Basketball World Championship 2006 [Asian Qualifiers]

[Behdad]

FIBA Asia - 3 places for 16 teams

GENEVA (FIBA Asia Championship) -The best teams from the Asian continent will meet to compete for the 3 spots for Japan. The Asian qualifier for the FIBA World Championship 2006 in Japan will be played in Doha, Qatar from September 8 - 16, 2005.

With the qualifier for the FIBA Asia Championship over, there is a complete list of 16 teams.

Teams participating in the FIBA Asia Championship 2005:

China
hinese Taipei
Hong Kong
India
Indonesia
Iran
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Malaysia
Qatar
Saudi Arabia
South Korea
Uzbekistan

At the last championship in 2003, the qualifier for the Athens Olympic basketball tournament, the top four teams were China, Korea, Qatar and Lebanon.

China qualified for the Athens, playing with Yao Ming, placed a frustrating 8th. In 2002 in Indianapolis, China placed 12th and Lebanon 16th. This year, there are 3 places for teams to compete against and qualify for a shot at the world title.

There is a good chance that Iran could Qualify for the Basketball world championships.

 

[Arian]

Go Iran..

thanks for the info Behdawg

 

[Behdad]

Here is the Visual:
3 teams + Japan(Host) will Qualify from Asia

 

[aabbabb]

what happened to the games with iran israel etc.? is this a different thing or what?

edit: nevermind that was u21 got it...

 

[kateli]

Hi All
Is there any video on the Iran vs Lebanon game in the West asia basketball Championship. I have missed that game and would love to see it , anybody got this video by any chance??