2009 FIBA Asia Championship qualification

The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship qualification was held in early 2009 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Middle 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 Stanković Cup.
  • The four best-placed teams from the previous FIBA Asia Stanković Cup will qualify the same number of teams from their respective sub-zones.
  • The two best teams from the sub-zones.

FIBA Asia Stanković Cup
Main article: 2008 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup
Rank Team Note
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Jordan Direct Qualifier
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Kazakhstan Middle Asia (+1)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Kuwait Gulf (+1)
4  Qatar Gulf (+2)
5  India Middle Asia (+2)

Qualified teams
East Asia (1+2)Gulf (2+2)Middle Asia (2+2)Southeast Asia (2)West Asia (1+2)
 China  Qatar  India  Philippines  Jordan
 South Korea  Kuwait  Kazakhstan  Indonesia  Iran
 Japan  United Arab Emirates  Sri Lanka  Lebanon
 Bahrain *  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.

East Asia

The East Asia Basketball Championship for Men 2009 is the qualifying tournament for the 2009 FIBA Asia Championship. It also serves as a regional championship involving East Asian basketball teams. the two best teams excluding China qualifies for 2009 FIBA Asia Championship.

Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 220162133+294
 China 211161134+273
 Hong Kong 202135191−562
June 10
15:30
Hong Kong  64–99  China
Scoring by quarter: 16–30, 21–23, 19–24, 8–22
June 11
15:30
China  62–70  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 16–5, 23–26, 11–18
June 12
15:30
South Korea  92–71  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 24–10, 29–22, 20–17, 19–22

Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Japan 220187131+564
 Chinese Taipei 211165137+283
 Mongolia 202124208−842
June 10
18:30
Chinese Taipei  66–78  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 18–12, 10–27, 22–22
June 11
18:30
Japan  109–65  Mongolia
Scoring by quarter: 26–9, 26–16, 23–16, 34–24
June 12
18:30
Mongolia  59–99  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 15–24, 12–24, 12–27

Classification 5th–6th
June 13
19:00
Hong Kong  92–73  Mongolia
Scoring by quarter: 35–28, 14–18, 23–18, 20–9

Final round
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
June 13
 
 
 South Korea86
 
June 14
 
 Chinese Taipei71
 
 South Korea68
 
June 13
 
 Japan58
 
 Japan68
 
 
 China63
 
3rd place
 
 
June 14
 
 
 Chinese Taipei90
 
 
 China107

Semifinals
June 13
13:00
South Korea  86–71  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 17–9, 28–27, 26–18
June 13
16:00
Japan  68–63  China
Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 15–8, 17–10, 22–27

3rd place
June 14
13:00
Chinese Taipei  90–107  China
Scoring by quarter: 27–36, 18–19, 18–26, 27–26

Final
June 14
16:00
South Korea  68–58  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 19–18, 15–12, 15–9

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

Gulf

The 19th Gulf Cup was held in Muscat, Oman.

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Qatar440299237+628
 Kuwait431282255+277
 United Arab Emirates422327280+476
 Bahrain413320276+445
 Oman404214394−1804
January 3
17:30
Kuwait  75–67  Bahrain
January 3
19:30
Qatar  82–80  United Arab Emirates
January 5
13:00
Kuwait  44–60  Qatar
January 5
15:00
United Arab Emirates  102–53  Oman
January 7
13:00
Oman  52–110  Bahrain
January 9
13:00
Bahrain  66–70  Qatar
January 9
15:00
Kuwait  95–62  Oman
January 11
14:00
Oman  47–87  Qatar

Middle Asia

All the others withdrew, so  India,  Kazakhstan,  Sri Lanka and  Uzbekistan qualified automatically.

Southeast Asia

A tournament was held to determine Southeast Asia's two representatives to the FIBA Asia Championship. The qualifying tournament also served as the zonal championship, which held in Medan, Indonesia from June 6 to 9.

Preliminary round
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Philippines 330320206+1146
 Indonesia 321217235−185
 Malaysia 312222244−224
 Singapore 303204278−743
June 6
19:00
Malaysia  73–100  Philippines
Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
June 6
21:00
Singapore  65–79  Indonesia
Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
June 7
19:00
Singapore  70–82  Malaysia
Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
June 7
21:00
Philippines  103–64  Indonesia
Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
June 8
19:00
Singapore  69–117  Philippines
Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
June 8
21:00
Malaysia  67–74  Indonesia
Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan

Final
June 9
19:00
Philippines  98–68  Indonesia
Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan

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

West Asia

All the others withdrew, so  Iran and  Lebanon qualified automatically.

References
  1. "FIBA ASIA Internal Regulations" (PDF). FIBA Asia. p. 20. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
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