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Starting 2017, the FIBA-Asia Championships will no longer be the qualifier for either the Olympics or World Cup as it is transformed from a biennial competition to a once-in-four-years conclave as a stand-alone continental tournament.

This year’s FIBA-Asia Championships marked the last World Cup qualifier and the 2015 edition will be the last Olympic qualifier for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games.

Just after the FIBA Asia Championship 2013, FIBA released the Top 10 plays of the tournament.

Here's the FIBA Asia 2013: Top 10 Plays of the tournament (VIDEO):

The games are done. The championship has been awarded to Iran for the third time in the last four years. And the individual awards have been handed out.

Named to the Mythical Five Selection of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship were: Jason Castro, Kim Min Goo, Lin Chih-Chieh, Oshin Sahakian and Hamed Hadadi. Let’s take a look at how they did.

Iran won its third FIBA Asia Men's Basketball crown on Sunday night but had to face a determined Gilas Pilipinas squad in the championship game at the Mall of Asia Arena.

Iran wound up winning 85-71 but faced several tense moments, especially in the first half as Gilas, despite playing without center Marcus Douthit, managed to remain within striking distance.

The Philippine national men’s basketball team battled gallantly before succumbing to basketball powerhouse Iran, 85-71, in the title game of the FIBA Asia Championship.

Gilas Pilipinas had to settle for a silver medal, the country’s best finish since winning the Asian title in 1985.

WATCH 'Gilas Pilipinas vs Iran Full Game Replay' BELOW:

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.

Before the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA) was the center of the Filipino’s cage universe, there were two Asian competitions which hogged the headlines. The first was the Asian Games, held every 4 years, and the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC), held every 2 years.

The Philippines was the best basketball nation in Asia, and a 7th placer in the 1956 Olympics. The country’s dominance was keyed by the imposing Carlos Loyzaga, who was matchless at both ends of the court.

August 11, 2013. DAY 9 of 27th FIBA Asia Championship 2013 being held at Manila, Philippines. Today is semifinals round of the tournament. Below are the DAY 9 live updates, live streams, game results, news and scores of today's games.

WATCH FIBA ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES via LIVE STREAMING HERE

[ WATCH DAY 1 GAME REPLAY VIDEOS HERE ]
[ WATCH DAY 2 GAME REPLAY VIDEOS HERE ]
[ WATCH DAY 3 GAME REPLAY VIDEOS HERE ]

[ QUARTERFINALS GAME RESULTS / GAME REPLAY VIDEOS ]
[ SEMIFINALS GAME RESULTS / GAME REPLAY VIDEOS ]

FIBA Asia Championship 2013 for Men is the intercontinental championship for basketball organized by FIBA Asia that serves as the qualifying tournament for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain.

Gilas Pilipinas put on a gallant stand to beat long-time tormentor Korea, 86-79, and enter the finals of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship on Saturday, August 10 before a humongous crowd at the Mall of Asia Arena.

WATCH 'Gilas Pilipinas vs South Korea Full Game Replay' BELOW:

With its top player injured in battle against one of the top teams in Asia, the Philippine national men’s basketball team leaned on its big fighting heart to prevail.

Gilas Pilipinas defeated South Korea, 86-79, to crash the finals of the FIBA Asia Championship on Saturday at the Mall of Asia.

This time, Iran made sure there would be no magical comeback from Chinese Taipei.

Behind the brilliant quarterbacking of Mahdi Kamrani, Iran cruised to a 79-60 victory over Chinese Taipei in the semifinals of the FIBA Asia Championship on Saturday at the Mall of Asia Arena.

Chinese Taipei marched to the semifinals of the FIBA Asia Championship and did it in spectacular fashion, coming back from 17 points down for a historic 96-78 victory over defending champion China.

“Incredible game, magic day,” said Chinese Taipei coach Hsu Chin-Che.

The Taiwanese defeated their cross-strait rivals for the first time ever in the Asian championship. China, the highest-ranked team in Asia, is the defending champion and has won the title a record 15 times.

When it comes to bringing tears to the eyes of Filipino fans, the most dramatic Koreanovelas have nothing on the South Korean national basketball team.

South Korea has been responsible for the most pain for the Philippine team when it comes to international basketball. The Philippines has not won against South Korea in a high-level basketball match since the 1985 Asian Basketball Championship.

FIBA Asia Championship 2013 for Men is the intercontinental championship for basketball organized by FIBA Asia that serves as the qualifying tournament for the 2014 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Spain.

Here's the Knockout Quarterfinals Schedule:

August 10, 2013 / SATURDAY

S1: Iran vs Chinese Taipei - 5:45 PM

S2: Philippines vs South Korea - 8:30 PM 

WATCH 'FIBA ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP 2013: PHILIPPINES vs KOREA LIVE STREAMING' BELOW:

August 10, 2013. DAY 8 of 27th FIBA Asia Championship 2013 being held at Manila, Philippines. Today is semifinals round of the tournament. Below are the DAY 8 live updates, live streams, game results, news and scores of today's games.

WATCH FIBA ASIA CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES via LIVE STREAMING HERE

[ WATCH DAY 1 GAME REPLAY VIDEOS HERE ]
[ WATCH DAY 2 GAME REPLAY VIDEOS HERE ]
[ WATCH DAY 3 GAME REPLAY VIDEOS HERE ]

[ QUARTERFINALS GAME RESULTS / GAME REPLAY VIDEOS ]

( this page will be updated from time-to-time for game results)

Teams that will advance to Quarterfinals round are the Top 4 teams from Group E and Group F. 

GROUP E - #1 Philippines, #2 Chinese Taipei, #3 Qatar and #4 Jordan.

GROUP F - #1 Iran, #2 South Korea, #3 China and #Kazakhstan.

HERE's THE QUARTERFINALS, SEMIFINALS, FINALS GAME SCHEDULE:

Gary David fired a tournament-high 22 points to lead Gilas Pilipinas to an easy 88-58 destruction of Kazakhstan to advance to the semifinals of the 2013 FIBA Asia Championship.

Jayson Castro contributed 13 points and 4 assists, Japeth Aguilar impressed with 11 points, 9 rebounds and two blocks and Gabe Norwood made all of his attempts to finish with 10 as the Philippines finally allowed the injured Marcus Douthit to get some rest. (READ FULL STORY HERE)

The Philippine national men’s basketball team, Gilas Pilipinas, rode on a hot start for a rousing 88-58 victory in the quarterfinals of the FIBA Asia Championship 2013 on Friday.

With the victory, Gilas Pilipinas marched into the final four of the tournament, which serves as qualifier to the FIBA World Cup. The Philippines only needs to win one of its last two games to book its first appearance in the world basketball stage in four decades.

Chinese Taipei rallied from a big first-half deficit to defeat China, 96-78, in the quarterfinals of the FIBA Asia Championship on Friday at the Mall of Asia Arena.

It was the first victory ever in the Cross-Strait matchup for Chinese Taipei in the Asian basketball championship.

And it came at the biggest juncture of the this year’s tournament, as the Taiwanese booked a spot in the final four while eliminating their mainland rivals.