| Current season or competition: 2011 FIBA Asia Championship |
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| Formerly | ABC Championship |
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| Sport | Basketball |
| Founded | 1960 |
| Inaugural season | 1960 |
| No. of teams | 16 |
| Country(ies) | FIBA Asia member nations |
| Continent | FIBA Asia (Asia) |
| Most recent champion(s) | China (15th) |
| Most titles | China (15 titles) |
| Official website | www.FIBAAsia.net |
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.
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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 four instances where China didn't win the championship since then: in 1986 when the Philippines won; in 1997, when the Chinese complained at Riyadh's climate; the loss to South Korean Nationals in 2007 and when the Chinese sent their "B team" since they've already qualified for the Olympics by virtue of their hosting, and in 2009 when Iran defeated a full-strength Chinese team in Tianjin to become the first team since the Chinese to successfully defend the championship
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.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 15 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
| 2 | Philippines | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Korea | 2 | 11 | 10 | 23 |
| 4 | Japan | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 |
| 5 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Lebanon | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 | Jordan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 9 | DPR Korea | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Qatar | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 11 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 26 | 26 | 26 | 78 | |
| Year | MVP Award Winner |
|---|---|
| 1960 | Carlos Badion |
| 1987 | Lee Chung-Hee |
| 1995 | Hur Jae |
| 1997 | Chun Hee-Chul |
| 1999 | Hu Weidong |
| 2001 | Yao Ming |
| 2003 | Yao Ming |
| 2005 | Yao Ming |
| 2007 | Hamed Haddadi |
| 2009 | Hamed Haddadi |
| 2011 | Yi Jianlian |
| Nation | 1960 |
1963 |
1965 |
1967 |
1969 |
1971 |
1973 |
1975 |
1977 |
1979 |
1981 |
1983 |
1985 |
1987 |
1989 |
1991 |
1993 |
1995 |
1997 |
1999 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahrain | 12th | 12th | 13th | 15th | 10th | 12th | ||||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | 13th | 15th | 18th | 15th | ||||||||||||||||
| China | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | |||||||
| Chinese Taipei | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 4th | |||||
| DPR Korea | 5th | 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hong Kong | 5th | 6th | 8th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 11th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 10th | 7th | 13th | 14th | 13th | 11th | 13th | 15th | 14th | 13th |
| India | 7th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 6th | 10th | 6th | 6th | 13th | 13th | 11th | ||||
| Indonesia | 6th | 4th | 8th | 10th | 13th | 12th | 11th | 12th | 14th | 14th | 12th | 18th | 12th | |||||||
| Iran | 5th | 8th | 5th | 8th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 10th | 8th | |||||||||||
| Iraq | 6th | 8th | 9th | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | |
| Jordan | 8th | 9th | 10th | 8th | 10th | 17th | 7th | |||||||||||||
| Kazakhstan | 5th | 13th | ||||||||||||||||||
| Korea | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd |
| Kuwait | 12th | 4th | 12th | 9th | 11th | 6th | ||||||||||||||
| Kyrgyzstan | 8th | |||||||||||||||||||
| Lebanon | 7th | |||||||||||||||||||
| Macau | 15th | 15th | ||||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | 7th | 5th | 6th | 8th | 7th | 5th | 9th | 8th | 4th | 7th | 6th | 11th | 4th | 7th | 9th | 17th | 14th | 14th | 15th | |
| Pakistan | 8th | 12th | 11th | 9th | 6th | 9th | 13th | 14th | 10th | 17th | ||||||||||
| Philippines | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 9th | 1st | 4th | 8th | 7th | 11th | 12th | 9th | 11th |
| Qatar | 16th | |||||||||||||||||||
| Saudi Arabia | 7th | 9th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | ||||||||||||||
| Singapore | 7th | 9th | 10th | 8th | 10th | 7th | 11th | 10th | 11th | 14th | 12th | 11th | 11th | 10th | 16th | |||||
| Sri Lanka | 13th | 14th | 12th | 15th | 18th | 19th | ||||||||||||||
| Syria | 8th | |||||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | 4th | 4th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 7th | 6th | 8th | 9th | 7th | 10th | 7th | 8th | 12th | 15th | 16th | 14th | |||
| United Arab Emirates | 8th | 9th | 5th | 10th | ||||||||||||||||
| Uzbekistan | 7th | 9th | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | 8th | 10th | ||||||||||||||||||
| Total | 7 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 15 | 15 |
| Nation | 2001 |
2003 |
2005 |
2007 |
2009 |
2011 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bahrain | 15th | 7 | |||||
| Bangladesh | 4 | ||||||
| China | 1st | 1st | 1st | 10th | 2nd | 1st | 19 |
| Chinese Taipei | 7th | 11th | 9th | 6th | 5th | 8th | 21 |
| DPR Korea | 2 | ||||||
| Hong Kong | 11th | 13th | 15th | 13th | 24 | ||
| India | 8th | 8th | 12th | 15th | 13th | 14th | 22 |
| Indonesia | 14th | 12th | 15th | 13th | 17 | ||
| Iran | 5th | 6th | 1st | 1st | 5th | 14 | |
| Iraq | 3 | ||||||
| Japan | 6th | 6th | 5th | 8th | 10th | 7th | 25 |
| Jordan | 10th | 7th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 12 | |
| Kazakhstan | 7th | 10th | 4th | 9th | 6 | ||
| Korea | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 26 |
| Kuwait | 12th | 12th | 13th | 14th | 11th | 11 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | ||||||
| Lebanon | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 7 |
| Macau | 2 | ||||||
| Malaysia | 16th | 16th | 11th | 22 | |||
| Pakistan | 10 | ||||||
| Philippines | 15th | 9th | 8th | 4th | 24 | ||
| Qatar | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | 6th | 16th | 7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 8th | 7 | |||||
| Singapore | 14th | 16 | |||||
| Sri Lanka | 16th | 7 | |||||
| Syria | 4th | 9th | 11th | 9th | 5 | ||
| Thailand | 13th | 18 | |||||
| United Arab Emirates | 10th | 16th | 12th | 10th | 8 | ||
| Uzbekistan | 9th | 14th | 11th | 14th | 12th | 7 | |
| Vietnam | 2 | ||||||
| Total | 14 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
| Team | Played | Won | Lost | %Won |
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| Bahrain | 51 | 18 | 33 | 35.29% |
| Bangladesh | 25 | 0 | 25 | 0.00% |
| China | 149 | 140 | 9 | 93.96% |
| Chinese Taipei | 170 | 104 | 66 | 61.18% |
| DPR Korea | 14 | 10 | 4 | 71.43% |
| Hong Kong | 176 | 51 | 125 | 28.98% |
| India | 155 | 66 | 89 | 42.58% |
| Indonesia | 116 | 32 | 84 | 27.59% |
| Iran | 106 | 66 | 40 | 62.26% |
| Iraq | 25 | 13 | 12 | 52.00% |
| Japan | 196 | 133 | 63 | 67.86% |
| Jordan | 88 | 47 | 41 | 53.41% |
| Kazakhstan | 44 | 23 | 21 | 52.27% |
| Korea | 211 | 165 | 46 | 78.20% |
| Kuwait | 79 | 28 | 51 | 35.44% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 8 | 3 | 5 | 37.50% |
| Lebanon | 57 | 35 | 22 | 61.40% |
| Macau | 12 | 0 | 12 | 0.00% |
| Malaysia | 166 | 59 | 107 | 35.54% |
| Pakistan | 73 | 21 | 52 | 28.77% |
| Philippines | 187 | 122 | 65 | 65.24% |
| Qatar | 52 | 27 | 25 | 51.92% |
| Saudi Arabia | 53 | 28 | 25 | 52.83% |
| Singapore | 122 | 35 | 87 | 28.69% |
| Sri Lanka | 46 | 0 | 46 | 0.00% |
| Syria | 35 | 15 | 20 | 42.86% |
| Thailand | 140 | 56 | 84 | 40.00% |
| United Arab Emirates | 56 | 22 | 34 | 39.29% |
| Uzbekistan | 45 | 17 | 28 | 37.78% |
| Vietnam | 17 | 1 | 16 | 5.88% |
| Total: 1337 games | ||||
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