Basketball was one of the 42 sports at the 16th Asian Games 2010 at Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The event was held at the 13,000 seat Guangzhou International Sports Arena,[1] Huangpu Gymnasium, Guangti Gymnasium, Ying Dong Gymnasium and Sports and Entertainment Centre.
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| Venue | Guangti Gymnasium Huangpu Gymnasium International Sports Arena Ying Tung Gymnasium |
| Date | 13–26 November 2010 |
| Competitors | 273 from 18 nations |
China defeated Korea in both of the tournament's gold medal games; Iran won the men's bronze medal defeating Japan, and Japan defeated Chinese Taipei to win the bronze medal in the women's tournament.
Schedule
edit| Q | Qualification | P | Preliminary round | ¼ | Quarterfinals | ½ | Semifinals | F | Finals |
| Event↓/Date → | 13th Sat |
14th Sun |
15th Mon |
16th Tue |
17th Wed |
18th Thu |
19th Fri |
20th Sat |
21st Sun |
22nd Mon |
23rd Tue |
24th Wed |
25th Thu |
26th Fri |
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| Men | Q | Q | Q | P | P | P | P | P | ¼ | ½ | F | |||
| Women | P | P | P | ½ | F |
Medalists
editMedal table
edit| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Draw
editThe teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2006 Asian Games.
Men
edit- Best 8 teams from the basketball competition of the 2006 Asian Games that are participating in 2010 directly entered the second round.
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* The Philippines, which has made it to the latter stages of every Asian Games basketball tournament from 1951 to 2002, was originally drawn with Saudi Arabia but Saudi Arabia withdrew. Kuwait, which was originally drawn with Hong Kong and North Korea, was re-drawn with the Philippines to balance the number of teams in each group.[2][3]
Women
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Final standing
editMen
edit| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
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| 8 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 8 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 8 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
| 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
| 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | |
| 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | |
| 8 | 9 | 3 | 6 | |
| 9 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 | |
| 11 | 5 | 0 | 5 | |
| 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | |
| 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Women
edit| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
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| 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | |
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
References
edit- ^ "Fully renovated basketball arena ready for Asian Games". 22 July 2009. Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 24 August 2010.
- ^ "RP's 1st round foe Kuwait withdraws from 16th Asiad". 28 October 2010. Archived from the original on 31 October 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
- ^ "Gilas 5 to go all out vs Kuwait in Asian Games opener". 9 November 2010. Archived from the original on 12 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.