2022 FIBA Asia Cup explained

Tourney Name:FIBA Asia Cup
Year:2022
Size:170px
City:Jakarta
Country:Indonesia
Dates:12–24 July
Num Teams:16
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Website:2022 FIBA Asia Cup
Champion:AUS
Count:2
Second:LBN
Third:NZL
Fourth:JOR
Games:36
Attendance:47173
Mvp: Wael Arakji
Top Scorer: Wael Arakji
(26.0 points per game)
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:2025

The 2022 FIBA Asia Cup was the 30th edition of the FIBA Asia Cup, the continental basketball championship in Asia. The tournament was organised by FIBA Asia.

Originally intended to be the 2021 edition, the tournament was initially scheduled to take place between 3 and 15 August 2021,[1] but it was postponed due to 17 to 29 August 2021 to avoid scheduling conflict with the 2020 Summer Olympics which was postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] [3] It was later postponed again to 12 to 24 July 2022.[4] [5]

Indonesia was the host for second time after staging the 1993 edition. Australia defended their title with a win over Lebanon, while New Zealand grabbed their first medal after winning bronze with a win against Jordan.[6] [7]

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.[8] On 18 December, FIBA confirmed that the country would host the tournament.

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 had offered to host the tournament as an alternative.[9]

On 23 July 2021, FIBA announced that the Asia Cup was rescheduled to July 2022.[4]

Venue

Jakarta
Istora Gelora Bung Karno
Capacity: 7,166

Format

16 qualified teams played in the main round. They were divided into four groups of four teams. Every group winner gained direct access to the quarterfinal, while the runners-up played a playoff game.

Qualification

See main article: 2022 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 played 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 2022 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.

Qualified teams

Team Qualification method Date of qualification Best placement in tournament
Group D top two 29 November 2020 10th (2001, 2005, 2007)
9th (1997)
Host nation 18 December 2020 18th (1967)
Group E top two 12 June 2021 18th (2007, 2009, 2013)
Group F top two 10th (2007)
13 June 2021 16th (2011)
Group E top two 14 June 2021 7th (2001)
Group A top two 17 June 2021 28th (1960, 1963, 1967, 1973, 1985)
30th (1969, 1997)
Group B top two 20 June 2021 23rd (1975, 77, 79, 81, 83, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 99, 2001, 03, 05, 11, 15)
29th (1965, 1971)
Group C top two 2nd (2017)
2nd (2017)
Group H top two 22 August 2021 9th (1999)
26th (1975)
Group G winners 28 August 2021 25th (1960, 1963)

Draw

The draw was scheduled to take place on 8 December 2021, but was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic-related travel restrictions by Indonesia. The draw took place on 18 February 2022.[10] [11] [12]

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 15 February 2022 and was based on the FIBA World Rankings of December 2021. Hosts Indonesia had the right to choose their group before the remaining Pot 4 teams were drawn.[13]

+ Pot 1
width=150Team !
3
23
27
29
+ Pot 2
width=150Team !
30
33
37
39
+ Pot 3
width=150Team !
55
66
70
79
+ Pot 4
width=150Team !
80
85
91
104

Squads

Each team has a roster of twelve players. A team may opt to allocate a roster spot to a naturalized player.

The following are the squads for the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup.

Group A

Indonesia

Group B

Qatar

Group C

South Korea

Group D

Japan

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Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+7).[14]

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Final round

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Final standing

RankTeamRecordFIBA World Ranking
BeforeAfterChange[15]
6–0330
5–1554312
5–227243
44–339354
53–123212
63–13034−4
73–23738−1
83–229272
91–33341–8
101–36668−2
111–3918011
121–3857015
130–31048618
140–379736
150–370655
160–38085−5

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Players

Points[16]
Name PPG
26.0
21.8
21.0
20.5
19.3
Rebounds
Name RPG
14.3
Ra Gun-ah 12.0
11.8
Marques Bolden 11.3
9.0
Assists
Name APG
7.0
align=center rowspan=25.8
Chen Ying-chun
5.5
5.1
Blocks
Name BPG
Marques Bolden 2.8
Hamed Haddadi 2.0
Ahmad Al-Dwairi 1.7
1.5
1.3
Steals
Name SPG
Chen Ying-chun align=center rowspan=23.5
Arsalan Kazemi
2.3
align=center rowspan=22.2
Sergio El Darwich
Efficiency
Name EFFPG
Marques Bolden 28.5
Hamed Haddadi 26.0
Wael Arakji 24.4
Ahmad Al-Dwairi 23.2
Ra Gun-ah 23.0

Teams

Points

Team PPG[17]
96.0
87.8
86.9
86.6
86.0
Rebounds
Team RPG
49.6
46.8
43.0
align=center rowspan=242.5
Assists
Team APG
22.3
21.4
21.3
21.0
20.0

Blocks

Team BPG
4.5
align=center rowspan=23.8
3.5
3.3
Steals
Team SPG
11.8
10.8
10.6
10.0
8.0
Efficiency
Team EFFPG
110.2
104.3
104.0
100.6
100.4

Awards

The awards were announced on 24 July.[18]

Position Player
Wael Arakji
Mitch McCarron
Tohi Smith-Milner
Thon Maker
Zhou Qi
Wael Arakji

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Co . Adrian Stewart . FIBA moves 2021 Asia Cup sched to avoid Tokyo Olympics conflict . 17 February 2022 . Panay News . 17 April 2020 . In a FIBA Central Board meeting recently, the schedule of its 2021 Asia Cup was pushed by two weeks from the original Aug. 3–15 to Aug. 17–29..
  2. Web site: FIBA's Executive Committee confirms global calendar update. 9 April 2020. FIBA.
  3. Web site: Indonesia confirmed as host of FIBA Asia Cup 2021. 18 December 2020. FIBA.
  4. Web site: 23 July 2021. FIBA Asia events calendar update. 23 July 2021.
  5. Web site: 24 November 2021. New dates confirmed for FIBA Asia Cup 2022. 24 November 2021.
  6. Web site: 24 July 2022. Australia win second straight Asia Cup in front of excited crowd in Jakarta. 24 July 2022.
  7. Web site: 24 July 2022. Tohi rains threes as Tall Blacks come-from-behind to beat Jordan for first ever Asia Cup medal. 24 July 2022.
  8. News: Menpora: Indonesia akan Jadi Tuan Rumah FIBA Asia 2021. 8 October 2020. Republika Online.
  9. News: Li . Matthew . Jordan offers to host Asia Cup as FIBA mulls postponement to 2022 . 23 July 2021 . Tiebreaker Times . 22 July 2021.
  10. Web site: 3 December 2021. FIBA Asia Cup 2022 draw moved to early 2022. FIBA. 3 December 2021.
  11. Web site: 3 February 2022. FIBA Asia Cup 2022 draw date confirmed. FIBA. 3 February 2022.
  12. Web site: 18 February 2022. Draw results set the stage for FIBA Asia Cup 2022. FIBA. 18 February 2022.
  13. Web site: 14 February 2022. Procedure and pots confirmed for FIBA Asia Cup 2022 Draw. FIBA. 14 February 2022.
  14. Web site: Schedule confirmed with 100 days to go to FIBA Asia Cup 2022. fiba.basketball. 3 April 2022. 3 April 2022.
  15. Web site: 18 Sep 2022. FIBA World Ranking Presented by NIKE. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220929234239/https://www.fiba.basketball/rankingmen. 29 September 2022. 18 Sep 2022. FIBA.basketball. FIBA.
  16. Web site: Player statistical leaders. FIBA. 24 July 2022.
  17. Web site: Teams statistical leaders. FIBA. 24 July 2022.
  18. Web site: Wael Arakji named TISSOT MVP, joined on All-Star Five with Maker, McCarron, Smith-Milner, and Zhou. fiba.basketball. 24 July 2022.

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