FIBA Asia Championships 2011 (Road to London 2012)

[Raptor]

I know China is the team to beat, but somehow I hope we will avoid playing Jordan in the playoffs.

Not that they are much better than the likes of Japan or Philippines, but we always seem to have problem when facing them.

[ali alipour]

132-38

were gonna win this shit no doubt

[persepolisfan]

wowow!! great job iran!! keep it up

[Farhad-7]

HIGHLIGHTS OF THE RAPE:
http://www.fibatv.com/video/id/1824789

[Nokhodi]

I'm still scared of complacency when we play the better teams.
Very good result though today.

[EKBATAN]

132-38
were gonna win this shit no doubt

i dont know uzbekistan SUUUUUUUCKED!!! we didnt really play qatar and tapei was an awful game, soooo we havent really been tested

[persian-eagle-13]

next round we will face korea, that should be our first real test.we lost to korea 3 weeks ago in williams jones cup.

[Saam]

next round we will face korea, that should be our first real test.we lost to korea 3 weeks ago in williams jones cup.

We lost to them in the group stage but we ended up beating them in the final with a depleted squad.

[Keyan]

Good win. Let's go baby, I expect us to get better and better as the tournament goes

[EKBATAN]

So this round is group stages, how many teams advance to the next level?

[Farhad-7]

So this round is group stages, how many teams advance to the next level?

top 3 teams from Group A and Group B are in Group E now. Top 4 make the semis. The better your rank, the better draw you get in KO stages.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_FI...onship#Group_E

[Farhad-7]

here's what Uzbek coach, Matic, Bahrami, and Kazemi said about the game:
http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/new...9495/arti.html

[behzadir]

top 3 teams from Group A and Group B are in Group E now. Top 4 make the semis. The better your rank, the better draw you get in KO stages.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_FI...onship#Group_E

Actually the top 4 teams from groups E & F make it to the Quarter Finals.

Then we will have this kind of matchup in the QF's:
(All games Tehran time)
2nd in Group F Vs 3rd in Group E 10:00

4th in Group F Vs 1st in Group E 12:00

2nd in Group E Vs 3rd in Group F 14:30

4th in Group E Vs 1st in Group F 16:30

[Farhad-7]

^thanks for correcting me. that was a typo, i meant quarters

[behzadir]

BTW the Chinese are doing everything to make Iran's situation to get hard.

Arranging the 2 time defending champion's game at 9 AM :bs: is a clear act of trying to get things difficult for Team Melli.