The 2017 FIBA Asia Cup (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 2019 FIBA World Cup. The top five teams in the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge earned an extra berth in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup for their respective sub-zones. Australia and New Zealand participated for the first time in this tournament.

Australia 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.EABA Championship 2017 groups set The top five teams of the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge 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 earned two extra berths for the East Asia subzone. Australia and New Zealand from FIBA Oceania made their debut at the FIBA Asia Cup in 2017 as wild cards. Lebanon as the hosts clinched one of the five berths allocated to West Asia.

Means of Qualification Dates Venue Berths Qualifiers Host Nation 20 January 2017 – 1 Central Asian Qualifying Round 1 June 2017 Almaty 1 East Asian Basketball Championship 3–7 June 2017 Nagano 5 Gulf Basketball Championship 28 August – 4 September 2016 Sharjah 1 West Asian Basketball Championship 29 January – 2 February 2017 Amman 4 Southeast Asian Basketball Championship 12–18 May 2017 Quezon City 1 South Asian Basketball Championship 19–23 May 2017 Malé 1 Wild Cards (Oceania) 18 September 2016 2

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. Hosts Lebanon had the right to choose their group. 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. China, Hong Kong, South Korea, Chinese Taipei, Japan, and Kazakhstan, all of which later secured qualification, were part of the official draw.

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 (10) (14) (20) (25) (27) (28) (30) (T-48) (T-48) (50) (53) (56) (43) (65) (72) (92)

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 Ferdinand Pascual Ricor Buaron Hatim Alharbi Chuang Chih-Chun Chen Ying-Cheng

Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+3)

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final round Bracket

Classification 5th–8th

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

5th–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

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 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 standings RankTeamRecord 6–0 5–1 5–24 3–35 5–26 4–37 4–28 3–49 2–210 1–3 11 1–3 12 1–3 13 0–314 0–315 0–316 0–3

Awards

Most Valuable Player: Hamed Haddadi All-Star Team: PG – Shea Ili SG – Mohammad Jamshidi SF – Fadi El Khatib PF – Oh Se-keun C – Hamed Haddadi

Statistical leaders Players

PointsPlayer statistics Pos. Name PPG1 Fadi El Khatib 25.92 Michael Madanly 20.53 Terrence Romeo 17.84 Tarek Al-Jabi 17.85 Guo Ailun 17.0

Rebounds Pos. Name RPG1 Hamed Haddadi 10.82 Mohammad Hussein 9.93 Kevin Galloway 9.54 Arsalan Kazemi 8.25 Sam Timmins 8.0

Assists Pos. Name APG1 Hamed Haddadi 6.52 Kevin Galloway 6.33 Mahmoud Abdeen 5.94 Shea Ili 5.85 Jayson William 5.7

Steals Pos. Name SPG1 Kevin Galloway 3.02 Ira Brown 2.5 Liu Cheng4 Sajjad Mashayekhi 2.35 Kim Sun-hyung 2.3

Blocks Pos. Name BPG1 Norvel Pelle 4.02 Ali Hameed 2.33 Japeth Aguilar 1.8 Hamed Haddadi 5 Lee Jong-hyun 1.5 Mohammed Al-Khafaji

Other statistical leaders Stat Name Avg.Field goal percentage Mitch Creek 68.5%3-point FG percentage Kim Sun-hyung 60.0%Free throw percentage Terrence Romeo 90.0%Turnovers Hamed Haddadi 4.5Fouls Mohammed Al-Khafaji 4.5

Teams

PointsTeam statistics Pos. Name PPG1 92.52 88.33 84.94 84.75 82.3

Rebounds Pos. Name RPG1 43.02 42.83 41.34 40.85 38.8

Assists Pos. Name APG1 26.42 23.83 22.24 19.65 19.3

Steals Pos. Name SPG1 11.52 9.53 9.24 9.15 8.9

Blocks Pos. Name BPG1 5.32 4.83 3.74 3.65 3.5

Other statistical leaders Stat Name Avg.Field goal percentage 59.9%3-point FG percentage 43.2%Free throw percentage 85.9%Turnovers 18.3Fouls 23.5

Tournament game highs Category Player game high Total Opponent (date) Team game high Total Opponent (date)Points Fadi El Khatib 36 (19 August) 118 (16 August)Rebounds Hamed Haddadi 20 (16 August) 52 (13 August)Assists Park Chan-hee 14 (10 August) 38 (10 August)Steals Kevin Galloway Kim Sun-hyung Sajjad Mashayekhi Ali Mezher 6 (15 August) (20 August) (9 August) (12 August) 19 (15 August)Blocks Norvel Pelle 9 (19 August) 19 (15 August)

References

External links Official website