JPN – Isshiki: I hope this win marks the turnaround in Japanese basketball
MEDAN, Indonesia (FIBA Asia U18 Championship for Women): Terming Japan as the eternal underachievers of Asian basketball might just not be wrong.
The hoopsters from the Land of Rising Sun have always been a part of the ‘top teams’ group, but have struggled to translate that status into title triumphs.
Take this for example, Japanese women have won the Senior Asian title just once – way back in 1970 and their men became champions of Asia even earlier – in 1965.
The Japanese U18 Men raised the hopes when they won the title at the 11th ABC Championship for Junior Men (as it was called then) at Nagoya in 1990, but after that there has no title triumph for Japan in any category and any age-group in official Asian competitions.
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19th FIBA Asia U18 CHampionship for Junior Women 2-9 Nov 2008 Medan
Schedule and game results
Photos
Game report
INA – Japan stun China; No change in the last four
INA – Japan stun China; No change in the last four
MEDAN, Indonesia (FIBA Asia U18 Championship for Women): Defending champions China suffered their first defeat in seven championships going down 71-87 to a feisty Japanese combination in a Level I game of the 19th FIBA Asia U18 Championship for Women on Thursday.
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INA – Kazakhstan, Philippines move towards promotion
INA – Kazakhstan, Philippines move towards promotion
MEDAN, Indonesia (FIBA Asia U18 Championship for Women): Middle Asian nation Kazakhstan and South East Asian rivals Philippines shared the top spot in Level II, notching up their third win from as many outings in the 19th FIBA Asia U18 Championship for Women on Thursday.
The two, who take on each other on Friday, thus kept themselves in the race for a top two finish in this Level II, thus earning a play-off with the bottom two finishers of Level I. The winners of those play-offs will be promoted to next edition’s Level I.
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19th FIBA Asia Under 18, Medan (2nd Nov - 5th Nov 08')
Schedule and game results
Photos
Interviews
Game report
INA – Six teams in fray for title, six more seek promotion
MEDAN, Indonesia (FIBA Asia U18 Championship for Women): Twelve teams – divided into two levels – will be seen in action in the 19th FIBA Asia U18 Championship for Women starting at the picturesque capital of North Sumatra on Sunday.
The top three finishers from the week-long championship will qualify for the 2009 FIBA U19 World Championship for Women, scheduled to be held in Thailand.
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Six-time defending champions China, Korea – the only other team to ever win the title – last edition’s runners-up Japan, Chinese Taipei, India and Malaysia will contest in the elite Level I, which will decide the champions as well as the qualifiers for the World Championship.
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1st Asian Beach Basketball Game 2008 - Final day
The games schedule for the final day 1st Asian Beach Basketball Game 2008 as follow:
Date: 26 Oct 2008 |
| Placing | Time | Team |
| 7-8 | 9:00 | INA-JPN (BOYS) |
| 5-6 | 9:45 | INA-JPN (BOYS) |
| 3-4 | 10:30 | MAS-IND (GIRLS) |
| 3-4 | 11:15 | MAS-KUW (BOYS) |
| 1-2 | 12:00 | JAP-THA (BOYS) |
| 1-2 | 12:45 | IND-PHI (BOYS) |
1st Asian Beach Basketball Game 2--8 - Snipshot for 2nd day
The 2nd day for the basketball beach game delayed for 2 hours from the original schedule due to the heavy rain. However it was started around 10.30am and the heat of the games started since then.
Click here for Preliminary Games results
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Women - India VS Indonesia
The first game, India has an easy win over Indonesia with 34:17, though the Indonesia girls gave their best.
Men - Singapore VS Indonesia
The next game, the Indonesia men's team had put up a good fight with Singapore however Singapore won with a narrow win with 34:30.
Women - Malaysia VS Thailand
Then Women Malaysia vs Thailand which is another exciting match when Malaysia successfully entered few shots consecutively to score 30-32 and then played even at 32-32. But Thailand won the game after successfully entered the free shots.
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1st Asian Beach Basketball Game 2008
In conjunction with the 1st Asian Beach Games in Bali from 18-26 October 2008, it is the first time ever that Basketball event is organised on the beach by FIBA and FIBA Asia. It has kept many pondering and wondering on how the basketball games can be played on the beach. But FIBA together with FIBA ASIA managed to set up the court for the FIBA 33 game. FibaAsia Secretary General Dato Yeoh Choo Hock and Mr Lobomir Kotleba from FIBA are very happy with the progress of the game so far.
The weather in Bali this morning was very hot and so were the games.There will be 3 quarters for each game and 5 minutes for each quarter. The winning team either scores 33 points at any quarter or highest score at the last quarter.
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