24th FIBA-Asia Championship [Jul 28-Aug 5 Japan]

[vladski]

NEWLY-APPOINTED Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas Executive Director Patrick Gregorio leaves for Tokushima, Japan today to attend the drawing of lots of the FIBA-Asia Men's Championship slated July 28 to Aug. 5.

The SMC-Team Pilipinas has qualified to the said event which is the qualifying tournament for the Beijing Olympics after winning the Southeast Asian Basketball Association (SEABA) title last week in Ratchaburi, Thailand.

The all-PBA team completed a four-game sweep of the tournament, but are expected to face stiff competition against the best Asian teams like China, Korea, Iran, Lebanon, Qatar and host Japan in the Japan joust.

The top 16 teams in Asia will be grouped in to four, with the top two teams per group advancing to the crossover quarterfinal round.

Only the champion team will earn an Olympic slot.

Assuming that China will win the tournament, the second place team will play in the Olympics as China has already qualified being the host country.

After a six-day rest, the nationals resumed practice yesterday at the Moro Lorenzo Gym in Ateneo.

After their stint in Thailand, the RP Team will compete in Belgrade as well as in the Jones Cup in Taiwan before going to Tokushima.

They PBA-backed team finished fourth in the tough FIBA-Asia Club Championship Tehran, Iran last month.

The last time the country played in the Olympics was during the Munich Games in 1972.

[Projectspeed]

guys the draw was done prematurely...2day at 5PM since all the teams are known and there is no time later...............

Group A : Lebanon,Jordan,India,Indonesia
Group B : Japan,Qatar,Syria,Philippines
Group C : China,Taiwan,Kazakhaztan,Hong Kong
Group D : South Korea,Iran,KSA,UAE


Group B is pretty tough....................

pathetic and fake draw

Japan, as the host, won't let their team to be bracketed in a very strong bracket like as stated above (along with Qatar, Syria, and Philippines)

if I'm not mistaken, the host nation is given the privilege of choosing which bracket they wanted to be in and they will not choose bracket B for sure add that June 6 is the stated draw date

[karim]

ya i no group B is tough........btw does any1 no wat time the games will be at ? in japanese time

[ival23]

Well, Japeth Aguilar is pure Filipino too. He's the son of former Ginebra cager Peter Aguilar.

I feel so old... I still remember watching Peter Aguilar getting drafted by Anejo and playing out his rookie year way back in '88-- the time before there was an internet and dinosaurs roamed the Earth.

I thought you only know and watch sea otters? better stick to the sea otters basketball is not for you

[vladski]

NT Composition in Tokushima

Chinese Taipei Basketball Association (CTBA) announced on Tuesday a 21-man roster of the 2007 Taiwan NT for the upcoming Asian Championship for Men and the William Jones Cup tournament.

The roster is expected to be trimmed down to 15-man prior to the Jones Cup tournament and 12 before the Asian Championship in Tokushima, Japan. The Asian Chamionship will be the first time Taiwan NT is led by a foreign coach since 2000.

Five new players made their national team debut: TB point guard Hsu Hao-cheng, Yulon forward Lu Cheng-ju, Dacin forward Chen Tse-wei, Azio F/C Chien Jia-hong and Dacin forward Lin Yi-huei.

The status for two injured players -- Ho Sho-jen and Chen Chih-chun -- were still uncertain.

Yulon placed six players in the NT. TB and Dacin folllowed with four respectively while Videoland had three players on the roster. BOT had two and ETSN and Azio each had one.

Chung, who led Korea to the 1997 Asian Championship title and a 1998 World Championship berth, also coached a Taiwan Junior NT that included top players like Tsun Wen-din, Tien Lei, Lin Chih-jay, Wu Dai-hao and Ho Sho-jen to a third-place finish in the 2000 Asian Junior Championship.

Chung also briefly coached Dacin Tigers in the final season of the defunct CBA(Chinese Basketball Alliance) in 1998-99 and finished with a 8-14 record. Later he went back to Korea and coached the University of Korea.

2007 Taiwan NT preliminary roster:

PG: Lee Hsueh-lin (Yulon), Chen Chih-chun (Yulon), Hsu Hao-cheng (TB), Chen Shih-nian (TB), Wu Yong-jen (VL)
SG: Lin Chih-jay (TB), Chang Chi-feng (Dacin), Chou Shih-yuan (Yulon)
SF: Chen Hsin-an (Yulon), Lu Cheng-ju (Yulon), Yang Che-yi (VL), Yang Chin-min (BOT), Lin Yi-huei (Dacin)
PF: Ho Sho-jen (TB), Chen Tse-wei (Dacin), Lee Chi-yi (VL), Yua Ying-li (BOT)
C: Tsun Wen-din (Yulon), Tien Lei (Dacin), Wu Dai-hao (ETSN), Chien Jia-hong (Azio)

Head coach: Chung Kwang-Suk
Assistant: Liu Jia-fa
Manager: Cheng Chih-lung
Translator: Wang Bing-shen

[vladski]

Jordan NT

Wesam Sous (181-G-83) of Al Riyadi/Aramex Amman
Fadel Najjar (194-G-85) of Orthodox
Rasheim Wright (193-G-81) of Al Moutahed Tripoli (LEB)
Enver Soobzokov (193-G/F-78) of Fastlink
Eyad Abdeen (202-F/C-79) of Orthodox
Moussa Al Awadi (190-G/F-85) of Fastlink
Issa Kamel (192-F-83) of Al Riyadi/Aramex Amman
Moussa Basheer (208-C-78) of Fastlink
Dshamal Maitah (213-C-81) of Erdgas Ehingen/Urspringschule (GER)
Ayman Dies (205-C-78) of Orthodox
Zaid Al Khas (205-C-76) of Fastlink

[vladski]

Qatar NT

Qatar's basketball federation announced on wednesday the initial roster of the Qatari National Team which will prepare for the upcoming tournaments under the coaching of Ed Andrist and his new staff.

- The roster is:
Saad Abdulrahman Ali (194-F-85) of As Sadd
Khalid Suliman Abdi (198-F/G-87) of As Sadd
Yaseen Ismail (204-F-80) of Al Rayyan
Saleem Abdullah Malek (195-F-85) of Al Rayyan
Saleem Abdullah Mohammed (202-C-82) of Al Rayyan
Erfan Ali Saeed (200-F-83) of Al Rayyan
Omer Abdgader Salem (205-C-83) of Al Rayyan
Hashem Zaidan (211-C-80) of Al Ahli
Mohammed Ahmed (205-C-83) of Al Arabi
Khalid Masoud Al Nasr (175-G-80) of Al Arabi
Moutalga Osama Adel (186-G-85) of Al Arabi
Daoud Musa (193-G-82) of Qatar SC
Mohammed Yousef (-C-204) of Qatar SC
Ali Turki (200-F-82) of Al Jaysh
Baker Ahmad Mohammed (198-F-86) of Al Jaysh
Hammam Ismail (200-C/F-83) of Al Wakrah

[vladski]

Iran NT

Hamed Afagh (189-F-83) of Saba Battery
Karam Ahmadian (198-F-77) of Saba Battery
Amir Amini (197-G-84) of Paykan Tehran
Hamed Hadadi (218-C-85) of Paykan Tehran
Ali Reza Honardoust (200-C-82) of Petrochimi Imam Harbour
Mehdi Kamrani (182-G-82) of Paykan Tehran
Moosa Nabipoor (206-C-83) of Sanam Tehran
Aidin Nek Khah Bahrami (202-F-82) of Saba Battery
Mohammad NikKhah (199-F-83) of Petrochimi
Pooya Tadjik (202-F-80) of Paykan Tehran
Saman Veisi (192-G-78) of Paykan Tehran
Iman Zandi (186-G-81) of Sanam Tehran

[lornblade]

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ya i no group B is tough........btw does any1 no wat time the games will be at ? in japanese time

hi karim, thers no grouping yet as of this time theres no group B yet

[karim]

oh ok.....so wat times the draw 2morrow ? and wat time r the games gonna be ?

[interxavierxxx]

besides, UAE is didn't even qualify for the FIBA Asia Championships

[karim]

hey , again i just read it on an irani site,nway its kind if realistic.u no they group the teams according to fiba rankings and philippines is somewhere in the 60s i think so chances r they will be grouped with 2 good teams and a normal team.........

[Dinamita]

The top four finishers in the last FIBA-Asia Championships are seeded to head each of the four brackets, meaning No. 1 China, No. 2 Lebanon, No. 3 Qatar and No. 4 South Korea.

The draw will begin by picking three teams, except Japan, for three brackets. Japan, as the host country, will be given the privilege of choosing which bracket to join. After the first eight teams are settled in their brackets, the draw will continue to place the remaining eight entries.

“To avoid China until the finals, assuming they top the first bracket, we should finish No. 1 in the second or fourth bracket or place No. 2 in the third bracket,” explained Gregorio. “Then we should top the quarterfinals so that we face the second placer in the crossover semis before moving into the finals against China.”



Looks like JAPAN has the advantage here... They have the right to choose who they want to battle first... And looks like they will go to the weakest bracket to avoid early elimination.... And for me this is the toughest Olympic qualifier as far as ASIA's concern... Almost all team are very tough and unpredictable... This will be a great tournament...

[Dinamita]

The top four finishers in the last FIBA-Asia Championships are seeded to head each of the four brackets, meaning No. 1 China, No. 2 Lebanon, No. 3 Qatar and No. 4 South Korea.

The draw will begin by picking three teams, except Japan, for three brackets. Japan, as the host country, will be given the privilege of choosing which bracket to join. After the first eight teams are settled in their brackets, the draw will continue to place the remaining eight entries.

“To avoid China until the finals, assuming they top the first bracket, we should finish No. 1 in the second or fourth bracket or place No. 2 in the third bracket,” explained Gregorio. “Then we should top the quarterfinals so that we face the second placer in the crossover semis before moving into the finals against China.”



Looks like JAPAN has the advantage here... They have the right to choose who they want to battle first... And looks like they will go to the weakest bracket to avoid early elimination....

[vladski]

Hey guys, any result of the lottery held yesterday???

I can't wait more to see which teams are bracketed with Rp NT...

This will the true acid test for RP Team after the long 2 years of absence from international tournament such as this one...