FIBA Asia Cup

The FIBA Asia Cup (formerly FIBA Asia Championship) is an international basketball tournament which takes place every four years between men's national teams of Asia and Oceania. This was the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIBA Basketball World Cup and the Olympic basketball tournament. The 2013 and 2015 were the last Asian Championships to serve as qualifiers to the FIBA Basketball World Cup and the Olympic Games.

For the women's tournament, see FIBA Women's Asia Cup. For the FIBA Asia Challenge, called FIBA Asia Cup from 2012 to 2014, see FIBA Asia Challenge.

FIBA Asia Cup

Most recent season or competition: 2017 FIBA Asia Cup
Formerly	FIBA Asia Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1960
Inaugural season	1960
No. of teams	16
Country	FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania member nations (from 2017)
Continent	FIBA Asia (Asia) and FIBA Oceania (Oceania)
Most recent champion(s)	Australia (1st title)
Most titles	China (16 titles)
Official website	FIBA Asia

Beginning in 2017, the tournament was renamed the FIBA Asia Cup and now includes teams from FIBA Oceania. Also, the 2017 tournament was the first to be played on a new four-year cycle, with the next Asia Cup to be held in 2021.

History

Beginnings: Philippines/Japan Dominance

The Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Championship was inaugurated in Manila in 1960. The championship was held to find Asia's best team and for qualification to the World Championship and the Olympics. On the next four tournaments, the Philippines won 3 with the Japanese beating the Filipinos on 1965. Korea, Japan and the Philippines split the next 3 championships until China debuted on 1975 at Bangkok with the championship, where they've dominated ever since.

Chinese dominance

From 1975 to 2007, there were only two instances where China did not win the championship. In 1985, the Philippines defeated a full-strength Chinese team, which were by then five-time defending champions, in the championship round. The Chinese then won every game in the championship until 1997, where they to lost to South Korea in the semi-finals where they complained about the climate in Riyadh. The Koreans beat the Japanese in the final, but the Chinese would then start a championship streak of four tournaments, led by Yao Ming.

Renaming

By 2005, the tournament had been renamed as the FIBA Asia Championship; in that year's tournament in Doha, the Chinese easily won against the Lebanese in the final. During the 2007 Championship, the Chinese did not send their "A" team since they had already qualified to the Olympics by virtue of hosting it. In this championship, West Asian teams started to compete with the traditional East Asian powers, as evidenced of an all-West Asian final when Iran defeated Lebanon. In 2009, Iran defeated the Chinese team A in the 2009 final to become only the 3rd team to successfully defend the championship. The 2009 championship started a streak of finals contested between a team from the Middle East and a team from the Far East; in 2011, Iran was eliminated by Jordan in the quarterfinals, which would then lose to hosts China by one point in the final. The 2013 Championship would be the first to be hosted outside East Asia since 2005 in the Philippines, the hosts, emerged as finalists; China had been eliminated by Chinese Taipei in the quarterfinals, which were then defeated by the Iranians, who then beat the Filipinos in the Final.

Removal of qualification status

As FIBA implemented a new cycle and tournament format, the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship held in Manila and the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship held in Changsha were the last Asian Championships to serve as qualification either to the FIBA Basketball World Cup and the Olympic Games. The 2017 FIBA Asia Championship will mark firsts and lasts for the Asian Championship, this will be the first Asian Championship as a standalone tournament (meaning will not serve as qualifier either for the Basketball World Cup or the Olympic Games). The 2017 Tournament will also expected to be the last Asian Championships to be ever held and under a 2-year cycle. Starting 2017, the Asian Championships and the FIBA Oceania Championship will merge into a one tournament to be known as the FIBA Asia Cup. It will be held every 4-years like the EuroBasket, AfroBasket and AmeriCup, which is 2 years before/after the FIBA World Cup.

Qualification

Qualification is via the different FIBA Asia subzones. The East, Gulf, Southeast and West subzones receive two berths each, while the Central and South zones get one each. The host and the champion from the preceding FIBA Asia Cup also get a berth each. Each subzone conducts a qualification tournament up to a year before the championship to determine the qualifying teams. The other four berths are distributed to the subzones in reference to their performance in the previous year's FIBA Asia Cup, with the subzone receiving an extra berth for each team in the top four excluding the champion and the host.

Tournament format

There had been a variety of tournament formats used before. Most were similar to the format of two group stages and a knockout stage. The current format, as first applied in 2017, is a multistage tournament. The 16 teams are grouped in four groups in the preliminary round. The teams play against each other once; the top team will directly advance to the quarterfinals, and the second placed teams will play an elimination game between the third placed team of another group. The four winning teams of the elimination games will advance to the quarterfinals. After the elimination games, the knock-out phase will follow.

The classification games will be conducted as follows:

1. 13–16th place games are for the teams eliminated from the group phase.
2. The 9th to 12th place games are for the losing teams of the elimination games.
3. The 5–8th place games are for the eliminated teams in the quarterfinals.

Summary

Year	Host		Final				Third place Game
			Champion	Score	Second place		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1960 Details	Manila		Philippines	No playoffs	Republic of China		Japan	No playoffs	South Korea
1963 Details	Taipei		Philippines	91–77	Republic of China		South Korea	No playoffs	Thailand
1965 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Japan	No playoffs	Philippines		South Korea	No playoffs	Thailand
1967 Details	Seoul		Philippines	No playoffs	South Korea		Japan	No playoffs	Indonesia
1969 Details	Bangkok		South Korea	No playoffs	Japan		Philippines	No playoffs	Republic of China
1971 Details	Tokyo		Japan	No playoffs	Philippines		South Korea	No playoffs	Republic of China
1973 Details	Manila		Philippines	No playoffs	South Korea		Republic of China	No playoffs	Japan
1975 Details	Bangkok		China	No playoffs	Japan		South Korea	No playoffs	India
1977 Details	Kuala Lumpur		China	No playoffs	South Korea		Japan	No playoffs	Malaysia
1979 Details	Nagoya		China	No playoffs	Japan		South Korea	No playoffs	Philippines
1981 Details	Kolkata		China	No playoffs	South Korea		Japan	No playoffs	Philippines
1983 Details	Hong Kong		China	95–71	Japan		South Korea	83–60	Kuwait
1985 Details	Kuala Lumpur		Philippines	No playoffs	South Korea		China	No playoffs	Malaysia
1987 Details	Bangkok		China	86–79 OT	South Korea		Japan	89–75	Philippines
1989 Details	Beijing		China	102–72	South Korea		Chinese Taipei	69–58	Japan
1991 Details	Kobe		China	104–88	South Korea		Japan	63–60	Chinese Taipei
1993 Details	Jakarta		China	93–72	North Korea		South Korea	86–70	Iran
1995 Details	Seoul		China	87–78	South Korea		Japan	69–63	Chinese Taipei
1997 Details	Riyadh		South Korea	78–76	Japan		China	94–68	Saudi Arabia
1999 Details	Fukuoka		China	63–45	South Korea		Saudi Arabia	93–67	Chinese Taipei
2001 Details	Shanghai		China	97–63	Lebanon		South Korea	95–94 OT	Syria
2003 Details	Harbin		China	106–96	South Korea		Qatar	77–67	Lebanon
2005 Details	Doha		China	77–61	Lebanon		Qatar	89–77	South Korea
2007 Details	Tokushima		Iran	74–69	Lebanon		South Korea	80–76	Kazakhstan
2009 Details	Tianjin		Iran	70–52	China		Jordan	80–66	Lebanon
2011 Details	Wuhan		China	70–69	Jordan		South Korea	70–68	Philippines
2013 Details	Manila		Iran	85–71	Philippines		South Korea	75–57	Chinese Taipei
2015 Details	Changsha		China	78–67	Philippines		Iran	68–63	Japan
2017 Details	Beirut		Australia	79–56	Iran		South Korea	80–71	New Zealand
2021 Details

Medal table

Map of the countries' best results.

•   First place
•   Second place
•   Third place
•   Fourth place to Eighth place
•   Lower than Eighth place
•   FIBA Asia or FIBA Oceania member, no appearance yet
•   Not a member of FIBA Asia or FIBA Oceania

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	16	1	2	19
2	Philippines	5	4	1	10
3	Iran	3	1	1	5
4	South Korea	2	11	12	25
5	Japan	2	5	7	14
6	Australia	1	0	0	1
7	Lebanon	0	3	0	3
8	Chinese Taipei	0	2	2	4
9	Jordan	0	1	1	2
10	North Korea	0	1	0	1
11	Qatar	0	0	2	2
12	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		29	29	29	87

Manila

Kuala Lumpur

Seoul

Bangkok

Taipei

Kolkata

Hong Kong

Beijing

Jakarta

Riyadh

Shanghai

Harbin

Doha

Tianjin

Wuhan

Changsha

Beirut

Host cities, outside Japan, of the championships. Cities denoted by blue pogs had hosted more than once.

Tokyo

Nagoya

Kobe

Fukuoka

Tokushima

Host cities within Japan of the championships.

Tournament awards

Most recent award winners (2017)

Main articles: FIBA Asia Cup Most Valuable Player and FIBA Asia Cup All-Tournament Team

Year	Winner
2017	Hamed Haddadi

Year	Player	Position	Team
2017	Shea Ili	Guard	New Zealand
	Mohammad Jamshidi	Guard	Iran
	Fadi El Khatib	Forward	Lebanon
	Oh Se-keun	Forward	South Korea
	Hamed Haddadi	Center	Iran

Tournament leaders

• Minimum of five games played (GP).[1][2]

All-time

Highest scoring averages

Rank	Player	Team	GP	Pts	PPG	Tournaments
1	Michael Madanly	Syria	11	314	28.5	2007, 2017
2	Sani Sakakini	Palestine	8	179	22.4	2015
4	Alkhas Zaid	Jordan	7	156	22.3	2003
4	Fadi El Khatib	Lebanon	24	520	21.7	2007, 2009, 2017
5	Jamal Abu-Shamala	Palestine	8	172	21.5	2015
6	Abdullah Alsarraf	Kuwait	14	290	20.7	2003, 2005
7	Fadi El Cheikh	Lebanon	8	161	20.1	2005
8	A. Mohamad	Syria	7	139	19.9	2003
9	K. Satiyseelan	Malaysia	7	138	19.7	2003
10	Rasheim Wright	Jordan	26	504	19.4	2007, 2009, 2011

Cumulative top scorers

Rank	Player	Team	GP	Pts	PPG
1	Hamed Haddadi	Iran	50	746	14.9
2	Samad Nikkhah Bahrami	Iran	44	615	14.0
3	Yi Jianlian	China	36	551	15.3
4	Anton Ponomarev	Kazakhstan	43	548	12.7
5	Kim Joo-sung	South Korea	50	523	10.5
6	Fadi El Khatib	Lebanon	24	520	21.7
7	Rasheim Wright	Jordan	26	504	19.4
8	Daoud Musa Daoud	Qatar	45	487	10.8
9	Wang Zhizhi	China	34	472	13.9
10	Abdulrahman Saad	Qatar	41	467	11.4

Per tournament

Points

Year	Player	Team	GP	Pts	PPG
2007	Michael Madanly	Syria	7	232	33.1
2009	Rasheim Wright	Jordan	9	186	20.7
2011	Marcus Douthit	Philippines	9	197	21.9
2013	Hamed Haddadi	Iran	9	169	18.8
2015	Sani Sakakini	Palestine	8	179	22.4
2017	Fadi El Khatib	Lebanon	7	181	25.9

Rebounds

Year	Player	Team	GP	Reb	RPG
2007	Wissam Yakoub	Syria	7	74	10.6
2009	Hamed Haddadi	Iran	9	118	13.1
2011	Marcus Douthit	Philippines	9	110	12.2
2013	Hamed Haddadi	Iran	9	90	10.0
2015	Sani Sakakini	Palestine	8	101	12.6
2017	Hamed Haddadi	Iran	6	65	10.8

Assists

Year	Player	Team	GP	Ast	APG
2007	Sambhaji Kadam	India	7	28	4.0
2009	Samad Nikkhah Bahrami	Iran	9	43	4.8
2011	Mario Wuysang	Indonesia	5	32	6.4
2013	Mehdi Kamrani	Iran	9	59	6.6
2015	Imad Qahwash	Palestine	8	48	6.0
2017	Hamed Haddadi	Iran	6	39	6.5

Participating nations

20th century

Nation	1960	1963	1965	1967	1969	1971	1973	1975	1977	1979	1981	1983	1985	1987	1989	1991	1993	1995	1997	1999
Bahrain									12th	12th				13th		15th			10th	12th
Bangladesh										13th					15th		18th		15th
China								1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st
Chinese Taipei	2nd	2nd	5th	5th	4th	4th	3rd						6th	5th	3rd	4th	5th	4th	6th	4th
Hong Kong	5th	6th	8th	9th	9th	9th	11th	9th	10th	11th	10th	7th	13th	14th	13th	11th	13th	15th	14th	13th
India			7th	6th	5th	6th	6th	4th	7th	5th	5th	6th	10th	6th	6th	13th		13th	11th
Indonesia	6th			4th			8th	10th	13th			12th	11th	12th	14th	14th	12th	18th	12th
Iran							5th				8th	5th	8th		5th	6th	4th	10th	8th
Iraq									6th	8th				9th
Japan	3rd		1st	3rd	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	5th	3rd	4th	3rd	7th	3rd	2nd	5th
Jordan												8th	9th	10th		8th	10th	17th	7th
Kazakhstan																		5th	13th
Kuwait								12th				4th				12th	9th	11th		6th
Kyrgyzstan																		8th
Lebanon																				7th
Macau												15th		15th
Malaysia	7th	5th	6th	8th	7th	5th	9th	8th	4th	7th	6th	11th	4th	7th	9th	17th	14th	14th		15th
North Korea																5th	2nd
Pakistan					8th		12th	11th	9th	6th	9th	13th	14th		10th		17th
Philippines	1st	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	5th	5th	4th	4th	9th	1st	4th	8th	7th	11th	12th	9th	11th
Qatar																16th
Saudi Arabia															7th	9th	6th	6th	4th	3rd
Singapore		7th	9th	10th		8th	10th	7th	11th	10th	11th	14th	12th	11th	11th	10th	16th
South Korea	4th	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd
Sri Lanka								13th	14th		12th		15th			18th		19th
Syria																				8th
Thailand		4th	4th	7th	6th	7th	7th	6th	8th	9th	7th	10th	7th	8th	12th		15th	16th		14th
United Arab Emirates																	8th	9th	5th	10th
Uzbekistan																		7th		9th
Vietnam		8th	10th
Total	7	8	10	10	9	9	12	13	14	13	12	15	15	15	15	18	18	19	15	15

21st century

Nation	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2021	Years
Australia									1st		1
Bahrain						15th	12th				8
Bangladesh											4
China	1st	1st	1st	10th	2nd	1st	5th	1st	5th		22
Chinese Taipei	7th	11th	9th	6th	5th	8th	4th	13th	12th		24
Hong Kong	11th	13th	15th	13th			10th	12th	15th		27
India	8th	8th	12th	15th	13th	14th	11th	8th	14th		25
Indonesia			14th	12th	15th	13th					17
Iran		5th	6th	1st	1st	5th	1st	3rd	2nd		17
Iraq									11th		4
Japan	6th	6th	5th	8th	10th	7th	9th	4th	9th		28
Jordan		10th	7th	5th	3rd	2nd	7th	9th	8th		15
Kazakhstan		7th	10th	4th	9th		8th	11th	16th		9
Kuwait	12th	12th	13th	14th	11th			14th			12
Kyrgyzstan											1
Lebanon	2nd	4th	2nd	2nd	4th	6th		5th	6th		9
Macau											2
Malaysia		16th	16th			11th	15th	16th			24
New Zealand									4th		1
North Korea											2
Pakistan											10
Palestine								10th			1
Philippines		15th		9th	8th	4th	2nd	2nd	7th		27
Qatar	5th	3rd	3rd	7th	6th	16th	6th	7th	13th		10
Saudi Arabia			8th				13th				8
Singapore	14th							15th			17
South Korea	3rd	2nd	4th	3rd	7th	3rd	3rd	6th	3rd		29
Sri Lanka					16th						7
Syria	4th	9th		11th		9th			10th		6
Thailand	13th						14th				19
United Arab Emirates	10th			16th	12th	10th					8
Uzbekistan	9th	14th	11th		14th	12th					7
Vietnam											2
Total	14	16	16	16	16	16	15	16	16	16

General statistics

All-time statistics, as of the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.

Team	Played	Won	Lost	%Won
Australia	6	6	0	100.00%
Bahrain	59	20	39	33.90%
Bangladesh	25	0	25	0.00%
China	174	160	14	91.95%
Chinese Taipei	188	114	74	60.64%
Hong Kong	194	53	141	27.32%
India	175	71	104	40.57%
Indonesia	116	32	84	27.59%
Iran	130	87	43	66.92%
Iraq	29	14	15	48.28%
Japan	216	143	73	66.20%
Jordan	112	59	53	52.68%
Kazakhstan	64	28	36	43.75%
Kuwait	84	29	55	34.52%
Kyrgyzstan	8	3	5	37.50%
Lebanon	73	44	27	60.27%
Macau	12	0	12	0.00%
Malaysia	175	59	116	33.71%
New Zealand	6	3	3	50.00%
North Korea	14	10	4	71.43%
Pakistan	73	21	52	28.77%
Palestine	8	4	4	50.00%
Philippines	211	140	71	66.35%
Qatar	72	36	36	50.00%
Saudi Arabia	57	29	28	50.88%
Singapore	128	36	91	28.13%
South Korea	236	182	54	77.12%
Sri Lanka	46	0	46	0.00%
Syria	39	16	23	41.03%
Thailand	145	57	88	39.31%
United Arab Emirates	56	22	34	39.29%
Uzbekistan	45	17	28	37.78%
Vietnam	17	1	16	5.88%

See also

• Basketball at the Summer Olympics
• Basketball at the Asian Games
• FIBA Basketball World Cup
• FIBA Asia Challenge
• FIBA Asia Under-20 Championship
• FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
• FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship
• FIBA Asia Women's Cup

References

1. "FIBA Archive", FIBA.com, 3 October 2015, archived from the original on 12 July 2011, retrieved 13 October 2015
2. "FIBA Archive: highest scoring average in FIBA Asia Championship", FIBA.com, 3 October 2015, archived from the original on 26 August 2017, retrieved 26 August 2017