Basketball at the 2006 Asian Games
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Basketball
at the 2006 Asian Games
was the second early start among the sports in the games. It was played from November 23 to December 15, 2006. In this competition, 20 teams participated in the men's competition and 8 teams played in the women's tournament. The events were held at the Basketball Indoor Hall.
The Philippines national basketball team
, winners of four gold medals in previous Games, did not participate in the basketball competition due to their suspension by the International Basketball Federation
(FIBA). The political interference and conflict between the Basketball Association of the Philippines
(BAP) and Philippine Olympic Committee
(POC) was the cause of the suspension.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
at the 2006 Asian Games
2006 Asian Games
The 15th Asian Games, officially known as the XV Asiad, is Asia's Olympic-style sporting event that was held in Doha, Qatar from December 1 to December 15, 2006. Doha was the first city in its region and only the second in West Asia to host the games...
was the second early start among the sports in the games. It was played from November 23 to December 15, 2006. In this competition, 20 teams participated in the men's competition and 8 teams played in the women's tournament. The events were held at the Basketball Indoor Hall.
The Philippines national basketball team
Philippines national basketball team
The men's national basketball team of the Philippines represents the Philippines in international basketball competitions. It is managed by its national basketball federation, the Samahang Basketbol ng Pilipinas...
, winners of four gold medals in previous Games, did not participate in the basketball competition due to their suspension by the International Basketball Federation
International Basketball Federation
The International Basketball Federation, more commonly known as FIBA , from its French name Fédération Internationale de Basketball, is an association of national organizations which governs international competition in basketball...
(FIBA). The political interference and conflict between the Basketball Association of the Philippines
Basketball Association of the Philippines
The Basketball Association of the Philippines was the International Basketball Federation recognized national governing body for basketball in the Philippines...
(BAP) and Philippine Olympic Committee
Philippine Olympic Committee
The Philippine Olympic Committee is the National Olympic Committee of the Philippines.-About the POC:The POC is a private, non-governmental organization composed of and serve as the mother organization of all National Sports Associations in the Philippines...
(POC) was the cause of the suspension.
Medal table
| 1 | align=left | |2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | align=left | |0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| align=left | |0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 4 | align=left | |0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| align=left | |0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medalists
| Men | Hu Xuefeng Hu Xuefeng Hu Xuefeng , is a professional basketball player from China. A guard, he has played for the Jiangsu Dragons of the Chinese Basketball Association since 1999. He was also a member of the final roster of National Team in 2009 Asia Championship.As a guard, Hu is expert in stealing. He now holds the... Liu Wei Zhang Jinsong Wang Shipeng Wang Shipeng Wang Shipeng, is a professional basketball player from the People's Republic of China. Wang currently plays for the Guangdong Southern Tigers, a Chinese Basketball Association team based in Guangzhou. He is mainly a shooting guard but can play small forward... Zhu Fangyu Zhu Fangyu Zhu Fangyu, is a professional basketball player from the People's Republic of China. Zhu currently plays for the Guangdong Southern Tigers, a Chinese Basketball Association team based in Dongguan. He is a forward. He is 2.01 m in height and he weighs 105 kg .He competed at the 2008 Olympic... Sun Yue Li Nan Li Nan Li Nan is a former professional basketball player from the People's Republic of China. Before his retirement in 2009, he played for the Bayi Rockets, a Chinese Basketball Association team based in Ningbo... Yi Jianlian Yi Jianlian Yi Jianlian is a Chinese professional basketball player for the Guangdong Southern Tigers. He has also played in the NBA for the Milwaukee Bucks, New Jersey Nets, and Washington Wizards. Yi played power forward for the Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association in 2002 and... Mo Ke Mo Ke Mo Ke is a basketball player who plays center for the Bayi Rockets of the Chinese Basketball Association .He entered the 2004 NBA Draft, but went undrafted... Tang Zhengdong Tang Zhengdong Tang ZhengDong, is a professional basketball player currently playing for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers.Tang began basketball training in 1995 and eventually joined the Jiangsu Dragons of the Chinese Basketball Association. In 2004-2005, he was awarded the Chinese Basketball Association MVP Award... Wang Zhizhi Wang Zhizhi Wang Zhizhi is a Chinese professional basketball player. He is a former player in the National Basketball Association.Wang is 214 cm tall. Wang's father Wang Weijun and mother Ren Huanzhen were both basketball players... Li Ke |
Khalid Masoud Malek Saleem Saeed Abdulrahman Saeed Abdulrahman Saeed Abdulrahman Ali is a professional basketball player. He plays for Al-Sadd of the Qatar basketball league. He is also a member of the Qatar national basketball team.... Daoud Musa Daoud Musa Daoud Musa Daoud is a professional basketball player. He plays for Qatar SC of the Qatar basketball league. He is also a member of the Qatar national basketball team.... Khalid Suliman Khalid Suliman Khalid Suliman Abdi is a professional basketball player. He plays for Al-Sadd of the Qatar basketball league. He is also a member of the Qatar national basketball team.... Ali Turki Yasseen Ismail Yasseen Ismail Yasseen Ismail Musa is a professional basketball player. He plays for Al-Rayyan of the Qatar basketball league. He is also a member of the Qatar national basketball team.... Erfan Ali Erfan Ali Erfan Ali Saeed is a professional basketball player. He plays for Qatar SC of the Qatar basketball league. He is also a member of the Qatar national basketball team.... Mohammed Saleem Mohammed Salaheldin Hashim Zaidan Hashim Zaidan Hashim Zaidan Zaidan is a Qatari professional basketball player.-Career:A 6'10" center, Zaidan plays professionally for the Doha-based Al-Ahli Sports Club. He participated in the 2006 FIBA World Championship as a member of the Qatar national basketball team, and he recently won a silver medal at... Omer Abdelqader Omer Abdelqader Omer Abdelqader is a professional basketball player. He plays for Qatar SC of the Qatar basketball league. He is also a member of the Qatar national basketball team.... |
Pouya Tajik Pouya Tajik Pouya Tajik, is a professional Iranian basketball player who currently plays for BEEM Mazandaran BC of the Iranian Super League and also for the Iranian national basketball team. He is a 6-foot-nine-inch power forward... Amir Amini Amir Amini Amir Amini is an Iranian professional basketball player. He currently plays as a shooting guard for Petrochimi Bandar Imam in the Iranian Basketball Super League. He is in height... Saman Veisi Saman Veisi Saman Veisi is an Iranian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Petrochimi Bandar Imam in the Iranian Super League as well as for the Iranian national basketball team, as a guard.-References:* *... Mehdi Kamrani Mehdi Kamrani Mehdi Kamrani is an Iranian professional basketball player. He currently plays for Mahram Tehran in the Iranian Super League as well as for the Iranian national basketball team, as a guard... Samad Nikkhah Bahrami Iman Zandi Iman Zandi Iman Zandi Mashhady is a professional Iranian basketball player who plays for Rah & Tarabari Qom of the Iranian Super League and also for the Iranian national basketball team... Hamed Afagh Hamed Afagh Hamed Afagh Eslamieh is a professional Iranian basketball player who plays for Zob Ahan Isfahan of the Iranian Super League and also for the Iranian national basketball team... Alireza Honardoust Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami Aidin Nikkhah Bahrami was an Iranian professional basketball player. He was a member of the Iranian national basketball team along with his brother Samad Nikkhah Bahrami.-Career:... Karam Ahmadian Mousa Nabipour Mousa Nabipour Mousa Nabipour is an Iranian professional basketball player, currently playing as a center for Azad University Tehran in the Iranian Basketball Super League. He is 6'11" in height... Hamed Haddadi |
| Women | Song Xiaoyun Song Xiaoyun Song Xiaoyun is a female Chinese basketball player who was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games. She will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-References:... Bian Lan Bian Lan Bian Lan is a female Chinese basketball player who was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2002 Asia Championship. She also competed the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing... Jia Guang Zhang Wei Zhang Wei (basketball) Zhang Wei is a female Chinese basketball player who was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2005 Asian Championship. She will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-References:*... Miao Lijie Miao Lijie Miao Lijie is a female Chinese basketball player who was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2001 Asian Championship. In 2005, she joined the Sacramento Monarchs of WNBA but left the team shortly... Ren Lei Sui Feifei Sui Feifei Sui Feifei is a female Chinese basketball player who was signed with the Sacramento Monarchs of the WNBA. She was born and raised in Qingdao, Shandong in the People's Republic of China, and is 1.84 m tall.... Ji Xiao Chen Xiaoli Chen Xiaoli Chen Xiaoli is a female Chinese basketball player who was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2002 Asian Games. She will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.... Liu Dan Liu Dan Liu Dan is a female Chinese basketball player who was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2005 Asian Championship. She competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-References:... Zhang Xiaoni Zhang Xiaoni Zhang Xiaoni is a female Chinese basketball player who was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Asian Championship. She will compete at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.-References:... Chen Nan Chen Nan Chen Nan is a female Chinese basketball player who was part of the team that won the gold medal at the 2001 Asian Championship... |
Chen Yi-feng Chien Wei-chuan Chiang Feng-chun Sun Chieh-ping Lan Jui-yu Chu Yung-hsu Wen Chi Cheng Hui-yun Lin Hui-mei Lin Chi-wen Li Wan-ting Liu Chun-yi |
Emi Isoyama Hiromi Suwa Yuki Morimoto Yuka Watanabe Noriko Sakakibara Akino Nakagawa Ryoko Utsumi Eriko Hata Asami Yoshida Yuko Oga Yuko Oga is a Japanese professional basketball player. She is a point guard currently playing for JX Sunflowers of the Women's Japan Basketball League. She formerly played for Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA. Her nickname is Shin.-Career:... Kumiko Yamada |
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 111 | 56 | +55 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 76 | 91 | −15 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40 | −40 | 0 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 180 | 126 | +54 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 144 | 172 | −28 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 130 | 156 | −26 | 2 |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 173 | 127 | +46 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 131 | 141 | −10 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 154 | −36 | 2 |
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 191 | 147 | +44 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 151 | 161 | −10 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 148 | 182 | −34 | 2 |
Group E
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 426 | 327 | +99 | 9 | 1–0 | |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 349 | 300 | +49 | 9 | 0–1 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 416 | 373 | +43 | 8 | 1–0 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 423 | 403 | +20 | 8 | 0–1 | |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 383 | 436 | −53 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 336 | 496 | −160 | 5 |
Group F
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 450 | 351 | +99 | 10 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 378 | 369 | +9 | 8 | 1–1 / 1.033 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 413 | 394 | +19 | 8 | 1–1 / 1.020 | |
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 413 | 406 | +7 | 8 | 1–1 / 0.951 | |
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 393 | 389 | +4 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 340 | 478 | −138 | 5 |
Classification 9th–12th
Semifinals
Classification 11th–12th
Classification 9th–10th
Final round
Quarterfinals
Classification 5th–8th
Semifinals
Classification 7th–8th
Classification 5th–6th
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standing
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| 11 | |
| 12 |
Group X
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 181 | 90 | +91 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 159 | 142 | +17 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 97 | 205 | −108 | 2 |
Group Y
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 182 | 146 | +36 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 174 | 119 | +55 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 112 | 203 | −91 | 2 |
Classification 5th–6th
Final round
Semifinals
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Final standing
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 |