2015 FIBA Asia Championship

The 2015 FIBA Asia Championship for Men is the intercontinental championship for basketball organised by FIBA Asia.

At the FIBA Asia Congress held in Doha, Qatar, the Central Board awarded the hosting rights to China.^[1] On December 4, 2014, the Chinese Basketball Association acquired approval from FIBA Asia to hold the men's championship at Changsha, Hunan, with the women's championship to be held at Wuhan, Hubei.^[2]

The winner of the tournament qualifies for the Basketball tournament on the 2016 Summer Olympics, while the Silver and Bronze medalists will go under the FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament, as stated by FIBA and the IOC in qualification quota.

Qualification

According to the FIBA Asia rules, the host nation China and 2014 FIBA Asia Cup champions Iran automatically qualified. East Asia, West Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Persian 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 2014 FIBA Asia Cup. Therefore, with Chinese Taipei, Philippines, Jordan, and Japan finishing in the top four in that tournament other than Iran and China which were both direct qualifiers, East Asia gained another two berths while the Southeast Asia and West Asia gained an additional slot each.

Included are the teams' FIBA World Rankings prior to the tournament.

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host Nation	24 July 2014	Doha	1	China (14)
2014 FIBA Asia Cup	11–19 July 2014	Wuhan	1	Iran (17)
Central Asian Qualifying Round	27 April 2015	Astana	1	Kazakhstan (53)
East Asian Basketball Championship	June 2015		4	TBD TBD TBD TBD
Gulf Basketball Championship[3]	13–20 October 2014	Dammam	2	Qatar (47)  Kuwait (70)
South Asian Qualifying Round			1	TBD
Southeast Asian Basketball Championship	27 April–1 May 2015	Singapore	3	Philippines (31)  Malaysia (71)  Singapore (85)
West Asian Basketball Championship	25–31 May 2015	Tehran	3	TBD TBD TBD

Venues

CSUFT

Changsa SWC

2015 FIBA Asia Championship (Hunan)

Changsha has been chosen by the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) as the host of the men's championship. Changsha Social Work College was chosen as the primary stadium, while Central South University of Forestry and Technology was the auxiliary stadium. While both venues were allowed to host the tournament, the training center and other parts of the stadium are not yet at tournament condition. FIBA Asia and the CBA will inspect the venues in June, as further tournaments will be held at there as preparation.^[4]

Draw

There would be a draw to be held by FIBA Asia. In the 2013 championship, a "pure draw" was held, with no seeded teams. It is undetermined if they would continue with this method or revert to seeding teams as what was done in 2011.

Squads

Each team has a roster of twelve players. A team may opt to allocate a roster spot to a naturalized player.

Tournament format

• Preliminary round: The expected sixteen teams shall be grouped into four groups of four. Each team will play all of the teams from its group once. The top three teams with the best record advance to the second round.
• Second round: The qualifying teams from groups A and B shall form Group E, while those from Groups C and D shall form Group F. The results against the teams that had also qualified would carry over. The teams shall play the teams from the group they had not faced before. The top four teams from each group would proceed to the final round.
• Classification round:
  • Teams eliminated in the preliminary round will figure in a single elimination tournament with consolation games to play for 13th place.
  • Teams eliminated in the second round will figure in a single elimination tournament with consolation games to play for 9th place.
• Final round: The remaining teams shall figure in a single elimination tournament with consolation games. The champion qualifies to the 2016 Summer Olympics. The runner-up and third place qualify to the Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Classification 13th–16th

Semifinals

15th place game

13th place game

Second round

Group E

Group F

Classification 9th–12th

Semifinals

11th place game

9th place game

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals 5th–8th

Semifinals

7th place game

5th place game

3rd place game

Final

References

External links

• Official website

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