 21–8, 27–21, 22–28
Pts: Stephan 23
Rebs: Majok 9
Asts: Arakji, El Khatib 4		 Pts: Abushamala 25
Rebs: Nunnally 9
Asts: Habash 3
Orthodox Club Arena, Amman
30 January 2017
19:00
Jordan  66–62  Iraq
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 17–10, 13–14, 18–21
Pts: Abdeen, Al-Awadi 19
Rebs: Hussein 12
Asts: Abdeen, Al-Awadi 4		 Pts: Galloway 22
Rebs: Al-Khafaji 11
Asts: Galloway 5
Orthodox Club Arena, Amman
31 January 2017
15:00
Iraq  66–53  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 16–11, 13–18, 17–8
Pts: Galloway 25
Rebs: Hameed 14
Asts: Galloway 4		 Pts: Cheikh Ali 16
Rebs: Cheikh Ali 10
Asts: Harbasha 4
Orthodox Club Arena, Amman
31 January 2017
17:00
Lebanon  65–62  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 14–10, 13–15, 22–22, 16–15
Pts: El Khatib 21
Rebs: Haidar 10
Asts: Mezher, El Khatib 3		 Pts: Jamshidi 15
Rebs: Kazemi 9
Asts: Mashayekhi 2
Orthodox Club Arena, Amman
31 January 2017
19:00
Palestine  75–90  Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 25–27, 24–17, 15–26, 11–20
Pts: Abshamala 23
Rebs: Nunnally 12
Asts: Abshamala, Habash 2		 Pts: Abdeen 30
Rebs: Zaghab 8
Asts: Al-Awadi 5
Orthodox Club Arena, Amman
1 February 2017
15:00
Iran  92–80  Iraq
Scoring by quarter: 30–21, 26–16, 19–22, 17–21
Pts: Jamshidi 27
Rebs: Kazemi, Yakhchali 8
Asts: Pour 6		 Pts: Galloway 29
Rebs: Galloway 8
Asts: Galloway 11
Orthodox Club Arena, Amman
1 February 2017
17:00
Jordan  61–72  Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 9–27, 18–13, 17–12, 17–20
Pts: Al-Awadi 16
Rebs: three players 4
Asts: Kanaan 4		 Pts: El Khatib 33
Rebs: Majok 9
Asts: Arakji 5
Orthodox Club Arena, Amman
1 February 2017
19:00
Syria  86–70  Palestine
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 29–11, 16–19, 27–17
Pts: Madanly 21
Rebs: Cheikh Ali 19
Asts: Madanly 11		 Pts: Abushamala 21
Rebs: Nunnally 15
Asts: Abushamala 4
Orthodox Club Arena, Amman
2 February 2017
15:00
Lebanon  78–64  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 12–16, 26–17, 25–18
Pts: Rustom 26
Rebs: Tabet 11
Asts: four players 3		 Pts: Harbasha16
Rebs: Adribi 13
Asts: Harbasha5
Orthodox Club Arena, Amman
2 February 2017
17:00
Palestine  48–79  Iraq
Scoring by quarter: 8–22, 11–24, 18–20, 11–13
Pts: Abushamala 12
Rebs: Abushamala, Younis 7
Asts: Abushamala 2		 Pts: Galloway 22
Rebs: Hameed 14 10
Asts: Hamad 3
Orthodox Club Arena, Amman
2 February 2017
19:00
Jordan  59–82  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 14–19, 14–19, 16–19
Pts: Abdeen 17
Rebs: Zaghab 6
Asts: three players 3		 Pts: Yakhchali 21
Rebs: Yakhchali 8
Asts: Mashayekhi 8
Orthodox Club Arena, Amman
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