2007 FIBA Asia Championship

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2007 FIBA Asia Championship
Tokushima
DatesJuly 28 – August 5
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Iran (1st title)
Runners-up Lebanon
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Kazakhstan
Tournament statistics
MVPIran Hamed Haddadi
Top scorerSyria Michael Madanly
(33.1 points per game)
2005

The 2007

Tokushima, Japan
from July 28 to August 5, 2007.

Participating teams qualified through the previous edition of this tournament and others through regional qualifiers. Since China is assured of an automatic berth at the 2008 Olympics as the host nation, the champions will automatically qualify while the two best teams excluding China qualifies for the 2008 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men. This resulted in China deploying another team in this tournament, while their primary team led by NBA star Yao Ming and rookie Yi Jianlian participated in the Stankovic Cup and tournaments and friendlies with countries across Europe to prepare themselves.

Kazakhstan
to clinch third place, and the last Asian berth in the FIBA pre-Olympic tournament, together with Lebanon.

Qualification

According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (Japan) and holders (China) were automatically qualified. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2005 FIBA Asia Championship.

East Asia (2+2+1) Gulf (2+1) Middle Asia (2) Southeast Asia (2) West Asia (2+2)
 Japan  Qatar  Kazakhstan  Philippines  Iran
 China  Saudi Arabia  India  Indonesia  Jordan
 Chinese Taipei  United Arab Emirates  Lebanon
 Hong Kong  Syria
 South Korea

Draw

The draw was held on June 6 at

Tokushima. The teams were grouped first into four pots, each member of the pot is guaranteed not to face each other in the preliminary round; the top four finishers of 2005 FIBA Asia Championship
are seeded in order of their finish and hence are on one pot. Japan as the host has the right to choose which group it will be under.

Group A Group B Group C Group D

 China
 Jordan
 Iran
 Philippines

 Lebanon
 Saudi Arabia *
 United Arab Emirates
 Japan

 Qatar
 India
 Kazakhstan
 Indonesia

 South Korea
 Hong Kong
 Syria
 Chinese Taipei

* Saudi Arabia withdrew from the tournament,  Kuwait replaced them.

Squads

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Iran 3 3 0 212 191 +21 6
 Jordan 3 2 1 216 201 +15 5
 Philippines 3 1 2 224 233 −9 4
 China 3 0 3 207 234 −27 3
July 28
11:15
China  65–78  Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 12–18, 19–25, 16–18
3 Pts:
Daghlas
4
Tokushima
July 28
18:00
Iran  75–69  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 11–11, 21–11, 24–33
2 Pts: Raymundo 15
Rebs: Taulava 8
Asts: Four players 1
Tokushima
July 29
18:00
Philippines  79–74  China
Scoring by quarter: 19–25, 19–24, 18–8, 23–17
3 Pts: Yi L., Wang B. 14
Rebs: Yi L., Li K. 5
Asts: Bian Q. 4
Tokushima
July 29
20:15
Jordan  54–60  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 12–10, 8–25, 13–14
4 Pts: Haddadi 18
Rebs: Haddadi 11
Asts: Sahakian 3
Tokushima
July 30
15:45
Iran  77–68  China
Scoring by quarter: 17–12, 16–21, 26–13, 18–22
3 Pts: Bian Q. 15
Rebs: Wang B. 5
Asts: Han S. 2
Tokushima
July 30
18:00
Philippines  76–84  Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 17–20, 16–21, 25–30
5 Pts:
Daghlas
5
Tokushima

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Japan 3 3 0 287 181 +106 6
 Lebanon 3 2 1 277 200 +77 5
 United Arab Emirates 3 1 2 199 283 −84 4
 Kuwait 3 0 3 175 274 −99 3
July 28
15:45
United Arab Emirates  66–109  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 11–32, 15–26, 24–28, 16–23
1 Pts: Orimo 17
Rebs: Takeuchi 7
Asts: Sakuragi 5
Tokushima
July 28
20:15
Lebanon  104–59  Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 29–15, 31–8, 25–22
1 Pts: F. Al-Rabah, Ashkanani 13
Rebs: Al-Tabakh 5
Asts: Mohammad, Farhan 1
Tokushima
July 29
11:15
Kuwait  68–69  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 18–16, 13–15, 17–22
3 Pts: Abdulredha 15
Rebs: Abdulredha 6
Asts: Abdulredha, Khamis 2
Tokushima
July 29
15:45
Japan  77–67  Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 14–18, 18–20, 25–7
4 Pts: Vogel 21
Rebs: Beshara 9
Asts: Mahmoud 4
Tokushima
July 30
11:15
United Arab Emirates  64–106  Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 3–34, 28–23, 19–31, 14–18
2 Pts: El Khatib 37
Rebs: El Khatib 14
Asts: El Khatib 3
Tokushima
July 30
20:15
Japan  101–48  Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 29–3, 28–15, 26–16
6 Pts: Al-Tabakh 8
Rebs: Ashkanani, Farhan 5
Asts: Four players 1
Tokushima

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Qatar 3 3 0 268 163 +105 6
 Kazakhstan 3 2 1 273 203 +70 5
 India 3 1 2 195 269 −74 4
 Indonesia 3 0 3 164 265 −101 3
July 28
9:00
Qatar  106–49  India
Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 26–14, 27–19, 31–4
5 Pts: Kumar 11
Rebs: Ravindran, J. Singh 4
Asts: D. Singh 2
Tokushima
July 28
9:00
Kazakhstan  107–53  Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 34–9, 31–10, 18–19
1 Pts: Wuysang 21
Rebs: Ekayana, Indrajaya 4
Asts: Ekayana 2
Tokushima
July 29
9:00
India  74–97  Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 11–23, 20–27, 20–24, 23–23
: Five players 1 Pts: Ponomarev 29
Rebs: Yevstigneyev 12
Asts: Issakov 4
Tokushima
July 29
11:15
Indonesia  45–86  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 7–19, 12–28, 15–23, 11–16
1 Pts:
Ali 14
Rebs: Ahmad, Zaidan 5
Asts: Musa
3
Tokushima
July 30
9:00
Indonesia  66–72  India
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 23–15, 14–16, 11–20
1 Pts: Uddin 17
Rebs: Mukkanniyil, J. Singh 7
Asts: Kadam 2
Tokushima
July 30
13:30
Kazakhstan  69–76  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 13–23, 19–16, 20–20
3 Pts:
Ali
4
Tokushima

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 3 3 0 281 216 +65 6
 Chinese Taipei 3 2 1 258 232 +26 5
 Hong Kong 3 1 2 252 305 −53 4
 Syria 3 0 3 245 283 −38 3
July 28
11:15
South Korea  107–67  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 30–20, 15–15, 24–17, 38–15
3 Pts: Lo Y.T. 16
Rebs: Siu K.W., Li W.L., Poon C.H. 4
Asts: Four players 2
Tokushima
July 28
13:30
Syria  66–90  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 18–20, 18–25, 11–30
2 Pts: Yang C.Y. 30
Rebs: Lin C.C. 11
Asts: Lin C.C. 3
Tokushima
July 29
9:00
Hong Kong  104–100  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 23–29, 32–23, 27–35
6 Pts: Madanly 27
Rebs: Madanly 12
Asts: Madanly 4
Tokushima
July 29
13:30
Chinese Taipei  70–85  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 19–17, 17–24, 20–19
2 Pts: Ha S.J. 25
Rebs: Ha S.J. 7
Asts: Shin K.S. 5
Tokushima
July 30
11:15
Chinese Taipei  98–81  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 29–15, 27–20, 20–21, 22–25
5 Pts: Li K.W. 18
Rebs: Fong S.Y. 6
Asts: Li K.W. 3
Tokushima
July 30
11:15
Syria  79–89  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 17–27, 17–20, 18–28, 27–14
1 Pts: Kim J.S. 17
Rebs: Ha S.J., Lee D.J. 12
Asts: Kim S.H. 5
Tokushima

Quarterfinal round

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Lebanon 3 3 0 267 192 +75 6
 Iran 3 2 1 231 233 −2 5
 Qatar 3 1 2 242 259 −17 4
 Chinese Taipei 3 0 3 202 258 −56 3
July 31
13:30
Iran  76–64  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 14–17, 24–10, 15–20
3 Pts: Wu T.H., Chen H.A. 16
Rebs: Wu T.H. 6
Asts: Lee H.L. 4
Tokushima
July 31
15:45
Lebanon  90–68  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 25–14, 18–29, 20–9
5 Pts: Ismail 19
Rebs: Ismail 9
Asts: Four players 1
Tokushima
August 1
15:45
Chinese Taipei  64–95  Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 13–21, 12–18, 23–28, 16–28
4 Pts: El Khatib 28
Rebs: Beshara 7
Asts: Vogel 2
Tokushima
August 1
18:00
Qatar  87–95  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 21–20, 22–24, 24–27
Ali
3
Pts: A. Nikkhah 25
Rebs: Haddadi 9
Asts: Kamrani 5
Tokushima
August 2
13:30
Qatar  87–74  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 20–20, 22–19, 25–23
4 Pts: Chen H.A. 18
Rebs: Tseng W.T. 9
Asts: Chen S.N., Lee C.Y., Lin Y.H. 2
Tokushima
August 2
18:00
Iran  60–82  Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 11–21, 21–15, 14–22
3 Pts: El Khatib 22
Rebs: Vogel 13
Asts: El Khatib 4
Tokushima

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Kazakhstan 3 2 1 241 240 +1 5 1–0
 South Korea 3 2 1 236 223 +13 5 0–1
 Japan 3 1 2 239 254 −15 4 1–0
 Jordan 3 1 2 215 214 +1 4 0–1
July 31
18:00
Jordan  65–70  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 19–20, 16–17, 14–14
Daghlas
1
Pts:
Ha S.J. 12
Asts: Kim S.H.
4
Tokushima
July 31
20:15
Japan  85–93  Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 15–26, 21–20, 15–16, 34–31
7 Pts: Ponomarev 24
Rebs: Yargaliyev 7
Asts: Nechayev 5
Tokushima
August 1
18:00
Kazakhstan  73–82  Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 28–19, 11–27, 18–14, 16–22
2 Pts:
Daghlas
6
Tokushima
August 1
20:15
South Korea  93–83  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 21–18, 22–17, 28–33
2 Pts: Kawamura, Sakuragi 17
Rebs: Sakuragi 17
Asts: Amino 2
Tokushima
August 2
15:45
Kazakhstan  75–73  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 22–21, 11–11, 25–25
3 Pts: Kim J.S. 30
Rebs: Kim J.S. 9
Asts: Kim S.H. 6
Tokushima
August 2
20:15
Jordan  68–71  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 7–21, 19–16, 21–25, 21–9
Daghlas
4
Pts: Sakuragi 17
Rebs: Sakuragi 8
Asts: Igarashi, Sakuragi 3
Tokushima

Group G

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Philippines 3 3 0 300 227 +73 6
 Syria 3 2 1 314 230 +84 5
 Kuwait 3 1 2 199 266 −67 4
 India 3 0 3 191 281 −90 3
July 31
9:00
Philippines  107–100 (OT)  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 17–14, 30–27, 24–24, Overtime: 18–11
5 Pts: Madanly 33
Rebs: Yakoub 14
Asts: Al-Khatib 2
Tokushima
July 31
11:15
Kuwait  72–68  India
Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 13–11, 15–14, 21–16
2 Pts: Rai 20
Rebs: J. Singh 9
Asts: Kadam 9
Tokushima
August 1
9:00
India  69–104  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 23–22, 14–35, 14–22
Pts: Kadam 12
Rebs: Raj 10
Asts: Kadam
8
Pts: Norwood, Seigle 23
Rebs: Seigle 11
Asts: Norwood 4
Tokushima
August 1
11:15
Syria  109–69  Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 29–12, 19–17, 32–14, 29–26
6 Pts: F. Al-Rabah 15
Rebs: Al-Mutairi, Al-Khabbaz 5
Asts: Abdulredha 4
Tokushima
August 2
9:00
Philippines  89–58  Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 23–10, 23–10, 27–27, 16–11
5 Pts: Abdulredha 14
Rebs: F. Al-Rabah 6
Asts: F. Al-Rabah 5
Tokushima
August 2
11:15
India  54–105  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 16–34, 12–13, 10–37, 16–21
3 Pts: Madanly 36
Rebs: Hasaballah 11
Asts: Al-Sharif 6
Tokushima

Group H

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 3 3 0 295 171 +124 6
 Indonesia 3 2 1 211 261 −50 5
 Hong Kong 3 1 2 234 238 −4 4
 United Arab Emirates 3 0 3 200 270 −70 3
July 31
9:00
China  93–69  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 28–14, 20–20, 24–21
: Four players 2 Pts: Li K.W. 19
Rebs: Wong C.W. 5
Asts: Lo Y.T. 5
Tokushima
July 31
11:15
United Arab Emirates  81–83 (OT)  Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 12–21, 18–16, 16–14, Overtime: 10–12
Mohamed 11
Asts
: Four players 1
Pts: Wuysang 22
Rebs: Situmorang 8
Asts: Ahmad, Sondakh 3
Tokushima
August 1
9:00
Indonesia  47–102  China
Scoring by quarter: 8–20, 17–27, 14–31, 8–24
2 Pts: Yi L. 23
Rebs: Gu L.Y. 8
Asts: Chen L., Li K. 2
Tokushima
August 1
11:15
Hong Kong  87–64  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 24–9, 22–15, 22–16, 19–24
3 Pts: Khamis 20
Rebs: Khamis 8
Asts: Al-Nuaimi 2
Tokushima
August 2
9:00
China  100–55  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 33–13, 21–15, 28–17, 18–10
4 Pts: Ahmed 17
Rebs: Moosa 7
Asts: Khalfan 2
Tokushima
August 2
11:15
Indonesia  81–78  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 16–20, 22–20, 20–14
4 Pts: Tam W.Y. 17
Rebs: Li W.L., Tam W.Y. 8
Asts: Poon C.H. 4
Tokushima

Classification 9th–16th

15th place

August 4
9:00
India  82–77  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 27–15, 21–15, 14–25
5 Pts: Ahmed 15
Rebs: Khamis, Khalfan 8
Asts: Al-Zaabi 3
Tokushima

13th place

August 4
11:15
Kuwait  66–72  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 15–13, 15–14, 20–18
3 Pts: Fong S.Y., Wong C.W., Tam W.Y. 12
Rebs: Fong S.Y. 12
Asts: Poon C.H. 7
Tokushima

11th place

August 4
9:00
Syria  108–79  Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 34–17, 14–16, 30–19, 30–27
5 Pts: Wuysang 33
Rebs: Wuysang 5
Asts: Wuysang 5
Tokushima

9th place

August 4
11:15
Philippines  78–76  China
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 17–16, 23–23, 19–15
2 Pts: Zhang K. 16
Rebs: Zhang K. 9
Asts: Li K. 3
Tokushima

Classification 5th–8th

 
Semifinals5th place
 
      
 
August 4
 
 
 Japan80
 
August 5
 
 Chinese Taipei85
 
 Chinese Taipei74
 
August 4
 
 Jordan97
 
 Qatar67
 
 
 Jordan77
 
7th place
 
 
August 5
 
 
 Japan82
 
 
 Qatar86

Semifinals

August 4
13:30
Qatar  67–77  Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 21–26, 17–18, 14–19, 15–14
Ali
2
Pts:
Daghlas, Al-Sous
2
Tokushima
August 4
15:45
Japan  80–85  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 17–13, 22–25, 18–22
3 Pts: Chen H.A. 26
Rebs: Chen H.A. 9
Asts: Chen H.A. 3
Tokushima

7th place

August 5
15:45
Japan  82–86  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 16–17, 19–15, 25–37
5 Pts: Ismail 18
Rebs: Abdulrahman 15
Asts: Musa 4
Tokushima

5th place

August 5
13:30
Chinese Taipei  74–97  Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 12–22, 13–27, 30–29
3 Pts: Z. Abbas 24
Rebs: Z. Abbas 13
Asts: Soobzokov 3
Tokushima

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
August 4
 
 
 Kazakhstan62
 
August 5
 
 Iran75
 
 Iran74
 
August 4
 
 Lebanon69
 
 Lebanon76
 
 
 South Korea74
 
3rd place
 
 
August 5
 
 
 Kazakhstan76
 
 
 South Korea80

Semifinals

August 4
18:00
Lebanon  76–74  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 13–26, 24–13, 16–20
2 Pts: Kim D.W. 23
Rebs: Ha S.J. 10
Asts: Ha S.J., Kim J.S. 2
Tokushima
August 4
20:15
Kazakhstan  62–75  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 7–26, 12–18, 18–20, 25–11
2 Pts: Kamrani, Afagh 14
Rebs: Haddadi 13
Asts: Kamrani 4
Tokushima

3rd place

August 5
18:00
Kazakhstan  76–80  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 25–23, 16–19, 14–19, 21–19
5 Pts: Ha S.J. 25
Rebs: Ha S.J. 7
Asts: Yang D.G. 4
Tokushima

Final

August 5
20:15
Iran  74–69  Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 19–15, 16–20, 18–15
2 Pts: Fahed 23
Rebs: Abdelnour, El Khatib 8
Asts: El Khatib 4
Tokushima

Final standing

Qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics
Qualified for the Olympic Qualifying Tournament
Participating countries
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Iran 7–1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Lebanon 6–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea 6–2
4  Kazakhstan 4–4
5  Jordan 5–3
6  Chinese Taipei 3–5
7  Qatar 5–3
8  Japan 4–4
9  Philippines 5–2
10  China 3–4
11  Syria 3–4
12  Indonesia 2–5
13  Hong Kong 3–4
14  Kuwait 1–6
15  India 2–5
16  United Arab Emirates 1–6

Awards

 2007 Asian champions 

Iran
First title

Statistical leaders

References

External links