Asian Basketball
The 2017 FIBA Asia Cup (formerly known as the FIBA Asia Championship) will be the 29th continental basketball championship in Asia. The tournament is organised by FIBA Asia. It will take place from 10 August to 20 August 2017, a week earlier from the initial scheduled date in Lebanon. The Nuhad Nawfal Stadium will host the tournament’s matches.
The tournament will determine the composition of the joint FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania qualifiers for the 2019 FIBA World Cup. The top five teams in the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge will earn an extra berth in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup for their respective sub-zones. Australia and New Zealand will also participate in this tournament.
The top 14 teams of the tournament will qualify for Division A of the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup qualification for FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania.
So far Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Australia, New Zealand, China, Japan and South Korea have earned the right to play in the final round. The top three will represent Asia in the World Cup to be held in 2019.
However, it is not a good news that Bangladesh is already out of the championship.
Abdullah Rahi
Dhaka
