FIBA Asia Championship 2007 qualification

The FIBA Asia Championship 2007 qualification was held in early 2007 with the Southeast Asia and Middle Asia (Central Asia and South Asia) each conducting tournaments.

In addition to the qualifying tournaments, the top 5 finishers from the FIBA Asia Championship 2005 and the host country (Japan) automatically qualified.

Format

*The top 2 teams advance; top team declared as regional champion.
*A win counts as 2 points, a loss is one point, except for loss by forfeiture which is 0 points.
*Ties are broken as follows:
**The results of the games between the tied teams.
**The goal average between the tied teams.
**The goal average of the tied teams for all competing teams.

2005 tournament

The top 5 teams in the previous championship qualified automatically
*1st: bk|CHN
*2nd: bk|LIB
*3rd: bk|QAT
*4th: bk|KOR
*5th: bk|JPN - since Japan qualified as a host, the next best team qualified in place of the 5th-placer.
*6th: bk|IRI

outheast Asia

The Southeast Asia Basketball Association Championship for Men 2007 is the qualifying tournament for the FIBA Asia Championship 2007; it also serves as a regional championship involving Southeast Asian basketball teams. The two teams with the best records advances to the FIBA Asia Championship.

The local name of the tournament held in Ratchaburi, Thailand was 11th Crown Prince Cup International Invitational Basketball Tournament.

Table

basketballbox|bg=#eee|date=May 28
teamA=bk-rt|KAZ |scoreA=115
teamB=bk|SRI |scoreB=54
place=Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombobasketballbox|date=May 29
teamA=bk-rt|KAZ |scoreA=88
teamB=bk|IND |scoreB=40
place=Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombobasketballbox|bg=#eee|date=May 30
teamA=bk-rt|IND |scoreA=117
teamB=bk|SRI |scoreB=66
place=Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo

Final

basketballbox|bg=#eee|date=May 31
teamA=bk-rt|KAZ |scoreA=74
teamB=bk|IND |scoreB=63
place=Sugathadasa Indoor Stadium, Colombo

East Asia

*bk|CHN - bye
*bk|KOR - bye
*bk|JPN - hosts, bye
*bk|TPE - qualified
*bk|HKG - qualified
*bk|PRK
*bk|MGL
*bk|MAC

West Asia

*bk|LIB - bye
*bk|IRN - bye
*bk|SYR - qualified
*bk|JOR - qualified
*bk|IRQ
*bk|PLE

Gulf

*bk|QAT - bye
*bk|KSA - qualified, but withdrew
*bk|UAE - qualified
*bk|KUW - qualified by virtue of Saudi Arabia's withdrawal
*bk|BHR
*bk|OMA
*bk|YEM

Did not take part

outheast Asia

*bk|CAM
*bk|BRU
*bk|LAO
*bk|VIE
*bk|MYA

Middle Asia

*bk|AFG
*bk|PAK
*bk|UZB
*bk|TJK
*bk|KGZ
*bk|TKM
*bk|NEP
*bk|BHU
*bk|BAN

External links

*en icon [http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/07/fibaAsia/men/index.asp FIBA Asia Championship 2007 official website]
*jp icon [http://fiba-asia24.jp/ FIBA Asia Championship 2007 official website]
* [http://www.fibaasia.net FIBA Asia official website]