Sunday, August 11, 2013
Gilas Pilipinas settles for silver medal; Iran wins Gold
Goliath beats David. Iran proved to be too big for Gilas Pilipinas to conquer as the West Asian nation downed the home team, 85-71, to win the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship gold medal on Sunday night, August 11 at the Mall of Asia Arena.
The Iranians went to veteran big man Hamed Haddadi often and were successful in taking the title for the 3rd time in the last 4 editions of the biennial meet.
Haddadi used his massive frame to gather 29 points on 80% shooting and 16 rebounds while Samad Nikkhah Bahrami added 19 markers and 7 assists for the champions.
On the other hand, the Philippines failed to overcome the absence of injured big man Marcus Douthit this time in suffering only its second loss of the tournament.
Jayson Castro led Gilas with 18 points while Jimmy Alapag had 13.
JAYSON CASTRO.
Spitfire Filipino playmaker Jayson Castro was named to the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship All-Star Five after helping lead the Philippines to a silver-medal finish in the biennial meet.
Castro, who scored 18 points in the final match, is joined by Most Valuable Player Hamed Haddadi (Iran), Oshin Sahakian (Iran), Kim Ming Goo (Korea) and Lin Chih Chieh (Chinese Taipei) in the Mythical Team.
FINAL STANDINGS.
FINAL STANDINGS.
FIBA ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP 2013
Gold - IRAN*
Silver - PHILIPPINES*
Bronze - SOUTH KOREA*
4th - Chinese Taipei
5th - China
6th - Qatar
7th - Jordan
8th - Kazakhstan
9th - Japan
10th - Hong Kong
11th - India
12th - Bahrain
13th - Saudi Arabia
14th - Thailand
15th - Malaysia
* = qualified for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain
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