2015 FIBA Asia Championship
| 2015 FIBA Asia Championship | |||||||||||||
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| 28th Asian Basketball Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Host nation |
 China
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| Dates | 23 September – 3 October | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 16 (from 45 federations) | ||||||||||||
| Venues | 2 (in 1 host city) | ||||||||||||
| Champions |
China (16th title)
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| MVP |
Yi Jianlian
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| Qualified for the Olympics | |
| Qualify to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament as host. | |
| Qualify to Final Olympic Qualifying Tournament |
The 2015 FIBA Asia Championship for Men was the 28th continental basketball championship in Asia. The tournament was organised by FIBA Asia.
At the FIBA Asia Congress held in Doha, Qatar, the Central Board awarded the hosting rights to China. On 4 December 2014, the Chinese Basketball Association acquired approval from FIBA Asia to hold the men's championship at Changsha, Hunan, with the women's championship to be held at Wuhan, Hubei.
As the winner of the tournament, China qualified for the basketball tournament on the 2016 Summer Olympics, while the Philippines, Iran, and Japan will participate at the 2016 FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament for Men, as stated by FIBA and the IOC in qualification quota.
The 2015 edition was the last FIBA Asia Championship, as starting in 2017; it will be rebranded as the FIBA Asia Cup and will now feature teams from FIBA Oceania.
According to the FIBA Asia rules, the host nation China and 2014 FIBA Asia Cup champions Iran automatically qualified. East Asia, West Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Persian Gulf each had two berths while Central Asia and South Asia each had one slot allotted. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2014 FIBA Asia Cup. Therefore, with Chinese Taipei, Philippines, Jordan, and Japan finishing in the top four in that tournament other than Iran and China which were both direct qualifiers, East Asia gained another two berths while the Southeast Asia and West Asia gained an additional slot each.
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