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2022 FIBA Asia Cup

The 2022 FIBA Asia Cup was the 30th edition of the FIBA Asia Cup, the continental basketball championship in Asia. The tournament was organised by FIBA Asia.

Originally intended to be the 2021 edition, the tournament was initially scheduled to take place between 3 and 15 August 2021,[1] but it was postponed due to 17 to 29 August 2021 to avoid scheduling conflict with the 2020 Summer Olympics which was postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3] It was later postponed again to 12 to 24 July 2022.[4][5]

Indonesia was the host for second time after staging the 1993 edition. Australia defended their title with a win over Lebanon, while New Zealand grabbed their first medal after winning bronze with a win against Jordan.[6][7]

Host selection

On 7 October 2020, Indonesian Youth and Sports Minister Zainudin Amali confirmed that FIBA had entrusted Indonesia to host the upcoming Asia Cup in 2021. However, an official announcement by FIBA was yet to be made at that time.[8] On 18 December, FIBA confirmed that the country would host the tournament.[3]

However, due to a surge of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia amid the pandemic as of July 2021, FIBA considered postponing the competition to 2022. Jordan had offered to host the tournament as an alternative.[9]

On 23 July 2021, FIBA announced that the Asia Cup was rescheduled to July 2022.[4]

Venue

Format

16 qualified teams played in the main round. They were divided into four groups of four teams. Every group winner gained direct access to the quarterfinal, while the runners-up played a playoff game.

Qualification

The qualification started on 23 February 2018. Teams that did not manage to advance to the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification and the teams that did not participate in it played in the first round of the pre-qualifiers. Pre-qualifiers were held in the western and eastern regions to determine the eight teams who will join the 16 teams that participated in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup. Below is the list of qualified teams to the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup. Indonesia qualified by virtue of being confirmed as host on 18 December 2020, although they have entered the qualification process prior to the confirmation of their hosting.[3]

Qualified teams

Draw

The draw was scheduled to take place on 8 December 2021, but was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic-related travel restrictions by Indonesia. The draw took place on 18 February 2022.[10][11][12]

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 15 February 2022 and was based on the FIBA World Rankings of December 2021. Hosts Indonesia had the right to choose their group before the remaining Pot 4 teams were drawn.[13]

Squads

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

The following are the squads for the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup.

Group A

Australia

Jordan

Saudi Arabia

Indonesia

Group B

China

Iraq

Philippines

Qatar

Group C

Kazakhstan

Lebanon

New Zealand

South Korea

Group D

Australia

Chinese Taipei

Hong Kong

Japan

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+7).[14]

Group A

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group B

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group C

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group D

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Final round

Bracket

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final standing

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Players

Teams

Awards

The awards were announced on 24 July.[18]

See also

References

  1. ^ Co, Adrian Stewart (17 April 2020). "FIBA moves 2021 Asia Cup sched to avoid Tokyo Olympics conflict". Panay News. Retrieved 17 February 2022. In a FIBA Central Board meeting recently, the schedule of its 2021 Asia Cup was pushed by two weeks from the original Aug. 3–15 to Aug. 17–29.
  2. ^ "FIBA's Executive Committee confirms global calendar update". FIBA. 9 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Indonesia confirmed as host of FIBA Asia Cup 2021". FIBA. 18 December 2020.
  4. ^ a b "FIBA Asia events calendar update". 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  5. ^ "New dates confirmed for FIBA Asia Cup 2022". 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Australia win second straight Asia Cup in front of excited crowd in Jakarta". 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Tohi rains threes as Tall Blacks come-from-behind to beat Jordan for first ever Asia Cup medal". 24 July 2022. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Menpora: Indonesia akan Jadi Tuan Rumah FIBA Asia 2021". Republika Online. 8 October 2020.
  9. ^ Li, Matthew (22 July 2021). "Jordan offers to host Asia Cup as FIBA mulls postponement to 2022". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  10. ^ "FIBA Asia Cup 2022 draw moved to early 2022". FIBA. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
  11. ^ "FIBA Asia Cup 2022 draw date confirmed". FIBA. 3 February 2022. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
  12. ^ "Draw results set the stage for FIBA Asia Cup 2022". FIBA. 18 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  13. ^ "Procedure and pots confirmed for FIBA Asia Cup 2022 Draw". FIBA. 14 February 2022. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Schedule confirmed with 100 days to go to FIBA Asia Cup 2022". fiba.basketball. 3 April 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  15. ^ "FIBA World Ranking Presented by NIKE". FIBA.basketball. FIBA. 18 September 2022. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  16. ^ "Player statistical leaders". FIBA. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  17. ^ "Teams statistical leaders". FIBA. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  18. ^ "Wael Arakji named TISSOT MVP, joined on All-Star Five with Maker, McCarron, Smith-Milner, and Zhou". fiba.basketball. 24 July 2022.

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