# 2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group C

Group C of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship took place from 1 to 3 August 2011. This is the preliminary round of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship, with the three teams with the best record (Iran, Korea, China) advancing to 2013 FIBA Asia Championship Group F. Malaysia, the last placed team, was relegated to the 13th–15th classification round.
All games were played at the Mall of Asia Arena in Pasay, Philippines.

## Summary

Iran opened the 2013 championship with an unprecedented 90-point win against Malaysia. In a close match between China and Korea, the match was tied with 30 seconds left when Cho Sung-min made his free throws to give the Koreans a two-point lead. Zhou Peng missed a shot for China, and Cho made both of his free throws off an intentional foul. The Koreans held on for the win when Chinese missed three more shots. On the next day, the Chinese scored a 91-point win against Malaysia, thereby eliminating them. Iran maintained a healthy lead against Korea in the second half, never relinquishing it to qualify for the next round. On the final day, the Malaysians had a better offensive output, but were still beaten by Korea, and Iran never relinquished the lead against China to win the group.

## Standings

* Qualified for the Second Round Group F
* Relegated to 13th–15th Classification
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 261 | 141 | +120 | 6 |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 208 | 193 | +15 | 5 |
| China | 3 | 1 | 2 | 223 | 155 | +68 | 4 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 105 | 308 | −203 | 3 |
All times are local (UTC+8).

## August 1
### Iran vs. Malaysia

* 1 August 2013 11:00
* Report
| Iran | 115–25 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 42–3, 16–10, 33–2, 24–10 |||
| Pts: Haddadi 21 Rebs: Haddadi 8 Asts: three players 4 | | Pts: Gan 11 Rebs: Wong 2 Asts: Kuek 5 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Hatim Alharbi (KSA), Abdulkarim Shakeeb (BHR)

### China vs. Korea

* 1 August 2013 17:45
* Report
| China | 59–63 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 16–16, 11–17, 17–17 |||
| Pts: Yi 23 Rebs: Yi, Wang Z.L. 10 Asts: Sun 3 | | Pts: Kim J.S. 15 Rebs: Yang D.G., Cho 4 Asts: Yang D.G. 4 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: Mohammad Alamiri (BHR), Mohammad Ramadan Naser Abu Rashed (JOR), Ricor Buaron (PHI)

## August 2
### China vs. Malaysia

* 2 August 2013 11:00
* Report
| China | 113–22 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 31–2, 24–10, 24–7, 34–3 |||
| Pts: Wang Z.L. 21 Rebs: Wang Z.L. 8 Asts: Li 7 | | Pts: Ooi 9 Rebs: Gan. Wong C.Y. 4 Asts: Ooi, Tong 1 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay

### Korea vs. Iran

* 2 August 2013 17:45
* Report
| South Korea | 65–76 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 19–12, 7–21, 24–25 |||
| Pts: Cho 15 Rebs: Kim M.G. 7 Asts: Kim J.S. 3 | | Pts: Haddadi 30 Rebs: Haddadi 13 Asts: Kamrani 9 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Atanu Banerjee (IND), Ferdinand Pascual (PHI)

## August 3
### Malaysia vs. Korea

* 3 August 2013 11:00
* Report
| Malaysia | 58–80 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 14–22, 19–14, 10–22 |||
| Pts: Kuek 25 Rebs: Ooi 6 Asts: Gan 3 | | Pts: Lee S.J. 18 Rebs: Lee S.J., Lee J.H. 9 Asts: Yang 6 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay Referees: Mohammad Naser Ramadan Abu Rashed (JOR), Hatim Hamed Alharbi (KSA), Glenn Cornelio (PHI)

### Iran vs. China

* 3 August 2013 17:45
* Report
| Iran | 70–51 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 15–8, 13–17, 16–10 |||
| Pts: Haddadi 15 Rebs: Haddadi, Sahakian 7 Asts: Bahrami 8 | | Pts: Wang S.P. 11 Rebs: Zhu F.Y., Wang Z.Z. 5 Asts: Sun Y. 3 |
* Mall of Asia Arena, Pasay