24TH FIBA ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP 2007
TOKUSHIMA JAPAN
1. GENERAL
1.1. Japan achieved a tremendous success last year in organizing the FIBA World Championship for Men. Once again it has the honour to embark on another premier FIBA Asia Championship for Men from 28th July to 5th August 2007 in Tokushima City.
1.2. Enriched with the experience in hosting the Junior Championship in September 1998, Tokushima acknowledged the responsibility positively in organizing the championship in high notes.
1.3. The Opening Ceremony was staged in Tokushima Prince Hotel in Grand Banquet. Well organized with the cultural display of rhythmic drums and dances. It was a truly delighted performance.
2. PARTICIPATION & DRAW
2.1. Participating was overwhelming through the zone qualifying tournaments. All 16 spots were taken-up and non qualified teams were put on reserves incase of any withdrawal.
2.2. The Draw to decide the groupings was held in Tokushima Grand Palace Hotel at 1530 hours on 6th June 2007. Mr. Hagop Khajirian, Deputy Secretary General, FIBA Asia conducted the draw in the presence of JABBA Officials and mass media. The 16 teams were drawn into 4 groups as given below:
2.2.1. Group A: China, Jordan, Iran & Philippines
2.2.2. Group B: Lebanon, Kuwait, UAE & Japan
2.2.3. Group C: Qatar, India, Kazakhstan & Indonesia
2.2.4. Group D: Korea, Hong Kong, Syria & C. Taipei
3. COMPETITION SYSTEM
3.1. The championship was competed in according to the FIBA Asia Rules and Regulations Governing Competitions. Competition Schedule was prepared with priority given to demands on live television coverage. Final schedule was dispatched to all participating teams and parties concerned.
3.2. Details as per the annex attached.
4. STADIUM AND TECHNICAL EQUIPTMENT
4.1. The championship was held in two stadiums, namely Asty Tokushima Stadium and Tokushima Municipal Gymnasium. Asty Tokushima Stadium designed of modern technology has a seating capacity of about 4500. The lighting was well equipped and effective. There were ample facilities to meet the needs of the championship. It is located about 15 minutes from the athletes’ hotel.
4.2. Tokushima Municipal Gymnasium is located at walking distance from Grand Palace Hotel where the Commissioners and Referees were accommodated. Designed with the basic facilities, has a seating capacity of about 3500.
4.3. The court area has good space for basketball specifications, and the wooden flooring has air trust base to absorb the effect on injury of players. The court lining is well defined and clear under the powerful flood lighting that also catered for TV coverage.
5. TECHNICAL EQUIPTMENT
5.1. The good stadium is also complimented with good equipment. Apart from the quality basketball court, the branded “SENOH” Hyra-rib heavy duty baskets supports were equipped with the 24 second clocks mounted-on them. There were also two electronic scoreboards placed on each side of the court giving faultless service throughout the tournament. The only weakness was that there were not programmed with the players personal fouls display. This information is essential for the coaches, statistics and mass media.
5.2. A large television screen was located behind the VIPs grand stand at the Asty Tokushima Stadium. Providing close circuit captions of the event and instant replay of the actions required. A good show piece that enhanced the success of the championship.
5.3. The score table equipment in particular, was of good design electronic devices. It provided faultless service throughout the championship.
6. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
6.1. Three hotels were catered to house the officials and participating teams. They are good hotels, conveniently located for comforts and close to the competition venues as follows:
6.1.1. FIBA-Asia Officials : Hotel Crement Tokushima
1-61, Shimamoto-machi-nishi,
Tokushima-shi, Tokushima-ken, Japan
Tel : 81-88-656-3111 Fax : 81-88-656-3132
6.1.2 Commissioners & Referees : Hotel Grand Palace
1-60, Shimamoto-machi-nishi,
Tokushima-shi, Tokushima-ken, Japan
Tel : 81-88-626-1111 Fax: 81-88-6264565
6.1.3 Team Officials & Players : Tokushima Prince Hotel
3-5-1, Bandai, Tokushima-shi,
Tokushima-ken, Japan
Tel: 81-88-624-1120 Fax : 81-88-624-2375
6.2. Food was provided by the hotels, served on buffet system. The varieties with changes on the menu received no complaint from the Officials and Players.
7. TEAM MANAGERS MEETING
7.1. The meeting was held as scheduled on 27th July 2007 @ 1430 hours. It confirmed the activities of the championship and matters were conducted as per the agenda provided.
7.1.1. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
(a) President : Dato’ Yeoh Choo Hock (Sec-Gen, FIBA Asia)
(b) Member (Host) : Mr. Takeshi Ishikawa (Sec. Gen JABBA)
(c) Member (Co-opted) : Mr. Hagop Khajirian (Deputy. Sec-Gen, FIBA Asia)
(d) Secretary : Col. Lee Kak Kuan (Technical Director, FIBA Asia)
7.1.2 JURY OF APPEAL
(a) President : Sheikh Saud Ali Al-Thani, (President, FIBA Asia)
Members - Alternates
(b) India - C. Taipei / Philippines / Iran
(c) Hong Kong - China / Kazakhstan / Jordan
(d) Japan - UAE / Syria / Qatar
(e) Indonesia - Korea / Lebanon / Kuwait
8. TECHNICAL OFFICIALS AND REFEREES MEETING
8.1. The meeting was held after the Managers’ Meeting at 1600 hours. Matters were conducted as per the agenda provided.
8.2. By FIBA Asia ruling, all teams must have accompanied FIBA referees. It was well responded and all the teams provided the referees. Total referees for the championship was 29 including 2 neutral Referees and referees from Japan. The list of referees and the record of assignment as per annex attached.
8.3. For the first time 3 persons officiating was adopted in view of the high level of competition. To beef up the number of referees required for the championship, additional referees were provided by China (3), Iran (2), Kuwait (2), Korea (2), Kuwait (2) and Japan (5). The system proved good as the game proceeded smoothly without any problem.
9. THE TOURNAMENT RESULTS
9.1 The competition catered for 60 matches to be completed in 9 days. An average of 8 games were played daily with a rest day. From the minute of the play-off, the event was plain-sailing without any un-towards incidence.
9.2. The competition was keenly contested, good performance was displayed at every stage of the competition, especially the semi finals and final. The results were only known in the last minute, with unexpected up-set and China the defending champion was displaced during the preliminary round.
9.3. After 8 days of intensive and thrilling competition Iran and Lebanon were berthed for the final. Iran with good height was certainly hard to beat. However, in the final showdown Lebanon with good shooting and superb team work asserted immense pressure on Iran. Finally, Iran beat Lebanon in a teeth biting contest and captured the crown with the final score 74 - 69 under fully packed stadium.
9.4. The standing results are as given below. Details results as per the annex attached.
9.4.1 The final standing of the competition is as follows:-
9.4.1.1 First - Iran
9.4.1.2 Second - Lebanon
9.4.1.3 Third - Korea
9.4.1.4 Fourth - Kazakhstan
9.4.1.5 Fifth - Jordan
9.4.1.6 Sixth - C. Taipei
9.4.1.7 Seventh - Qatar
9.4.1.8 Eighth - Japan
9.4.1.9 Ninth - Philippines
9.4.1.10 Tenth - China
9.4.1.11 Eleventh - Syria
9.4.1.12 Twelfth - Indonesia
9.4.1.13 Thirteen - Hong Kong
9.4.1.14 Fourteen - Kuwait
9.4.1.15 Fifteen - India
9.4.1.16 Sixteen - UAE
10 OBSERVATIONS
10.1 BELIEVE IT OR NOT! Official Team List of Players is a mandatory piece of document that is required before the championship. FIBA Asia has initiated the instructions for the requirement well ahead of the competition. Even that several teams have not fulfilled the requirement in producing a precise and correct list for the inspection by the Commissioners during the Managers Meeting.
10.2 Family name and given name itself was a problem, date of birth and country of birth too were not correctly filled. Again we faced the similar problem in the completion of The Players Declaration Forms for Doping and the Doping Forms.
10.3 Participating Federations are to pay more attention in doing this exercise in future and to submit the correct lists on the mandate given.
11. STATUS OF PLAYERS. Once again it needs be emphasized that federations are responsible for the eligibility of their players. This will avoid disappointment of any player registered but not authorized to play. Please apply for clearance early from FIBA as per the FIBA Internal Regulations.
12. SOUVENIR MAGAZINE. The production of the magazine is a norm for every FIBA Asia Championship. A colorful edition was produced capturing the essential programs and events. The pictures of officials and players of all the participating teams were uniformly designed. It was a good effort of the LOC.
13. CONCLUSION
13.1 A well organized tournament requires good planning and systematic implementation of the programs and activities apart from finance. Tokushima has opened its gateway towards more international basketball arenas. The Organizing Committee under the supervision Headquarters of JABBA was able to steer the cooperation of every working member for a successful tournament.
13.2 Information Technology (IT) was fully applied to produce the games statistics. The information was displayed immediately as the game progressed, providing all the statistics efficiently. The dedicated FIBA staff provided excellent technical support.
13.3 I wish to thank all the sponsors for their generous contributions, mass media and television for the close support and wide publicity. Your good deeds played the primary role in the promotion of basketball, not forgetting to thank the full cooperation rendered by all the participation teams through out the competition. The presence of FIBA President Mr. Bob Elphinston and Mr. Patrick Baumann Secretary General FIBA graced the occasion.
13.4 Finally, congratulations to Iran Basketball Team for having successfully gained the only spot to Beijing Olympics 2008 and emerged as the champion in this premier event for the first time.
Thank you “Peace Through Basketball”
TOKUSHIMA JAPAN
1. GENERAL
1.1. Japan achieved a tremendous success last year in organizing the FIBA World Championship for Men. Once again it has the honour to embark on another premier FIBA Asia Championship for Men from 28th July to 5th August 2007 in Tokushima City.
1.2. Enriched with the experience in hosting the Junior Championship in September 1998, Tokushima acknowledged the responsibility positively in organizing the championship in high notes.
1.3. The Opening Ceremony was staged in Tokushima Prince Hotel in Grand Banquet. Well organized with the cultural display of rhythmic drums and dances. It was a truly delighted performance.
2. PARTICIPATION & DRAW
2.1. Participating was overwhelming through the zone qualifying tournaments. All 16 spots were taken-up and non qualified teams were put on reserves incase of any withdrawal.
2.2. The Draw to decide the groupings was held in Tokushima Grand Palace Hotel at 1530 hours on 6th June 2007. Mr. Hagop Khajirian, Deputy Secretary General, FIBA Asia conducted the draw in the presence of JABBA Officials and mass media. The 16 teams were drawn into 4 groups as given below:
2.2.1. Group A: China, Jordan, Iran & Philippines
2.2.2. Group B: Lebanon, Kuwait, UAE & Japan
2.2.3. Group C: Qatar, India, Kazakhstan & Indonesia
2.2.4. Group D: Korea, Hong Kong, Syria & C. Taipei
3. COMPETITION SYSTEM
3.1. The championship was competed in according to the FIBA Asia Rules and Regulations Governing Competitions. Competition Schedule was prepared with priority given to demands on live television coverage. Final schedule was dispatched to all participating teams and parties concerned.
3.2. Details as per the annex attached.
4. STADIUM AND TECHNICAL EQUIPTMENT
4.1. The championship was held in two stadiums, namely Asty Tokushima Stadium and Tokushima Municipal Gymnasium. Asty Tokushima Stadium designed of modern technology has a seating capacity of about 4500. The lighting was well equipped and effective. There were ample facilities to meet the needs of the championship. It is located about 15 minutes from the athletes’ hotel.
4.2. Tokushima Municipal Gymnasium is located at walking distance from Grand Palace Hotel where the Commissioners and Referees were accommodated. Designed with the basic facilities, has a seating capacity of about 3500.
4.3. The court area has good space for basketball specifications, and the wooden flooring has air trust base to absorb the effect on injury of players. The court lining is well defined and clear under the powerful flood lighting that also catered for TV coverage.
5. TECHNICAL EQUIPTMENT
5.1. The good stadium is also complimented with good equipment. Apart from the quality basketball court, the branded “SENOH” Hyra-rib heavy duty baskets supports were equipped with the 24 second clocks mounted-on them. There were also two electronic scoreboards placed on each side of the court giving faultless service throughout the tournament. The only weakness was that there were not programmed with the players personal fouls display. This information is essential for the coaches, statistics and mass media.
5.2. A large television screen was located behind the VIPs grand stand at the Asty Tokushima Stadium. Providing close circuit captions of the event and instant replay of the actions required. A good show piece that enhanced the success of the championship.
5.3. The score table equipment in particular, was of good design electronic devices. It provided faultless service throughout the championship.
6. ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
6.1. Three hotels were catered to house the officials and participating teams. They are good hotels, conveniently located for comforts and close to the competition venues as follows:
6.1.1. FIBA-Asia Officials : Hotel Crement Tokushima
1-61, Shimamoto-machi-nishi,
Tokushima-shi, Tokushima-ken, Japan
Tel : 81-88-656-3111 Fax : 81-88-656-3132
6.1.2 Commissioners & Referees : Hotel Grand Palace
1-60, Shimamoto-machi-nishi,
Tokushima-shi, Tokushima-ken, Japan
Tel : 81-88-626-1111 Fax: 81-88-6264565
6.1.3 Team Officials & Players : Tokushima Prince Hotel
3-5-1, Bandai, Tokushima-shi,
Tokushima-ken, Japan
Tel: 81-88-624-1120 Fax : 81-88-624-2375
6.2. Food was provided by the hotels, served on buffet system. The varieties with changes on the menu received no complaint from the Officials and Players.
7. TEAM MANAGERS MEETING
7.1. The meeting was held as scheduled on 27th July 2007 @ 1430 hours. It confirmed the activities of the championship and matters were conducted as per the agenda provided.
7.1.1. TECHNICAL COMMITTEE
(a) President : Dato’ Yeoh Choo Hock (Sec-Gen, FIBA Asia)
(b) Member (Host) : Mr. Takeshi Ishikawa (Sec. Gen JABBA)
(c) Member (Co-opted) : Mr. Hagop Khajirian (Deputy. Sec-Gen, FIBA Asia)
(d) Secretary : Col. Lee Kak Kuan (Technical Director, FIBA Asia)
7.1.2 JURY OF APPEAL
(a) President : Sheikh Saud Ali Al-Thani, (President, FIBA Asia)
Members - Alternates
(b) India - C. Taipei / Philippines / Iran
(c) Hong Kong - China / Kazakhstan / Jordan
(d) Japan - UAE / Syria / Qatar
(e) Indonesia - Korea / Lebanon / Kuwait
8. TECHNICAL OFFICIALS AND REFEREES MEETING
8.1. The meeting was held after the Managers’ Meeting at 1600 hours. Matters were conducted as per the agenda provided.
8.2. By FIBA Asia ruling, all teams must have accompanied FIBA referees. It was well responded and all the teams provided the referees. Total referees for the championship was 29 including 2 neutral Referees and referees from Japan. The list of referees and the record of assignment as per annex attached.
8.3. For the first time 3 persons officiating was adopted in view of the high level of competition. To beef up the number of referees required for the championship, additional referees were provided by China (3), Iran (2), Kuwait (2), Korea (2), Kuwait (2) and Japan (5). The system proved good as the game proceeded smoothly without any problem.
9. THE TOURNAMENT RESULTS
9.1 The competition catered for 60 matches to be completed in 9 days. An average of 8 games were played daily with a rest day. From the minute of the play-off, the event was plain-sailing without any un-towards incidence.
9.2. The competition was keenly contested, good performance was displayed at every stage of the competition, especially the semi finals and final. The results were only known in the last minute, with unexpected up-set and China the defending champion was displaced during the preliminary round.
9.3. After 8 days of intensive and thrilling competition Iran and Lebanon were berthed for the final. Iran with good height was certainly hard to beat. However, in the final showdown Lebanon with good shooting and superb team work asserted immense pressure on Iran. Finally, Iran beat Lebanon in a teeth biting contest and captured the crown with the final score 74 - 69 under fully packed stadium.
9.4. The standing results are as given below. Details results as per the annex attached.
9.4.1 The final standing of the competition is as follows:-
9.4.1.1 First - Iran
9.4.1.2 Second - Lebanon
9.4.1.3 Third - Korea
9.4.1.4 Fourth - Kazakhstan
9.4.1.5 Fifth - Jordan
9.4.1.6 Sixth - C. Taipei
9.4.1.7 Seventh - Qatar
9.4.1.8 Eighth - Japan
9.4.1.9 Ninth - Philippines
9.4.1.10 Tenth - China
9.4.1.11 Eleventh - Syria
9.4.1.12 Twelfth - Indonesia
9.4.1.13 Thirteen - Hong Kong
9.4.1.14 Fourteen - Kuwait
9.4.1.15 Fifteen - India
9.4.1.16 Sixteen - UAE
10 OBSERVATIONS
10.1 BELIEVE IT OR NOT! Official Team List of Players is a mandatory piece of document that is required before the championship. FIBA Asia has initiated the instructions for the requirement well ahead of the competition. Even that several teams have not fulfilled the requirement in producing a precise and correct list for the inspection by the Commissioners during the Managers Meeting.
10.2 Family name and given name itself was a problem, date of birth and country of birth too were not correctly filled. Again we faced the similar problem in the completion of The Players Declaration Forms for Doping and the Doping Forms.
10.3 Participating Federations are to pay more attention in doing this exercise in future and to submit the correct lists on the mandate given.
11. STATUS OF PLAYERS. Once again it needs be emphasized that federations are responsible for the eligibility of their players. This will avoid disappointment of any player registered but not authorized to play. Please apply for clearance early from FIBA as per the FIBA Internal Regulations.
12. SOUVENIR MAGAZINE. The production of the magazine is a norm for every FIBA Asia Championship. A colorful edition was produced capturing the essential programs and events. The pictures of officials and players of all the participating teams were uniformly designed. It was a good effort of the LOC.
13. CONCLUSION
13.1 A well organized tournament requires good planning and systematic implementation of the programs and activities apart from finance. Tokushima has opened its gateway towards more international basketball arenas. The Organizing Committee under the supervision Headquarters of JABBA was able to steer the cooperation of every working member for a successful tournament.
13.2 Information Technology (IT) was fully applied to produce the games statistics. The information was displayed immediately as the game progressed, providing all the statistics efficiently. The dedicated FIBA staff provided excellent technical support.
13.3 I wish to thank all the sponsors for their generous contributions, mass media and television for the close support and wide publicity. Your good deeds played the primary role in the promotion of basketball, not forgetting to thank the full cooperation rendered by all the participation teams through out the competition. The presence of FIBA President Mr. Bob Elphinston and Mr. Patrick Baumann Secretary General FIBA graced the occasion.
13.4 Finally, congratulations to Iran Basketball Team for having successfully gained the only spot to Beijing Olympics 2008 and emerged as the champion in this premier event for the first time.
Thank you “Peace Through Basketball”
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