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2001 ABC Championship
The 2001 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was held in Shanghai, China. Qualification According to the ABC rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (China) and the best 5 teams of the previous Asian Championship were automatically qualified. Draw Original draw: * Withdrew ** Suspended by FIBA, replaced by which finished third in the Southeast Asian qualifiers. With DPR Korea and Saudi Arabia out of the championship, the ABC has called for a redraw of the 14 participants in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 12. Preliminary round Group A Group B Group C Group D Quarterfinal round Group I Group II Group III Group IV Classification 5th–14th 13th place 11th place 9th place 7th place 5th place Final round Finalists qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship. Semifinals 3rd place Final Final standing Awards *Most Valuable Player: Yao Ming *Best Playmaker: Wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yao Ming
Yao Ming ( zh, c=姚明; born September 12, 1980) is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) and the Houston Rockets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Yao was selected to start for the Western Conference (NBA), Western Conference in the NBA All-Star Game eight times, and was named to the All-NBA Team five times. During his final season, he was the List of tallest players in National Basketball Association history, tallest active player in the NBA, at . Yao, who was born in Shanghai, started playing for the Sharks as a teenager, and played on their senior team for five years in the CBA, winning a championship in his final year. After negotiating with the CBA and the Sharks to secure his release, Yao was selected by the Rockets as the first overall pick in the 2002 NBA draft. He reached the NBA playoffs four times, and the Rockets won the first-round series in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mengke Bateer
Mengke Bateer (, pronounced ; born November 20, 1975) or Mönkhbaatar, is a Mongolian-Chinese former professional basketball player. As a Center (basketball), center, he played parts of three seasons in the National Basketball Association, NBA, winning the NBA Finals with the San Antonio Spurs in 2003 NBA Finals, 2003; Bateer is one of two players born in China to win an NBA championship, the other being shooting guard/small forward Sun Yue (basketball), Sun Yue, who won the 2009 NBA Finals with the Los Angeles Lakers. Bateer spent the majority of his career competing in the Chinese Basketball Association for the Beijing Ducks and Xinjiang Flying Tigers before ending his career with the Sichuan Blue Whales in the lesser National Basketball League (China), National Basketball League. Background Bateer hails from China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Like most Mongols, he does not have a surname and only goes by the name Mönkhbaatar (lit. eternal hero). Chinese fans also s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Basketball Competitions Hosted By China
International is an adjective (also used as a noun) meaning "between nations". International may also refer to: Music Albums * ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * ''International'' (New Order album), 2002 * ''International'' (The Three Degrees album), 1975 *''International'', 2018 album by L'Algérino Songs * The Internationale, the left-wing anthem * "International" (Chase & Status song), 2014 * "International", by Adventures in Stereo from ''Monomania'', 2000 * "International", by Brass Construction from ''Renegades'', 1984 * "International", by Thomas Leer from ''The Scale of Ten'', 1985 * "International", by Kevin Michael from ''International'' (Kevin Michael album), 2011 * "International", by McGuinness Flint from ''McGuinness Flint'', 1970 * "International", by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark from '' Dazzle Ships'', 1983 * "International (Serious)", by Estelle from '' All of Me'', 2012 Politics * Internationalism (politics) * Political international, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIBA Asia Cup
The FIBA Asia Cup (formerly the FIBA Asia Championship and ABC Championship) is an international basketball tournament which takes place every four years between the men's national teams of Asia and Oceania. Through the 2015 edition, the tournament took place every two years and was also a qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Cup and the Olympic basketball tournament. However, since 2017, the tournament was renamed the FIBA Asia Cup and now includes teams from FIBA Oceania. Also, it was the first to be played on a new four-year cycle, and is no longer a part of the qualifying process for the World Cup or the Olympics. History Beginnings: Philippines/Japan dominance The Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Championship was inaugurated in Manila in 1960. The championship was held to find Asia's best team and for qualification to the World Championship and the Olympics. On the next four tournaments, the Philippines won 3 with the Japanese beating the Filipinos in 1965 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seo Jang-Hoon
Seo or SEO may refer to: * Search engine optimization, the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines Organisations * SEO Economic Research, a scientific institute * Spanish Ornithological Society (''Sociedad Española de Ornitología'') People * Seo (surname), a Korean and Japanese family name * SEO (artist), Seo Soo-kyoung (born 1977) Korean painter in Berlin Places * Séguéla Airport (IATA code), Ivory Coast * Serving Every Ohioan Library Center in Caldwell, Ohio, United States * Västra Götaland County (ISO 3166 code: SE-O), a county in Sweden * Seo, Kohistan, an administrative unit in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan * Seo (瀬尾村), a former village that was merged into Imaichi, Tochigi, now itself also merged into Nikkō, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan Other uses * '' Can Seo'', a television series * Seasoned equity offering, a new equity issue by a company after its initial public offering * Security Engineering Officer * Sen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Zhizhi
Wang Zhizhi ( zh, t=王治郅, s=王治郅, p=Wáng Zhìzhì, pronounced ; born 8 July 1977) is a Chinese former professional basketball player who was the head coach of the Bayi Rockets, the team with which he spent his domestic career in the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He also played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Dallas Mavericks, Los Angeles Clippers, and Miami Heat, becoming China's first player to compete in the NBA. Early and personal life The son of two former basketball players, Wang Zhizhi started playing basketball at the age of 8, and when he was 14 his parents signed him up for the People's Liberation Army, considering the PLA to have the best coaching and facilities in China. He grew up watching weekly NBA game broadcasts on television in Beijing, idolizing Hakeem Olajuwon and Charles Barkley. Although Wang was born in 1977, when processing his travel documents, authorities instead represented his birth year as 1979 so that he could ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Madanly
Micheal Madanly (born 10 March 1981 in Aleppo), better known as Michel Madanly or just Micho, is a Syrian professional basketball player. Most known in his prime playing for Jalaa SC's basketball programme from 2004 to 2011, he also played in a number of Syrian and international basketball clubs in China, Philippines, Lebanon and the Netherlands and a regular feature for many years in the Syrian national basketball team. Madanly is perhaps best known as the leading scorer in the 2007 FIBA Asia Championship, averaging 33.1 points per game. Professional career Syria He first started his career in Al-Jalaa basketball team in his native city of Aleppo. Madanly had originally planned to enter the club as a football player but the club's football team, Jalaa SC, was inactive during that period. Consequently, he joined the basketball section of the club. He played for a three years with Al-Jeish (Army) Club in Syria as part of a mandatory military service but was transferred to Al-J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Fei (basketball)
Wang Fei (; born 25 March 1963 in Beijing) is a Chinese former basketball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics. He was the head coach A head coach, senior coach, or manager is a professional responsible for training and developing athletes within a sports team. This role often has a higher public profile and salary than other coaching positions. In some sports, such as associat ... of the China men's national basketball team between 1997 and 1999 and between 2001 and 2002. References 1963 births Living people Basketball players from Beijing Bayi Rockets players Chinese men's basketball players 1990 FIBA World Championship players Olympic basketball players for China Basketball players at the 1988 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in basketball Basketball players at the 1986 Asian Games Basketball players at the 1990 Asian Games Chinese basketball coaches Asian Games gold medalists for China Medalists at the 1986 Asian Games Medalists at the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Neumann
Carl John Neumann (September 11, 1951 – April 23, 2019), nicknamed "Johnny Reb", was an American professional basketball player and coach. At 6'6" and 200 pounds, he played at the shooting guard and small forward positions. High school and college Following a standout career at Overton High School in Memphis, Neumann took his game to the University of Mississippi, where he played from 1969 to 1971. During his sophomore season, he drew comparisons to Pete Maravich, after averaging an NCAA-high of 40.1 points per game. His strongest performances included a 63-point game against Louisiana State University and a 60-point game against Baylor University. Neumann earned All-America and SEC Player of the Year honors at the end of the season. Johnny Neumann returned to Ole Miss and completed his undergraduate degree, in 2016. After earning his degree, he returned to coaching. He was named to the 2016 SEC Legends class. Neumann continues to hold the Ole Miss single-season scoring re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yang Kyun-Min
Yang may refer to: * Yang, in yin and yang, one half of the two symbolic polarities in Chinese philosophy * Korean yang, former unit of currency of Korea from 1892 to 1902 * YANG, a data modeling language for the NETCONF network configuration protocol Geography * Yang County, in Shaanxi, China * Yangzhou (ancient China), also known as Yang Prefecture * Yang (state), ancient Chinese state * Yang, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province * Yang River (other) People * Yang, one of the names for the Karen people in the Thai language *Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the constitutional monarch of Malaysia * Andrew Yang, American Politician and Co-Founder of the Forward Party. * Yang (surname) (楊), a Chinese surname * Yang (surname 陽), a Chinese surname * Yang (surname 羊), a Chinese surname * Yang (Korean surname) * Yang Rong (businessman) (, born 1957), Chinese businessman Fictional characters * Cristina Yang, on the TV show ''Grey's Anatomy'' * Yang, from the sho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walid Doumiati
Walid Mahmoud El Doumiati (born July 16, 1968 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a retired Lebanese professional basketball player who last played for Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut. Doumiati alongside Elie Mechantaf and Fadi El Khatib helped build the sport of basketball in Lebanon since the draft of Lebanese NBA player Rony Seikaly. Walid was committed to Sporting Al Riyadi Beirut leading the team to successive titles, despite being held back by archrivals Hekmeh BC during the 1990s. Walid was also a member of the Lebanon national basketball team during its first ever appearance in the 2002 FIBA World Championship in Indianapolis after earning a silver medal at the 2001 ABC Championship The 2001 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was held in Shanghai, China. Qualification According to the ABC rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (China) and the best 5 teams of the previous Asian Championship were aut .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Doumiati, Walid 1968 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
