2022 FIBA Asia Cup

The 2022 FIBA Asia Cup (formerly known as the FIBA Asia Championship) will be the 30th continental basketball championship in Asia. The tournament is organised by FIBA Asia. It was originally scheduled to take place between 3 and 15 August, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic to 17 to 29 August 2021.[1][2] It was later postponed again to 12 to 24 July 2022.[3][4]

2022 FIBA Asia Cup
Tournament details
Host countryIndonesia
CityJakarta
Dates12–24 July
Teams16

Indonesia will be the tournament host for second time after staging the 1993 edition. Australia is the defending champion.

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.[5] On 18 December, FIBA confirmed that the country will host the tournament.[2]

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 has offered to host the tournament as an alternative.[6]

On 23 July 2021, FIBA announced that the Asia Cup was rescheduled to July 2022.[3]

Venue
Jakarta
Jakarta
2022 FIBA Asia Cup (Indonesia)
Istora Gelora Bung Karno
Capacity: 7,166

Format

16 qualified teams are expected to play in the main round. They will be divided into 4 groups of 4 teams. Every group winner will gain direct access to the quarter final, while runners-up will play third placed teams in a playoff games.

Qualification
Main article: 2021 FIBA Asia Cup 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 will play 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 2021 FIBA Asia Cup Qualifiers, which began in February 2020. Out of the 24 teams in the qualifiers, only 16 teams will qualify for the 2021 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.[2]

Qualified teams
TeamQualification methodDate of qualificationAppLastBest placement in tournament
 LebanonGroup D top two29 November 202010th2017Runners-up (2001, 2005, 2007)
 Bahrain9th201310th place (1997)
 IndonesiaHost nation18 December 202018th20114th place (1967)
 IranGroup E top two12 June 202118th2017Champions (2007, 2009, 2013)
 KazakhstanGroup F top two10th4th place (2007)
 Jordan13 June 202116thRunners-up (2011)
 SyriaGroup E top two14 June 20217th4th place (2001)
 PhilippinesGroup A top two17 June 202128thChampions (1960, 1963, 1967, 1973, 1985)
 South Korea30thChampions (1969, 1997)
 ChinaGroup B top two20 June 202123rdChampions (1975, 77, 79, 81, 83, 87, 89, 91, 93, 95, 99, 2001, 03, 05, 11, 15)
 Japan29thChampions (1965, 1971)
 AustraliaGroup C top two2ndChampions (2017)
 New Zealand2nd4th place (2017)
 Saudi ArabiaGroup H top two22 August 20219th20133rd place (1999)
 India25th20174th place (1975)
 Chinese TaipeiGroup G winner28 August 202125thRunners-up (1960, 1963)

Draw

The draw was scheduled to take place on 8 December 2021, but was postponed to early 2022 due to COVID-19 pandemic-related travel restrictions by Indonesia.[7]

See also

References
  1. "FIBA's Executive Committee confirms global calendar update". FIBA. 9 April 2020.
  2. "Indonesia confirmed as host of FIBA Asia Cup 2021". FIBA. 18 December 2020.
  3. "FIBA Asia events calendar update". 23 July 2021. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  4. "New dates confirmed for FIBA Asia Cup 2022". 24 November 2021. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  5. "Menpora: Indonesia akan Jadi Tuan Rumah FIBA Asia 2021". Republika.co.id. 8 October 2020.
  6. Li, Matthew (22 July 2021). "Jordan offers to host Asia Cup as FIBA mulls postponement to 2022". Tiebreaker Times. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  7. "FIBA Asia Cup 2022 draw moved to early 2022". FIBA. 3 December 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2021.
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