2013 FIBA Asia Championship

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2013 FIBA Asia Championship
Tournament details
Host countryPhilippines
Dates1–11 August
Teams15
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Iran (3rd title)
Runners-up Philippines
Third place South Korea
Fourth place Chinese Taipei
Tournament statistics
MVPIran Hamed Haddadi
Top scorerIran Hamed Haddadi
(18.8 points per game)
2011
2015

The

Syrian Civil War and security concerns in the Middle East in general.[1] This was also the last Asian Championships that served as the qualifying round for the FIBA Basketball World Cup, as a qualifying window was used starting 2019
.

Hosting

During the

Mall of Asia Arena.[2] The Lebanese bid was presented by national team player Fadi El Khatib, which was a 10-minute video demonstration of the venues, of which Ghazir Club Court would be the primary arena.[3] The FIBA Asia Executive Committee awarded the tournament to Lebanon, which shall be hosting its first championship.[4]

Al-Riyadi and Mahram Tehran was put off due to political tension in the city. In a statement, FIBA Asia secretary general Hagop Khajirian said that "FIBA Asia will take a decision on holding the Final Game of the event very soon".[5]

However, with the escalating Syrian civil war, FIBA Asia announced in January 2013 that they shall move the championship to the Philippines, after the SBP expressed willingly to still host the event. This would be the first time in 40 years that the Philippines hosted the championship.[6]

Qualification

Teams that competed in the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship, grouped per preliminary round group,

According to the FIBA Asia rules, the host nation

Chinese Taipei finishing in the top four in that tournament other than Iran and Philippines which were both direct qualifiers, East Asia gained another three berths while the Persian Gulf
gained an additional slot.

Included are the teams'

FIBA World Rankings
prior to the tournament.

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 1  Philippines (45)
2012 FIBA Asia Cup 14–22 September 2012 Japan Tokyo 1  Iran (20)
Central Asia qualifying 7 May 2013 Kazakhstan Astana 1  Kazakhstan (47)
East Asian Basketball Championship 16–21 May 2013 South Korea Incheon 5  South Korea (33)
 China (11)
 Japan (35)
 Hong Kong (71)
 Chinese Taipei (42)
Gulf Basketball Championship 30 September–6 October 2012 Bahrain Manama 3  Qatar (36)
 Bahrain (75)
 Saudi Arabia (69)
South Asian Qualifying Round 2–4 June 2013 India New Delhi 1  India (58)
Southeast Asia Basketball Championship 20–23 June 2013 Indonesia Medan 2  Thailand (85)
 Malaysia (69)
West Asia Basketball Championship 7–9 February 2013 Iran Tehran 2  Lebanon (25)*
 Jordan (30)

Among teams that participated in 2011, Uzbekistan and Indonesia failed to qualify, and Syria did not participate. Returnees include Kazakhstan, which skipped the 2011 tournament after finishing ninth in 2009, Saudi Arabia, which failed to qualify in 2009 and last participated in 2005, Thailand, which last participated in 2001, and Hong Kong, which returned after failing to qualify in 2009 and 2011.

Suspension of the Lebanese federation

United Arab Emirates to replace them.[9] After the United Arab Emirates declined the invitation for the same reason, and FIBA's confirmed the Lebanese federation's suspension, FIBA Asia decided not to invite any other team, reducing the total number of teams to 15. This left Group B with only three teams, and some games were moved from the Ninoy Aquino Stadium to compensate for the lost games involving Lebanon.[10]

This meant all Group B teams thus automatically qualified for the second round, regardless of the outcome of their first round matches.

Venues

The

Mall of Asia Arena (MOA Arena) was chosen as the main venue for the championship, while the Ninoy Aquino Stadium served as the second venue for the tournament.[11] Treston College Gym, the University of Makati Gym, the Makati Coliseum and the Cuneta Astrodome were the designated practice venues.[12]

Pasay Metro Manila
Mall of Asia Arena
2013 FIBA Asia Championship is located in Metro Manila
MOA Arena
MOA Arena
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
2013 FIBA Asia Championship (Metro Manila)
Capacity: 20,000
Manila
Ninoy Aquino Stadium
Capacity: 6,000

Draw

The draw was held at the Centennial Ballroom of the Manila Hotel on June 6. Unlike earlier championships where the draw favored stronger teams, FIBA Asia mandated that it will be a "pure draw", or the teams were not seeded, with the host country (the Philippines) picking 13th. At the time of the draw, two participants from the SEABA region were yet to be determined and were designated as "Southeast Asia 1" and "Southeast Asia 2".[13] A separate draw would later be held to determine which teams would be designated as "Southeast Asia 1" and "Southeast Asia 2".[14]

Squads

Each team has a roster of twelve players. Only one naturalized player per team is allowed by

FIBA
.

Tournament format

  • Preliminary round: Three groups of four teams and a group of three teams. Teams from the same group play against each other once. Teams are ranked by points awarded in descending order. Top three advance to the second round.
    • Group tournament ranking system:
      • Games won: 2 points
      • Games lost by ordinary circumstances: 1 point
      • Games lost by default: 1 point, and the score at the time of stoppage if the defaulting team is trailing, or a score of 2–0 if it is leading or if the game is tied.
      • Games lost by forfeit: 0 points and a score of 20–0 against the forfeiting team.
    • Tiebreaking criteria:
      1. Game results between tied teams via points system above
      2. Goal average
        between games of the tied teams
      3. Goal average for all games of the tied teams
      4. Drawing of lots
  • Second round: Groups A and B shall comprise Group E, while Groups C and D shall comprise Group F. Teams play against teams that have not played yet once, while the records for the teams that they had already met that also advanced are carried over. Same points and tiebreaking system as in the preliminary round. Top four advance to the final round.
  • Final round: Single-elimination tournament for the championship
    • 3rd–4th classification: Playoff for semifinals losers
    • 5th–8th classification: Single-elimination tournament for quarterfinals losers
    • 9th–12th classification: Single-elimination tournament for fifth and sixth placers in the second round
    • 13th–15th classification: Single-elimination tournament for fourth placers in the preliminary round.

Preliminary round

Qualified for the Second Round
Relegated to 13th–15th Classification

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Chinese Taipei 3 3 0 265 233 +32 6
 Philippines 3 2 1 234 221 +13 5
 Jordan 3 1 2 221 215 +6 4
 Saudi Arabia 3 0 3 180 231 −51 3
1 August 2013
Jordan  87–91  Chinese Taipei
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Saudi Arabia  66–78  Philippines
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
2 August 2013
Chinese Taipei  90–67  Saudi Arabia
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Jordan  71–77  Philippines
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
3 August 2013
Philippines  79–84  Chinese Taipei
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Saudi Arabia  47–63  Jordan
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Qatar 2 2 0 162 138 +24 4
 Japan 2 1 1 150 134 +16 3
 Hong Kong 2 0 2 123 163 −40 2
1 August 2013
Japan  74–75  Qatar
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
2 August 2013
Japan  76–59  Hong Kong
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
3 August 2013
Hong Kong  64–87  Qatar
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Group C

First-round game between Iran and China
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Iran 3 3 0 261 141 +120 6
 South Korea 3 2 1 208 193 +15 5
 China 3 1 2 223 155 +68 4
 Malaysia 3 0 3 105 308 −203 3
1 August 2013
Iran  115–25  Malaysia
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
China  59–63  South Korea
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
2 August 2013
China  113–22  Malaysia
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
South Korea  65–76  Iran
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
3 August 2013
Malaysia  58–80  South Korea
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Iran  70–51  China
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Kazakhstan 3 3 0 240 210 +30 6
 Bahrain 3 2 1 244 221 +23 5
 India 3 1 2 236 227 +9 4
 Thailand 3 0 3 194 256 −62 3
1 August 2013
India  80–82 OT  Bahrain Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila
Kazakhstan  81–67  Thailand
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
2 August 2013
Kazakhstan  79–76 OT  Bahrain Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila
Thailand  65–89  India
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
3 August 2013
India  67–80  Kazakhstan
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Bahrain  86–62  Thailand Ninoy Aquino Stadium, Manila

Classification 13th–15th

Semifinal
5 August – Manila
13th place
6 August – Manila
1  Saudi Arabia 93
2  Malaysia 56  Thailand 80
3  Thailand 71


Second round

Qualified for the Final Round
Relegated to 9th–12th Classification
  • The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the second round.

Group E

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tie
 Philippines 5 4 1 393 351 +42 9 1–1, 1.03
 Chinese Taipei 5 4 1 416 368 +48 9 1–1, 1.01
 Qatar 5 4 1 378 347 +31 9 1–1, 0.95
 Jordan 5 2 3 364 353 +11 7  
 Japan 5 1 4 353 368 −15 6  
 Hong Kong 5 0 5 287 404 −117 5  
5 August 2013
Qatar  75–61  Jordan
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Chinese Taipei  94–55  Hong Kong
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Philippines  90–71  Japan
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
6 August 2013
Jordan  80–54  Hong Kong
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Japan  76–79  Chinese Taipei
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Philippines  80–70  Qatar
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
7 August 2013
Japan  56–65  Jordan
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Chinese Taipei  68–71  Qatar
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Hong Kong  55–67  Philippines
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Group F

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Iran 5 5 0 408 283 +125 10
 South Korea 5 4 1 390 287 +103 9
 China 5 3 2 350 311 +39 8
 Kazakhstan 5 2 3 326 372 −46 7
 Bahrain 5 1 4 331 418 −87 6
 India 5 0 5 304 438 −134 5
5 August 2013
Iran  102–58  India
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Kazakhstan  67–73  China
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
South Korea  96–51  Bahrain
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
6 August 2013
Bahrain  56–75  Iran
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
China  79–45  India
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Kazakhstan  47–71  South Korea
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
7 August 2013
Iran  85–53  Kazakhstan
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
Bahrain  66–88  China
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay
India  54–95  South Korea
Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

Classification 9th–12th

Classification match between Japan and Hong Kong
 
Semifinals9th place
 
      
 
9 August
 
 
 Japan73
 
10 August
 
 India64
 
 Japan79
 
9 August
 
 Hong Kong50
 
 Bahrain79
 
 
 Hong Kong87
 
11th place
 
 
10 August
 
 
 India75
 
 
 Bahrain65


Final round

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
          
 
9 August –
Pasay
 
 Kazakhstan58
 
 
Pasay
 
 South Korea79
 
 
Pasay
 
 Qatar52
 
 
85
 
 
Pasay
 
 Jordan50
 
 
Pasay
 
 Chinese Taipei60 3rd place
 
 
Pasay
 
 China78
 
 South Korea75
 
 
 Chinese Taipei57
 


 
Semifinals5th place
 
      
 
10 August –
Pasay
 
 Qatar72
 
 
Pasay
 
 China96
 
 Jordan76
 
 
 China79
 
7th place
 
 
11 August –
Pasay
 
 
 Kazakhstan59
 
 
 Jordan88


Quarterfinals

9 August
15:00
Iran  94–50  Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 31–11, 22–17, 21–8, 20–14
11 Pts: Baxter 13
Rebs: Hadrab 8
Asts: Baxter 4
9 August
17:45
Chinese Taipei  96–78  China
Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 20–22, 31–12, 25–16
Davis 10
Asts: Lin C.C.
7
Pts: Yi 22
Rebs: Yi 10
Asts: Guo 7
9 August
20:30
Philippines  88–58  Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 32–15, 19–25, 16–9, 21–9
4 Pts:
Klimov
3
9 August
22:30
South Korea  79–52  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 16–14, 21–14, 18–10
4 Pts: Hayes, Saeed 10
Rebs: Hayes 6
Asts: D. Musa 4

5th–8th place semifinals

10 August
15:00
China  79–76  Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 14–15, 23–25, 24–24
6 Pts: Al-Sous 17
Rebs: Hadrab 8
Asts: Baxter 8
10 August
22:30
Kazakhstan  67–72  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 17–19, 13–19, 22–14
4 Pts:
Y. Musa 18
Rebs: El Hadary 6
Asts: D. Musa
3

Semifinals

10 August
17:45
Iran  79–60  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 27–12, 19–4, 19–21
6 Pts:
Davis, Tien 5
Asts: Tseng, Tsai
3
10 August
20:30
Philippines  86–79  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 21–20, 29–17, 21–23
de Ocampo, Castro
4
Pts: Kim M.G. 27
Rebs: Kim J.S., Kim T.S. 5
Asts: Yang D.G. 7

Seventh place game

11 August
12:30
Jordan  88–59  Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 30–18, 25–14, 18–12, 15–15
8 Pts: Yargaliyev 17
Rebs: Yevstigneyev 9
Asts: Johnson 3

Fifth place game

11 August
14:45
Qatar  85–96  China
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 19–25, 15–25, 30–26
5 Pts: Guo 21
Rebs: Wang Z.Z. 11
Asts: Guo 5

Third place game

11 August
17:00
Chinese Taipei  57–75  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 13–29, 16–21, 15–11, 13–14
Davis
8
Pts: Kim M.G. 21
Rebs: Kim J.S., Yun 8
Asts: Yang D.G 8

Final

11 August
19:30
Philippines  71–85  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 19–18, 19–27, 18–23
3 Pts: Haddadi 29
Rebs: Haddadi 16
Asts: Nikkhah 7

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup
Rank Team Record
FIBA World Rankings
Before After Change
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Iran 9–0 20 20 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Philippines 7–2 45 34 +11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea 7–2 33 31 +2
4th  Chinese Taipei 6–3 42 44 −2
5th  China 6–3 11 12 −1
6th  Qatar 5–3 36 42 −6
7th  Jordan 4–5 30 30 0
8th  Kazakhstan 3–6 47 52 −5
9th  Japan 3–4 35 35 0
10th  Hong Kong 1–6 71 69 +2
11th  India 2–6 58 61 −3
12th  Bahrain 2–6 75 73 +2
13th  Saudi Arabia 1–3 69 76 −7
14th  Thailand 1–4 85 79 +6
15th  Malaysia 0–4 69 71 −2

Awards

 2013 Asian champions 

Iran
Third title

Statistical leaders

Player tournament averages

Team tournament averages

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Tournament game highs

Category Player game high Total Opponent (date) Team game high Total Opponent (date)
Points China Wang Zhizhi 33  Jordan (August 10)  Iran 115  Malaysia (August 1)
Rebounds
Yasseen Musa
Hong Kong Duncan Reid
19  Japan (August 7)
 Chinese Taipei (August 7)
 Philippines (August 7)
 India 60  Thailand (August 2)
Assists Chinese Taipei Lin Chih-chieh 12  Philippines (August 3)  Iran 31  Malaysia (August 1)
Steals
Dmitriy Klimov
4  Chinese Taipei (August 10)
 Malaysia (August 2)
 Bahrain (August 5)
 Iran (August 7)
 South Korea 12  Bahrain (August 5)
Blocks Bahrain Ahmed Akber 5  India (August 10)  South Korea 10  India (August 7)

Marketing

Broadcasting

FIBA announced that Chinese state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) earned the rights to broadcast FIBA events in China from 2013 to 2016, and that a record number of Asian broadcasters are to telecast the event.[16] At least some matches were broadcast in 40 countries and territories all over the world.[17]

These are the broadcasters from the participating teams:[18]

Country Broadcaster
 Bahrain
Al Jazeera Sports +1
 China CCTV-5
 Hong Kong
i-Cable Sports
 India
Neo Sports
 Iran Channel 3
 Japan
Fuji TV
 Jordan
Al Jazeera Sports +1
 Malaysia
Astro
 Philippines
TV5
 Qatar
Al Jazeera Sports +1
 Saudi Arabia
Al Jazeera Sports +1
 South Korea
SBS ESPN
 Chinese Taipei
Fox Sports Asia
 Thailand CTH

In the Philippines,

TV5, aired games involving the Philippines and the immediately preceding match, while AksyonTV
aired the afternoon matches. BTV aired all games of the knockout round, while TV5 aired two quarterfinal games, the semifinals, third-place playoff and final, and AksyonTV aired a quarterfinal.

The TV5 airings of Philippines games were consistently among the top ten telecasts of the night throughout the tournament, and even beat shows from ABS-CBN and GMA in Mega Manila. According to Nielsen Media Research, TV5's Mega Manila audience share on 10 August was 33.1%, as against GMA's 30.1% and ABS-CBN's 24.3%; numbers for 11 August improved, with TV's 38.1% beating GMA's 31.5% and ABS-CBN's 18.3%. National audience share showed TV5 winning with a 35.3% share, or about 5.7 million people, against 28.1% of GMA and 25% of ABS-CBN.[20]

Date Game AGB Nielsen Mega Manila
TNS
national
Rating Rank Rating Rank
1 August Philippines vs. Saudi Arabia 11.1%[21] 6.1%[22]
2 August Philippines vs. Jordan 12.1%[21] 8.2%[22]
3 August China vs. Iran 6.8%[21]
3 August Philippines vs. Chinese Taipei 16%[21] 7th 5%[22]
5 August Philippines vs. Japan 9.8%[23]
6 August Philippines vs. Qatar 17.6%[24] 10th 12%[23] 10th
7 August Philippines vs. Hong Kong 17.2%[24] 10th 11.5%[23] 10th
9 August Philippines vs. Kazakhstan 19.8%[24] 7th 12.7%[23] 10th
10 August Chinese Taipei vs. Iran 8.6%[24] 5.6%[23]
10 August Philippines vs. Korea 22.9%[24] 3rd 14.5%[23] 8th
10 August Kazakhstan vs. Qatar 3.5%[24] 1.8%[23]
11 August Chinese Taipei vs. Korea 8.8%[24] 8.8%[23]
11 August Philippines vs. Iran 28%[24] 2nd 18.5%[23] 7th

Soundtrack

There were 2 main soundtracks made for the Asian Championship, which was heard over in Philippine TV Broadcast.

  • Saludo by Quest
  • Gilas Anthem/Puso by JR Ponce Enrile

Officials

Match commissioners

  • Philippines Riel Banaria
  • Bahrain Jaafar Ali Ghuloom
  • Hong Kong Ip Fuk-Wah
  • China Xin Ping

Referees

  • Bahrain Abdulkarim Shakeeb
  • China Peng Ling
  • China Wang Xiao Chun
  • China Wang Mei
  • Hong Kong Cheung Kwok Shun Andy
  • Chinese Taipei Chen Ying-Cheng
  • India Atanu Banerjee
  • India Snehal Bendke
  • Iran Amirhossein Safarzadeh
  • Japan Yuri Hirahara
  • Japan Toru Katayose
  • Jordan Mohd Naser Abu Rashed
  • Kazakhstan Arsen Andryushkin
  • Kazakhstan Yevgeniy Mikheyev
  • South Korea Shin Gi-rok
  • Malaysia Chong Yun Aun
  • Malaysia Tan Chin Siong
  • Philippines Ferdinand Pascual
  • Philippines Ricor Buaron
  • Philippines Glenn Cornelio
  • Qatar Jassim Abdullah
  • Qatar Yasser Abbas
  • Saudi Arabia Hatim Alharbi
  • Thailand Thongchai Thaweewutsophon
  • Indonesia Harja Jaladri
  • Kuwait Mohd Al-Amiri

Sponsorship

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