Points Haddadi (18.8) Assists Kamrani (6.6) MVP Hamed Haddadi Host nation Philippines | Rebounds Haddadi (10.0) Dates 1 Aug 2013 – 11 Aug 2013 Teams 15 Venues 2 | |
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Champion Iran national basketball team Similar 2010 FIBA World Championship, 2006 FIBA World Championship, EuroBasket 2013, AfroBasket 2013, 1978 FIBA World Championship | ||
Philippines v iran final full game 2013 fiba asia championship
The 2013 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the intercontinental championship for basketball organized by FIBA Asia that served as the qualifying tournament for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain. The tournament was held from August 1–11 in Metro Manila, Philippines. Beirut, Lebanon was supposed to host the tournament but the hosting rights was given to the Philippines citing the Syrian Civil War and security concerns in the Middle East in general. This is also the last Asian Championships that will serve as the qualifying round for the FIBA Basketball World Cup, as a qualifying window will be used starting 2019.
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Hosting
During the 2012 FIBA Asia Cup in Japan, FIBA Asia accepted the bids of the Philippines, Lebanon and Iran to host the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. The Philippines' bid, which was presented by Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP; the national basketball federation) president Manuel V. Pangilinan, SBP secretary-general Sonny Barrios, Philippine Basketball Association commissioner Chito Salud and former FIBA Asia secretary general Moying Materlino, included hosting the games at the newly constructed Mall of Asia Arena. 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. The FIBA Asia Executive Committee awarded the tournament to Lebanon, which shall be hosting its first championship.
Beirut was the host of the 2012 FIBA Asia Champions Cup, the Asian club championship. However, the final between Lebanese club 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".
However, with the escalating Syrian civil war, FIBA Asia announced on 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.
Qualification
According to the FIBA Asia rules, the host nation Philippines and 2012 FIBA Asia Cup champions Iran automatically qualified. East Asia, West Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Gulf each had two berths while Central Asia and South Asia each had one slot allotted. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2012 FIBA Asia Cup. Therefore, with Japan, Qatar, China, and 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.
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
Lebanon originally qualified for the tournament after placing second in the 2013 West Asian Basketball Championship. However, after the country's basketball federation was suspended indefinitely by FIBA due to unresolved conflicts within the country's national basketball federation, they were replaced by fourth-placer Iraq. But Iraq declined due to lack of preparation, and FIBA Asia instead tapped the United Arab Emirates to replace them. However, the United Arab Emirates also declined the invitation for the same reason, and after FIBA's confirmation of the Lebanese federation's suspension, FIBA Asia decided not to take in any more replacements, 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. All Group B teams thus automatically qualify 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. Treston College Gym, the University of Makati Gym, the Makati Coliseum and the Cuneta Astrodome were the designated practice venues.
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". A separate draw would later be held to determine which teams would be designated as "Southeast Asia 1" and "Southeast Asia 2".
Squads
Each team has a roster of twelve players. Only one naturalized player per team is allowed by FIBA.
Tournament format
- Game results between tied teams via points system above
- Goal average between games of the tied teams
- Goal average for all games of the tied teams
- Drawing of lots
Group A
Chinese Taipei and the Philippines emerged as the favorites in the group after beating Jordan and Saudi Arabia. In a game to determine the group winner, the Taiwanese held on against the Filipinos to win the game. In a virtual elimination game, Jordan blew out Saudi Arabia to eliminate the latter team.
Group B
The opening game between Japan and Qatar went down to the final minute, with the Qataris pulling through to win. The two teams easily defeated Hong Kong, but all three teams qualified to the next round.
Group C
The Malaysians suffered blowouts of 90 points, 91 points and 22 points against Iran, China and Korea respectively to be eliminated. Iran emerged as the undefeated team, having easy wins against the Chinese and the Koreans, while the game between the East Asians was won by Korea which capitalized on late-game misses by the Chinese.
Group D
Kazakhstan topped the group with easy wins against Thailand and India; on their win against Bahrain, the game went into overtime, but the Kazakhs relied on key free throws to defeat the Bahrainis. The Bahrainis also needed an extra period to defeat India, thus emerged as the second in the group. In the game that turned to be an elimination game, the Indians blew out Thailand to qualify for the second round.
Second round
Group E
The Philippines and Chinese Taipei saw themselves beating Hong Kong and Japan, respectively, while Qatar had an easy win against Jordan. Jordan won easily against Hong Kong to remain in contention, the Philippines pulled away in their game against Qatar, while Chinese Taipei maintained their small lead against Japan to guarantee the top 2 teams from Group A of a quarterfinal berth. In a virtual elimination game, Jordan defeated the Japanese to advance to the quarterfinals. The Qatari win against Chinese Taipei gave hope for the Filipinos on winning the group, but the Philippines had a difficult win against Hong Kong to top the group nevertheless.
Group F
The qualifiers from Group C won all of their games against the teams from Group D. The closest match was the Kazakhstan-China game, where the Chinese got through when they outscored the Kazakhs 11-5 in the final 3 minutes when the score was tied. All other games were blow outs in favor of Group C teams.