2022 FIBA Asia Cup

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2022 FIBA Asia Cup
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Tournament details
Host countryIndonesia
CityJakarta
Dates12–24 July
Teams16
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The 2022 FIBA Asia Cup (formerly known as the FIBA Asia Championship) will be the 30th continental basketball championship in Asia. The tournament is organised by FIBA Asia. It was originally scheduled to take place between 3 and 15 August, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic to 17 to 29 August 2021.[1][2] It was later postponed again to 12 to 24 July 2022.[3][4]

Indonesia will be the tournament host for second time after staging the 1993 edition. Australia is the defending champion.

Host selection[]

On 7 October 2020, Indonesian Youth and Sports Minister Zainudin Amali confirmed that FIBA had entrusted Indonesia to host the upcoming Asia Cup in 2021. However, an official announcement by FIBA was yet to be made at that time.[5] On 18 December, FIBA confirmed that the country will host the tournament.[2]

However due to a surge of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia amid the pandemic as of July 2021, FIBA considered postponing the competition to 2022. Jordan has offered to host the tournament as an alternative.[6]

On 23 July 2021, FIBA announced that the Asia Cup was rescheduled to July 2022.[3]

Venue[]

Jakarta
2022 FIBA Asia Cup is located in Indonesia
Jakarta
Jakarta
2022 FIBA Asia Cup (Indonesia)
Istora Gelora Bung Karno
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Capacity: 7,166

Format[]

16 qualified teams are expected to play in the main round. They will be divided into 4 groups of 4 teams. Every group winner will gain direct access to the quarter final, while runners-up will play third placed teams in a playoff games.

Qualification[]

Main article: 2021 FIBA Asia Cup qualification

The qualification started on 23 February 2018. Teams that did not manage to advance to the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification and the teams that did not participate in it will play in the first round of the pre-qualifiers.

Pre-qualifiers were held in the western and eastern regions to determine the eight teams who will join the 16 teams that participated in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup. Below is the list of qualified teams to the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers, which began in February 2020. Out of the 24 teams in the qualifiers, only 16 teams will qualify for the 2021 FIBA Asia Cup.

Indonesia qualified by virtue of being confirmed as host on 18 December 2020, although they have entered the qualification process prior to the confirmation of their hosting.[2]

Qualified teams[]

Team Qualification method Date of qualification App Last Best placement in tournament
 Lebanon Group D top two 29 November 2020 10th 2017 Runners-up (2001, 2005, 2007)
 Bahrain 9th 2013 10th place (1997)
 Indonesia Host nation 18 December 2020 18th 2011 4th place (1967)
 Iran Group E top two 12 June 2021 18th 2017 Champions (2007, 2009, 2013)
 Kazakhstan Group F top two 10th 4th place (2007)
 Jordan 13 June 2021 16th Runners-up (2011)
 Syria Group E top two 14 June 2021 7th 4th place (2001)
 Philippines Group A top two 17 June 2021 28th Champions (1960, 1963, 1967, 1973, 1985)
 South Korea 30th Champions (1969, 1997)
 China Group B top two 20 June 2021 23rd Champions (1975, 77, 79, 81, 83, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 99, 2001, 03, 05, 11, 15)
 Japan 29th Champions (1965, 1971)
 Australia Group C top two 2nd Champions (2017)
 New Zealand 2nd 4th place (2017)
 Saudi Arabia Group H top two 22 August 2021 9th 2013 3rd place (1999)
 India 26th 2017 4th place (1975)
 Chinese Taipei Group G winner 28 August 2021 25th Runners-up (1960, 1963)

Draw[]

The draw was scheduled to take place on 8 December 2021, but was postponed to early 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic-related travel restrictions by Indonesia.[7]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "FIBA's Executive Committee confirms global calendar update". FIBA. 9 April 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Indonesia confirmed as host of FIBA Asia Cup 2021". FIBA. 18 December 2020.
  3. ^ a b "FIBA Asia events calendar update". 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. ^ "New dates confirmed for FIBA Asia Cup 2022". 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Menpora: Indonesia akan Jadi Tuan Rumah FIBA Asia 2021". Republika.co.id. 8 October 2020.
  6. ^ Li, Matthew (22 July 2021). "Jordan offers to host Asia Cup as FIBA mulls postponement to 2022". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. ^ "FIBA Asia Cup 2022 draw moved to early 2022". FIBA. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.

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