2012 FIBA Asia Cup was the 4th FIBA Asia Cup, the basketball tournament of

FIBA Asia FIBA Asia is a zone within the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) which contains all 44 Asian FIBA federations. Member associations Tournaments Organized by FIBA Asia National teams * FIBA Asia Cup – since 2017, also inclu ...

was held at the Ota City General Gymnasium, in Ota,

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, Japan from September 14–22, 2012. The winner of this year's FIBA Asia Cup automatically qualifies for the FIBA Asia Championship in 2013.

Qualification

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

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Draw

The draw was held on July 1 at Tokyo. * The draw was conducted before the qualifiers from

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and

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were known.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals 5th–8th

Semifinals

7th place

5th place

3rd place

Final

Final standing

Awards

*Most Valuable Player:

Samad Nikkhah Bahrami Mohammad Samad Nikkhah Bahrami ( fa, محمدصمد نیکخواه بهرامی, born 11 May 1983) is an Iranian professional basketball player. Pro career He previously played for Saba Battery as a subsidiary player, teaming with his since-dece ...

All-Star Team: * PG – Ryota Sakurai * SG –

Hamed Afagh Hamed Afagh Eslamieh ( fa, حامد آفاق اسلامیه , born February 1, 1983) is a professional Iranian basketball player who plays for Shahrdari Arak of the Iranian Super League and also for the Iranian national basketball team. He is ...

* SF –

* PF –

Kosuke Takeuchi Kosuke Takeuchi (竹内公輔、born January 29, 1985 in Suita, Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese professional basketball player. He plays for the Utsunomiya Brex of the B.League. Takeuchi also is a member of the Japan national basketball team, play ...

* C – Asghar Kardoust

References

External links

Tournament official website
{{International basketball Stankovic Cup FIBA Asia Cup 2012 B FIBA Asia Challenge Sports competitions in Tokyo