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 champion1—1
Host team1—1
Central Asia101
East Asia235
Gulf213
South Asia101
Southeast Asia202
West Asia203

FIBA Asia Cup
Main article: 2012 FIBA Asia Cup
Rank Team Note
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Iran Direct Qualifier
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan East Asia (+1)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Qatar Gulf (+1)
4  Philippines Hosts
5  China East Asia (+2)
6  Chinese Taipei East 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
 Kazakhstan 1108060+202
 Uzbekistan 1016080−201
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 Asian basketball 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.

Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 330276150+1266
 Japan 321227197+305
 Chinese Taipei 312234181+534
 Macau 303124333−2093
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
 China 220193104+894
 Hong Kong 211135157−223
 Mongolia 202118185−672
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
Zain Court, Manama
September 30
19:00
Bahrain  67–64  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 15–16, 16–18, 22–5
Zain Court, Manama
October 1
17:00
Qatar  66–60  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 21–14, 14–19, 9–10
Zain Court, Manama
October 1
19:00
United Arab Emirates  74–93  Bahrain
Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 18–28, 19–21, 21–19
Zain Court, Manama
October 3
17:00
Oman  36–83  Bahrain
Scoring by quarter: 6–28, 6–14, 11–15, 13–26
Zain Court, Manama
October 3
19:00
Qatar  81–62  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 21–14, 16–16, 23–15
Zain Court, Manama
October 4
17:00
Saudi Arabia  67–60  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 27–13, 3–18, 18–13, 19–16
Zain Court, Manama
October 4
19:00
Oman  40–97  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 7–25, 14–35, 8–27, 11–10
Zain Court, Manama
October 6
17:00
Saudi Arabia  70–54  Oman
Zain Court, Manama
October 6
19:00
Bahrain  64–74  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 16–18, 16–18, 17–18
Zain Court, Manama

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
GOR Samudra, Medan
June 20
19:00
Indonesia  64–67  Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 12–15, 16–20, 13–11
GOR Samudra, Medan
June 21
18:00
Malaysia  64–58  Singapore
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 12–13, 15–10, 15–16
GOR Samudra, Medan
June 21
20:00
Thailand  88–89 (OT)  Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 17–16, 17–20, 27–21, Overtime: 9–10
GOR Samudra, Medan
June 22
18:00
Malaysia  47–63  Thailand
Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 8–24, 18–13, 11–8
GOR Samudra, Medan
June 22
20:00
Indonesia  64–74  Singapore
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 13–27, 20–8, 10–15
GOR Samudra, Medan

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

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 Asian basketball 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.
  7. "Kardoust leads Iran's OT triumph over Lebanon for WABA title". FIBA Asia. 2 February 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
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