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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 ...

qualification was held in early 2009 with the

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region,

West Asia Western Asia, West Asia, or Southwest Asia, is the westernmost subregion of the larger geographical region of Asia, as defined by some academics, UN bodies and other institutions. It is almost entirely a part of the Middle East, and includes Ana ...

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East Asia East Asia is the eastern region of Asia, which is defined in both geographical and ethno-cultural terms. The modern states of East Asia include China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan. China, North Korea, South Korea and ...

and Middle Asia (

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and

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) each conducting tournaments.

Qualification format

The following are eligible to participate: * 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

Qualified teams

* , which finished fourth behind Korea, Japan and China in the East Asian qualifiers, was given a wild card entry into the championship following the withdrawal of Gulf representatives Bahrain.

East Asia

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teams. the two best teams excluding China qualifies for 2009 FIBA Asia Championship.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Classification 5th–6th

Final round

Semifinals

3rd place

Final

Final standing

Gulf

The 19th Gulf Cup was held in Muscat,

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Middle Asia

All the others withdrew, so , , and qualified automatically.

Southeast Asia

A tournament was held to determine Southeast Asia's two representatives to the FIBA Asia Championship. The qualifying tournament also served as the zonal championship, which held in

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from June 6 to 9.

Preliminary round

Final

Final standing

West Asia

All the others withdrew, so and qualified automatically.

References

External links

fibaasia.netGulf Cup ResultsEast Asia Qualifier
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