The FIBA Asia Challenge, previously known as the FIBA Asia Stanković Cup between 2004 and 2010 and FIBA Asia Cup from 2012 to 2014, [1] is a basketball tournament which takes place every two years between teams from Asia.
| Most recent season or competition: 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2004 |
| First season | 2004 |
| No. of teams | 10 |
| Country | FIBA Asia member countries |
| Continent | FIBA Asia (Asia) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Iran (3rd title) |
| Most titles | Iran (3 titles) |
| Official website | FIBA Asia |
History edit
The second tournament was supposed to be held in Damascus, Syria in 2006, but got cancelled due to political situation.
The champion is given an automatic berth to the following year's FIBA Asia Championship, while the next top three finishers would all receive additional berths for their FIBA Asia subzones.
During the FIBA Asia Central Board meeting last January 30-31, 2016, it was decided that this year's edition is the first step in the process of identifying the qualifiers for the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup (supposed to be the new name of the Asian Championship), the first-ever Continental Cup played jointly by teams from Asia and Oceania, thus renaming this tournament as FIBA Asia Challenge.[2]
Summary edit
| Year | Host | Final | Third-place game | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Champion | Score | Second Place | Third Place | Score | Fourth Place | ||||
| 2004 Details |
 Taipei |
 Qatar |
82–65 |  South Korea |
 Chinese Taipei |
82–60 |  Syria | ||
| 2008 Details |
 Kuwait City |
 Jordan |
No playoffs |  Kazakhstan |
 Kuwait |
No playoffs | Qatar | ||
| 2010 Details |
 Beirut |
 Lebanon |
97–59 |  Japan |
Qatar |
80–75 |  Philippines | ||
| 2012 Details |
 Tokyo |
 Iran |
53–51 | Japan |
Qatar |
79–63 | Philippines | ||
| 2014 Details |
 Wuhan |
Iran |
89–79 | Chinese Taipei |
Philippines |
80–79 |  China | ||
| 2016 Details |
Tehran |
Iran |
77–47 | South Korea |
Jordan |
94–72 |  Iraq | ||
Medal table edit
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 |  Qatar | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 |  Jordan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Lebanon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Japan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 South Korea | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 |  Chinese Taipei | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 |  Kazakhstan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Philippines | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (10 entries) | 6 | 6 | 6 | 18 | |
Participating nations edit
| Nation | 2004 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2016 |
Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 China
|
5th | 4th | 5th | 3 | |||
 Chinese Taipei
|
3rd | 7th | 6th | 2nd | 8th | 5 | |
 India
|
6th | 5th | 9th | 7th | 7th | 5 | |
 Indonesia
|
9th | 1 | |||||
 Iran
|
6th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4 | ||
 Iraq
|
9th | 4th | 2 | ||||
 Japan
|
5th | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 6th | 5 | |
 Jordan
|
1st | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 4 | ||
 Kazakhstan
|
2nd | 8th | 11th | 3 | |||
 Kuwait
|
7th | 3rd | 2 | ||||
 Lebanon
|
1st | 7th | 2 | ||||
 Macau
|
9th | 1 | |||||
 Philippines
|
8th | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 9th | 5 | |
 Qatar
|
1st | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 10th | 5 | |
 Singapore
|
8th | 1 | |||||
 South Korea
|
2nd | 2nd | 2 | ||||
 Syria
|
4th | 10th | 2 | ||||
 Thailand
|
12th | 1 | |||||
 Uzbekistan
|
8th | 1 | |||||
| Total | 8 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 12 |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "FIBA Asia calendar 2012 – Tokyo to host re-christened FIBA Asia Cup". FIBA Asia. 8 February 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2012.
- ^ "FIBA Asia Central Board finalises 2016 calendar, sets road map for national federations leading up to region's 2017 flagship competition". FIBA Asia. 2 February 2016. Archived from the original on October 1, 2018. Retrieved 29 February 2016.