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25th FIBA Asia Championship 2009 [Aug 6-16 China]

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Tough Fiba-Asia field looms for RP 5
Tuesday, June 16, 2009 3:51:00 AM |

Powerade-Team Pilipinas will be in for a big surprise at the 2010 Fiba-Asia Championship in Tianjin, China this August.

Internet scouting reports have it that host China would parade at least three NBA players while Iran, the reigning Fiba-Asia champion, has been touring Germany and other European countries to boost its chances of securing a slot in the 2011 Fiba World Championships in Turkey.

Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) executive director Noli Eala will fly to Tianjin Tuesday for the draw that will determine the groupings of the 16 countries that qualified to the Fiba Asia championship in August 6-16.

China, which will miss Yao Ming due to a hairline fracture on his left foot the Houston Rockets center sustained during the recent NBA playoffs, announced that Wang Zhi Zhi, Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue, the first Chinese to capture an NBA crown as part of the 2009 Los Angeles Lakers, would suit up.

These NBA players will be complemented by a bunch of promising seven-footers such as Wang Zheng, Sun Zhe, Zhang Dayu, Su Wei and Li Muhao.

"By just looking at their lineups, China and Iran are expected to get the first two slots for the world championships next year," said Eala. "Now, the last slot will be a toss-up among the rest of the competing countries, including us."

Other countries, meanwhile, have been beefing up their respective rosters to get a shot at the world championships.

Lebanon recently acquired former New Orleans stringer Jackson Vromann through naturalization and kept its menacing lineup of Fadi El-Khatib, Omar Krayem, Ali Kanaan, Ali Mahmoud and Sean Talibi intact.

Vromann played for Iran during the Fiba-Asia Champions Cup and torched the Smart Gilas Pilipinas National Team with 42 points.

Kazakhstan, another perennial contender, has brought in Anton Panomarev, a heavily built seven-footer expected to land in the first-round of the 2009 NBA Draft next week.

South Korea has summoned back its top offensive player, Hur Jae, who powered the Koreans to a stunning win over China in the recent East Asia qualifier.

Lebanon has offered to play against Powerade-Team Pilipinas in a tuneup game on July 27 but coach Yeng Guiao reportedly declined.

Other countries that qualified are Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, India, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Indonesia, Japan, Uzbekistan and Sri Lanka.

Though the top four finishers in the 2007 edition -- Lebanon, Iran, Kazakhstan and Korea -- were already seeded into four different groups, Eala said whichever group the Philippines land would be tough. June Navarro - INQUIRER.net
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So the friendly games Leb vs Phil are cancelled?!:confused:
 
TrueBluePinoy said:
Not exactly. Lebanon will still play with the RP NT but for 1 time only. The rest of the games will be played against PBA teams.
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Why what happened? Are they afraid of the exposure of your NT toward Lebanon? But our team too would be exposed to yours so..it's the same thing!:)
 
because our team is easy to scout and can be beaten if the opposing team is familiarized to the very shallow system..

Group A: IRAN
Group B: LEBANON
Group C: KOREA
Group D: KAZAKHSTAN

there will be another group of death..if jordan and philippines comes out in the same group..or another scenario is in any group where philippines was drawn,china has the right to pick its group right? then china might cherry pick the group where philippines is..its 100% sure we cant defeat them..so i think china would pick the group where pinas is..:rolleyes:

is syria going to join this tourney?
 
weward said:
because our team is easy to scout and can be beaten if the opposing team is familiarized to the very shallow system..

Group A: IRAN
Group B: LEBANON
Group C: KOREA
Group D: KAZAKHSTAN

there will be another group of death..if jordan and philippines comes out in the same group..or another scenario is in any group where philippines was drawn,china has the right to pick its group right? then china might cherry pick the group where philippines is..its 100% sure we cant defeat them..so i think china would pick the group where pinas is..:rolleyes:

is syria going to join this tourney?
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Just look at the participating teams written in this thread.
 
weward said:
because our team is easy to scout and can be beaten if the opposing team is familiarized to the very shallow system..

Group A: IRAN
Group B: LEBANON
Group C: KOREA
Group D: KAZAKHSTAN

there will be another group of death..if jordan and philippines comes out in the same group..or another scenario is in any group where philippines was drawn,china has the right to pick its group right? then china might cherry pick the group where philippines is..its 100% sure we cant defeat them..so i think china would pick the group where pinas is..:rolleyes:

is syria going to join this tourney?
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i think china will chose a group that they will have an easy time...they dont want to go thru past preliminaries with injuries...choosing philippines as groupmate will be a dangerous option for them...
 
A- South Korea, Japan, Philippines, Sri Lanka

B- Iran, Taiwan, Kuwait, Uzbekistan

C- Kazakhstan, Qatar, India, China

D- Lebanon, Jordan, Indonesia, UAE
 
i think indonesia,RP and these teams are Pool C teams .... Group A seems like the group of death with 3 very good teams and Group C seems like the weakest qatar is really a bad team now worse than kazakhaztan ....China is supposed to pick Group C or maybe 2nd case Group B ...I know they will not pick Group A and they would be really stupid if they pick our group not knowing the level of Jordan and Lebanon and it would especially bad for us having China but that should not happen ...if it doesnt than this isnt a hard group for Lebanon cuz we know whatever happens Lebanon and Jordan will be in the 2nd round ...its kind of like the group in 2005(Lebanon,Jordan,India and HongKong) ....
 
The draw had ended:

# Group A:
Japan
South Korea
Philippines
Sri Lanka

# Group B:
Iran
Chinese Taipei
Kuwait
Uzbekistan

# Group C:
China
Qatar
Kazakhstan
India

# Group D:
Lebanon
Jordan
Indonesia
UAE
 
Can anyone re-hash the format. Correct me please if i am wrong;

Top 2 from the group stages (single round robin) advances to the quarters; then in the quarters, group A meets group B (crossover) and C to D, right?
 
Kublai said:
A- South Korea, Japan, Philippines, Sri Lanka

B- Iran, Taiwan, Kuwait, Uzbekistan

C- Kazakhstan, Qatar, India, China

D- Lebanon, Jordan, Indonesia, UAE
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easy groupe for Lebanon although Jordan are getting better and spending a lot of money on camps but still they lack inside presence when they would face us......they can not defend our 5 great scorers, although Group A seems to be so tough
 
kerdito said:
easy groupe for Lebanon although Jordan are getting better and spending a lot of money on camps but still they lack inside presence when they would face us......they can not defend our 5 great scorers, although Group A seems to be so tough
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I'm not worried about Lebanon. Iran can beat your team in 2nd gear.
 
RP 5 draws favorable bracket in FIBA Asia tourney


MANILA, Philippines – This time, Lady Luck appeared to have smiled on Team Philippines.

In what basketball officials readily labeled as the “Group of Hope," the Powerade-Team Pilipinas drew a favorable bracket in the coming 25th FIBA-Asia men’s basketball championship.

The drawing of lots for the August 6-16 meet in Tianjin, China was held Wednesday in the Chinese city, with the Nationals ending up being bracketed in Group A together with Japan, South Korea and Sri Lanka.

The Group A roster is definitely less dangerous than the one Team Philippines ended up in the 2007 edition of the FIBA-Asia tournament when it was grouped with powerhouse teams China, Jordan and eventual champion Iran.

“I think we have a good chance to make it to the next round," national coach Yeng Guiao said upon learning his team's grouping. “It’s really a change of fortune. Of course we know Korea and Japan are no pushovers, but we will do our homework scouting them."

Powerade-Team Pilipinas manager JB Baylon and Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas (SBP) executive director Noli Eala were in Tianjin to observe the proceedings.

“We were blessed with a competitive grouping," said Baylon in a statement.

“But we must still be able to turn opportunity into success, and that will require a lot of determination and hardwork on the part of Powerade-Team Pilipinas and coach Yeng Guiao, plus the unflinching support of and prayers from the basketball loving Filipino nation."

The reigning champion Iran is bunched with Chinese Taipei, Kuwait and Uzbekistan in Group B while Group C – definitely the toughest of `em all – has China, Qatar, Kazakshtan and India.

Lebanon, runner up to Iran two years ago, heads Group D together with Jordan, Indonesia and United Arab Emirates.

The PBA-backed Team Pilipinas is competing at the Asian tilt with a mission of not only reclaiming lost glory in the continent but also earning a ticket to next year's world championship. - GMANews.TV
 
Lebanon will win this time for sure :D:D
 
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durden_tyler said:
Can anyone re-hash the format. Correct me please if i am wrong;

Top 2 from the group stages (single round robin) advances to the quarters; then in the quarters, group A meets group B (crossover) and C to D, right?
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Format
The teams will be divided into four groups (Groups A-D) for the preliminary round.
Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals.
Group A's and C's topnotchers are grouped with Group B's and D's runners-up (Group I) while Group A's and C's runners-up are grouped with Group B's and D's topnotchers (Group II) for a round-robin play.
The topnotcher of Group I meets the runner-up of Group II while the topnotcher of Group II meets the runner-up of Group I in the sudden-death semifinals.
The winners in the semifinals dispute the championship while the losers dispute the third-place trophy, all sudden-death games.
Teams eliminated from the preliminary round will be split into two groups (III and IV), in the same way as Groups I and II were split; the teams with the same positions play for the 9th place (group winners), 11th place (group runners-up), and so on.
 
Group E
1-China
2-Jordan
3-Korea
4-Taiwan

Group F
1-Lebanon
2-Iran
3-Philippines
4-Kazakestan

Semi finals
Lebanon vs Jordan
China vs Iran

Final
China vs Lebanon

Winner: Lebanon :D:D:D:D:D
 
khaledlebanon said:
stupid american hahah Lebanon will win this time for sure :D:D
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Granadaddy is not an American! He is simply a Filipino guy hiding behind an American flag, who likes to attack Lebanon...
What betrayed him is the following post: when someone asked when was the last time that Phillipines NT faced Japan, he answered the following:

granadaddy said:
2002 Busan Asian Games, the was a close game and I believe that was our last win in that tournament. We incurred three consecutive losses against China, Korea, and Kazakhstan.
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This wasn't very smart from him..:D:D:D
 
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