2017 EABA Championship
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The 4th East Asian Basketball Championship were the qualifying tournament of the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup. It served also as a subzone championship involving the East Asian basketball teams. The tournament was hosted by the city of Nagano in Japan from 3 to 7 June 2017. The Chinese Taipei won their first title after defeating the defending champions, Korea in the Finals, 77–64. Japan beat China to take the bronze medal, 76–58.
For the first time in the history of the tournament, five teams have qualified for the Asian continental championship due to two extra berths were added from the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge.
Results
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan (H, Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 197 | 116 | +81 | 4 | Qualification to semifinals and 2017 FIBA Asia Cup |
| 2 | South Korea (Q) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 181 | 136 | +45 | 3 | |
| 3 | Macau | 2 | 0 | 2 | 105 | 228 | −123 | 2 | Qualification to 5th place playoff |
| June 3 15:00 |
| Japan | 78–72 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 14–15, 21–23, 20–16 | ||
| Pts: Brown 15 Rebs: Brown 8 Asts: Brown 5 | Pts: Lee D.S. 15 Rebs: Heo I.Y., Heo H. 7 Asts: Heo H. 5 |
| June 4 15:00 |
| Macau | 47–119 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 6–31, 13–27, 13–36 | ||
| Pts: Hoi 12 Rebs: Lo 5 Asts: 3 players at 2 each | Pts: Hiejima 17 Rebs: Takeuchi 9 Asts: Hiejima 10 |
| Nagano Mashima General Sports Arena, Nagano Referees: Harja Jaladri (INA), Chan Ho Ming (HKG), Zhang Zhiwei (CHN) |
| June 5 16:45 |
| South Korea | 109–58 | Macau |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–14, 14–12, 32–14, 33–18 | ||
| Pts: Lee D.S. 26 Rebs: Jeong, Park 7 Asts: Heo H. 7 | Pts: Chan 16 Rebs: Chan 15 Asts: Lam 4 |
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (Q) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 186 | 123 | +63 | 4 | Qualification to semifinals and 2017 FIBA Asia Cup |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei (Q) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 155 | 153 | +2 | 3 | |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 2 | 0 | 2 | 117 | 182 | −65 | 2 | Qualification to 5th place playoff |
| June 3 17:15 |
| China | 96–63 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–8, 27–17, 19–13, 29–25 | ||
| Pts: Zhao 22 Rebs: Hu 8 Asts: Sun 8 | Pts: Davis 15 Rebs: Davis 9 Asts: Chiang 4 |
| June 4 17:15 |
| Hong Kong | 60–90 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–24, 15–29, 11–17, 25–20 | ||
| Pts: Reid 16 Rebs: Reid 10 Asts: Chan 5, Lo 5 | Pts: Hu 17 Rebs: Hu 12 Asts: Sun 9 |
| June 5 19:00 |
| Chinese Taipei | 92–57 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 22–13, 29–22, 19–11 |
Classification 5th–6th
Winner has qualified to the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup.
| June 6 14:30 |
Final round
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 6 June | ||||||
| Japan | 73 | |||||
| Chinese Taipei | 78 | |||||
| Chinese Taipei | 77 | |||||
| 6 June | ||||||
| South Korea | 64 | |||||
| China | 104 | |||||
| South Korea (OT) | 106 | |||||
| Bronze medal match | ||||||
| Japan | 76 | |||||
| China | 58 |
Semifinals
| June 6 19:00 |
| Japan | 73–78 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 11–15, 21–15, 26–23 | ||
| Pts: Hiejima 20 Rebs: Brown 8 Asts: Hashimoto 4 | Pts: Davis 29 Rebs: Davis 17 Asts: Chiang 5 |
| June 6 19:00 |
| China | 104–106 (OT) | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 15–25, 25–19, 32–29, Overtime: 11–13 | ||
| Pts: Sun 28 Rebs: Hu 18 Asts: Hu 7 | Pts: Heo I.Y. 22 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Lee J.H. 6 |
Bronze medal match
| June 7 19:00 |
| China | 58–76 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–26, 11–9, 21–22, 17–19 | ||
| Pts: Zhao 20 Rebs: Hu 14 Asts: Sun 4 | Pts: Brown 21 Rebs: Brown 11 Asts: Tanaka 5 |
Final
| June 7 16:45 |
| South Korea | 64–77 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 14–24, 17–24, 13–14 | ||
| Pts: Heo I.Y. 18 Rebs: Lee J.H. 7 Asts: Heo H., Lee D.S. 6 | Pts: Liu 23 Rebs: Davis 13 Asts: Yu 4 |