2017 FIBA Asia Cup

[Abtin]

2017 FIBA Asia Cup

August 8-20
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_FIBA_Asia_Cup

The tournament will determine the composition of the joint FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania qualifiers for the 2019 FIBA World Cup.

Iran's group:
Iran
India
Syria
Jordan


Our match schedule:

August 9: Iran - India at 15:00 CET
August 11: Syria - Iran at 20:00 CET
August 13: Iran - Jordan at 17:30 CET

[persian-eagle-13]

watching TM basketball is like watching TM football team of the 1990's. so much talent but wasted opportunities and internal turmoil.

[Abtin]

rofl just realized we got a vatani coach again, Dirk Bauermann isnt it anymore..

[Irannn]

The tournament will determine the composition of the joint FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania qualifiers for the 2019 FIBA World Cup.

not really, they already determined everything about the World Cup qualifiers, we will be grouped with Iraq, Qatar and Kazakhstan for the 1st round in home and away format

we had so many problems this year, after Bauermann just left the team (he got a better offer from a German club) they wasted time to hire a foreign coach and finally settled with Hatami because of lack of time, they trained the whole summer without Haddadi and Sahakian and these guys just joined the team this week !!!

even though we have Australia and New Zealand this time but the level in general isn't that high because some teams are missing some key players here, for the 1st time even, Asian Championship (renamed to Asian Cup) is not a qualifier for the World Champs or the Olympics.

since 2007 (and actually 2005) this is the first Asian Championship for Iran without some players from the "Golden generation" like Nikkhah, Afagh, Kamrani etc. even Haddadi and Sahakain weren't supposed to play here.

[EKBATAN]

Do we get into 2020 olympics if we finish top 3 ?

[IRAN300]

Do we get into 2020 olympics if we finish top 3 ?

Olympic qualifier will be 2019 World Championships
Asia and Oceania are together, 2 places will be given.
WC qualifier are also separate from Asia Cup.
Basically, it counts for nothing (except prestige and WR).

[IRAN300]

Interesting article.
http://www.fiba.com/asiacup/2017/new...yria-and-india

[Abtin]

Wait, so this tournament is basically useless? [emoji23]

[Irannn]

Wait, so this tournament is basically useless? [emoji23]

by your logic Olympic is also useless because doesn't qualify you for another tournament ! lol

the tournament has less importance because it's not a qualifier but still that's about winning the continental title.

[Iranianarsenal11]

I remember when I was younger my dream was always to play on the Iran National Basketball Team…

[persiangooner]

Does anyone know of good streams for this tournament? I can normally find something decent but the coverage is limited so the streams are mostly garbage.


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[Abtin]

Does anyone know of good streams for this tournament? I can normally find something decent but the coverage is limited so the streams are mostly garbage.


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this site usually provides good streams: http://livetv.sx/enx/eventinfo/553805_iran_india/

First game in one hour!

[Ata]

Iran won 101-54

top scorers
Haddadi 20 points
Kazemi 10 rebounds
Haddadi 8 assists

[persiangooner]

Iran smashed India lol I thought it would be closer since India are a decent squad. Considering that we didn't play the whole game with starters I think we have a good chance of winning it all this year! I think our toughest opponent will be the Philippines.


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[IRAN300]

Iran smashed India lol I thought it would be closer since India are a decent squad. Considering that we didn't play the whole game with starters I think we have a good chance of winning it all this year! I think our toughest opponent will be the Philippines.

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Add Australia, China and Lebanon.