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

[stuart]

Hey guys, check out the individual game threads. i am going to lock this thread for an hour so as to push members that way.

Stuart

[donmar]

6:24 am I guess there is no time to sleep... I'll just get a cup of coffee... Though today's game for RP is the easiest in the tournament, i guess...

Bro get another COFFEE

[kentpaul]

I'm leaving now for school... hmm? I hope that we shall bring the Sri Lankan record to 0-42 convincingly ...I'll be back by 11am here... to see the result...

[SmartGilasFan]

6:24 am I guess there is no time to sleep... I'll just get a cup of coffee... Though today's game for RP is the easiest in the tournament, i guess...

i havent slept also ^^

[FatFingerz]

6:24 am I guess there is no time to sleep... I'll just get a cup of coffee... Though today's game for RP is the easiest in the tournament, i guess...

[daniab]

it's 4:31 am here in Philippines and I can't sleep or I'm afraid to sleep because I might miss the game... Game start at 9am hehe

good luck bro

[FatFingerz]

it's 4:31 am here in Philippines and I can't sleep or I'm afraid to sleep because I might miss the game... Game start at 9am hehe

[eliooo93]

Good luck to all of you guys !

[Maximus1984]

nice profile pic andrew81 :P keep it up

[leb-basket]

lol maybe another syrian game right guys (i am talking to lebanese forumers :P)

[donmar]

it's becoming a little bit unfair for the regional qualifiers in WABA.

too bad for syria, or whoever the 4th WABA team to be left out. all 4 had proven to be among the best in asia.

Agree Syria and Taiwan were the victims of the FIBA Asia decision to make all participants of the Stankovic Cup last year as automatic entry to the Asian Championship... as a result only two or three slots available (I think its only two since China as the host and Iran as the defending champ qualifies automatically) for WABA and East Asia.. so lesser countries such as Qatar, Kuwait and UAE plus India automatically qualifies for the Asian Champs... the result it closes the door to other possible contenders such as Syria and Taiwan (Taiwan only made it when one of the lower-ranking countries withdrew from the tourney) plus it also open the door for Sri Lanka since India already qualified through the Stankovic Cup...

[Maximus1984]

it's becoming a little bit unfair for the regional qualifiers in WABA.

too bad for syria, or whoever the 4th WABA team to be left out. all 4 had proven to be among the best in asia.

[donmar]

btw, where's syria? what happened to them, were they eliminated during their regional qualifiers, pardon my ignorance.

They withdraw from the regional qualifier since only two or three slots available... other ME countries, other than the Big Three (Lebanon, Iran and Jordan), made it to the Asian Champs not through merit but through the Stankovic Cup...

[saints13]

btw, where's syria? what happened to them, were they eliminated during their regional qualifiers, pardon my ignorance.

[Maximus1984]

yeah, seems it's a typo mistake.
I just read an article at GMAnews.com that the phils coach had seen the sri lankians play for the first time today.

so the sri lankians had finally arrived to tianjin.