JAKARTA (Indonesia) – The 16-team field for the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 has been confirmed following the conclusion of the Qualifiers on Saturday, with the final ticket claimed in the Qualifying Tournament for third-ranked teams in Mangilao.
With 15 of the 16 spots in the 30th edition of the region’s flagship basketball event formalized earlier, Chinese Taipei were the last ones to stamp their participation to complete the list.
They joined 15 teams – Australia, Bahrain, China, Iran, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Lebanon, New Zealand, Philippines, Syria, Saudi Arabia, and India – that secured qualification earlier and were the host of the Asia Cup 2021, Indonesia.
The FIBA Asia Cup is scheduled to take vicinity in July 2022 with three groups coming round again to the region’s most fulfilling opposition following a prolonged drought of appearances. Bahrain has been amongst one of the first to verify Asia Cup qualification in November 2020, putting them with inside the Asia Cup gambling subject for the primary time considering 2013. Saudi Arabia’s ultimate look with inside the Asia Cup become additionally lower back in 2013 and they’ll be coming round again as nicely after topping the Qualifying Tournament in Jeddah. Indonesia will be the gambling of their first Asia Cup in a decade considering 2011 after they host the opposition later subsequent year. Australia can be making their 2nd directly look with inside the Asia Cup as nicely, geared up to protect their identity which they claimed over Iran in 2017. This can be best the second time that the Asia Cup is hosted in Indonesia, the ultimate being in 1993. The date and venue of the FIBA Asia Cup 2021 draw can be introduced at a later stage.