Tournament details | |
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Country | China |
City | Tianjin |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) |
Dates | 6–16 August |
Teams | 16 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Iran (2nd title) |
Runner-up | China |
Third place | Jordan |
Fourth place | Lebanon |
Tournament statistics | |
Top scorer | Rasheim Wright (20.7 points per game) |
MVP | Hamed Haddadi |
The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, China.
Iran managed to win its second straight FIBA Asia Championship by defeating China 70–52 in the final, although China's premier NBA superstar Yao Ming did not play due to an injury in the 2008-09 NBA season, which caused him to not play in that year's FIBA Asia Championship for China. Jordan defeated Lebanon 80–66 in the bronze medal game to claim the third and final automatic bid for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. Both Iran and Jordan qualified for the FIBA World Championship for the first time while China qualified for the eighth time in the last nine World Championship tournaments, this time without center Yao Ming. Lebanon failed to qualify automatically for a third consecutive world championship, although FIBA later awarded them a wild card to the tournament.
Iranian center Hamed Haddadi was named Most Valuable Player for the second consecutive tournament after leading Iran to its second consecutive title by averaging 15.8 points, 13.1 rebounds, and 4 blocks per game during the tournament. [1]
According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (China) and Stanković Cup champion (Jordan) were automatically qualified. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2008 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup.
East Asia (1+2) | Gulf (2+2) | Middle Asia (2+2) | Southeast Asia (2) | West Asia (1+2) |
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China | Qatar | India | Philippines | Jordan |
South Korea | Kuwait | Kazakhstan | Indonesia | Iran |
Japan | United Arab Emirates | Sri Lanka | Lebanon | |
Uzbekistan |
* Chinese Taipei, which finished fourth behind Korea, Japan and China in the East Asian qualifiers, was given a wild card entry into the championship following the withdrawal of Gulf representatives Bahrain.
Qualifying was done via the 2008 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup where the champion automatically qualified, and from different FIBA Asia sub-zones. As hosts, China automatically qualified to the championship. In West and Middle Asia, no actual qualifying tournament was done as only a few teams on those sub-zones registered to participate in a qualifying tournament.
With the withdrawal of Bahrain, FIBA Asia chose Chinese Taipei as the final participant to the 16-team field.
This is the first championship where Hong Kong would not participate; they were consistent participant since the inaugural tournament in Manila. Only Hong Kong and Syria did not return from the FIBA Asia Championship 2007. They were replaced by Uzbekistan, returning to the tournament after a four-year absence, and Sri Lanka, making its first appearance since 1995.
This is also the third time in the 21st century in which the championships were held in the People's Republic of China; Shanghai was the host for 2001, and Harbin was the host in 2003.
The draw was held on June 17 at Tianjin. [2]
Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
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Each team has a roster of twelve players. Only one naturalized player per team is allowed by FIBA.
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 286 | 184 | +102 | 6 |
Philippines | 3 | 2 | 1 | 249 | 169 | +80 | 5 |
Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 291 | 218 | +73 | 4 |
Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 3 | 130 | 385 | −255 | 3 |
August 6 9:00 |
Philippines | 115–31 | Sri Lanka |
Scoring by quarter: 28–9, 16–8, 42–9, 29–5 | ||
Pts: Dillinger 21 Rebs: Taulava 13 Asts: Miller, Baguio 5 | Pts: Rajapakshe, Fernando 8 Rebs: Randima, Fernando 4 Asts: Rajapakshe 2 |
August 6 14:00 |
South Korea | 95–74 | Japan |
Scoring by quarter: 27–12, 23–19, 28–12, 17–31 | ||
Pts: Yang H.J. 23 Rebs: Kim J.S. 6 Asts: Lee J.S., Lee K.S., Kim J.S. 3 | Pts: Yamada 21 Rebs: Yamada, Takeuchi, Amino 5 Asts: Okada 2 |
August 7 9:00 |
South Korea | 122–54 | Sri Lanka |
Scoring by quarter: 40–16, 25–7, 32–15, 25–16 | ||
Pts: Lee K.S. 28 Rebs: Oh S.K. 7 Asts: Joo H.J. 6 | Pts: Yasarathna 14 Rebs: Fernando 6 Asts: Rajapakshe 4 |
August 7 21:00 |
Japan | 69–78 | Philippines |
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 19–18, 12–21, 16–22 | ||
Pts: Yamada 16 Rebs: Takeuchi 13 Asts: Kashiwagi 2 | Pts: Thoss 15 Rebs: Taulava, Thoss 8 Asts: Helterbrand, Miller 4 |
August 8 14:00 |
Sri Lanka | 45–148 | Japan |
Scoring by quarter: 11–36, 10–36, 9–35, 15–41 | ||
Pts: Danawansa 10 Rebs: Randima, Abeysekara, Senanayake 4 Asts: Rajapakse, Danawansa 2 | Pts: Okada 30 Rebs: Amino 12 Asts: Igarashi 12 |
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 247 | 174 | +73 | 6 |
Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 1 | 242 | 200 | +42 | 5 |
Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 2 | 166 | 231 | −65 | 4 |
Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 203 | 253 | −50 | 3 |
August 6 16:00 |
Iran | 71–67 | Chinese Taipei |
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 19–19, 16–20, 19–14 | ||
Pts: Haddadi 22 Rebs: Haddadi 13 Asts: Nikkhah 11 | Pts: Wu T.H. 16 Rebs: Tien L. 7 Asts: Lee H.L. 6 |
August 6 21:00 |
Kuwait | 69–64 | Uzbekistan |
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 15–16, 19–23, 19–10 | ||
Pts: Al-Rabah 19 Rebs: Ashkanani 10 Asts: Al-Rabah 5 | Pts: Kozlov 25 Rebs: Juginisov 9 Asts: Shatrov 4 |
August 7 16:00 |
Chinese Taipei | 73–51 | Kuwait |
Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 15–17, 20–10, 17–16 | ||
Pts: Yang C.M. 24 Rebs: Wu C.L. 10 Asts: Su I.C. 6 | Pts: Ashkanani 13 Rebs: Al-Hamidi 7 Asts: Mohanna 4 |
August 7 21:00 |
Iran | 82–61 | Uzbekistan |
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 17–16, 32–12, 10–16 | ||
Pts: Kamrani 23 Rebs: Sahakian 7 Asts: Kamrani, Akbari, Nikkhah 2 | Pts: Denisov 13 Rebs: Juginisov 8 Asts: Gusev, Nuraliev, Rahimov 2 |
August 8 11:00 |
Uzbekistan | 78–102 | Chinese Taipei |
Scoring by quarter: 10–23, 19–29, 18–27, 31–23 | ||
Pts: Kozlov 25 Rebs: Safarov 11 Asts: Kozlov 4 | Pts: Chang T.H. 22 Rebs: Tseng W.T. 6 Asts: Su I.C. 7 |
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 287 | 166 | +121 | 6 |
Qatar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 233 | 224 | +9 | 5 |
Kazakhstan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 223 | −31 | 4 |
India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 191 | 290 | −99 | 3 |
August 6 11:00 |
Kazakhstan | 62–77 | Qatar |
Scoring by quarter: 12–15, 18–23, 13–15, 19–24 | ||
Pts: Tyutyunik 19 Rebs: Ponomarev 10 Asts: Yargaliyev 3 | Pts: Abdulrahman 20 Rebs: Abdelqader 11 Asts: Ismail 4 |
August 6 19:00 |
India | 49–121 | China |
Scoring by quarter: 11–36, 10–26, 13–30, 15–29 | ||
Pts: Koroth 14 Rebs: Dinesh 8 Asts: T. Singh 3 | Pts: Hu X.F., Yi J.L., Su W. 16 Rebs: Wang Z.Z. 7 Asts: Liu W. 4 |
August 7 19:00 |
Kazakhstan | 56–74 | China |
Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 11–13, 11–14, 20–21 | ||
Pts: Ponomarev 15 Rebs: Ponomarev 8 Asts: Voyeikov 2 | Pts: Yi J.L., Wang Z.Z. 17 Rebs: Wang Z.Z. 14 Asts: Sun Y., Du F. 3 |
August 7 19:00 |
Qatar | 95–70 | India |
Scoring by quarter: 24–18, 25–17, 20–20, 26–15 | ||
Pts: Musa 20 Rebs: Turki 9 Asts: Suliman 4 | Pts: T. Singh 17 Rebs: Mathew 6 Asts: Kadam, Bhriguvanshi, J. Singh 2 |
August 8 19:00 |
China | 92–61 | Qatar |
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 26–16, 27–9, 16–24 | ||
Pts: Liu W., Wang Z.Z. 15 Rebs: Wang Z.Z. 8 Asts: Hu X.F., Liu W. 4 | Pts: El-Sayad 16 Rebs: El-Sayad 7 Asts: Musa 5 |
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Jordan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 268 | 181 | +87 | 6 |
Lebanon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 298 | 158 | +140 | 5 |
United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 2 | 173 | 250 | −77 | 4 |
Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 146 | 296 | −150 | 3 |
August 6 19:00 |
Indonesia | 63–68 (OT) | United Arab Emirates |
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 15–12, 9–9, 17–17, Overtime: 5–10 | ||
Pts: Chandra 15 Rebs: Poedjakesuma 14 Asts: Sebayang 4 | Pts: Al-Zaabi 19 Rebs: Mohamed 10 Asts: Khamis 4 |
August 6 21:00 |
Lebanon | 67–84 | Jordan |
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 18–14, 18–27, 17–22 | ||
Pts: Freije 17 Rebs: Vroman 8 Asts: Vroman, Beshara 4 | Pts: Wright 23 Rebs: Z. Abbas 10 Asts: Daghlas 3 |
August 7 11:00 |
Jordan | 105–47 | Indonesia |
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 26–5, 26–12, 32–13 | ||
Pts: I. Abbas 23 Rebs: I. Abbas 19 Asts: Al-Sous 5 | Pts: Purwanto 8 Rebs: Wijaya, Thoyib 5 Asts: Purwanto 2 |
August 7 14:00 |
Lebanon | 108–38 | United Arab Emirates |
Scoring by quarter: 34–13, 19–14, 25–11, 30–0 | ||
Pts: Vroman, El Khatib 19 Rebs: Vroman, Freije, El Khatib 7 Asts: Mahmoud 5 | Pts: Al-Nuaimi 13 Rebs: Al-Zaabi 5 Asts: Khamis 2 |
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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Iran | 5 | 5 | 0 | 436 | 328 | +108 | 10 |
South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 380 | 340 | +40 | 9 |
Philippines | 5 | 3 | 2 | 374 | 367 | +7 | 8 |
Chinese Taipei | 5 | 2 | 3 | 379 | 350 | +29 | 7 |
Japan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 371 | 424 | −53 | 6 |
Kuwait | 5 | 0 | 5 | 277 | 408 | −131 | 5 |
August 10 9:00 |
South Korea | 78–58 | Kuwait |
Scoring by quarter: 25–11, 7–17, 24–15, 22–15 | ||
Pts: Yang H.J. 16 Rebs: Oh S.K. 8 Asts: Joo H.J. 5 | Pts: Mohanna 18 Rebs: Ashkanani 7 Asts: Mohanna 2 |
August 10 14:00 |
Japan | 71–101 | Iran |
Scoring by quarter: 14–29, 18–25, 20–26, 19–21 | ||
Pts: Takeuchi 19 Rebs: Takeuchi 6 Asts: Amino 5 | Pts: Nikkhah, Haddadi 22 Rebs: Haddadi 15 Asts: Nikkhah 6 |
August 10 16:00 |
Philippines | 77–70 | Chinese Taipei |
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 17–14, 29–19, 15–16 | ||
Pts: Yap 23 Rebs:Five players 5 Asts: Helterbrand 5 | Pts: Tseng W.T. 21 Rebs: Lin C.C. 9 Asts: Tseng W.T. 2 |
August 11 11:00 |
Iran | 88–78 | Philippines |
Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 24–20, 23–24, 14–20 | ||
Pts: Nikkhah 25 Rebs: Haddadi 16 Asts: Haddadi 5 | Pts: Yap, Miller 14 Rebs: Miller 9 Asts: Aguilar, Baguio 2 |
August 11 14:00 |
Kuwait | 51–78 | Japan |
Scoring by quarter: 0–17, 17–25, 20–19, 14–17 | ||
Pts: Al-Rabah 10 Rebs: Al-Khabbaz 7 Asts: A.A. Faleh, Mohanna 2 | Pts: Amino 17 Rebs: Takeuchi 12 Asts: Okada, Orimo 3 |
August 11 16:00 |
Chinese Taipei | 70–72 | South Korea |
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 16–18, 15–9, 20–20 | ||
Pts: Chang T.H. 17 Rebs: Tien L. 9 Asts: Lin C.C. 4 | Pts: Kim J.S. 20 Rebs: Yang H.J. 15 Asts: Yang D.G. 4 |
August 12 9:00 |
Philippines | 85–71 | Kuwait |
Scoring by quarter: 17–13, 23–16, 20–22, 25–20 | ||
Pts: Baguio 14 Rebs: Taulava 10 Asts: Raymundo, Helterbrand 2 | Pts: Al-Rabah, Ashkanani 20 Rebs: Ashkanani 8 Asts: Mohanna, Ashkanani 2 |
August 12 14:00 |
Japan | 79–99 | Chinese Taipei |
Scoring by quarter: 22–29, 21–20, 10–24, 26–26 | ||
Pts: Igarashi, Takeuchi 18 Rebs: Takeuchi 7 Asts: Igarashi, Ito 4 | Pts: Tseng W.T. 20 Rebs: Tseng W.T. 10 Asts:Four players 3 |
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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China | 5 | 5 | 0 | 408 | 327 | +81 | 10 |
Jordan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 418 | 363 | +55 | 9 |
Lebanon | 5 | 3 | 2 | 421 | 312 | +109 | 8 |
Qatar | 5 | 2 | 3 | 352 | 346 | +6 | 7 |
Kazakhstan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 338 | 410 | −72 | 6 |
United Arab Emirates | 5 | 0 | 5 | 265 | 444 | −179 | 5 |
August 10 11:00 |
Kazakhstan | 80–98 | Jordan |
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 21–27, 20–24, 20–24 | ||
Pts: Tyutyunik, Ponomarev 24 Rebs: Tyutyunik 7 Asts: Voyeikov 3 | Pts: Wright 29 Rebs: Wright, Z. Abbas, I. Abbas 4 Asts: Daghlas 4 |
August 10 19:00 |
China | 82–59 | United Arab Emirates |
Scoring by quarter: 27–10, 16–16, 15–21, 24–12 | ||
Pts: Yi J.L. 18 Rebs: Yi J.L. 11 Asts: Liu W. 5 | Pts: Al-Zaabi 20 Rebs: Al-Zaabi, Mohamed 6 Asts: Al-Nuaimi 6 |
August 10 21:00 |
Qatar | 63–73 | Lebanon |
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 15–9, 18–22, 12–22 | ||
Pts: Abdulrahman 14 Rebs: Ismail 11 Asts: Abdulrahman 4 | Pts: Freije 15 Rebs: Vroman 8 Asts: El Khatib 6 |
August 11 9:00 |
United Arab Emirates | 56–84 | Kazakhstan |
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 10–20, 14–22, 11–27 | ||
Pts: Al-Nuaimi, Al-Zaabi 16 Rebs: Al-Zaabi 3 Asts: Al-Zaabi 2 | Pts: Tyutyunik 26 Rebs: Ponomarev 13 Asts: Ponomarev 3 |
August 11 19:00 |
Lebanon | 68–71 | China |
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 13–15, 16–20, 24–16 | ||
Pts: Vroman 25 Rebs: Abdelnour 14 Asts: Abdelnour 3 | Pts: Yi J.L., Zhu F.Y. 19 Rebs: Yi J.L. 13 Asts: Zhang Q.P., Yi J.L. 3 |
August 11 21:00 |
Jordan | 74–60 | Qatar |
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 10–11, 14–18, 26–17 | ||
Pts: Z. Abbas 21 Rebs: Z. Abbas, Al-Khas 6 Asts: Daghlas 4 | Pts: Abdulrahman 24 Rebs: Abdulrahman 7 Asts: Ismail, Ali 2 |
August 12 11:00 |
Qatar | 91–45 | United Arab Emirates |
Scoring by quarter: 22–7, 25–5, 23–10, 21–23 | ||
Pts: Abdulrahman 18 Rebs: Abdelqader 9 Asts: Ma. Saleem 4 | Pts: Al-Sari 16 Rebs: Al-Hattawi 6 Asts: Sultan 2 |
Semifinals | 13th place | |||||
August 10 | ||||||
Sri Lanka | 47 | |||||
August 11 | ||||||
Uzbekistan | 90 | |||||
Uzbekistan | 73 | |||||
August 10 | ||||||
India | 89 | |||||
India | 91 | |||||
Indonesia | 52 | |||||
15th place | ||||||
August 11 | ||||||
Sri Lanka | 42 | |||||
Indonesia | 74 |
August 11 19:00 |
Sri Lanka | 42–74 | Indonesia |
Scoring by quarter: 10–22, 14–22, 12–15, 6–15 | ||
Pts: Pushpakumara 12 Rebs: Abeysekara 8 Asts: Danawansa 2 | Pts: Chandra 19 Rebs: Thoyib 14 Asts: Poedjakesuma 3 |
Semifinals | 9th place | |||||
August 14 | ||||||
Kuwait | 57 | |||||
August 15 | ||||||
Kazakhstan | 76 | |||||
Kazakhstan | 77 | |||||
August 14 | ||||||
Japan | 73 | |||||
Japan | 86 | |||||
United Arab Emirates | 59 | |||||
11th place | ||||||
August 15 | ||||||
Kuwait | 65 | |||||
United Arab Emirates | 61 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | ||||||||
August 14 | ||||||||||
Qatar | 65 | |||||||||
August 15 | ||||||||||
Iran | 75 | |||||||||
Iran | 77 | |||||||||
August 14 | ||||||||||
Jordan | 75 | |||||||||
Jordan | 81 | |||||||||
August 16 | ||||||||||
Philippines | 70 | |||||||||
Iran | 70 | |||||||||
August 14 | ||||||||||
China | 52 | |||||||||
Chinese Taipei | 83 | |||||||||
August 15 | ||||||||||
China | 101 | |||||||||
China | 72 | |||||||||
August 14 | ||||||||||
Lebanon | 68 | 3rd place | ||||||||
South Korea | 65 | |||||||||
August 16 | ||||||||||
Lebanon | 68 | |||||||||
Jordan | 80 | |||||||||
Lebanon | 66 | |||||||||
Semifinals | 5th place | |||||
August 15 | ||||||
Philippines | 65 | |||||
August 16 | ||||||
Qatar | 83 | |||||
Qatar | 79 | |||||
August 15 | ||||||
Chinese Taipei | 87 | |||||
South Korea | 65 | |||||
Chinese Taipei | 70 | |||||
7th place | ||||||
August 16 | ||||||
Philippines | 80 | |||||
South Korea | 82 |
August 14 14:00 |
Jordan | 81–70 | Philippines |
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 23–16, 22–19, 14–18 | ||
Pts: Wright 21 Rebs: Z. Abbas 16 Asts: Daghlas 9 | Pts: Norwood 11 Rebs: Yap 7 Asts: Miller 3 |
August 14 16:00 |
Qatar | 65–75 | Iran |
Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 20–15, 16–27, 19–21 | ||
Pts: Abdulrahman 23 Rebs: El-Sayed 7 Asts: Abdulrahman, Suliman 4 | Pts: Afagh 26 Rebs: Haddadi 15 Asts: Nikkhah 5 |
August 14 19:00 |
Chinese Taipei | 83–101 | China |
Scoring by quarter: 22–28, 23–25, 16–32, 22–16 | ||
Pts: Tien L. 17 Rebs: Wu T.H., Lin C.C., Tien L. 4 Asts: Chang C.F., Tseng W.T. 4 | Pts: Yi J.L., Wang Z.Z. 25 Rebs: Yi J.L. 14 Asts: Hu X.F. 6 |
August 15 14:00 |
Philippines | 65–83 | Qatar |
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 16–26, 8–17, 25–17 | ||
Pts: Raymundo 12 Rebs: Pennisi 6 Asts: Helterbrand 3 | Pts: Abdulrahman 23 Rebs: El-Sayad 12 Asts: Ali 2 |
August 16 19:00 |
Qatar | 79–87 | Chinese Taipei |
Scoring by quarter: 24–27, 20–21, 22–17, 13–22 | ||
Pts: El-Sayad 19 Rebs: Abdulrahman 7 Asts: Abdulrahman 5 | Pts: Yang C.M. 19 Rebs: Lee H.L., Tien L. 4 Asts: Lee H.L. 5 |
Qualified for the 2010 FIBA World Championship | |
Wild card for the 2010 FIBA World Championship |
Rank | Team | Record |
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Iran | 9–0 | |
China | 8–1 | |
Jordan | 7–2 | |
4 | Lebanon | 5–4 |
5 | Chinese Taipei | 5–4 |
6 | Qatar | 4–5 |
7 | South Korea | 6–3 |
8 | 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 |
14 | Uzbekistan | 1–4 |
15 | Indonesia | 1–4 |
16 | Sri Lanka | 0–5 |
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