2013 FIBA Asia Championship qualification

The qualification for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship was held in late 2012 from early 2013 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Central Asia and South Asia each conducting tournaments.

Qualification format

The following are eligible to participate:[1]

  • The organizing country.
  • The champion team from the previous FIBA Asia Cup.
  • The four best-placed teams from the previous FIBA Asia Cup will qualify the same number of teams from their respective sub-zones.
  • The two best teams from the sub-zones of East Asia, Gulf, Southeast Asia and West Asia and the winner from the sub-zones of South Asia and Central Asia.
Berths
ZoneAutomaticAdditional berths from FIBA Asia CupTotal
FIBA Asia Cup champion1N/a1
Host team1N/a1
Central Asia101
East Asia235
Gulf213
South Asia101
Southeast Asia202
West Asia203

FIBA Asia Cup

Rank Team Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) IranDirect Qualifier
2nd place, silver medalist(s) JapanEast Asia (+1)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) QatarGulf (+1)
4  PhilippinesHosts
5  ChinaEast Asia (+2)
6  Chinese TaipeiEast Asia (+3)
7  Lebanon
8  Uzbekistan
9  India
9  Macau

Qualified teams

Host and 2012 FIBA Asia Cup champion
Automatic berth
Additional berth from 2012 FIBA Asia Cup
Central Asia (1)East Asia (2+3)Gulf (2+1)South Asia (1)Southeast Asia (1+2)West Asia (1+2)
 Kazakhstan South Korea Qatar India Philippines Iran
 China Bahrain Thailand Lebanon
 Japan Saudi Arabia Malaysia Jordan
 Hong Kong
 Chinese Taipei
  • Lebanon originally qualified for the tournament but was suspended by FIBA due to unresolved issues in its basketball federation. Iraq and the United Arab Emirates were asked to take Lebanon's slot in the tournament. However, they both begged off due to lack of preparation.[2]

Central Asia

The qualification for Central Asia consisted of a single game. On May 7, 2013, in Astana, Kazakhstan beat Uzbekistan 80–60 and was qualified for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship.[3]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Kazakhstan1108060+202
 Uzbekistan1016080−201
May 7 17:00
Kazakhstan 80–60 Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 19–18, 22–14, 18–13

East Asia

The 3rd East Asian Basketball Association Championship for Men is the qualifying tournament for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. It also serves as a regional championship involving East Asianbasketball teams. the five best teams qualifies for 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. The tournament was held from May 16 to 21, 2013 in Incheon, South Korea.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea330276150+1266
 Japan321227197+305
 Chinese Taipei312234181+534
 Macau303124333−2093
May 16 14:00
Chinese Taipei 108–32 Macau
Scoring by quarter: 28–9, 24–4, 24–9, 32–10
May 16 16:00
Japan 55–74 South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 4–16, 15–21, 21–13
May 17 14:00
South Korea 78–56 Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 22–10, 19–14, 22–11
May 17 16:00
Macau 53–101 Japan
Scoring by quarter: 13–25, 14–28, 14–23, 12–25
May 18 14:00
Japan 71–70 Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 15–18, 22–15, 17–20
May 18 16:00
South Korea 124–39 Macau
Scoring by quarter: 34–1, 36–11, 27–12, 27–15

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China220193104+894
 Hong Kong211135157−223
 Mongolia202118185−672
May 16 18:00
China 84–59 Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 15–9, 16–25, 26–15, 27–10
May 17 18:00
Hong Kong 76–73 Mongolia
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 16–17, 24–19, 17–21
May 18 18:00
Mongolia 45–109 China
Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 6–23, 9–30, 13–30

Classification 5th–6th

May 20 14:00
Chinese Taipei 94–86 Mongolia
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 28–16, 25–18, 20–30

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
May 20
 
 
 South Korea105
 
May 21
 
 Hong Kong62
 
 South Korea79
 
May 20
 
 China68
 
 China83
 
 
 Japan68
 
3rd place
 
 
May 21
 
 
 Hong Kong71
 
 
 Japan87

Semifinals

May 20 16:00
South Korea 105–62 Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 32–9, 24–15, 22–21, 27–17
May 20 18:00
China 83–68 Japan
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 25–9, 13–16, 30–28

3rd place

May 21 14:00
Hong Kong 71–87 Japan
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 16–22, 19–22, 18–24

Final

May 21 16:00
South Korea 79–68 China
Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 24–23, 17–20, 19–12

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) South Korea
2nd place, silver medalist(s) China
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Japan
4  Hong Kong
5  Chinese Taipei
6  Mongolia
7  Macau

Gulf

The 13th Gulf Basketball Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. it also serves as a regional championship. the three best teams qualifies for FIBA Asia Championship 2013.[4]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Qatar440318226+928
 Bahrain431307248+597
 Saudi Arabia422261247+146
 United Arab Emirates413291300−95
 Oman404189345−1564
September 30 16:00
United Arab Emirates 95–59 Oman
Scoring by quarter: 34–8, 18–17, 22–17, 21–17
September 30 19:00
Bahrain 67–64 Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 15–16, 16–18, 22–5
October 1 17:00
Qatar 66–60 Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 21–14, 14–19, 9–10
October 1 19:00
United Arab Emirates 74–93 Bahrain
Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 18–28, 19–21, 21–19
October 3 17:00
Oman 36–83 Bahrain
Scoring by quarter: 6–28, 6–14, 11–15, 13–26
October 3 19:00
Qatar 81–62 United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 21–14, 16–16, 23–15
October 4 17:00
Saudi Arabia 67–60 United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 27–13, 3–18, 18–13, 19–16
October 4 19:00
Oman 40–97 Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 7–25, 14–35, 8–27, 11–10
October 6 17:00
Saudi Arabia 70–54 Oman
October 6 19:00
Bahrain 64–74 Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 16–18, 16–18, 17–18

South Asia

The 2013 South Asian Basketball Association Qualifying Round for the 27th FIBA Asia Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. The winner qualifies for 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. The tournament will be held from June 2 to 4, 2013 in New Delhi, India.[5]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 India22017372+1014
 Afghanistan21112484+403
   Nepal20246187–1412
June 2 16:00
India 109–26   Nepal
Scoring by quarter: 24–8, 37–4, 27–10, 21–4
June 3 18:00
Nepal   20–78 Afghanistan
Scoring by quarter: 11–20, 0–16, 5–24, 4–18
June 4 18:00
Afghanistan 46–64 India
Scoring by quarter: 9–19, 9–15, 11–13, 17–17

Southeast Asia

The 10th Southeast Asia Basketball Association Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship; it also serves as a regional championship involving Southeast Asian basketball teams. It will be held on June 20 to June 23, 2013 at Medan, Indonesia. The two best teams will qualify for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship.[6]

Preliminary round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Thailand321218185+3351–0
 Malaysia321178185−750–1
 Singapore312181195−1441–0
 Indonesia312217229−1240–1
June 20 17:00
Singapore 49–67 Thailand
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 7–14, 17–22, 9–14
June 20 19:00
Indonesia 64–67 Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 12–15, 16–20, 13–11
June 21 18:00
Malaysia 64–58 Singapore
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 12–13, 15–10, 15–16
June 21 20:00
Thailand 88–89 (OT) Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 17–16, 17–20, 27–21, Overtime: 9–10
June 22 18:00
Malaysia 47–63 Thailand
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 8–24, 18–13, 11–8
June 22 20:00
Indonesia 64–74 Singapore
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 13–27, 20–8, 10–15

Final

June 23 20:00
Thailand 73–63 Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 17–10, 22–17, 16–12

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s) Thailand
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Malaysia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Singapore
4  Indonesia

West Asia

The 2013 West Asian Basketball Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. It also serves as a regional championship involving West Asianbasketball teams. the two best teams excluding Iran qualifies for 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. The tournament was held from February 7 to February 9, 2013 in Tehran, Iran.[7]

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Iran330287202+856
 Lebanon321290261+295
 Jordan312230271−414
 Iraq303213286−733
February 7 15:00
Lebanon 106–72 Iraq
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 31–15, 30–13, 22–32
February 7 17:00
Iran 93–55 Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 26–10, 20–20, 25–9, 22–16
February 8 15:00
Iran 94–61 Iraq
Scoring by quarter: 31–15, 24–17, 21–17, 18–12
February 8 17:00
Lebanon 98–89 Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 19–21, 29–24, 34–28
February 9 15:00
Jordan 86–80 Iraq
Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 20–27, 15–12, 31–26
February 9 17:00
Iran 100–86 (OT) Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 22–14, 19–24, 16–23, Overtime: 20–6

References

  1. ^"FIBA ASIA Internal Regulations"(PDF). FIBA Asia. p. 43. Retrieved 22 September 2012.
  2. ^"FIBA Asia unable to find replacement for Lebanon, field down to 15 teams". InterAKTV. 19 July 2013. Archived from the original on 2013-07-21. Retrieved 19 July 2013.
  3. ^Казахстан – Узбекистан(PDF) (in Russian). Kazakhstan Basketball Federation. 7 May 2013. Retrieved 10 May 2013.
  4. ^"GCC Championship: Qatar win title; Bahrain, Saudi Arabia qualify". FIBA Asia. 10 October 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2012.
  5. ^"India book ticket to Manila as Draw date looms large on the fray". FIBA Asia. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 5 June 2013.
  6. ^"THA/MAS - SEABA Championship: Thailand pull the rug under Malaysia, both make it to Manila". FIBA Asia. 22 June 2013. Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
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