2011 FIBA Asia Championship qualification

The 2011 FIBA Asia Championship qualification was held in late 2010 and early 2011 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: 2010 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup

Rank	Team	Note
	Lebanon	Direct Qualifier
	Japan	East Asia (+1)
	Qatar	Gulf (+1)
4	Philippines	Southeast Asia (+1)
5	Jordan	West Asia (+1)
6	Iran
7	Chinese Taipei
8	Kazakhstan
9	Iraq
10	Syria

Qualified teams

East Asia (1+2+1)	Gulf (2+1)	Middle Asia (2)	Southeast Asia (2+1)	West Asia (1+2+1)
China	Qatar	India	Philippines	Lebanon
South Korea	United Arab Emirates	Uzbekistan	Indonesia	Iran
Japan	Bahrain		Malaysia	Jordan
Chinese Taipei				Syria

East Asia

The 2011 East Asia Basketball Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship. It also serves as a regional championship involving East Asian basketball teams. the three best teams excluding China qualifies for 2011 FIBA Asia Championship. The tournament was held from June 10 to 15, 2011 in Nanjing, China.^[2]

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	2	2	0	165	97	+68	4
South Korea	2	1	1	188	108	+80	3
Hong Kong	2	0	2	90	238	−148	2

June 10 14:00

South Korea	134–47	Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 28–5, 42–12, 31–11, 33–19

Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing

June 11 16:00

Hong Kong	43–104	China
Scoring by quarter: 5–28, 11–21, 12–35, 15–20

Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing

June 12 16:00

China	61–54	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 13–16, 19–12, 14–16

Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	160	145	+15	4
Japan	2	1	1	168	148	+20	3
Mongolia	2	0	2	144	179	−35	2

June 10 16:00

Japan	74–75	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 14–13, 18–14, 17–25, 25–23

Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing

June 11 14:00

Chinese Taipei	85–71	Mongolia
Scoring by quarter: 25–30, 18–16, 18–11, 24–14

Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing

June 12 14:00

Mongolia	73–94	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 17–28, 16–19, 18–22, 22–25

Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing

Classification 5th–6th

June 14 14:00

Mongolia	83–87	Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 23–26, 18–30, 27–21

Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	June 14
	Chinese Taipei	61
					June 15
	South Korea	69
					South Korea	89
	June 14
					Japan	73
	China	62
	Japan	72
					3rd place
					June 15
					Chinese Taipei	53
					China	87

Semifinals

June 14 16:00

Chinese Taipei	61–69	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 11–19, 17–16, 18–15, 15–19

Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing

June 14 19:30

China	62–72	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 23–12, 10–26, 14–22

Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing

3rd place

June 15 16:00

Chinese Taipei	53–87	China
Scoring by quarter: 15–23, 11–11, 11–30, 16–23

Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing

Final

June 15 19:30

South Korea	89–73	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 25–13, 15–24, 23–17, 26–19

Olympic Sports Center Gymnasium, Nanjing

Final standing

Rank	Team
	South Korea
	Japan
	China
4	Chinese Taipei
5	Hong Kong
6	Mongolia

Gulf

The 12th Gulf Basketball Championship is the qualifying tournament for the FIBA Asia Championship 2011. it also serves as a regional championship. the three best teams qualifies for FIBA Asia Championship 2011.^[3]

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Qatar	3	3	0	247	220	+27	6
Bahrain	3	2	1	211	205	+6	5
United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	209	214	−5	4
Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	198	226	−28	3

September 27 17:00

Qatar	80–72	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 27–12, 11–21, 18–18, 24–21

Al-Shabab Club Court, Dubai

September 27 20:00

United Arab Emirates	61–65	Bahrain
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 16–16, 12–13, 18–18

Al-Shabab Club Court, Dubai

September 28 17:00

Saudi Arabia	66–79	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 15–21, 11–13, 23–26

Al-Shabab Club Court, Dubai

September 28 19:00

Bahrain	79–84	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 20–25, 18–24, 15–19

Al-Shabab Club Court, Dubai

September 30 17:00

Saudi Arabia	60–67	Bahrain
Scoring by quarter: 18–8, 24–25, 8–17, 10–17

Al-Shabab Club Court, Dubai

September 30 19:00

United Arab Emirates	69–83	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 13–19, 15–17, 18–17

Al-Shabab Club Court, Dubai

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	October 1
	Qatar	89
					October 3
	Saudi Arabia	64
					Qatar	81
	October 1
					United Arab Emirates	74
	Bahrain	59
	United Arab Emirates	69
					3rd place
					October 3
					Saudi Arabia	55
					Bahrain	67

Semifinals

October 1 17:00

Bahrain	59–69	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 16–22, 13–18, 13–13

Al-Shabab Club Court, Dubai

October 1 19:00

Qatar	89–64	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 18–15, 21–15, 30–18

Al-Shabab Club Court, Dubai

3rd place

October 3 17:00

Saudi Arabia	55–67	Bahrain
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 15–18, 15–21, 10–13

Al-Shabab Club Court, Dubai

Final

October 3 19:00

Qatar	81–74	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 13–14, 16–15, 24–27

Al-Shabab Club Court, Dubai

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Qatar
	United Arab Emirates
	Bahrain
4	Saudi Arabia

Middle Asia – SAARC

The 2011 Middle Asia qualifying tournament for SAARC teams was held from July 13 to 15, 2011 in New Delhi, India. The best team qualifies for 2011 FIBA Asia Championship.^[4][5]

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
India	1	1	0	99	42	+57	2
Sri Lanka	1	0	1	42	99	−57	1

July 13 17:00

India	99–42	Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 32–5, 28–15, 26–14, 13–8

Thyagaraj Stadium, New Delhi

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Nepal	2	2	0	143	114	+29	4
Bangladesh	2	1	1	153	123	+30	3
Bhutan	2	0	2	112	171	−59	2

July 13 9:00

Nepal	79–53	Bhutan
Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 20–13, 16–13, 19–14

Thyagaraj Stadium, New Delhi

July 13 19:00

Bhutan	59–92	Bangladesh
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 24–23, 13–31, 11–23

Thyagaraj Stadium, New Delhi

July 14 9:00

Bangladesh	61–64	Nepal
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 13–14, 19–23, 13–12

Thyagaraj Stadium, New Delhi

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	July 14
	India	120
					July 15
	Bangladesh	26
					India	89
	July 14
					Sri Lanka	35
	Nepal	44
	Sri Lanka	65
					3rd place
					July 15
					Bangladesh	62
					Nepal	73

Semifinals

July 14 17:00

India	120–26	Bangladesh
Scoring by quarter: 27–8, 36–9, 23–8, 34–1

Thyagaraj Stadium, New Delhi

July 14 19:00

Nepal	44–65	Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 15–10, 16–19, 6–18, 7–18

Thyagaraj Stadium, New Delhi

3rd place

July 15 15:00

Bangladesh	62–73	Nepal
Scoring by quarter: 19–23, 14–19, 9–15, 20–16

Thyagaraj Stadium, New Delhi

Final

July 15 17:00

India	89–35	Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 25–2, 26–9, 22–10, 16–14

Thyagaraj Stadium, New Delhi

Final standing

Rank	Team
	India
	Sri Lanka
	Nepal
4	Bangladesh
5	Bhutan

Middle Asia – Stans

The 2011 Middle Asia qualifying tournament for ‘Stans’ section of the Middle Asia was held on July 31, 2011 in Navoiy, Uzbekistan. The best team qualifies for 2011 FIBA Asia Championship.^[6] Afghanistan was supposed to play in this tournament but Uzbekistan's foreign ministry did not authorize the visas to travel to the tournament.^[7]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	82	59	+23	2
Turkmenistan	1	0	1	59	82	−23	1

July 31

Uzbekistan	82–59	Turkmenistan
Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 22–18, 15–11, 23–17

Palais des Sports FSK, Navoiy

Southeast Asia

The 2011 Southeast Asia Basketball Association Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship; it also serves as a regional championship involving Southeast Asian basketball teams. It was held on June 23 to June 26, 2011 at Jakarta, Indonesia. The top three finishers qualifies to the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship.^[8]

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Philippines	3	3	0	297	176	+121	6
Indonesia	3	2	1	202	201	+1	5
Malaysia	3	1	2	190	238	−48	4
Singapore	3	0	3	175	249	−74	3

June 23 16:00

Malaysia	71–97	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 21–16, 16–27, 14–34

The BritAma Arena, Jakarta

June 23 19:00

Indonesia	71–60	Singapore
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 15–20, 17–20, 23–6

The BritAma Arena, Jakarta

June 24 16:00

Singapore	64–72	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 13–23, 7–16, 27–12

The BritAma Arena, Jakarta

June 24 18:00

Philippines	94–54	Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 20–9, 29–13, 22–16, 23–16

The BritAma Arena, Jakarta

June 25 16:00

Singapore	51–106	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 9–30, 14–30, 20–17, 8–29

The BritAma Arena, Jakarta

June 25 18:00

Indonesia	77–47	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 10–4, 23–23, 20–16, 24–4

The BritAma Arena, Jakarta

Final

June 26 18:00

Philippines	89–50	Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 31–10, 15–17, 21–8, 22–15

The BritAma Arena, Jakarta

Final standing

Rank	Team
	Philippines
	Indonesia
	Malaysia
4	Singapore

West Asia

The 2011 WABA Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship. It also serves as a regional championship involving West Asian basketball teams. the three best teams qualifies for 2011 FIBA Asia Championship. The tournament was held from June 23 to 25, 2011 in Duhok, Iraq.^[9]

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Iran	3	3	0	248	184	+64	6
Jordan	3	2	1	241	224	+17	5
Syria	3	1	2	229	260	−31	4
Iraq	3	0	3	214	264	−50	3

June 23 17:00

Iran	72–70	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 15–25, 11–14, 25–20

Education College Sports, Duhok

June 23 19:00

Iraq	85–92	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 16–27, 27–29, 16–15

Education College Sports, Duhok

June 24 17:00

Syria	62–83	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 11–23, 18–19, 17–28

Education College Sports, Duhok

June 24 19:00

Jordan	79–77	Iraq
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 14–21, 22–16, 30–19

Education College Sports, Duhok

June 25 17:00

Jordan	92–75	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 28–13, 21–25, 21–18

Education College Sports, Duhok

June 25 19:00

Iraq	52–93	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 12–29, 19–23, 8–25, 13–16

Education College Sports, Duhok

References

1. "FIBA ASIA Internal Regulations" (PDF). FIBA Asia. p. 20. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
2. "KOR – Korea win East Asia gold en route to Wuhan". FIBA Asia. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
3. "Qatar retain GCC Championship title". FIBA Asia. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
4. "India, Sri Lanka "seeded" into semifinals". FIBA Asia. 11 July 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
5. "IND – India confirm ticket to Wuhan". FIBA Asia. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 16 August 2011.
6. "UZB – Uzbekistan rout Turkmenistan, complete fray for Wuhan". FIBA Asia. 11 August 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
7. "Afghan Team Denied Chance at 2012 Olympics". The New York Times. 29 July 2011. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
8. "PHI/INA – Philippines retain SEABA title in style". FIBA Asia. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
9. "IRI – Iran win WABA Championship en route to ticket to Wuhan". FIBA Asia. 26 June 2011. Retrieved 11 July 2011.

External links

• fibaasia.net
• Gulf Cup Results
• East Asia Results
• West Asia Results
• Southeast Asia Results
• Middle Asia SAARC Results