# 2025 FIBA Asia Cup
The 2025 [FIBA Asia Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/fiba-asia-cup) was the 31st edition of FIBA's flagship international men's basketball tournament for national teams in Asia, played in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from August 5 to 17, 2025.[1](https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2372599) • [2](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-asiacup-2025/news/sbf-hopes-fiba-asia-cup-2025-strengthens-multiple-stakeholders) Sixteen teams took part, and Australia won its third consecutive title by defeating China 90-89 in the Final at [King Abdullah Sports City](https://www.edgepedia.org/king-abdullah-sports-city).[3](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-asiacup-2025/news/cooks-galloway-power-boomers-to-fiba-asia-cup-three-peat) • [4](https://as.com/baloncesto/mas_baloncesto/australia-campeona-de-asia-n/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Edition / dates | 31st edition; August 5 to 17, 2025[1](https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2372599) |
| Host | Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; the Kingdom's second time hosting after the 1997 edition in Riyadh[1](https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2372599) • [5](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/news-saudi-arabia-announced-as-host-of-fiba-asia-cup-2025) |
| Teams | 16 national teams, decided through three qualification windows beginning February 2024[6](https://about.fiba.basketball/en/news/fiba-asia-cup-2025-logo-revealed-inspired-by-traditional-ardah-dance) |
| Champion | Australia, third straight title, beating China 90-89 in the Final[3](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-asiacup-2025/news/cooks-galloway-power-boomers-to-fiba-asia-cup-three-peat) |
| Final MVP and Tournament MVP | Xavier Cooks, named MVP of the match, scored 30 points; Jaylin Galloway, named TISSOT MVP of the tournament, scored 23 in the Final[4](https://as.com/baloncesto/mas_baloncesto/australia-campeona-de-asia-n/) • [7](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-asiacup-2025/news/jaylin-galloway-crowned-tissot-mvp-leads-fiba-asia-cup-2025-all-star-five) |
| Third place | Iran beat New Zealand 79-73[8](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-asiacup-2025) |
| Australia's record | Undefeated in 18 Asia Cup games since its 2017 debut[4](https://as.com/baloncesto/mas_baloncesto/australia-campeona-de-asia-n/) |
## Hosting award and venue
The Saudi Basketball Federation (SBF) was awarded the hosting rights for the FIBA Asia Cup 2025, with all games to be played in Jeddah.[5](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/news-saudi-arabia-announced-as-host-of-fiba-asia-cup-2025) This was the second time Saudi Arabia hosted the continental event; the previous occasion was 1997 in Riyadh, where Korea won the trophy by beating Japan 78-76 in the final and the hosts reached their first-ever semi-finals, finishing fourth.[5](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/news-saudi-arabia-announced-as-host-of-fiba-asia-cup-2025)
SBF President Dr. Ghassan Yousuf Tashkandi said the federation's goal was to create a legacy lasting generations, and reported overwhelmingly positive feedback from FIBA officials, teams, and spectators, along with a spike in interest among young players and increased media coverage of the sport in the Kingdom.[2](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-asiacup-2025/news/sbf-hopes-fiba-asia-cup-2025-strengthens-multiple-stakeholders) The tournament's official brand, unveiled at a milestone in the countdown, was inspired by the traditional Ardah dance.[6](https://about.fiba.basketball/en/news/fiba-asia-cup-2025-logo-revealed-inspired-by-traditional-ardah-dance)
## Qualification and draw
The road to the tournament began in February 2024 with the first of three qualification windows determining the 16 teams heading to Jeddah.[6](https://about.fiba.basketball/en/news/fiba-asia-cup-2025-logo-revealed-inspired-by-traditional-ardah-dance) An earlier pre-qualifier stage had opened as far back as June 22, 2022, in which 18 teams that did not join or advance in the [FIBA Basketball World Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/fiba-basketball-world-cup) 2023 qualifiers competed, with the top two teams in each group advancing.[9](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-fiba-asia-cup-2025)
The groups were confirmed in a draw held in Jeddah on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, for the thirty-first edition.[10](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-asiacup-2025/news/fiba-asia-cup-2025-groups-confirmed) Australia entered as the reigning two-time champion and had yet to lose a game in the [Asia Cup](https://www.edgepedia.org/asia-cup).[10](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-asiacup-2025/news/fiba-asia-cup-2025-groups-confirmed)
## Format
The competition ran in stages. Group winners gained direct access to the Quarter-Finals, while the second-place and third-place teams of each group played a Qualification to Quarter-Finals round.[9](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-fiba-asia-cup-2025) • [10](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-asiacup-2025/news/fiba-asia-cup-2025-groups-confirmed) The tournament comprised 36 games in total, with official FIBA box-score statistics collected under a single competition structure for all 16 participating teams.[11](https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sports-and-active-living/articles/10.3389/fspor.2026.1919832/full)
## Tournament summary
**Semifinals.** Australia beat Iran 92-48 and China beat New Zealand 98-84 to reach the Final.[2](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-asiacup-2025/news/sbf-hopes-fiba-asia-cup-2025-strengthens-multiple-stakeholders)
**Final.** Australia completed a three-peat by surviving a dramatic 90-89 win over China on Sunday night at King Abdullah Sports City.[3](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-asiacup-2025/news/cooks-galloway-power-boomers-to-fiba-asia-cup-three-peat) Australia came back from an initial deficit; Xavier Cooks, the match MVP, scored 30 points and Jaylin Galloway added 23, while Hu Mingxuan led China with 26 points and missed a three-point shot at the buzzer that would have given China a 17th continental title.[4](https://as.com/baloncesto/mas_baloncesto/australia-campeona-de-asia-n/) Head coach Adam Caporn said his team trailed by 15 points before its tenacity and problem-solving carried it through.[4](https://as.com/baloncesto/mas_baloncesto/australia-campeona-de-asia-n/)
**Third place.** Earlier the same day, Iran beat New Zealand's Tall Blacks 79-73 to secure third place.[4](https://as.com/baloncesto/mas_baloncesto/australia-campeona-de-asia-n/)
## Individual awards
Jaylin Galloway, the young winger, was crowned the TISSOT MVP, the tournament's highest individual award, shortly after playing a crucial role in the Boomers' 90-89 Final victory, and he led the FIBA Asia Cup 2025 All-Star Five.[7](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-asiacup-2025/news/jaylin-galloway-crowned-tissot-mvp-leads-fiba-asia-cup-2025-all-star-five) A tournament-wide analytical study using the official statistics from all 36 games found that assists, steals, offensive rebounds, and free throw percentage together carried a cumulative entropy weight of 46.72% in its team performance model.[11](https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sports-and-active-living/articles/10.3389/fspor.2026.1919832/full)
## What the result means for the tournament's record
Australia had moved into FIBA's Asia zone from Oceania a decade before this edition, and its 2025 victory kept it undefeated in 18 Asia Cup games since its 2017 debut.[4](https://as.com/baloncesto/mas_baloncesto/australia-campeona-de-asia-n/) For China, reaching the Final marked a return to the title game after ten years away, a result captain Zhao Rui read as proof the program was on the right path despite the one-point loss.[4](https://as.com/baloncesto/mas_baloncesto/australia-campeona-de-asia-n/) • [12](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/lookback-25-key-moments-of-the-fiba-asia-cup-2025) FIBA Asia had also planned the 2025 men's tournament alongside the FIBA Women's Asia Cup 2025 in Shenzhen, China, setting goals for presentation and implementation of its two flagship events.[13](https://about.fiba.basketball/en/regions/asia/news/fiba-asia-convenes-third-board-meeting-for-2023-27-in-jeddah)
## References
1. [Saudi Team Prepares for FIBA Asia Cup 2025 in Jeddah, Saudi Press Agency](https://www.spa.gov.sa/en/N2372599)
2. [SBF hopes FIBA Asia Cup 2025 strengthens multiple stakeholders, FIBA Basketball](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-asiacup-2025/news/sbf-hopes-fiba-asia-cup-2025-strengthens-multiple-stakeholders)
3. [Cooks, Galloway power Boomers to FIBA Asia Cup three-peat, FIBA Basketball](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-asiacup-2025/news/cooks-galloway-power-boomers-to-fiba-asia-cup-three-peat)
4. [Australia, campeona de Asia, AS.com (Reuters)](https://as.com/baloncesto/mas_baloncesto/australia-campeona-de-asia-n/)
5. [Saudi Arabia announced as host of FIBA Asia Cup 2025, FIBA Basketball](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/news-saudi-arabia-announced-as-host-of-fiba-asia-cup-2025)
6. [FIBA Asia Cup 2025 brand revealed, inspired by traditional Ardah dance, About FIBA](https://about.fiba.basketball/en/news/fiba-asia-cup-2025-logo-revealed-inspired-by-traditional-ardah-dance)
7. [Jaylin Galloway crowned TISSOT MVP, leads FIBA Asia Cup 2025 All-Star Five, FIBA Basketball](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-asiacup-2025/news/jaylin-galloway-crowned-tissot-mvp-leads-fiba-asia-cup-2025-all-star-five)
8. [FIBA Asia Cup Official Website, FIBA Basketball](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-asiacup-2025)
9. [Everything you need to know about the FIBA Asia Cup 2025, FIBA Basketball](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-fiba-asia-cup-2025)
10. [FIBA Asia Cup 2025: Groups confirmed, FIBA Basketball](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-asiacup-2025/news/fiba-asia-cup-2025-groups-confirmed)
11. [Team performance evaluation in the 2025 FIBA Men's Asia Cup: an entropy-weighted rank-sum ratio analysis with a case study of the China-Australia final, Frontiers in Sports and Active Living](https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/sports-and-active-living/articles/10.3389/fspor.2026.1919832/full)
12. [Lookback '25: Key moments of the FIBA Asia Cup 2025, FIBA Basketball](https://www.fiba.basketball/en/news/lookback-25-key-moments-of-the-fiba-asia-cup-2025)
13. [FIBA Asia convenes third board meeting for 2023-27 in Jeddah, About FIBA](https://about.fiba.basketball/en/regions/asia/news/fiba-asia-convenes-third-board-meeting-for-2023-27-in-jeddah)
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