Top Basketball Tournaments: Asian Championships

Asian Championships information, including champions, results, summary of winners and more.

Top Basketball Tournaments: Asian Championships

The Asian Championship (officially Asian Basketball Championships) is a basketball tournament played every two years between national teams of the Asian continent. Every second edition of the Asian Championship is also used as a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championships.

Year by year Asian Championships Winners:

Year	Location	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1960	Manila, Philippines	Philippines	Chinese Taipei	Japan
1963	Taipei, Taiwan	Philippines	Chinese Taipei	Korea
1965	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Japan	Philippines	Korea
1967	Seoul, South Korea	Philippines	Korea	Japan
1969	Bangkok, Thailand	Korea	Japan	Philippines
1971	Tokyo, Japan	Japan	Philippines	Korea
1973	Manila, Philippines	Philippines	Korea	Chinese Taipei
1975	Bangkok, Thailand	China	Japan	Korea
1977	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	China	Korea	Japan
1979	Nagoya, Japan	China	Japan	Korea
1981	Calcutta, India	China	Korea	Japan
1983	Hong Kong	China	Japan	Korea
1985	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Philippines	Korea	China
1987	Bangkok, Thailand	China	Korea	Japan
1989	Bangkok, Thailand	China	Korea	Chinese Taipei
1991	Kobe, Japan	China	Korea	Japan
1993	Jakarta, Indonesia	China	Korea DPR	Korea
1995	Seoul, South Korea	China	Korea	Japan
1997	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	Korea	Japan	China
1999	Fukuoka, Japan	China	Korea	Saudi Arabia
2001	Shanghai, China	China	Lebanon	Korea
2003	Harbin, China	China	Korea	Qatar
2005	Doha, Qatar	China	Lebanon	Qatar
2007	Tokushima, Japan	Iran	Lebanon	Korea

Asian Championships, Summary of Winners

National Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
China	14	0	2	16
Philippines	5	2	1	8
Korea	2	11	9	22
Japan	2	5	7	14
Iran	1	-	-	1
Chinese Taipei	-	2	2	4
Lebanon	-	3	-	3
Korea DPR	-	1	-	1
Qatar	-	-	2	2
Saudi Arabia	-	-	1	1