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2014 23rd FIBA Asia U18 Championship [Doha, Qatar, Aug 19-28]

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South Korea so far managing to stay ahead of Japan in first quarterfinal by the slightest of margins...

Japan 34 - 36 South Korea (End of first half)

Edit: And then South Korea decided it's time to get serious :p

End of game:

South Korea 90 - 61 Japan
 
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FAU18: From the horses’ mouth: Quarter-Finalist coaches pick their top 3

DOHA, Qatar (23rd FIBA Asia U18 Championship): It’s do or die time at the Al Gharafa SC in the Qatari capital. Two wins from here will take any team to the 2015 FIBA U19 World Championship to be played at Crete (Greece). And three wins will take them to the very top of FIBA Asia U18 pecking order.

We spoke to the coaches of the Quarter-Final teams to predict their top three and asked them for their reasons.

Fan Bin Huaiyu (CHN): “I think Korea and Iran will give us a tough fight for the top spot. I would rate Chinese Taipei and Philippines as serious threats. My thinking is it will be us, Korea and Iran.”

Kim Seung Hwan (KOR): “We have done rather well so far. We did fight well against China in the only game we lost. Therefore I would count our chances of playing the Finals against China. And we want to beat them again. Iran is also a very good team.”

Milos Pejic (IRI): “It’s a Iran Vs. East Asia contest from now on. We are playing better every day. I’m quite pleased with the way our defense is holding up against the speed of the East Asian teams.”

Michael Ray Jarin (PHI): “Iran, China and Korea. This is a given as things stand now. China have the size, Korea have the speed and Iran have a very good mix of both. Batang Gilas will come in with a lot of energy to slug it out and move everything under their control to make it to the top four. We have a lot of heart and the boys are ready to fight.”

Yang I-Feng (TPE): “I think China, Korea and Iran are the favorites. For us, the first challenge is the Quarter-Finals. Once we cross that hurdle, we will make our plans for the next two games.”

Tatsuyuki Hayashi (JPN): “China, Iran and Japan. China and Iran are the two teams who have shown the ability to rebound when things go well for them. I hope Japan can do that. The Quarter-Finals (against Korea) will show whether we have that strength.”

Alexey Yeropkin (KAZ): “Iran, China and Korea. These are the three teams that look very well prepared. All of them look very good physically for basketball and they have come in with their best.”

Yong Kian Ann (MAS): “Frankly speaking reaching the quarterfinals is a big achievement for us. In my books, China, Korea and Iran are the favorites. It’s a great experience for my boys to be playing some of these teams.”

FIBA Asia
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http://www.fibaasia.net/InterviewDetails.aspx?id=373
 
Khalid80 said:
South Korea so far managing to stay ahead of Japan in first quarterfinal by the slightest of margins...

Japan 34 - 36 South Korea (End of first half)

Edit: And then South Korea decided it's time to get serious :p

End of game:

South Korea 90 - 61 Japan
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How did you watch the game?
 
South Korea played 6 hours before Iran today LOL what a coincidence. right after Iran's protest about 2nd round schedule. :D

I know it doesn't matter since it was against Malaysia and our coach rested key players. but those guys in FIBA Asia tried the best they could do LOL

It will be Iran's 6th appearance in semifinal in past 7 editions, South Korea and China also have exactly the same record. for China it could be 7 out of 7 if it wasn't for a stupid decision in 2008.
 
Huge win for Iran over South Korea in the first semis! From looking at the stats for each quarter it looks like they played a completely different second half and knew what it would take to finish off the South Koreans.

Final Score:

Iran 78 - 60 South Korea
 
:) 78-60

despite being down by 10pts after the 2nd Q, they limited Korea to only 19pts in second half to win convincingly and easily. double double for Yousefvand with 17pts and 17rebs. finally he showed why people are expecting so much from him.

even though I was expecting better performance from this team in this U18 tournament based on their potential but still happy for them to make it to the final. It will be tough against China tomorrow, I think we never beat China in U18 level. even when Iran won the tournament twice, they didn't play China.

and what a pity, no TV coverage :mad:
 
mohsena2631 said:
:) 78-60

despite being down by 10pts after the 2nd Q, they limited Korea to only 19pts in second half to win convincingly and easily. double double for Yousefvand with 17pts and 17rebs. finally he showed why people are expecting so much from him.

even though I was expecting better performance from this team in this U18 tournament based on their potential but still happy for them to make it to the final. It will be tough against China tomorrow, I think we never beat China in U18 level. even when Iran won the tournament twice, they didn't play China.

and what a pity, no TV coverage :mad:
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Tonight will be a zhouqi&Yousefvand show,both the two teams strength with interior,let's go and see.
sorry for my chinglish,haha
 
P&D said:
Yousefvand?

LOL
Are they the same player? from 1995 to 1996? LOL
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Oh you are such a genius to find out that, ! congratulations, you caught us ! we were cheating so blatantly and only you could find that !

but if you move that red line a little you can see #15 Rahmati is listed as 1993 ! means he was 19 years old for 2012 tournament ! LOL and how they let him play ? how is it even possible ? the answer is simple, whoever put those info for FIBA Asia website was a genius like you and messed with the numbers. specially for last 2 players.

thinking a little before saying something doesn't hurt.

Yousefvand's profile for FIBA U19 WC
http://www.prague2013.fiba.com/page...06916/rid/9624/sid/9616/tid/2605/profile.html
 
Let's see if Zhou Qi will start tonight. From what I remember for the last few days, Zhou Qi has been coming off the bench and playing not heavy minutes. But prior to this, Zhou has been training with the senior national team. Gold or not tonight, Zhou will be called back for the seniors.
 
mohsena2631 said:
Oh you are such a genius to find out that, ! congratulations, you caught us ! we were cheating so blatantly and only you could find that !

but if you move that red line a little you can see #15 Rahmati is listed as 1993 ! means he was 19 years old for 2012 tournament ! LOL and how they let him play ? how is it even possible ? the answer is simple, whoever put those info for FIBA Asia website was a genius like you and messed with the numbers. specially for last 2 players.

thinking a little before saying something doesn't hurt.

Yousefvand's profile for FIBA U19 WC
http://www.prague2013.fiba.com/page...06916/rid/9624/sid/9616/tid/2605/profile.html
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Calm down Mohsen jan...I'm sure our friend wasn't trying to make a case here and he was just curious to know why the two dates were different..After all Chinese basketball teams (don't know if other sports are like this too,you're the best dictionary here) are usually rightfully accused of having overaged players in youths and junior level. So they might suspect others to be the same.

Anyway on to the game...The showdown most people predicted is upon us. I give China a 50-55% to win the game, though i think these two teams play quite similar to each other with their priority being inside presence.

And after 10 years we get to see a one on one matchup highly anticipated in the junior level. Looking at Yousefvand and Qi's stats you can see how pheonamenal these two have been. I expect Qi to win the battle of the two as it has been proven that tall players overwhelm their oppenents in asia. Yao and Haddadi are the prime examples that come to mind on this occasion. There has yet to be an athletic position 4 or 5 player to challenge tall players skills in asia..Let's see if Yousefvand can change the trend.
 
Shota Tsuyama and Akito Uchida combined for 61 points of Japan's 90+ points total tonight.

Philippines forces overtime as they were down 6 with under a minute left.
 
Congratulations to the Philippines for the heroic comeback. They still had a lot of fight in them in OT while Japan looked spent. Kobe Paras with 27 points for this one as bounced back strong in the 4th and OT.
 
CKR13 said:
Congratulations to the Philippines for the heroic comeback. They still had a lot of fight in them in OT while Japan looked spent. Kobe Paras with 27 points for this one as bounced back strong in the 4th and OT.
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Thanks..
 
Now playing: South Korea vs Chinese Taipei, the battle for third and the last ticket for next year's U19 world tournament.
 
End of 1st: Chinese Taipei leads 18-10 against South Korea. The latter is playing with low morale while Chinese Taipei is playing in high spirits. Tseng Po-Yu can certainly create shots for himself and in this game, he has been drawing double teams and making plays for his teammates.
 
Korea woke up in the 3rd quarter by using their ball traps and it worked against Taiwan. With 8mins remaining in the game, Korea up 58-42.
 
Congratulations to South Korea for placing third and qualifying for the U19 tournament next year. Third straight appearance in the U19 worlds for South Korea as they played in 2011 and 2013.
 
Well, looks like an easy win for China. they had a 16-0 run in 1st Q and a 10-0 run in 2nd Q. Yousefvand had to sit out after 7 minutes with 3 fouls ! the number of fouls was 8 to 1 somewhere in 1st quarter when they actually finished the game. oh well hard to say, there is no video.

disappointing but still 2nd place isn't that bad.
 
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