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

[CKR13]

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.

[behzadir]

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/pages...5/profile.html

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.

[CKR13]

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.

[CKR13]

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.

[Silent Killer]

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.

Thanks..

[CKR13]

Now playing: South Korea vs Chinese Taipei, the battle for third and the last ticket for next year's U19 world tournament.

[CKR13]

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.

[CKR13]

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.

[CKR13]

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.

[mohsena2631]

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.

[Khalid80]

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.

From looking at the result I personally think Iran did a very descent job... This Chinese team has been playing together for more than 2 years now and their coach Fan Bin really knows how to get the most out of his players... Moreover Zhou Qi year after year is showing us how he's developing and improving and I don't think it will be too long until we see him playing in the NBA.