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.^[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.

2013 FIBA Asia Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Philippines
Dates	1–11 August
Teams	15
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
MVP	Hamed Haddadi
Top scorer	Hamed Haddadi (18.8 points per game)
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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.^[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]

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".^[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,

Main article: 2013 FIBA Asia 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.

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

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,^[7] they were replaced by fourth-placer Iraq,^[8] who declined due to lack of preparation time, and FIBA Asia instead invited the 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	MOA Arena   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

Main article: 2013 FIBA Asia Championship 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

Main article: 2013 FIBA Asia Championship 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

Main article: 2013 FIBA Asia Championship 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

Main article: 2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group C

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

Main article: 2013 FIBA Asia Championship 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

Main article: 2013 FIBA Asia Championship classification rounds

	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

Main article: 2013 FIBA Asia Championship 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

Main article: 2013 FIBA Asia Championship 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

Main article: 2013 FIBA Asia Championship classification rounds

	Semifinals				9th place
	9 August
	Japan	73
					10 August
	India	64
					Japan	79
	9 August
					Hong Kong	50
	Bahrain	79
	Hong Kong	87
					11th place
					10 August
					India	75
					Bahrain	65

Final round

Main article: 2013 FIBA Asia Championship final round

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	9 August – Pasay
	Philippines	88
					10 August – Pasay
	Kazakhstan	58
					Philippines	86
	9 August – Pasay
					South Korea	79
	South Korea	79
									11 August – Pasay
	Qatar	52
									Philippines	71
	9 August – Pasay
									Iran	85
	Iran	94
					10 August – Pasay
	Jordan	50
					Iran	79
	9 August – Pasay
					Chinese Taipei	60			3rd place
	Chinese Taipei	96
									11 August – Pasay
	China	78
									South Korea	75
									Chinese Taipei	57

	Semifinals				5th place
	10 August – Pasay
	Kazakhstan	67
					11 August – Pasay
	Qatar	72
					Qatar	85
	10 August – Pasay
					China	96
	Jordan	76
	China	79
					7th place
					11 August – Pasay
					Kazakhstan	59
					Jordan	88

Quarterfinals

9 August 15:00

Report

Iran	94–50	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 31–11, 22–17, 21–8, 20–14
Pts: Haddadi 20 Rebs: Sahakian 9 Asts: Kamrani 11		Pts: Baxter 13 Rebs: Hadrab 8 Asts: Baxter 4

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: Yuji Hirahara (JPN), Hatim Hamed Alharbi (KSA), Cheung Kwok Shun Andy (HKG)

9 August 17:45

Report

Chinese Taipei	96–78	China
Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 20–22, 31–12, 25–16
Pts: Davis 26 Rebs: Davis 10 Asts: Lin C.C. 7		Pts: Yi 22 Rebs: Yi 10 Asts: Guo 7

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Atanu Banerjee (IND), Abdulkarim Shakeeb (BHR)

9 August 20:30

Report

Philippines	88–58	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 32–15, 19–25, 16–9, 21–9
Pts: David 22 Rebs: Douthit 10 Asts: Tenorio, Castro, Fonacier 4		Pts: Klimov 14 Rebs: Ponomarev 12 Asts: Johnson, Yargaliyev, Klimov 3

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: Mohammad Alamiri (KUW), Snehal Bendke (IND), Tan Chin Siong (MAS)

9 August 22:30

Report

South Korea	79–52	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 16–14, 21–14, 18–10
Pts: Cho 16 Rebs: Kim M.G. 7 Asts: Kim M.G., Kim T.S. 4		Pts: Hayes, Saeed 10 Rebs: Hayes 6 Asts: D. Musa 4

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Toru Katayose (JPN), Amirhossein Safarzadeh (IRN)

5th–8th place semifinals

10 August 15:00

Report

China	79–76	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 14–15, 23–25, 24–24
Pts: Wang Z.Z. 33 Rebs: Wang Z.Z. 7 Asts: Sun 6		Pts: Al-Sous 17 Rebs: Hadrab 8 Asts: Baxter 8

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: Toru Katayose (JPN), Ricor Buaron (PHI), Tan Chin Siong (MAS)

10 August 22:30

Report

Kazakhstan	67–72	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 17–19, 13–19, 22–14
Pts: Yevstigneyev 24 Rebs: Yevstigneyev 13 Asts: Johnson 4		Pts: Y. Musa 18 Rebs: El Hadary 6 Asts: D. Musa 3

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Chong Yun Aun (MAS), Yuri Hirahara (JPN)

Semifinals

10 August 17:45

Report

Iran	79–60	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 27–12, 19–4, 19–21
Pts: Kamrani 19 Rebs: Haddadi 14 Asts: Kamrani 6		Pts: Davis 16 Rebs: Davis, Tien 5 Asts: Tseng, Tsai 3

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: Arsen Andryushkin (KAZ), Jassim Abdullah (QAT), Harja Jaladri (INA)

10 August 20:30

Report

Philippines	86–79	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 21–20, 29–17, 21–23
Pts: Castro 17 Rebs: Pingris 10 Asts: de Ocampo, Castro 4		Pts: Kim M.G. 27 Rebs: Kim J.S., Kim T.S. 5 Asts: Yang D.G. 7

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: Mohammad Al Amiri (KUW), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Wang Mei (CHN)

Seventh place game

11 August 12:30

Report

Jordan	88–59	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 30–18, 25–14, 18–12, 15–15
Pts: Abdeen 20 Rebs: Alnajjar 7 Asts: Alnajjar, Baxter 8		Pts: Yargaliyev 17 Rebs: Yevstigneyev 9 Asts: Johnson 3

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: Atanu Banerjee (IND), Wang Mei (CHN), Andy Cheung Kwok Shun (HKG)

Fifth place game

11 August 14:45

Report

Qatar	85–96	China
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 19–25, 15–25, 30–26
Pts: El Hadary 23 Rebs: Abdulla 10 Asts: El Hadary 5		Pts: Guo 21 Rebs: Wang Z.Z. 11 Asts: Guo 5

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: Toru Katayose (JPN), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Amirhossein Safarzadeh (IRI)

Third place game

11 August 17:00

Report

Chinese Taipei	57–75	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 13–29, 16–21, 15–11, 13–14
Pts: Lu 13 Rebs: Lin C.C. 4 Asts: Davis 8		Pts: Kim M.G. 21 Rebs: Kim J.S., Yun 8 Asts: Yang D.G 8

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: Ferdinand Pascual (PHI), Mohammad Alamiri (KUW), Hatim Hamed Alharbi (KSA)

Final

Main article: 2013 FIBA Asia Championship final

11 August 19:30

Report

Philippines	71–85	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 19–18, 19–27, 18–23
Pts: Castro 18 Rebs: Pingris 8 Asts: Alapag 3		Pts: Haddadi 29 Rebs: Haddadi 16 Asts: Nikkhah 7

Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Attendance: 19,989 Referees: Arsen Andryushkin (KAZ), Yuji Hirahara (JPN), Harja Jaladri (INA)

Final ranking

Qualified for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup

Rank	Team	Record	FIBA World Rankings
			Before	After	Change
	Iran	9–0	20	20	0
	Philippines	7–2	45	34	+11
	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

• Most Valuable Player:   Hamed Haddadi
• All-Star Team:
  • PG –   Jayson Castro
  • SG –   Kim Min-goo
  • SF –   Lin Chih-chieh
  • PF –   Oshin Sahakian
  • C –   Hamed Haddadi

Statistical leaders

Player tournament averages

Points Pos. Name PPG 1   Hamed Haddadi 18.8 2   Yi Jianlian 17.4 3   Jarvis Hayes 16.7 4   Aymam Almuwallad 15.3 5   Quincy Davis 14.7 6   Jimmy Baxter 14.1 7   Wang Zhizhi 13.4 8   Visresh Bhriguvanshi 13.1 9   Mikhail Yevtigneyev 12.9 10   Samad Nikkhah Bahrami 12.8

Rebounds Pos. Name RPG 1   Hamed Haddadi 10   Mohammed Almarwani^[15] 3   Marcus Douthit 9.4   J.R. Sakuragi 5   Quincy Davis 9 6   Yasseen Musa 8.9 7   Fong Shing Yee 8.7 8   Duncan Reid 8.4 9   Anton Ponomarev 7.8 10   Kosuke Takeuchi 7.4

Assists Pos. Name APG 1   Mehdi Kamrani 6.6 2   Jerry Jamar Johnson 5 3   Lin Chih-chieh 4.9 4   Yang Dong-geun 4.4 5   Marzouq Almuwallad 4.3 6   Samad Nikkhah Bahrami 4.2 7   Jimmy Baxter 3.9 8   Daoud Mosa Daoud 3.6 9   Visresh Bhriguvanshi 3.5 10   Ryota Sakurai 3.4

Steals Pos. Name SPG 1   Mehdi Kamrani 1.56 2   Hamed Afagh 1.33   Samad Nikkhah Bahrami 4   Makoto Hiejima 1.29 5   Wattana Suttisin 1.33 6   Attaporn Lertmalaiporn 1.2 7   Kim Tae-sul 1   Mazrouq Almuwallad   Jamer Kabe   Sing Tee Ng

Blocks Pos. Name BPG 1   Marcus Douthit 2 2   Hamed Haddadi 1.67   Lee Jong-hyun 4   Ahmed Akber 1.63 5   Amjyot Singh 1.38 6   Kosuke Takeuchi 1.29 7   Quincy Davis 1.22 8   Darunong Apiromvilaichai 1.2 9   Gabe Norwood 1   Mohammad Hadrab   Erfan Ali Saeed

Other statistical leaders Stat Name Avg. Field goal percentage   Quincy Davis 73.7% 3-point FG percentage   Gan Hong Hoong 61.5% Free throw percentage   Mohammad Hadrab 91.3% Turnovers   Ban Sin Ooi 6 Fouls   Mohammed Almarwani   Kuek Tian-yuan 4

Team tournament averages

Points Pos. Name PPG 1   Iran 86.8 2   Chinese Taipei 79.9 3   Philippines 79.6   China 5   South Korea 78.1

Rebounds Pos. Name RPG 1   Iran 44.6 2   Qatar 42.2 3   Philippines 41.2 4   Jordan 40.7 5   India 40.1

Assists Pos. Name APG 1   Iran 20.9 2   South Korea 20.7 3   Chinese Taipei 18.2 4   China 16.4 5   Philippines 15.7

Steals Pos. Name SPG 1   Iran 6.2 2   South Korea 5.9 3   Thailand 5.6 4   Chinese Taipei 5.3 5   Philippines 4.3   Jordan

Blocks Pos. Name BPG 1   Philippines 4.9   South Korea 3   Bahrain 3.6 4   India 3.2 5   Jordan 3

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Tournament game highs

Category	Player game high	Total	Opponent (date)	Team game high	Total	Opponent (date)
Points	Wang Zhizhi	33	Jordan (August 10)	Iran	115	Malaysia (August 1)
Rebounds	Mohammad Hussein   Yasseen Musa   Duncan Reid	19	Japan (August 7)   Chinese Taipei (August 7)   Philippines (August 7)	India	60	Thailand (August 2)
Assists	Lin Chih-chieh	12	Philippines (August 3)	Iran	31	Malaysia (August 1)
Steals	Hamed Afagh   Guo Ailun   Kim Tae-sul   Dmitriy Klimov	4	Chinese Taipei (August 10)   Malaysia (August 2)   Bahrain (August 5)   Iran (August 7)	South Korea	12	Bahrain (August 5)
Blocks	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	AksyonTV Basketball TV Hyper 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, Solar Entertainment Corporation's Basketball TV is the official home broadcaster airing all matches from the Mall of Asia Arena. Solar has the rights to all FIBA telecasts in the Philippines until 2015.^[19] For free TV, ABC Development Corporation's flagship network, 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

•   Riel Banaria
•   Jaafar Ali Ghuloom
•   Ip Fuk-Wah
•   Xin Ping

Referees

•   Abdulkarim Shakeeb
•   Peng Ling
•   Wang Xiao Chun
•   Wang Mei
•   Cheung Kwok Shun Andy
•   Chen Ying-Cheng
•   Atanu Banerjee
•   Snehal Bendke
•   Amirhossein Safarzadeh
•   Yuri Hirahara
•   Toru Katayose
•   Mohd Naser Abu Rashed
•   Arsen Andryushkin
•   Yevgeniy Mikheyev
•   Shin Gi-rok
•   Chong Yun Aun
•   Tan Chin Siong
•   Ferdinand Pascual
•   Ricor Buaron
•   Glenn Cornelio
•   Jassim Abdullah
•   Yasser Abbas
•   Hatim Alharbi
•   Thongchai Thaweewutsophon
•   Harja Jaladri
•   Mohd Al-Amiri

Sponsorship

• Bodog Asia^[25]
• Peak^[26]
• Smart Communications^[27]

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