Taiwan women's NT lost to Japan on Sunday for the second straight time by a large margin in the same tournament after a 83-56 loss kicked them out of the podium finish in the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Women and the qualifying tournament of the 2012 London Olympics.
Losing to Japan by 27 in the preliminary round, Taiwan still couldn't keep up with the Japanese in the bronze medal game, scoring only 10 points in the first quarter and 9 in the second.
Taiwan (2-3) is scheduled to meet top seed Korea (5-0) in the semifinal of the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Women tonight at Omura, Japan.
Taiwan lost 69-67 to Korea in the final game of the preliminary round.
China will meet Japan in the other semifinal game.
Taiwan defeated Korea's Samsung club team 73-50 Thursday in the final game to win the 2011 William Jones Cup tournament women's competition with an undefeated record (4-0).
The title was Taiwan's seventh in tourney history.
In the other game of the night, Japan routed India 98-62 to finish as runner-up with 3-1.
[Liu Chun-yi, Taiwan NT]
Taiwan women's NT defeated the other home team, the World University Games national team, 77-59 Wednesday night to clinch the 2011 William Jones Cup tournament with one game left to play.
(Year, Host City, Ranking)
2009 Chennai, India 4th
2007 Incheon, Korea 4th
2005 Qinhuangdao, China 3rd
2004 Sendai, Japan 4th
2001 Bangkok, Thailand 4th
1999 Shizuoka, Japan 3rd
1997 Bangkok, Thailand 4th
1995 Shizuoka, Japan 4th
1994 Sendai, Japan 4th
1992 Seoul, Korea 4th
1990 Singapore 4th
1988 Hong Kong 3rd
1986 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 3rd
FIBA Asia released the schedule of the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Women Sunday as Taiwan is scheduled to meet India in its first game of the biennial tourney, which will be played in Omura, Nagasaki, Japan from August 21-28.
Women's NT
FIBA Asia Women's Championship: Chang Hui-ying, Taipower
**Chang replaced Cathay Life's Hung Ling-yao, who resigned from her post citing family business one week after her nomination, as the head coach. Chang will be making her debut as the NT head coach.
FIBA U19 Women's Championship: Chen Mei-li, Tamsui High School
FIBA Asia U16 Women's Championship: Shi Chao-chieh, Yung-jen Junior High School
Men's NT
FIBA Asia Men's Championship: Chou Jun-san, Taiwan Beer
FIBA U19 Men's Championship: Huang Wan-lung, Song-shan High School
FIBA Asia U16 Men's Championship: Lin Cheng-ming, Nen-ren High School
Taiwan women's NT nearly overcame a 18-point deficit but came up short in the end, losing to Japan 73-61 in the bronze medal game in the 2010 Guangzhou Asiad, which concluded on Nov. 27.
Down 30-22 at the half, Taiwan trailed by as many as 42-24 before Liu Chun-yi scored 11 straight and Wen Chi made a pair of threes to make the score 55-43 entering the final period.
Taiwan rallied behind a 15-0 run to take a three-point lead, 58-55. However, it managed to score three more points in the final six and a half minutes.
Taiwan failed to win a medal after securing a silver in 2006 and a bronze in 2002.
Wen Chi and Liu Chun-yi scored 21 each. Liu pulled down seven rebounds. Center Tsai Pei-chen had nine points, four steals and three blocks.
Chiang Feng-chun, who always played well against Japan, had a disappointing game, scoring two points on 1-for-6 shooting and committing six turnovers.
Japan was led by Nagi Yoko's 26 points.
One thing to note, there was no player on Taiwan's women's NT this year coming from the perennial champion Cathay Life, which did not play in the 2010 WSBL season over its protest of Chunghwa Telecom's controversial recruitment of Chiang Feng-chun.
Taiwan women's NT lost to Japan 69-59 Saturday after routing Maldives 127-23 in the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China.
It's almost certain that Taiwan will meet Group A leader, either China or South Korea, in the Nov. 24 semifinal match with a runner-up finish in Group B behind Japan, which will meet A2 in the semis.
Chiang Feng-chun led Taiwan in the losing effort with 16 points, 12 rebounds and six blocks. Wen Chi had 14 points and Liu Chun-yi added 10 points.
Japan was led by Yuko Oga's 15 points and six assists. Maki Takada and Hiromi Suwa scored 12 each.
Women's Standings:
Group A
China 2-0
South Korea 2-0
Thailand 0-2
India 0-2
Group B
Japan 1-0
Taiwan 1-1
Maldives 0-1
Meanwhile, Taiwan men's NT lost 72-70 to Qatar Friday and is now tied 1-2 with the Philippines in Group E. Looks like Taiwan and the Philippines will have to fight for the last quarterfinal seed in the group.
Lu Cheng-ju was 5 of 7 from three and scored 23 points to pace Taiwan, which also received 18 points from Tien Lei and 11 from Lin Chih-chieh.
Lu made two threes in the third period to cut the deficit to one and scored 11 to help Taiwan close in the gap again in the final quarter. Trailing 69-68, Tien Lei was stripped of the ball on his baseline drive as Taiwan failed to score on its last possession.
Without center Tseng Wen-ting, Taiwan was pounded on the boards, outrebounded 44-29 by Qatar.
Targuay Alban Ngombo led Qatar with 23 points and 11 rebounds while veteran Yaseen Musa had 15 and 12.
The quarterfinal round will use a knock-out format with F4 meets E1, for example.
Men's Standings:
Group E
China 3-0
South Korea 3-0
Jordan 2-1
Mongolia 1-2
North Korea 0-3
Uzbekistan 0-3
Group F
Japan 3-0
Iran 2-1
Qatar 2-1
Taiwan 1-2
Philippines 1-2
India 0-3
(Photo: Liberty times)
Tsai Pei-chen 1984.5.27 186 80
Chang Hsiao-yu 1984.3.1 183 72
Liu Yi-chun 1986.3.12 183 80
Yen Chia-hsuan 1988.3.30 185 75
Liu Chun-yi 1981.1.23 180 81
Lin Chi-wen 1983.8.19 186 72
Chiang Feng-chun 1981.10.25 184 80
Wen Chi 1984.10.15 170 62
Wu Shin-ying 1987.2.6 176 76
Huang Ping-jen 1989.11.6 177 71
Ma Yi-hung 1980.11.27 176 65
Hsu Chien-hui 1989.9.10 171 60
Chang Shih-chieh 1986.3.16 171 56
Peng Szu-chin 1991.11.9 163 55
Li Wan-ting 1986.12.23 181 68
Huang Fan-shan 1987.9.29 172 64
Head coach: Lin Chien-ping
Assistants: Chien Te-yin, Chou Hung-yu
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This result is expected but it’s now official: Taiwan NT will meet South Korea’s Sinsegae Coolcat in the women’s final of the 2010 William Jones Cup tournament.
In the Sunday cross-over semifinals, Korea thumped Kazakhstan 106-33 and Taiwan also showed no mercy against Taiwan University All-Stars with a 103-38 rout.
Korea’s Youn Yun-ah tallied 40 points and 16 rebounds and Kim Ji-hyun was even better with a triple-double -- 28 points, 10 boards and 10 assists. Park Ha-na added 23 points and 9 rebounds.
Ma Yi-hung led Taiwan NT with 16 points while Liu Chun-yi, who only had two points against Korea in the Saturday loss, had 15. Liu Chia-wei was the only player on Taiwan University All-Stars to score in double-digit, finishing the game with 19 points.
Liu Chun-yi, Taiwan
(Photos: ESPN Taiwan)
Taiwan woman NT did not have an answer to powerful China for the second consecutive time in the East Asian Games title game, losing 83-58 in the 2009 EAG final Friday night.
Taiwan's confidence was high coming into the game after losing to China by only eight points in the preliminary. However China was not to be stopped Friday night, shooting 54% from the field and limited Taiwan’s offense down to 35%.
Taiwan was led by Liu Chun-yi's 15 points. Yang Ya-hui had 14 points while Lee Wan-ting had 11.
For the first time, Taiwan women NT is in the final game of an international competition, although the East Asian Games is not exactly the high level international competition most people have in mind.
With a squad mixing the old and the inexperienced youngsters, Taiwan women NT surprisingly routed South Korea 78-58 in the semifinal and make the 2009 EAG final in Hong Kong. It is expected to meet powerful China in the title game.
Taiwan followed a 35-point blowout win over South Korea in the final preliminary game with yet another lopsided win over Koreans on consecutive nights as forward Liu Chun-yi tallying 23 points and 6 rebounds and veteran center Cheng Hui-yun contributing 21 and 9.
"Newcomers on the team have been a surprise since the first day with their hustle, effort and the will to learn, " head coach Hung Ling-yao was quoted as saying, adding that Taiwan NT relied heavily on veterans offensively and let the young players make stops on the defensive end.
A 15-0 run in the third period helped Taiwan women's NT to a crucial 76-63 win over rival Japan in the 2009 East Asian games Thursday as Taiwan eyed for a top finish in the single round-robin preliminary round.
Taiwan (2-1) beat Hong Kong 112-47 Wednesday after losing a 69-61 decision to China Tuesday in the opening game.
Taiwan virtually locked up its place in the semi after beating Hong Kong because there are only five teams in the women competition: Taiwan, China, Hong Kong, Japan and South Korea.
Game summary:
Taiwan 76-63 Japan: Liu Chun-yi 22p+7rb, Cheng Hui-yun 19p+8rb
Taiwan 112-47 Hong Kong: Huang Fan-shan 18p, Hsu Chien-hui 13p, Huang Ying-li 13p
Taiwan 61-69 China: Liu Chun-yi 25p, Cheng Hui-yun 17p+4rb
2009 EAG Primer
Taiwan Men's NT
-- 8 teams
-- Preliminary: Two groups of four
Group A: Macau, Taiwan, Mongolia, China
Group B: Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Guam
-- Top two in each group advance to the semifinal round
-- Schedule:
Dec. 3 15:30 vs. Macau
Dec. 5 13:15 vs. Mongolia
Dec. 7 20:00 vs. China
Taiwan Women's NT
-- 6 teams
-- Preliminary: Single round robin. Top four advance to the semifinal round
-- Schedule:
Dec. 2 11:00 vs. China
Dec. 3 17:45 vs. Hong Kong
Dec. 4 13:15 vs. Japan
Dec. 6 11:00 vs. Guam
Dec. 7 11:00 vs. Korea
CHENNAI (23rd FIBA Asia Women Championship) - A powerful performance midway through the first half – interrupted only by the first quarter break – helped Japan outsmart Chinese Taipei 72-57 and retain their bronze on Thursday.
The Fumikazu Nakagawa-trained team from the Land of the Rising Sun thus bagged the third berth available to represent FIBA Asia in the 2010 FIBA World Championship for Women scheduled to be held in Czech Republic.
“We had our ups and downs in this Championship, but we have finished on an up,” gushed Nakagawa.
“A few plans and a few didn’t, but what I am happy about is that the plans for the most crucial game worked,” he added.
Taipei kept the exchanges – in plays as well as scoring – almost equal for a better part of the first quarter, but only till Japan found ways to cope with a surprisingly off-colour Yuko Oga.
Noriko Koiso and Ai Mitani stepped up to compensate for Oga’s struggle especially in the first quarter, when she drew a blank on all her six field attempts.
Mitani fired in five points – capping a steal to go with a crisp three-pointer – and assisted Asami Yoshida for a long-ranger and Japan broke away from an equal 8-8 position to close the first quarter 18-11 ahead.
Li Wan-ting’s free-throw and Chu Yung-hsu’s success on the paint saved the blushes for Taipei in that period.
And when the second quarter opened, Oga had found her touch.
The Phoenix Mercury point-guard scored four – apart from an assist and a steal – and Japan scored the first 10 points of the second quarter and consolidated their position.
Li Wan-ting ended the drought for Taipei, but Japan were well on cruise mode thereafter.
Koiso who had scored the first eight points for Japan before Mitani sparked the charge, went on to top score the game with 21 points.
“I know I’m not the best player in my team. Nor am I the star of the team. Therefore, it feels really good when you contribute at a time which matters the most,” said Koiso.
Koiso also grabbed a game-high 13 rebounds.
Mitani, who accounted for 16 points, echoed Koiso’s words: “We know we had lost the opportunity to qualify for the World Championship last time. So our target was very clear when we arrived here. And we were not going to let it go at the most crucial time.”
Oga had a sub-par 10 points, but had six assists.
Yoshida led the game for assists with nine and 11 rebounds, as Japan won the battle of boards 41-26.
“They were far better prepared and better equipped,” said Taipei coach Lin Hung Ling-Yao.
Cheng Hui-yun’s 17 points was the highest for Taipei.
S Mageshwaran
FIBA Asia
Note: China beat Korea 91-71 to win gold.
CHENNAI (23rd FIBA Asia Women Championship) - Chinese Taipei played the ‘Catch me if you can’ to almost perfection and Thailand fell short of catching Taipei in the crucial junctures of the pivotal Level I game on Tuesday.
Taipei, a semifinalist at the last edition at Incheon ensured there was no dent in the East Asian monopoly of the last four, winning the game 76-66.
“It was a lot tougher than what we expected,” said Chinese Taipei coach Lin Hung Ling-Yao.
“We also had to preserve the players for the semifinals,” she added.
“Our preparations coming into the championship, especially in terms of the conditioning of the players is not great,” Lin Hung said.
“There was no point in outstretching ourselves,” she added.
Taipei broke away from the equally sparring Thais early in the second half and never looked back.
Lin Hung used 11 of her players and 10 of them scored.
Liu Chun-yi led the scoring with 16 points, and seven rebounds.
Lan Jui-yu scored 11, nine of them in the second half, as the others shared the task of scoring equally.
Juthamas Jantakan scored a game-high 22 points, and collected seven rebounds, for Thailand but unfortunately in a losing cause.
In the semifinals on Wednedsay, Chinese Taipei will play against the Level I toppers, which will be known after the China-Korea game tonight.
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CHENNAI (23rd FIBA Asia Women Championship) - China’s coach Sun Fengwu was hampered by the forced absence of Guan Xin for the game against Chinese Taipei.
But that only hampered the champion outfit to take a little longer than normal to get into wonted rhythm.
Taipei, a semifinalist at Incheon two years ago, capitalized on that slow start and raced ahead 17-15 at the end of the first quarter.
But China, who meanwhile had found the means and the players to compensate for Guan Xin’s absence – caused by a upset stomach, from which she is unlikely to recover in time for the game against Korea tomorrow – came into their own in the second and there was no further problems.
China took control of the game early in the second quarter and grew in strength for an 82-54 win.
The win perched China on top of the leader-board along with Korea.
Chinese Taipei suffered their third loss in four games and will take on Thailand – who also have a similar record – in a virtual play-off for a place in the semifinals.
Ma Zhengyu scored seven of her team-high 13 points and Liu Dan six of her 10 in the second quarter to help China seize command.
Nan Chen and Chen Xiaoli each scored 12 points.
Lan Jui-yu’s game-high 22 was the highest for Taipei, but 15 of them came in the first half.
Liu Chun-yi scored 14 points.
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CHENNAI (23rd FIBA Asia Women Championship) - Jung Sunmin uncorked a vintage performance and defending champions Korea needed little more to beat Chinese Taipei 96-55 in a Level I game on Saturday.
Korea have thus won all their three games, but Taipei kept their hopes of a semifinals alive thanks to their 1-2 record and two other teams carrying a 0-3 record.
Jung Sunmin’s showing tonight was a lesson in action.
The 34-year-old enhanced her credentials as one of more all-round players on show falling just short of what would have been the first triple-double of the Championship.
The Shinhan Bank S-Birds superstar scored 15 points, effected 10 assists and collected seven rebounds.
What her statistics would have read had coach Lim Dal Shik not rested her for the entire fourth quarter!
“It doesn’t matter,” Jung Sunmin shrugged.
“What matters most is that it helped the team to win,” she added.
“They are not an easy team at all. We had to keep the pressure right through,” Jung Sunmin said.
Park Jung-eun was the top scorer for Korea with 17 points and Kim Kwe-ryong had an incredible 100% record for her 16 points.
Kim Kwe-ryong shot a 7/7 in field attempts and converted both the free-throws.
Lin Chi-wen was the highest scorer for Chinese Taipei with 12 points.
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