Best Countries At Asian Championships

The following tables show the Medals won in Asian Cups (1960-2005):

Country		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	14	0	2	16
2	Philippines	5	2	1	8
3	South Korea	2	11	8	21
4	Japan	2	5	7	14
5	Chinese Taipei	0	2	2	4
6	Lebanon	0	2	0	2
7	DPR Korea	0	1	0	1
8	Qatar	0	0	2	2
9	Saudi Arabia	0	0	1	1

and Asian Cups Under 18 (1970-2006):

Country		Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	8	6	2	16
2	Philippines	7	2	3	12
3	South Korea	3	5	4	12
4	Japan	1	1	2	4
5	Iran	1	1	0	2
6	Taiwan	0	2	4	6
7	Qatar	0	2	0	2
8	Syria	0	1	0	1
9	Lebanon	0	0	1	1
10	Thailand	0	0	1	1
11	Kuwait	0	0	1	1
12	Jordan	0	0	1	1
13	Iraq	0	0	1	1

Although China (mainly) and Philippines are the dominant countries in Gold Medals, still South Korea collects more points having more medals in total and better performances between 1960 and 1975 when China was "absent". China has won the 14 out of the last 16 Asian Cups!

The point table shows the best countries in basketball according their performance in Asian Championhips (1960-2005) and Asian Championhips Under 18 years old (1970-2006)

Country		Points
1	South Korea	276,5
2	China	270,0
3	Japan	205,7
4	Philippines	185,6
5	Chinese Taipei	85,5
6	India	71,9
7	Malaysia	71,8
8	Hong Kong	65,0
9	Thailand	64,9
10	Iran	54,6
11	Singapore	47,2
12	Saudi Arabia	37,7
13	Indonesia	36,2
14	Lebanon	35,7
15	Taiwan	32,2
16	Qatar	30,8
17	Kuwait	30,3
18	Jordan	27,3
19	Pakistan	24,9
20	DPR Korea	16,2
21	United Arab Emirates	16,2
22	Kazakhstan	15,5
23	Bahrain	14,6
24	Syria	13,8
25	Uzbekistan	13,5
26	Iraq	12,7
27	Sri Lanka	9
28	Vietnam	6
29	Bangladesh	4,9
30	Kyrgyzstan	4,2
31	Macau	3,1
32	Yemen	1,2
33	Brunei	0,2