2010 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup was the 3rd

FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup The FIBA Asia Challenge, previously known as the FIBA Asia Stanković Cup between 2004 and 2010 and FIBA Asia Cup from 2012 to 2014, is a basketball tournament which takes place every two years between teams from Asia. History The second tourn ...

. The basketball tournament of

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was held in

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from 7 August to 15 August 2010, in Ghazir Club Court involving 10 national teams from

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. The 3rd FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup was the first

event to be hosted in

for national teams. The 3rd FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup was the qualifying event for the 26th FIBA Asia Championship in 2011, to be hosted in

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, which in turn will be the qualifying event for 2012 London Olympics. The winner of the 3rd FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup automatically qualified for the FIBA Asia Championship in 2011. The top five teams at the 3rd FIBA Asia Stankovic Cup earned additional berths for their respective

sub zones.

Qualification

According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had one place, and the hosts (Lebanon) and Asian champion (Iran) were automatically qualified. The other three places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the

2009 FIBA Asia Championship The 2009 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the biennial Asian continental championship and also served as the FIBA Asia qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA World Championship. The tournament was held from August 6 to 16, 2009 in Tianjin, China ...

. * , was given a wild card entry into the championship.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Classification 9th–10th

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals 5th–8th

Semifinals

7th place

5th place

3rd place

Final

Final standing

Awards

External links

Tournament official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Stankovic Cup 2010–11 in Asian basketball 2010–11 in Lebanese basketball International basketball competitions hosted by Lebanon

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