The Asian Basketball Championship (Asian Cup) started today with a match between Chinese Taipei and Bahrain.
Sixteen national teams, divided into four groups of four, will fight for the title of champion of the largest continent.
A little later, the current champion and the main favorite to win the championship title, Australia, without major problems, triumphed against Jordan (78:60), while the hosts (Indonesia) celebrated against modest Saudi Arabia.
The absolutely most trophy-winning team is China, which has been the champion of Asia 16 times, and it is also interesting to note that South Korea collected an incredible 11 silver and 12 bronze medals.
China would probably have continued its dominance in 2017, if FIBA had accepted the “transfer” of Australia from the Oceania to the Asia zone (since it won the Oceania championship for the 21st time), and along with Australia, the New Zealand selection made the transfer for the sake of better rival.
