2022 FIBA Asia Cup

The 2022 FIBA Asia Cup was the 30th edition of the FIBA Asia Cup, the continental basketball championship in Asia. The tournament was organised by FIBA Asia.

Originally intended to be the 2021 edition, the tournament was initially scheduled to take place between 3 and 15 August 2021, but it was postponed due to 17 to 29 August 2021 to avoid scheduling conflict with the 2020 Summer Olympics which was postponed by a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was later postponed again to 12 to 24 July 2022.

Indonesia was the host for second time after staging the 1993 edition. Australia defended their title with a win over Lebanon, while New Zealand grabbed their first medal after winning bronze with a win against Jordan.

Host selection On 7 October 2020, Indonesian Youth and Sports Minister Zainudin Amali confirmed that FIBA had entrusted Indonesia to host the upcoming Asia Cup in 2021. However, an official announcement by FIBA was yet to be made at that time. On 18 December, FIBA confirmed that the country would host the tournament.

However, due to a surge of COVID-19 cases in Indonesia amid the pandemic as of July 2021, FIBA considered postponing the competition to 2022. Jordan had offered to host the tournament as an alternative.

On 23 July 2021, FIBA announced that the Asia Cup was rescheduled to July 2022.

Venue Jakarta Istora Gelora Bung Karno Capacity: 7,166

Format 16 qualified teams played in the main round. They were divided into four groups of four teams. Every group winner gained direct access to the quarterfinal, while the runners-up played a playoff game.

Qualification

The qualification started on 23 February 2018. Teams that did not manage to advance to the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification and the teams that did not participate in it played in the first round of the pre-qualifiers. Pre-qualifiers were held in the western and eastern regions to determine the eight teams who will join the 16 teams that participated in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup. Below is the list of qualified teams to the 2022 FIBA Asia Cup. Indonesia qualified by virtue of being confirmed as host on 18 December 2020, although they have entered the qualification process prior to the confirmation of their hosting.

Qualified teams Team Qualification method Date of qualification Best placement in tournament Group D top two 29 November 2020 10th 2017 (2001, 2005, 2007) 9th 2013 (1997) Host nation 18 December 2020 18th 2011 (1967) Group E top two 12 June 2021 18th 2017 (2007, 2009, 2013) Group F top two 10th (2007) 13 June 2021 16th (2011) Group E top two 14 June 2021 7th (2001) Group A top two 17 June 2021 28th (1960, 1963, 1967, 1973, 1985) 30th (1969, 1997) Group B top two 20 June 2021 23rd (1975, 77, 79, 81, 83, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 99, 2001, 03, 05, 11, 15) 29th (1965, 1971) Group C top two 2nd (2017) 2nd (2017) Group H top two 22 August 2021 9th 2013 (1999) 26th 2017 (1975) Group G winners 28 August 2021 25th (1960, 1963)

Draw The draw was scheduled to take place on 8 December 2021, but was postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic-related travel restrictions by Indonesia. The draw took place on 18 February 2022.

Seeding The seeding was announced on 15 February 2022 and was based on the FIBA World Rankings of December 2021. Hosts Indonesia had the right to choose their group before the remaining Pot 4 teams were drawn.

+ Pot 1 Team 3 23 27 29+ Pot 2 Team 30 33 37 39+ Pot 3 Team 55 66 70 79+ Pot 4 Team 80 85 91 104

Squads

Each team has a roster of twelve players. A team may opt to allocate a roster spot to a naturalized player.

Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+7).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final round Bracket

Playoffs

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final standings RankTeamRecordFIBA World RankingBeforeAfterChange 6–0330 5–1554312 5–2272434 4–3393545 3–1232126 3–13034−47 3–23738−18 3–2292729 1–33341–810 1–36668−211 1–391801112 1–385701513 0–3104861814 0–37973615 0–37065516 0–38085−5

Statistics Players

Points Name PPG Wael Arakji 26.0 Marques Bolden 21.8 Behnam Yakhchali 21.0 Dar Tucker 20.5 Ra Gun-ah 19.3

Rebounds Name RPG Hamed Haddadi 14.3 Ra Gun-ah 12.0 Ahmad Al-Dwairi 11.8 Marques Bolden 11.3 Will Artino 9.0

Assists Name APG Sun Minghui 7.0 Will McDowell-White 5.8 Chen Ying-chun Mitch McCarron 5.5 Freddy Ibrahim 5.1

Blocks Name BPG Marques Bolden 2.8 Hamed Haddadi 2.0 Ahmad Al-Dwairi 1.7 Abdulwahab Al-Hamwi 1.5 Thon Maker 1.3

Steals Name SPG Chen Ying-chun 3.5 Arsalan Kazemi Lee Dae-sung 2.3 Yuki Kawamura 2.2 Sergio El Darwich

Efficiency Name EFFPG Marques Bolden 28.5 Hamed Haddadi 26.0 Wael Arakji 24.4 Ahmad Al-Dwairi 23.2 Ra Gun-ah 23.0

Teams

Points Team PPG 96.0 87.8 86.9 86.6 86.0

Rebounds Team RPG 49.6 46.8 43.0 42.5

Assists Team APG 22.3 21.4 21.3 21.0 20.0

Blocks Team BPG 4.5 3.8 3.5 3.3

Steals Team SPG 11.8 10.8 10.6 10.0 8.0

Efficiency Team EFFPG 110.2 104.3 104.0 100.6 100.4

Awards

The awards were announced on 24 July.

Position PlayerAll-Tournament Team Wael Arakji Mitch McCarron Tohi Smith-Milner Thon Maker Zhou Qi MVP Wael Arakji

See also 2021 FIBA Women's Asia Cup

References

External links

Tournament summary