FIBA Asia Championship 2011
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| 26th Asian Basketball Championship | |||||||||||||
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| Host nation | China | ||||||||||||
| Dates | September 15–25 | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 16 (from 44 federations) | ||||||||||||
| Venues | 2 (in 1 host city) | ||||||||||||
| Champions |
 China (15th title)
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| MVP |
Yi Jianlian
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The 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Men is the intercontinental championship for basketball organized by FIBA Asia that doubles as a qualifying tournament for the men's basketball tournament of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England, United Kingdom. The tournament was held in 15–25 September 2011 at Wuhan, Hubei, China.Lebanon was the original host for the event. Team China won the tournament, defeating Jordan 70–69 in the final. It was the first time in the history of FIBA Asia Championship that the title was won by just one single point.
According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had two berths, and the host nation China and FIBA Asia Stanković Cup champions Lebanon were automatically qualified. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2010 FIBA Asia Stanković Cup. Therefore, with Lebanon, Japan, Qatar and the Philippines finishing in the top four in that tournament, West Asia, East Asia, the Gulf and Southeast Asia were all given one additional qualifying berth per zone.
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