FIBA Asia Championship 2015: Updated Schedule, Standings and Live Stream
Three days are in the books at the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship in Changsha, Hunan, China, and the field has already been cut to 12 teams from its original 16.
With the teams that made it to the second round now split into two separate groups, each nation is set to play every day over the next three days as it tries to make the quarterfinals.
Let's take a look at the remaining group-stage schedule and the current standings as the teams prepare for Sunday's games. Fans who want to stream the games live can visit LiveBasketball.TV.
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| Sunday, Sept. 27 | ||
| South Korea vs. Lebanon | Group F | 2:30 a.m. |
| Japan vs. Philippines | Groupe E | 4:45 a.m. |
| Malaysia vs. Kuwait | Classification (13-16) | 7:30 a.m. |
| China vs. Kazakhstan | Group F | 7:30 a.m. |
| Singapore vs. Chinese Taipei | Classification (13-16) | 9:30 a.m. |
| Qatar vs. Jordan | Group F | 9:30 a.m. |
| India vs. Hong Kong | Group E | 9:30 p.m. |
| Philippines vs. Iran | Group E | 11:45 p.m. |
| Monday, Sept. 28 | ||
| Palestine vs. Japan | Group E | 2:30 a.m. |
| Qatar vs. South Korea | Group F | 4:45 a.m. |
| Lebanon vs. China | Group F | 7:30 a.m. |
| Jordan vs. Kazakhstan | Group F | 9:30 a.m. |
| Palestine vs. Iran | Group E | 9:30 p.m. |
| Japan vs. Hong Kong | Group E | 11:45 p.m. |
| Tuesday, Sept. 29 | ||
| Philippines vs. India | Group E | 2:30 a.m. |
| Lebanon vs. Jordan | Group F | 4:45 a.m. |
| China vs. Qatar | Group F | 7:30 a.m. |
| South Korea vs. Kazakhstan | Group F | 9:30 a.m. |
| GROUP E | ||||
| 1 | Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 2 | Palestine | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | India | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Philippines | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Japan | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| GROUP F | ||||
| 1 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Qatar | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 3 | Lebanon | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Jordan | 2 | 0 | 2 |
While playing for continental supremacy would be enough to motivate any player participating in this tournament, the winners of the Asia Championship automatically qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
All eyes are going to be on the defending champions Iran, who took home the title in 2013, and China, the 15-time tournament winners.
Yi Jianlian leads China. The former NBA player played for four different teams over five seasons, and he now plays back in China for Guangdong.
The 7'0" center is China's big man on the boards who can keep up with some of the more physical sides in the tournament. He's also shown the ability to score, putting up 26 points against Jordan in their last game on Friday.
But China has shown so far this tournament that they are capable of spreading the scoring. In each of their first three games, they've had three different leading scorers.
Iran, on the other hand, knows whom its best player is—and they are feeding him often. Mohammad Hassanzadeh Saberi Akhlaghi has been unstoppable at the Asia Championship so far. Averaging just over 21 minutes per game, he's averaging 19.7 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.
He's the only player in the tournament's top-seven scorers to average under 30 minutes per game. Then again, Iran really hasn't needed his talents for a full game yet, having won by no less than 22 points in their first three games. In fact, their last game against Malaysia, they won 122-42.
Jianlian and Hassanzadeh Saberi won't be the only two players to separate themselves during this tournament. With 12 nations still in the running for a spot in next summer's Olympics, plenty of drama, passion and entertainment will fill the next week of basketball.
Stats courtesy of FIBA.com.
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