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

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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

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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
    China Direct Qualifier
    Lebanon West Asia (+1)
    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

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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

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

Gulf

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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
United Arab Emirates   64–24   Oman
September 15
Kuwait   53–87   Qatar
September 16
Bahrain   68–40   Oman
September 16
Saudi Arabia   68–61   Kuwait
September 16
United Arab Emirates   53–73   Qatar
September 17
Oman   32–74   Saudi Arabia
September 17
Kuwait   53–70   United Arab Emirates
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

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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

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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

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Final standing

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Rank Team
    Kazakhstan
    India
    Sri Lanka

Southeast Asia

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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

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

References

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