2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification

The 2007 FIBA Asia Championship qualification was held in early 2007 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Middle Asia (Central Asia and South Asia) each conducting tournaments.

Qualification format

The following are eligible to participate:[1]

  • The organizing country.
  • The champion team from the previous FIBA Asia Stanković Cup.
  • The four best-placed teams from the previous FIBA Asia Stanković Cup will qualify the same number of teams from their respective sub-zones.
  • The two best teams from the sub-zones.

FIBA Asia Stanković Cup

After the cancellation of 2006 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup which was supposed to be held in Damascus, Syria between 20th to 29th of July, The final ranking of the 2005 FIBA Asia Championship was counted instead.

Rank Team Note
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China Direct Qualifier
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Lebanon West Asia (+1)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Qatar Gulf (+1)
4  South Korea East Asia (+1)
5  Japan Hosts
6  Iran West Asia (+2)
7  Jordan
8  Saudi Arabia
9  Chinese Taipei
10  Kazakhstan
11  Uzbekistan
12  India
13  Kuwait
14  Indonesia
15  Hong Kong
16  Malaysia

Qualified teams

East Asia (2+2+1) Gulf (2+1) Middle Asia (2) Southeast Asia (2) West Asia (2+2)
 Japan  Qatar  Kazakhstan  Philippines  Iran
 China  Saudi Arabia *  India  Indonesia  Jordan
 Chinese Taipei  United Arab Emirates  Lebanon
 Hong Kong  Syria
 South Korea

* With Saudi Arabia's withdrawal,  Kuwait qualified in their place.

East Asia

All the others withdrew, so  Chinese Taipei,  Hong Kong and  South Korea qualified automatically.

Gulf

The 2006 Gulf Basketball Association Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship.

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Qatar 5 5 0 386 264 +122 10
 Saudi Arabia 5 4 1 345 289 +56 9
 United Arab Emirates 5 3 2 351 298 +53 8
 Bahrain 5 2 3 323 348 −25 7
 Kuwait 5 1 4 325 355 −30 6
 Oman 5 0 5 194 370 −176 5
September 15
Saudi Arabia  68–52  Bahrain
September 15
Kuwait  53–87  Qatar
September 16
Bahrain  68–40  Oman
September 16
Saudi Arabia  68–61  Kuwait
September 17
Oman  32–74  Saudi Arabia
September 17
Qatar  78–59  Bahrain
September 19
Kuwait  69–73  Bahrain
September 19
Oman  41–75  Qatar
September 20
Kuwait  89–57  Oman
September 20
Saudi Arabia  58–73  Qatar

Middle Asia

The Middle Asia Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship; it also serves as a regional championship involving Central Asian and South Asian nations basketball teams. The teams in the final advance to the FIBA Asia Championship.

The tournament was held at Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Preliminary round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Kazakhstan 2 2 0 203 94 +109 4
 India 2 1 1 157 154 +3 3
 Sri Lanka 2 0 2 120 232 −112 2

Final

Final standing

Rank Team
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Kazakhstan
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  India
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Sri Lanka

Southeast Asia

2007 SEABA Championship
7th Southeast Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryThailand
Dates24–28 May
Teams5
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Philippines (4th title)
← 2005
2009 →

The 7th Southeast Asia Basketball Association Championship was the qualifying tournament for the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship; it also served as a regional championship involving Southeast Asian basketball teams. The two teams with the best records advances to the FIBA Asia Championship.

The local name of the tournament held in Ratchaburi, Thailand was 11th Crown Prince Cup International Invitational Basketball Tournament.

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Philippines 4 4 0 405 251 +154 8
 Indonesia 4 3 1 256 267 −11 7
 Malaysia 4 2 2 297 300 −3 6
 Thailand 4 1 3 273 283 −10 5
 Singapore 4 0 4 225 355 −130 4

West Asia

All the others withdrew, so  Iran,  Jordan,  Lebanon and  Syria qualified automatically.

References

  1. ^ "FIBA ASIA Internal Regulations" (PDF). FIBA Asia. p. 20. Retrieved 16 August 2011.