2011 FIBA Asia Championship


The 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Men is the intercontinental championship for basketball organized by FIBA Asia that doubles as a qualifying tournament for the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom. The tournament was held in 15–25 September 2011 at Wuhan, Hubei, China. Lebanon was the original host for the event. Team China won the tournament, defeating Jordan 70–69 in the final. It was the first time in the history of FIBA Asia Championship that the title was won by just one single point.

Qualification

According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had two berths, and the host nation China and FIBA Asia Stanković Cup champions Lebanon were automatically qualified. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2010 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup. Therefore, with Lebanon, Japan, Qatar and the Philippines finishing in the top four in that tournament, West Asia, East Asia, the Gulf and Southeast Asia were all given one additional qualifying berth per zone.
East Asia Gulf Middle Asia Southeast Asia West Asia

Among qualified teams from 2009, Sri Lanka did not qualify in the tournament, while Kazakhstan and Kuwait did not participate. The three returning teams are Bahrain, which qualified in 2009 but withdrew, Syria which did not participate in 2009, and Malaysia which last participated in 2005.

Draw

The draw was held on July 6 at Wuhan. The four semifinalists of the 2010 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup of the last year were seeded into four different groups, and the draw decided which group each of them will figure. Then one Middle Asia was drawn into Group A, the other Middle Asia into B, Indonesia and United Arab Emirates into C and D. The next four were Malaysia, Chinese Taipei, Syria and Bahrain in order. Finally, hosts China chose Group D, after which Iran, Jordan and Korea were drawn into Group B, C, A, respectively.
The following is the distribution of the pots prior the draw, with teams sorted by their FIBA World Ranking ; teams from each pot cannot be drawn together.
Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4








Middle Asia – SAARC*

Middle Asia – Stans*


















Two arenas in Wuhan, Wuhan Gymnasium and Hongshan Gymnasium, were used in the championship. Wuhan Gymnasium was the primary venue.

Squads

Each team has a roster of twelve players. Only one naturalized player per team is allowed by FIBA.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group D

Second round

Group F

Classification 13th–16th

Semifinals

15th place

13th place

Classification 9th–12th

Semifinals

11th place

9th place

Final round

Quarterfinals

Semifinals 5th–8th

Semifinals

7th place

5th place

3rd place

Final

Final standing

RankTeamRecord
9–0
5–4
7–2
46–3
58–1
64–5
75–4
84–5
94–4
102–6
113–5
121–7
132–3
141–4
151–4
160–5

Awards

All-Star Team:
Points
Pos.NamePPG
1 Marcus Douthit21.9
2 Rasheim Wright19.2
3 Ibrahim Khalfan17.0
4 Yi Jianlian16.6
5 Sam Hoskin16.3
6 Hamed Haddadi15.4
7 Hareesh Koroth15.3
8 Sam Daghlas14.8
9 Bader Malabes14.5
10 Christian Ronaldo Sitepu13.8

Rebounds
Pos.NameRPG
1 Marcus Douthit12.2
2 Hamed Haddadi11.4
2 Kosuke Takeuchi11.4
4 Yi Jianlian10.8
5 Sam Hoskin10.1
6 Chee Li Wei9.1
7 Arsalan Kazemi8.9
8 Eder Araujo7.6
9 Zaid Abbas7.1
10 Ponsianus Nyoman Indrawan7.0

Assists
Pos.NameAPG
1 Mario Wuysang6.4
2 Guganeswaran Batumalai4.9
3 Sam Daghlas4.6
4 Mehdi Kamrani4.1
4 Kim Joo-sung4.1
6 Bader Malabes4.0
7 Yang Dong-geun3.9
8 Rodrigue Akl3.8
9 Lee Hsueh-lin3.7
10 Takeki Shonaka3.7

Steals
Pos.NameSPG
1 Ibrahim Khalfan1.8
2 Sun Yue1.8
3 Sam Daghlas1.8
4 Talwinderjit Singh1.8
5 Lee Hsueh-lin1.7
6 Chang Tsung-hsien1.6
6 Kenta Hirose1.6
6 Rasheim Wright1.6
9 Khalifa Khalil1.5
10 Ahmed Malallah1.5

Blocks
Pos.NameBPG
1 Hamed Haddadi2.9
2 Amjyot Singh1.8
3 Ali Jamal Zaghab1.7
3 Marcus Douthit1.7
5 Sun Yue1.4
5 Yi Jianlian1.4
7 Christian Ronaldo Sitepu1.2
8 Abdulwahab Al-Hamwi1.1
9 Kim Joo-sung1.1
10 Kim Jong-kyu0.9