# 2013 FIBA Asia Championship qualification

The qualification for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship was held in late 2012 from early 2013 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Central Asia and South Asia each conducting tournaments.

## Qualification format

The following are eligible to participate:
* The organizing country.
* The champion team from the previous FIBA Asia Cup.
* The four best-placed teams from the previous FIBA Asia Cup will qualify the same number of teams from their respective sub-zones.
* The two best teams from the sub-zones of East Asia, Gulf, Southeast Asia and West Asia and the winner from the sub-zones of South Asia and Central Asia.

### Berths

| Zone | Automatic | Additional berths from FIBA Asia Cup | Total |
| FIBA Asia Cup champion | 1 | — | 1 |
| Host team | 1 | — | 1 |
| Central Asia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| East Asia | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Gulf | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| South Asia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Southeast Asia | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| West Asia | 2 | 0 | 3 |

## FIBA Asia Cup

| Rank | Team | Note |
| | Iran | Direct Qualifier |
| | Japan | East Asia (+1) |
| | Qatar | Gulf (+1) |
| 4 | Philippines | Hosts |
| 5 | China | East Asia (+2) |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | East Asia (+3) |
| 7 | Lebanon | |
| 8 | Uzbekistan | |
| 9 | India | |
| 9 | Macau | |

## Qualified teams

* Host and 2012 FIBA Asia Cup champion
* Automatic berth
* Additional berth from 2012 FIBA Asia Cup
| Central Asia (1) | East Asia (2+3) | Gulf (2+1) | South Asia (1) | Southeast Asia (1+2) | West Asia (1+2) |
| Kazakhstan | South Korea | Qatar | India | Philippines | Iran |
| | China | Bahrain | | Thailand | Lebanon |
| | Japan | Saudi Arabia | | Malaysia | Jordan |
| | Hong Kong | | | | |
| | Chinese Taipei | | | | |
* Lebanon originally qualified for the tournament but was suspended by FIBA due to unresolved issues in its basketball federation. Iraq and the United Arab Emirates were asked to take Lebanon's slot in the tournament. However, they both begged off due to lack of preparation.

## Central Asia

The qualification for Central Asia consisted of a single game. On May 7, 2013, in Astana, Kazakhstan beat Uzbekistan 80–60 and was qualified for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship.
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 80 | 60 | +20 | 2 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 80 | −20 | 1 |
* May 7 17:00
| Kazakhstan | 80–60 | Uzbekistan |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 19–18, 22–14, 18–13 |||
* Republican Cycling Track, Astana

## East Asia

The 3rd East Asian Basketball Association Championship for Men is the qualifying tournament for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. It also serves as a regional championship involving East Asian basketball teams. the five best teams qualifies for 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. The tournament was held from May 16 to 21, 2013 in Incheon, South Korea.

### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 276 | 150 | +126 | 6 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 227 | 197 | +30 | 5 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 234 | 181 | +53 | 4 |
| Macau | 3 | 0 | 3 | 124 | 333 | −209 | 3 |
* May 16 14:00
| Chinese Taipei | 108–32 | Macau |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–9, 24–4, 24–9, 32–10 |||
* Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon
* May 16 16:00
| Japan | 55–74 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 4–16, 15–21, 21–13 |||
* Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon
* May 17 14:00
| South Korea | 78–56 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 22–10, 19–14, 22–11 |||
* Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon
* May 17 16:00
| Macau | 53–101 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–25, 14–28, 14–23, 12–25 |||
* Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon
* May 18 14:00
| Japan | 71–70 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–17, 15–18, 22–15, 17–20 |||
* Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon
* May 18 16:00
| South Korea | 124–39 | Macau |
| Scoring by quarter: 34–1, 36–11, 27–12, 27–15 |||
* Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 193 | 104 | +89 | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 1 | 135 | 157 | −22 | 3 |
| Mongolia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 185 | −67 | 2 |
* May 16 18:00
| China | 84–59 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–9, 16–25, 26–15, 27–10 |||
* Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon
* May 17 18:00
| Hong Kong | 76–73 | Mongolia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 16–17, 24–19, 17–21 |||
* Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon
* May 18 18:00
| Mongolia | 45–109 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 6–23, 9–30, 13–30 |||
* Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon

### Classification 5th–6th

* May 20 14:00
| Chinese Taipei | 94–86 | Mongolia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 28–16, 25–18, 20–30 |||
* Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| May 20 | May 20 |
| South Korea | 105 |
| South Korea | 105 | May 21 | May 21 |
| Hong Kong | 62 | May 21 | May 21 |
| Hong Kong | 62 | South Korea | 79 |
| May 20 | May 20 | | South Korea | 79 |
| May 20 | May 20 | China | 68 |
| China | 83 | China | 68 |
| Japan | 68 | | |
| Japan | 68 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | May 21 | May 21 |
| | | Hong Kong | 71 |
| | | Japan | 87 |

#### Semifinals

* May 20 16:00
| South Korea | 105–62 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by quarter: 32–9, 24–15, 22–21, 27–17 |||
* Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon
* May 20 18:00
| China | 83–68 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 25–9, 13–16, 30–28 |||
* Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon

#### 3rd place

* May 21 14:00
| Hong Kong | 71–87 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 16–22, 19–22, 18–24 |||
* Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon

#### Final

* May 21 16:00
| South Korea | 79–68 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 24–23, 17–20, 19–12 |||
* Samsan World Gymnasium, Incheon

### Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | South Korea |
| | China |
| | Japan |
| 4 | Hong Kong |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei |
| 6 | Mongolia |
| 7 | Macau |

## Gulf

The 13th Gulf Basketball Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. it also serves as a regional championship. the three best teams qualifies for FIBA Asia Championship 2013.
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Qatar | 4 | 4 | 0 | 318 | 226 | +92 | 8 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 3 | 1 | 307 | 248 | +59 | 7 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 261 | 247 | +14 | 6 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1 | 3 | 291 | 300 | −9 | 5 |
| Oman | 4 | 0 | 4 | 189 | 345 | −156 | 4 |
* September 30 16:00
| United Arab Emirates | 95–59 | Oman |
| Scoring by quarter: 34–8, 18–17, 22–17, 21–17 |||
* Zain Court, Manama
* September 30 19:00
| Bahrain | 67–64 | Saudi Arabia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–25, 15–16, 16–18, 22–5 |||
* Zain Court, Manama
* October 1 17:00
| Qatar | 66–60 | Saudi Arabia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 21–14, 14–19, 9–10 |||
* Zain Court, Manama
* October 1 19:00
| United Arab Emirates | 74–93 | Bahrain |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 18–28, 19–21, 21–19 |||
* Zain Court, Manama
* October 3 17:00
| Oman | 36–83 | Bahrain |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–28, 6–14, 11–15, 13–26 |||
* Zain Court, Manama
* October 3 19:00
| Qatar | 81–62 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 21–14, 16–16, 23–15 |||
* Zain Court, Manama
* October 4 17:00
| Saudi Arabia | 67–60 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–13, 3–18, 18–13, 19–16 |||
* Zain Court, Manama
* October 4 19:00
| Oman | 40–97 | Qatar |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–25, 14–35, 8–27, 11–10 |||
* Zain Court, Manama
* October 6 17:00
| Saudi Arabia | 70–54 | Oman |
* Zain Court, Manama
* October 6 19:00
| Bahrain | 64–74 | Qatar |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–20, 16–18, 16–18, 17–18 |||
* Zain Court, Manama

## South Asia

The 2013 South Asian Basketball Association Qualifying Round for the 27th FIBA Asia Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. The winner qualifies for 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. The tournament will be held from June 2 to 4, 2013 in New Delhi, India.
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| India | 2 | 2 | 0 | 173 | 72 | +101 | 4 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 124 | 84 | +40 | 3 |
| Nepal | 2 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 187 | –141 | 2 |
* June 2 16:00
| India | 109–26 | Nepal |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–8, 37–4, 27–10, 21–4 |||
* Thyagaraj Stadium, New Delhi
* June 3 18:00
| Nepal | 20–78 | Afghanistan |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–20, 0–16, 5–24, 4–18 |||
* Thyagaraj Stadium, New Delhi
* June 4 18:00
| Afghanistan | 46–64 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–19, 9–15, 11–13, 17–17 |||
* Thyagaraj Stadium, New Delhi

## Southeast Asia

The 10th Southeast Asia Basketball Association Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship; it also serves as a regional championship involving Southeast Asian basketball teams. It will be held on June 20 to June 23, 2013 at Medan, Indonesia. The two best teams will qualify for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship.

### Preliminary round

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 218 | 185 | +33 | 5 | 1–0 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 178 | 185 | −7 | 5 | 0–1 |
| Singapore | 3 | 1 | 2 | 181 | 195 | −14 | 4 | 1–0 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 217 | 229 | −12 | 4 | 0–1 |
* June 20 17:00
| Singapore | 49–67 | Thailand |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 7–14, 17–22, 9–14 |||
* GOR Samudra, Medan
* June 20 19:00
| Indonesia | 64–67 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 12–15, 16–20, 13–11 |||
* GOR Samudra, Medan
* June 21 18:00
| Malaysia | 64–58 | Singapore |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 12–13, 15–10, 15–16 |||
* GOR Samudra, Medan
* June 21 20:00
| Thailand | 88–89 (OT) | Indonesia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 17–16, 17–20, 27–21, Overtime: 9–10 |||
* GOR Samudra, Medan
* June 22 18:00
| Malaysia | 47–63 | Thailand |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–18, 8–24, 18–13, 11–8 |||
* GOR Samudra, Medan
* June 22 20:00
| Indonesia | 64–74 | Singapore |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 13–27, 20–8, 10–15 |||
* GOR Samudra, Medan

### Final

* June 23 20:00
| Thailand | 73–63 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 17–10, 22–17, 16–12 |||
* GOR Samudra, Medan

### Final standing

| Rank | Team |
| | Thailand |
| | Malaysia |
| | Singapore |
| 4 | Indonesia |

## West Asia

The 2013 West Asian Basketball Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. It also serves as a regional championship involving West Asian basketball teams. the two best teams excluding Iran qualifies for 2013 FIBA Asia Championship. The tournament was held from February 7 to February 9, 2013 in Tehran, Iran.
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 287 | 202 | +85 | 6 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 290 | 261 | +29 | 5 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 230 | 271 | −41 | 4 |
| Iraq | 3 | 0 | 3 | 213 | 286 | −73 | 3 |
* February 7 15:00
| Lebanon | 106–72 | Iraq |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 31–15, 30–13, 22–32 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
* February 7 17:00
| Iran | 93–55 | Jordan |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–10, 20–20, 25–9, 22–16 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
* February 8 15:00
| Iran | 94–61 | Iraq |
| Scoring by quarter: 31–15, 24–17, 21–17, 18–12 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
* February 8 17:00
| Lebanon | 98–89 | Jordan |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 19–21, 29–24, 34–28 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
* February 9 15:00
| Jordan | 86–80 | Iraq |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 20–27, 15–12, 31–26 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
* February 9 17:00
| Iran | 100–86 (OT) | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 22–14, 19–24, 16–23, Overtime: 20–6 |||
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran