FIBA Asia Championship

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The FIBA Asia Championship for Men (formerly Asian Basketball Confederation Championship) is a tournament which takes place every two years between teams of the continent. This is the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship and the Olympic basketball tournament. The tournament is also known as the Asian Championships

Map of the countries' best results.

1 Results
- 1.1 Men's Asian Basketball Championship
2 Notes
3 Medals per nation
4 Famous players
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Results

[edit] Men's Asian Basketball Championship

Year	Location	Gold medalists	Final score	Silver medalists	Bronze medalists	Most Valuable Player
1960	Manila	Philippines	^[1]	Taiwan	Japan	Carlos Badion
1963	Taipei	Philippines	^[1]	Taiwan	South Korea
1965	Kuala Lumpur	Japan	^[1]	Philippines	South Korea
1967	Seoul	Philippines	^[1]	South Korea	Japan
1969	Bangkok	South Korea	^[1]	Japan	Philippines
1971	Tokyo	Japan	^[1]	Philippines	South Korea
1973	Manila	Philippines	^[1]	South Korea	Republic of China
1975	Bangkok	China	^[1]	Japan	South Korea
1977	Kuala Lumpur	China	^[1]	South Korea	Japan
1979	Nagoya	China	^[1]	Japan	South Korea
1981	Calcutta	China	^[1]	South Korea	Japan
1983	Hong Kong	China	95-71	Japan	South Korea
1985	Kuala Lumpur	Philippines	82-72	China	South Korea
1987	Bangkok	China	86-79	South Korea	Japan	Lee Chung Hee
1989	Beijing	China	102-72	South Korea	Chinese Taipei
1991	Kobe	China	104-88	South Korea	Japan
1993	Jakarta	China	93-72	North Korea	South Korea
1995	Seoul	China	87-78	South Korea	Japan	Hur Jae
1997	Riyadh	South Korea	78-76	Japan	China	Chun Hee Chul
1999	Fukuoka	China	63-45	South Korea	Saudi Arabia	Hu Wei-Dong
2001	Shanghai	China	97-63	Lebanon	South Korea	Yao Ming
2003	Harbin	China	106-96	South Korea	Qatar	Yao Ming
2005	Doha	China	77-61	Lebanon	Qatar	Yao Ming
2007	Tokushima

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

[edit] Medals per nation

Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
China	14	1	1	16
Philippines	5	2	1	8
Korea	2	10	9	21
Japan	2	5	7	14
Taiwan	0	2	2	4
Lebanon	0	2	0	2
DPR of Korea	0	1	0	1
Qatar	0	0	2	2
Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1

[edit] Famous players

Carlos Loyzaga (Philippines)
Shin Dong-Pa (South Korea)
Allan Caidic (Philippines)
Yao Ming (China)
Elie Mchantaf (Lebanon)
Rommel Adducul (Philippines)
Hur Jae (South Korea)
Fadi El Khatib (Lebanon)
Lee Chung Hee (South Korea)
Kim You Taek (South Korea)

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

FIBA-Asia Official Site

International basketball

v • d • e

Africa: FIBA Africa – Africa Championship North and South America: FIBA Americas – Americas Championship Asia: FIBA Asia – Asian Championship Europe: FIBA Europe – Eurobasket Oceania: FIBA Oceania – Oceania Championship