Thursday, July 15, 2010

2010 Jones Cup women: Taiwan 132-29 Kazakhstan

中華隊林紀妏(左)中華隊蔡佩真(中)


Taiwan women's NT routed Kazakhstan NT 132-29. Unbelievable score. It's a massacre.

(Photo: ESPN Taiwan)

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

2010 Jones Cup Day 1: Lebanon rallies past Japan in final quarter

黎巴嫩佛羅曼(右)Jackson Vroman, Lebanon

Jackson Vroman scored 11 of his 14 points in the 4th quarter to power Lebanon's 34-18 run in the final period for a 87-82 comeback win over Japan.

Yuta Tabuse, who was Vroman's teammate briefly in 2004 in the Phoenix Suns training camp, had 9 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals for Japan, which led by as many as 13 points. This is the first time for Tabuse to represent Japan in senior basketball competition.

Philippines 83-52 Taiwan University All-Stars
Philippines: M. Douthit 15p+14rb, M. Lassiter 11p, J. Aguilar 10p+6rb
Taiwan University: Chou Po-cheng 14p+7rb

Lebanon 87-82 Japan
Lebanon: J. Vroman 14p
Japan: T. Kawamura 31p (7-12 3PT), Y. Tabuse 9p+6rb+4a+4s

Taiwan 103-55 Townsville Crocodiles
Taiwan: Jet Chang 16p
Townsville:

大專明星劉元凱(右)菲律賓多西特

Marcus Douthit, Philippines

日本隊田臥勇太(右)

Yuta Tabuse, Japan

中華隊毛加恩(左)

James Mao, Taiwan

(Photo: ESPN Taiwan)

Jones Cup roster and schedule download

-- Please visit this BOX.net link to download the team roster and schedule of the 2010 Jones Cup tourney.

-- ESPN is the official broadcaster of the event. I don't know whether fans outside of Taiwan or those without ESPN can watch the games online streaming.

-- Taping the entire game, splitting them and uploading those clips to the video sharing website would be too time-consuming. So I'm not gonna do it.

-- Believe it or not, it looks like this year's Jones Cup doesn't have its official website. Which means, no online boxscores and live scores. C'mon, folks, this is TAIWAN and CTBA. What do you expect?

Team roster of 2010 Jones Cup tournament men's competition

Taiwan National Men's Basketball Team

Head Coach: Zhang Xuelei
Coach: Chiu Tsung-Chih
Coach: Chiu Chi-Yi
Coach: Wei Yung-Tai

NO.    Name    D.O.B    Height    Weight
2    Wu Feng-Cheng    1986.11.27    195    80
5    Yang Chin-Min    1984.01.22    188    85
6     Lee Hsueh-Lin    1984.01.31    176    75
9     Chen Shih-Nian    1984.04.08    180    76
11    Chen Shun-Hsiang    1985.05.25    190    90
12    Lin Yi-Huei    1986.03.24    191    89
13    Chen Tzu-Wei    1985.01.30    200    95
15    Hung Chih-Shan    1985.07.05    176    75
17    Chien Chia-Hung    1987.03.06    197    108
20    Cheng Jen-Wei    1987.04.06    194    90
22    Lu Cheng-Ju    1986.04.13    194    88
23    Chang Tsung-Hsien    1988.12.27    192    86 (aka Jet Chang)
31    Mao Chia-En    1982.11.16    196    90 (aka James Mao)
33    Wu Chien-Lung    1988.09.05    193    93
95    Chen Ching-Huan    1986.02.03    190    78
Average    190.1    86.5
 
 
Taiwan University Men’s Basketball Team
 
Head Coach: Liu Chun-Yeh
Coach: Shih Ming-Tsung
Coach: Chen Mu-Tsung
Coach: Yang Che-Yi

NO.    Name    D.O.B    Height    Weight
1    Chou Po-Chen    1990.08.08    196    94
3    Lin Wei-Han    1990.07.09    177    70
5    Sung Yu-Hsuan    1989.12.05    183    75
7    Peng Chun-Yen    1989.12.05    183    75
8    Lee Ming-Hui    1990.04.13    180    81
9    Shih Chin-Yao    1990.10.28    185    85
11    Huang Jhen    1990.06.27    190    100
12    Chen Che-Yu    1991.05.12    183    75
14    Wang How-Chi    1989.09.22    195    103
19    Chiang Shih-Feng    1990.12.14    182    80
24    Liu Yuan-Kai    1991.07.09    205    97
31    Liu Cheng    1990.11.24    191    78
33    Cheng Chih-Hao    1987.12.10    208    105
36    Lo Wen-Hao    1987.10.25    192    101
Average    189.2    87
 
 
Townsville Crocodiles (NBL, Australia)
 
Head Coach: Alan ERICKSEN
Assistant Coach: Peter STANLEY

NO.    Name    D.O.B    Height    Weight
7    Troy CLARKE    1970.10.02    176    80
10    Lloyd KLAMAN    1974    183    83
12    Aaron EDWARDS    1977.03.27    195    94
14    Wayne BIDDLE    1979.12.08    187    92
20    Shaun PHELAN    1991.05.17    197    85
22    Warren ESTCOURT    1968.06.17    191    95
24    Read CLINT    1979.08.01    198    120
32    Greg REGAN    1978.02.12    194    95
33    Lee SMITH    1977.02.13    201    100
34    Ben STANLEY    1984.07.15    206    110
42    James BUCKNER         205    105
44    Damian MATACZ         203    110
Average    194.6    97.4
 
 
Philippines SMART Gilas National Men's Basketball Team
 
Head Coach: Rajko TOROMAN
Assistant Coach: Allan Edward GREGORIO
Assistant Coach: Jude Ericson ROQUE

NO.    Name    D.O.B    Height    Weight
4    Andy Mark BARROCA    1986.04.25    176    79
6    Joseph Evans CASIO    1986.09.01    176    81
7    Dylan Simon ABABOU    1986.12.07    183    84
8    Japeth Paul AGUILAR    1985.01.25    208    88
9    Gregory SLAUGHTER    1988.05.19    211    100
10    Marnel BARACAEL    1985.04.14    193    85
12    Jason BALLESTEROS    1985.07.10    198    87
14    Rafael Joey JAZUL    1986.04.11    180    81
15    Rey Francis GUEVARRA    1985.11.24    193    85
17    Christopher John TIU    1985.07.15    178    82
18    Marcio LASSITER    1987.05.16    188    84
19    Rabeh Al-HUSSAINI    1988.08.11    210    102
21    Marcus DOUTHIT    1980.04.15    211    106
22    Christopher LUTZ    1985.02.11    193    86
Average    192.7    87.8
 
 
Japan National Men’s Basketball Team
 
Head Coach: Thomas WISMAN
Assistant Coach: HIGASHINO Tomoya
Assistant Coach: TODO Shunsuke
Assistant Coach: MIZUNO Kota

NO.    Name    D.O.B    Height    Weight
4    NAGAYAMA Makoto    1977.12.21    184    85
5    YAMADA Daiji    1981.06.08    200    105
6    SAKURAI Ryota    1983.03.13    194    75
7    ISHIZAKI Takumi    1984.07.06    188    85
8    AONO Fumihiko    1978.10.20    210    120
9    KAWAMURA Takuya    1986.04.24    193    80
10    TAKEUCHI Kosuke    1985.01.29    205    90
11    AMINO Tomoo    1980.09.25    196    87
12    TAKEDA Ken    1978.10.05    188    80
13    TABUSE Yuta    1980.10.05    173    75
14    ITO Shunsuke    1979.06.27    204    110
16    KANAMARU Kosuke    1989.03.08    190    78
17    KINOSHITA Hiroyuki    1980.02.18    178    70
18    HIROSE Kenta    1985.07.11    193    90
19    MITSUHARA Yuki    1989.12.27    198    93
Average    192.8    88.7
 
 
Lebanon National Men’s Basketball Team
 
Head Coach: Thomas BALDWIN
Assistant Coach: Nikolaos DIMITIOU

NO.    Name    D.O.B    Height    Weight
     Ali FAKHREDDINE    1983.04.03    204    100
     Ali MAHMOUD    1983.05.26    185    80
     Elie ESTEPHAN    1986.07.20    196    90
     Jean Abdel NOUR    1983.11.29    196    95
     Ahmad IBRAHIM    1992.02.18    201    96
     Rodrigue AKL    1988.09.30    190    88
     Rony FAHED    1981.11.06    187    80
     Jackson VROMAN    1981.06.06    208    105
     Ali KANAAN    1985.12.01    206    102
     Elias RUSTOM    1987.05.02    197    90
     Matthew FREIJE    1981.10.02    208    110
     Roy SAMAHA    1984.09.12    205    110
     Ghaleb REDA    1981.07.10    190    90
     William PHARIS              
Average    197.9    95
 
 
I.R. Iran National Men’s Basketball Team
 
Head Coach: Veselin MATIC
Assistant Coach: Safa Ali KAMALIAN
Assistant Coach: Mehran HATAMI

NO.    Name    D.O.B    Height    Weight
     Aren DAVOUDI CHEGANI     1986.07.12    176    75
     Amir AMINI     1984.06.10    185    85
     Javad DAVARI     1983.04.25    180    77
     Mahdi KAMRANY     1982.06.01    178    76
     Hamed AFAGH ESLAMEH    1983.02.01    188    84
     Saeid DAVARPANAH FARD KAREKANI     1987.09.07    180    78
     Oshin SAHAKIAN     1986.03.21    192    90
     Mohammad Samad NIKKHAH BAHRAMI     1983.05.11    196    92
     Asghar KARDOUST POUSTINSARAEI     1986.03.21    210    110
     Pooya TADJIK     1980.09.21    205    100
     Ali DORAGHI     1984.09.20    208    107
     Ali BAHERAN     1986.03.31    180    78
     Rouzbeh ARGHAVAN    1988.05.18         
     Hamed SOHRABNEJAD    1983.05.07         
     Iman ZANDI MASHHADY    1981.09.19         
     Mohammad HASANZADEH SABERI AKHLAGHI    1990.10.06         
     Arsalan KAZEMI Naeini    1990.04.22         

Team roster of 2010 Jones Cup tournament women's competition

Taiwan National Women’s Basketball Team
 
Head Coach: Lin Chien-Ping
Coach: Chou Hung-Yu

NO.    Name    D.O.B    Height    Weight
1    Ma Yi-Hung    1980.11.27    176    65
2    Wen Chi    1984.10.15    170    62
5    Chang Shih-Chieh    1986.03.16    171    56
6    Chiang Feng-Chun    1981.10.25    184    80
7    Mai Ya-Hui    1977.04.14    165    57
8    Lin Chi-Wen    1983.08.19    186    72
9    Hsu Chien-Hui    1989.09.10    171    60
10    Tsai Pei-Chen    1984.05.27    186    80
11    Chang Hsiao-Yu    1984.03.01    183    72
12    Yen Chia-Hsuan    1988.03.30    185    75
13    Liu Yi-Chun    1986.03.12    183    80
15    Liu Chun-Yi    1981.01.23    180    81
21    Wu Shin-Ying    1987.02.06    176    76
23    Huang Ping-Jen    1989.11.06    177    71
24    Peng Szu-Chin    1991.11.09    163    55
Average    177    69.4
 
 
Taiwan University Women’s Basketball Team
 
Head Coach: Liang Chia-Yin
Coach: Teng Pi-Yun

NO.    Name    D.O.B    Height    Weight
4    Huang Hung-Ying    1989.09.01    163    58
5    Yang Shu-Ching    1988.01.14    170    62
6    Shin Yi-Chih    1991.06.05    179    74
7    Lai Shin-Yu    1988.05.31    175    63
8    Lin Hsien-Fang    1991.08.16    168    65
9    Yang Shih-Hui    1989.02.28    175    72
10    Liu Jia-Wei    1988.10.21    175    74
11    Yao Chung-Ting    1991.05.29    175    70
12    Su Shih-Ting    1991.03.04    176    62
13    Lin  Pei-Han    1987.04.09    183    77
14    Lee Pei-Chi    1990.11.01    180    68
15    Hsieh Pei-Chun    1991.07.26    182    80
16    Hsu Yi-Rou    1991.07.04    179    68
17    Chang Chia-Ling    1988.09.26    168    60
18    Kuo Yu-Feng    1991.03.20    185    75
Average    175.5    68.5
 
 
Korea Shinsegae Coolcat Women’s Basketball Team
 
Head Coach: CHUNG, In-Kyo
Assistant Coach: CHO, Dong-Kee

NO.    Name    D.O.B    Height    Weight
0    KIM, Ji-Su    1990.07.03    173    65
1    YOUM, Yun-Ah    1987.09.13    177    74
3    PARK, Ha-Na    1990.09.14    175    65
4    KIM, Ji-Hyun    1985.02.02    177    76
5    KIM, Ji-Youn    1976.02.07    170    63
6    SHIN, Eun-Kyeong    1990.04.15    172    73
7    KIM, Na-Youn    1979.07.10    175    68
9    YANG, Jung-Ok    1974.08.24    175    62
14    JIN, Sin-Hea    1980.03.25    180    70
15    HUR, Youn-Ja    1979.04.19    184    73
Average    175.8    68.9


Kazakhstan National Women’s Basketball Team
 
Head Coach: MIEKHOVYKH, Andrii
Coach: SHAKHAYEVA, Elvira

NO.    Name    D.O.B    Height    Weight
     ABILDAYEVA, Indira
     AMANZHOLOVA, Almira
     KORNILOVA, Darya         
     POPOVA, Natalya         
     SHMAKOVA, Mariya
     TULEUBAYEVA, Kamila
     LI, Darya
     FRANGYAN, Rima

Tuesday, July 13, 2010

2010 Jones Cup basketball tourney to begin

Four local teams are among 11 men's and women's basketball teams competing in the 2010 R. William Jones Cup International Invitational Basketball Tournament, Taiwan's top international hoop event, from July 14-20 in Taipei.

Taiwan is fielding a national team and a university all-star team in both the men's and women's competitions in the tournament, which will be played in Sinjhuang Stadium, Taipei County, with the aim of providing young players with more experience in international competitions.

Iran will be defending its title in the men's group, which will be played in a single round robin. Yuta Tabuse, a 173-cm point guard who appeared in four games with the Phoenix Suns of the U.S. National Basketball Association as the first Japanese player in the league, is regarded as one of the most high-profile players in the tournament.

The other men's teams are the Townsville Crocodiles of Australia's National Basketball League, the Lebanon national team and the Philippines national team.

In addition to the two host women's teams, the Shinsegae Coolcats of the Women's Korean Basketball League and the Kazakhstan national team will compete in the women's competition. The four teams will play a cross-over semifinal after a single round robin preliminary round.

The Taiwanese men's national team is scheduled to meet the Townsville Crocodiles in its opening game Wednesday, while the women's national team will meet the Kazakhstan national team Thursday.

The Jones Cup started in 1977 as an invitational tourney with national teams, club teams and university teams mainly from the Asian region. It was named after Renato William Jones, one of the founders and former secretary-general of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA).

Friday, July 09, 2010

Taiwan NT 15-man roster for 2010 Jones Cup

CTBA announced a watered-down 15-man roster of Taiwan NT last week for the upcoming 2010 Jones Cup tournament with almost all the core Taiwanese players sitting out the tourney due to injuries.

Tien Lei, Lin Chih-chieh, Tseng Wen-ting, Wu Tai-hao and Chang Chih-feng will all skip the tournament so they can be in better condition for the Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, according to the CTBA.

Jet Chang, who is playing in the U.S. NCAA Div-II BYU-Hawaii, and Wu Chien-lung were added to the roster to boost up the lineup.

Led by head coach Zhang Xuelei, Taiwan NT started its training camp for the Jones Cup on July 5.

CTBA also said it will field a team for the Stankovic Cup, which will be held in Lebanon from Aug. 7-15, because the tourney will be a qualifying tournament for the Asian Championship next year. Top five teams will secure berths without going through regional qualifiers to qualify for the Asian Championship.

Po., Name, Ht., Age
G Lee Hsueh-lin, Yulon, 175cm, 26
G Su Yi-chieh, Dacin, 181cm, 22
G Yang Ching-min, TB, 188cm, 25
G Hong Chih-shan, Pure Youth, 176cm, 24
G Chen Ching-hwan, KKL, 190cm, 24
G Chen Shun-hsiang, BOT, 190cm, 25
G Jet Chang, BYU Hawaii, 190cm, 21
F Lin Yi-hui, Dacin, 193cm, 24
F Wu Fong-cheng, Yulon, 195cm, 23
F Chien Chia-hong, Pure Youth, 196cm, 22
F James Mao, Pure Youth, 196cm, 27
F Lu Cheng-ju, Yulon, 192cm, 23
F Cheng jen-wei, KKL, 194cm, 23
F Chen Tse-wei, Dacin, 200cm, 24
F Wu Chien-lung, Pure Youth, 21

2010 William Jones Cup tournament schedule

July 14, Wednesday
1500 Philippines vs. Taiwan University All-Stars (M)
1700 Japan vs. Lebanon (M)
1900 Taiwan vs. Townsville Crocodiles (M)

July 15, Thursday
1100 Taiwan University All-Stars vs. Korea (W)
1300 Kazakhstan vs. Taiwan (W)
1500 Iran vs. Philippines (M)
1700 Townsville Crocodiles vs. Japan (M)
1900 Taiwan vs. Taiwan University All-Stars (M)

July 16, Friday
1100 Korea vs. Kazakhstan (W)
1300 Taiwan vs. Taiwan University All-Stars (W)
1500 Japan vs. Iran (M)
1700 Townsville Crocodiles vs. Philippines (M)
1900 Taiwan vs. Lebanon (M)

July 17, Saturday
1100 Kazakhstan vs. Taiwan University All-Stars (W)
1300 Korea vs. Taiwan (W)
1500 Taiwan University All-Stars vs. Townsville Crocodiles (M)
1700 Lebanon vs. Iran (M)
1900 Japan vs. Taiwan (M)

July 18, Sunday
1100 No. 4 vs. No. 1 (W)
1300 No. 2 vs. No. 3 (W)
1500 Taiwan University All-Stars vs. Lebanon (M)
1700 Iran vs. Townsville Crocodiles (M)
1900 Taiwan vs. Philippines (M)

July 19, Monday
1100 Lebanon vs. Townsville Crocodiles (M)
1300 Philippines vs. Japan (M)
1500 Taiwan University All-Stars vs. Iran
1700 Bronze medal game (W)
1900 Championship game (W)
2100 Award ceremony

July 20, Tuesday
1500 Lebanon vs. Philippines (M)
1700 Taiwan University All-Stars vs. Japan (M)
1900 Iran vs. Taiwan (M)
2100 Award ceremony

Venue: Sinjhuang Stadium, Taipei County

2010 William Jones Cup tournament

Date: July 14-20

Venue: Sinjhuang Stadium, Taipei County

Participating teams:
Men (7): Taiwan, Taiwan University All-Stars, Japan, Iran, Lebanon, Philippines, Townsville Crocodiles (Australia)
Women (4): Taiwan, Taiwan University All-Stars, Kazakhstan, Korea

Competition format:
Men: Single round robin
Women: Single round robin preliminary round before a cross-over semifinal

Thursday, July 01, 2010

FIBA Asia U18 Women - Taiwan beat Korea for bronze and berth in Chile

And China beat Japan 122-78 to win the gold medal...

Final placing

LEVEL I      
1 China
2 Japan
3 Taiwan   
4 Korea    
5 Malaysia*
6 Kazakhstan**
            
LEVEL II    
1 Thailand*
2 India**
3 Philippines
4 Sri Lanka
5 Syria
6 Laos

SURAT THANI, Thailand (20th FIBA Asia U18 Championship for Women): A second quarter surge that caught their rivals completely unaware helped Chinese Taipei forge ahead for a 78-54 win over Korea in the third place play-off on Wednesday.

The bronze medal was Taipei’s first medal in eight years. Taipei had last won a medal when they bagged the silver in the 2002 edition of the Championship which they had hosted.

The third-place finish also booked Taipei’s ticket to Chile as the third FIBA Asia team to play in the 9th FIBA World U19 Championship for Women to be held in the South American country next year.

China and Japan, who play the gold medal had already qualified.

“We are thrilled to win the medal and represent FIBA Asia in the World Championship,” beamed Taipei coach Chen Mei-Li.

Korea, who had won a medal in all their 18 appearances so far – seven gold, five silver and six bronze – failed to finish on the podium for the first time in the Championship in more than three decades.

The last time Korea did not figure on the podium was in the 1980 edition at Bangkok, when they had not participated in the event.

“We were highly inconsistent,” lamented Korea coach Choul Kwon Choi.

Taipei had beaten Korea 84-82 in the Preliminary Round of the competition here and it certainly looked like Korea had learnt their lessons from that defeat, at least in the initial phases of the game.

Jihyun Lee, who was woefully off color in the previous defeat – she scored a mere five points in that game – was the leader of the early Korean charge.

Jihyun Lee opened the scoring for Korea, and followed it up a sizzling three-pointer. Gyuhee Kim added one of her own as Korea scored the first seven points of the game.

They maintained the edge on the scoreboard, but only until Taipei made their move early in the second quarter.

Lin Yu-Ting who scored 19 points in Taipei’s earlier win against Korea scored back-to-back to put Taipei level at 23-23 and Huang Hsiang-Ting followed her assist and gave Taipei the first lead of the game.

Taipei rolled on to a 12-0 spree which perched them in control of the proceedings.

Taipei went into the changing rooms 31-25 ahead and opened up a 13-point lead when Liu Jung-Hsing scored drove in the lane at about the midway mark of the third quarter.

Their control of the proceedings and the scoreboard only grew thereafter.

Lin Yu-Ting and Huang Hsiang-Ting shared the scoring honors for Taipei with Lee Ching-Ning with 15 points each.

Where Taipei flourished Korea who were outscored 6-18 in the second quarter withered.

Jihyun Lee who had scored 12 points in Korea’s initial flurry failed to add any later.

“We anticipated their early pace,” said Wang Wei-Chieh.

“Our defense was a little shaky at the start, but then it was understandable because of the pace of the game,” he added.

“We had to switch our defense, which we had planned for, and things fell in place for us,” he said.

“This medal is very crucial for Taipei basketball,” said Chen Mei-Li.

“Our preparations (for the World Championship) stars tomorrow. We are proud of what these girls have achieved here and we will ensure they keep the flag flying high.”

For Game Statistics and Detailed scores click here

S Mageshwaran / FIBA Asia