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FIBA Asia Cup The FIBA Asia Cup (formerly the FIBA Asia Championship and ABC Championship) is an international basketball tournament which takes place every four years between the men's national teams of Asia and Oceania. Through the 2015 edition, the tourn ...

(formerly known as the FIBA Asia Championship) was the 29th continental basketball championship in Asia. The tournament was organised by FIBA Asia. It took place from 8 to 20 August 2017, a week earlier from the initial scheduled date, in Lebanon. The Nouhad Nawfal Arena with a capacity of 8,000 seats hosted the tournament's matches. All 16 teams who qualified for the tournament also qualified for the first round of the FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania qualifiers for the

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. The top five teams in the

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earned an extra berth in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup for their respective sub-zones.

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and New Zealand participated for the first time in this tournament.

won their first title by defeating Iran 79–56. South Korea finished third after beating New Zealand 80–71.

Qualification

One playoff berth each was allocated to the Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Gulf subzones, while two berths were allocated to the West Asia subzone and three berths were allocated to the East Asia subzone. The top five teams of the

earned an extra berth for their subzones. Iran, Jordan, and Iraq earned three extra berths for the West Asia subzone, while South Korea and

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

earned two extra berths for the East Asia subzone.

and New Zealand from FIBA Oceania made their debut at the

in 2017 as wild cards. Lebanon as the hosts clinched one of the five berths allocated to West Asia.

Format

The 2017 edition would have a different format as compared to what was used since 2009. While there would still be a preliminary round robin of four groups of four teams, the single-elimination final round immediately follows the preliminary round. In the final round, the teams that finished second and third in their respective groups would play in the qualifications to quarterfinals of the final round, while the group winners automatically qualify to the quarterfinals proper.

Draw

The official draw was held on May 30, 2017 at the Le Royal Hotel Dbayeh. At the time of the draw teams from East Asia and Central Asia have yet to secure their qualification for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.

, Hong Kong, South Korea,

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, and Kazakhstan, all of which later secured qualification, were part of the official draw.

Squads

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

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament: * Matthew Beattie * Scott Paul Beker * Wang Mei * Yuen Chun Yip * Ceciline Vincent * Harja Jaladri * Mohammad Doost * Mohammadreza Salehian * Ahmed Al Yaseen Al-Suwaili * Toru Katayose * Mohammad Fawzi Taha * Alexey Stepanenko * Yevgeniy Mikheyev * Hwang In-tae * Kim Jong-kuk * Marwan Egho * Rabah Noujaim * Rabee Al Masri * Matthew Ryan Bathurst * Ryan Jones * Ahmed Al Bulushi *

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* Ricor Buaron * Hatim Alharbi * Chuang Chih-Chun * Chen Ying-Cheng

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Final round

Bracket

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Playoffs

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Quarterfinals

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5th–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Marketing

The official logo and mascot of the competition was unveiled on May 30, 2017. The logo was derived from the

Lebanese flag The national flag of Lebanon ( ar, علم لبنان) is formed of two horizontal red stripes enveloping a horizontal white stripe. The white stripe is twice the height (width) of the red ones (ratio 1:2:1)—a Spanish fess. The green cedar (L ...

described by designers as "flapping like the wings of the phoenix". The red stripes of the logo forms an image of the ball with an image of the tournament cup in its center. The official mascot of the competition is named Ox the Fox. Ox represents "great team spirit" and is characterized as quick, agile, and smart. These are three qualities which the designers of the mascot as essential for "any basketball player".

Final standing

Awards

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* All-Star Team: ** PG – Shea Ili ** SG –

Mohammad Jamshidi Mohammad Jamshidi Jafarabadi ( fa, محمد جمشیدی جعفرآبادی , born July 30, 1991) is an Iranian professional basketball player who last played for the Meralco Bolts in the Philippine Basketball Association The Philippine Ba ...

** SF – Fadi El Khatib ** PF –

Oh Se-keun Oh Se-keun (born 20 May 1987) is a South Korean professional basketball player who plays for Anyang KGC in the Korean Basketball League. Once a mainstay of the South Korean national team, he was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the ...

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Statistical leaders

Players

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Teams

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Tournament game highs

References

External links

Official website
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2017–18 in Asian basketball 2017–18 in Lebanese basketball August 2017 sports events in Asia International basketball competitions hosted by Lebanon