FIBA Asia Cup

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FIBA Asia Cup

Current season, competition or edition: File:Basketball current event.svg 2025 FIBA Asia Cup qualification
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Formerly	FIBA Asia Championship ABC Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	Template:Start date and age
Inaugural season	1960
No. of teams	16
Country	Asia Pacific
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Most recent champion(s)	Australia (2nd title)
Most titles	China (16 titles)
Related competitions	FIBA Women's Asia Cup
Official website	FIBA Asia

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The FIBA Asia Cup (formerly the FIBA Asia Championship and ABC Championship) is an international basketball tournament which takes place every four years between the men's national teams of Asia and Oceania.

The FIBA Asia Cup for men (originally Asian Basketball Confederation Championship and later FIBA Asia Championship) is a tournament which takes place every four years between teams of FIBA's Asian and Oceanian zones. The tournament is also known as the Asian Championships.

Through the 2015 edition, it was held every two years and involved only FIBA Asia members, and was the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIBA Basketball World Cup and the Olympic basketball tournament. With the 2017 edition, the competition was rebranded as the FIBA Asia Cup, and FIBA Oceania members were also included in qualifying. The Asia Cup, along with all other FIBA continental championships for men, was removed from the qualifying process for the World Cup and Olympics, and placed on a new four-year cycle. Accordingly, the next Asia Cup will be held in 2021.

History

The Asian Basketball Confederation Championship was inaugurated in Manila in 1960. The championship was held to find Asia's best team and for qualification to the World Championship and the Olympics. On the next four tournaments, the Philippines won 3 with the Japanese beating the Filipinos on 1965. Korea, Japan and the Philippines split the next 3 championships until China debuted on 1975 at Bangkok with the championship, where they've dominated ever since.

There were only six instances where China didn't win the championship since then. The first in 1986 was won by the Philippines with the presence of 2 naturalized Americans. Next, in 1997, the Chinese complained about Riyadh's climate. In 2007, China had a guaranteed Olympic place as the host of the 2008 Summer Games, and thus sent a developmental "B" team, being eliminated early by South Korea. Two years later, Iran defeated a full-strength Chinese team in Tianjin to become the first team since the Chinese to successfully defend the championship. Iran won again in 2013, and then Australia won in 2017 in the first Asia Cup to include Oceanian teams.

Korea had been the perennial runner-ups, with Japan and DPR Korea sneaking in. The Philippines had become weaker due to its players turning professional (therefore ineligible for FIBA participation until 1989). By the 21st century, the tournament had been renamed the FIBA Asia Championship. During the 2007 Championship, West Asian teams were able to compete with the traditional East Asian powers, as evidenced of an all-West Asian final when Iran defeated Lebanon. It is to be noted that the Chinese sent their "B team" to the Asian Championships (the "A team" was focused on warm-ups for the then up-coming Beijing Olympics to be hosted in China.)

Qualification

Qualification is via the different FIBA Asia subzones. The East, Gulf, Southeast and West subzones receive two berths each, while the Central and South zones get one each. The host and the champion from the preceding FIBA Asia Cup also get a berth each. Each subzone conducts a qualification tournament up to a year before the championship to determine the qualifying teams. The other four berths are distributed to the subzones in reference to their performance in the previous year's FIBA Asia Cup, with the subzone receiving an extra berth for each team in the top four excluding the champion and the host.

Tournament format

There had been a variety of tournament formats used before. Most were similar to the format of two group stages and a knockout stage. The current format, as first applied in 2017, is a multistage tournament. The 16 teams are grouped in four groups in the preliminary round. The teams play against each other once; the top team will directly advance to the quarterfinals, and the second placed teams will play an elimination game between the third placed team of another group. The four winning teams of the elimination games will advance to the quarterfinals. After the elimination games, the knock-out phase will follow.

The classification games will be conducted as follows:

1. 13–16th place games are for the teams eliminated from the group phase.
2. The 9th to 12th place games are for the losing teams of the elimination games.
3. The 5–8th place games are for the eliminated teams in the quarterfinals.

Summary

Year	Host		Final				Third place Game
			Champion	Score	Second place		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1960 Details	Manila		Philippines	No playoffs	[[Chinese Taipei {{{mw}}} national basketball team|Republic of China]]		Japan	No playoffs	South Korea
1963 Details	Taipei		Philippines	91–77	[[Chinese Taipei {{{mw}}} national basketball team|Republic of China]]		South Korea	No playoffs	Template:Country data THA
1965 Details	Template:Country data MalaysiaTemplate:Namespace detect showall Kuala Lumpur		Japan	No playoffs	Philippines		South Korea	No playoffs	Template:Country data THA
1967 Details	Seoul		Philippines	No playoffs	South Korea		Japan	No playoffs	Indonesia
1969 Details	Template:Country data ThailandTemplate:Namespace detect showall Bangkok		South Korea	No playoffs	Japan		Philippines	No playoffs	[[Chinese Taipei {{{mw}}} national basketball team|Republic of China]]
1971 Details	Tokyo		Japan	No playoffs	Philippines		South Korea	No playoffs	[[Chinese Taipei {{{mw}}} national basketball team|Republic of China]]
1973 Details	Manila		Philippines	No playoffs	South Korea		[[Chinese Taipei {{{mw}}} national basketball team|Republic of China]]	No playoffs	Japan
1975 Details	Template:Country data ThailandTemplate:Namespace detect showall Bangkok		China	No playoffs	Japan		South Korea	No playoffs	India
1977 Details	Template:Country data MalaysiaTemplate:Namespace detect showall Kuala Lumpur		China	No playoffs	South Korea		Japan	No playoffs	Template:Country data MAS
1979 Details	Nagoya		China	No playoffs	Japan		South Korea	No playoffs	Philippines
1981 Details	Kolkata		China	No playoffs	South Korea		Japan	No playoffs	Philippines
1983 Details	Hong Kong		China	95–71	Japan		South Korea	83–60	Kuwait
1985 Details	Template:Country data MalaysiaTemplate:Namespace detect showall Kuala Lumpur		Philippines	No playoffs	South Korea		China	No playoffs	Template:Country data MAS
1987 Details	Template:Country data ThailandTemplate:Namespace detect showall Bangkok		China	86–79 OT	South Korea		Japan	89–75	Philippines
1989 Details	Beijing		China	102–72	South Korea		Chinese Taipei	69–58	Japan
1991 Details	Kobe		China	104–88	South Korea		Japan	63–60	Chinese Taipei
1993 Details	Jakarta		China	93–72	Template:Country data PRK		South Korea	86–70	Iran
1995 Details	Seoul		China	87–78	South Korea		Japan	69–63	Chinese Taipei
1997 Details	Riyadh		File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).png South Korea	78–76	Japan		China	94–68	Saudi Arabia
1999 Details	Fukuoka		China	63–45	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).png South Korea		Saudi Arabia	93–67	Chinese Taipei
2001 Details	Shanghai		China	97–63	Lebanon		File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).png South Korea	95–94 OT	Template:Country data SYR
2003 Details	Harbin		China	106–96	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).png South Korea		Qatar	77–67	Lebanon
2005 Details	Doha		China	77–61	Lebanon		Qatar	89–77	File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).png South Korea
2007 Details	Tokushima		Iran	74–69	Lebanon		File:Flag of South Korea (1997–2011).png South Korea	80–76	Kazakhstan
2009 Details	Tianjin		Iran	70–52	China		Jordan	80–66	Lebanon
2011 Details	Wuhan		China	70–69	Jordan		South Korea	70–68	Philippines
2013 Details	Manila		Iran	85–71	Philippines		South Korea	75–57	Chinese Taipei
2015 Details	Changsha		China	78–67	Philippines		Iran	68–63	Japan
2017 Details	Zouk Mikael		Australia	79–56	Iran		South Korea	80–71	New Zealand
2022Template:Efn Details	Jakarta		Australia	75–73	Lebanon		New Zealand	83–75	Jordan
2025 Details	Jeddah

Notes

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See also

• Basketball at the Summer Olympics
• Basketball at the Asian Games
• FIBA Basketball World Cup
• FIBA Asia Challenge
• FIBA Asia Under-20 Championship
• FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
• FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship
• FIBA Asia Women's Cup

References

FIBA Asia Cup
Formerly: FIBA Asia Championship
Tournaments	Manila 1960  · Taipei 1963  · Kuala Lumpur 1965  · Seoul 1967  · Bangkok 1969  · Tokyo 1971  · Manila 1973  · Bangkok 1975  · Kuala Lumpur 1977  · Nagoya 1979  · Kolkata 1981  · Hong Kong 1983  · Kuala Lumpur 1985  · Bangkok 1987  · Beijing 1989  · Kobe 1991  · Jakarta 1993  · Seoul 1995  · Riyadh 1997  · Fukuoka 1999  · Shanghai 2001  · Harbin 2003  · Doha 2005  · Tokushima 2007  · Tianjin 2009  · Wuhan 2011  · Manila 2013  · Changsha 2015  · Zouk Mikael 2017  · Jakarta 2022  · TBD 2025
Qualification	1997  · 1999  · 2001  · 2003  · 2005  · 2007  · 2009  · 2011  · 2013  · 2015  · 2017  · 2022  · 2025
Finals	2013
Squads	2005  · 2007  · 2009  · 2011  · 2013  · 2015  · 2017  · 2022
Awards	Awards  · Most Valuable Player  · All-Tournament Team  · Winning head coaches

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