FIBA Asia Cup

Australia's Jack White hangs on to the rim. Photo: FIBA

Australia's Jack McVeigh scored 17 points, Harry Wessels added 16 and William Hickey 14 as Australia cruised past Iran 92-48 to advance to their third straight FIBA Asia Cup Final.

After a close first quarter, where the Aussies only led by 7, Australia outscored the Iranians 53-17 in the middle quarters to put the game out of reach.

Mohammad Sina Vahedi scored 11 points to lead Iran.

China's Rui Zhao is pumped up after making a big basket. Photo: FIBA

China scored the final nine points of the game to held off New Zealand 98-84 and advance to the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup Final for the first time since winning the gold on 2015.

Rui Zhao had 24 points on 7 of 11 shooting from the field, including 5 three-pointers and issued 6 assists for China, leading 4 others in double figures.

New Zealand is still searching for its first FIBA Asia Cup Final appearance after losing in the semifinals for the 3rd straight edition (4th in 2017; Bronze in 2022) .

Taylor Britt paced the Tall Blacks with 21 points and 6 assists.

New Zeland's Flynn Cameron scores over the defense of Lebanon's Gerard Hadidian. Photo: FIBA

New Zealand trailed by as much as 22 points in the first quarter before rallying to register a 90-86 win over a hocked Lebanon squad.

The Tall Blacks used a 22-9 run in the middle of the 4th quarter to turn a 65-72 deficit into an 87-81 advantage and held on to win the game.

Mojave Jackson King paced the Tall Blacks with  23 points, while 3 other scored in double figures.

Dedric Lawson lef the Lebanese with 24 points and 13 boards.

Iran celebrates after beating Chinese Taipei. Photo: FIBA

Iran rallied from a 21-point deficit to stun Chinese Taipei 78-75, advancing to the semifinals of the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup.

Iran trailed 21-42 near the end of the first half and was still down by 12, 52-64 after three quarters.

Mohammadmani Amini scored 30 points, including the last four to lead the Iranians to the win. He also grabbed 11 rebounds. Mohammad Sina Vahedi contributed 21 points for Iran, who will now play Australia in the semifinals.

Lin Ting-chien paced Chinese Taipei with 22 points.

Matin Aghajanpour of Iran. Photo: FIBA

Iran led by as much as 41 points, cruising to an 82-63 win over helpless Syria to top Group B and advance to the Quarterfinals.

Matin Aghajanpour hit 6 three pointers to finish with a game-high 24 points for Iran. Mohammad Sina Vahedi added 19, hitting 5-of-10 from the field and 9-of-10 from the freethrow line.

Syria, who has been eliminated, was paced by Keron DeShields' 16 points.

New Zealand's Flynn Cameron. Photo: FIBA

Flynn Cameron had 28 points, 9 rebounds and 8 assists as New Zealand sailed past Chinese Taipei to sweep Group D and advance to the Quarterfinals.

Mojave Jackson King added 28 points and 8 rebounds, while Taylor Britt and Ben Gold added 14 points apiece for the Tall Blacks.

The Hinton brothers, Robert Tsang and Adam Tsang, had 24 and 16 points respectively to lead Chinese Taipei.

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Down 67-70 with just under 4 minutes left, Iran scored the last 11 points of the game to score a 78-70 win over Japan and first place in Group B.

Mohammadmani Amini had 24 points and 8 rebounds and Mohammad Sina Vahedi 22 and 5 to lead Iran.

Japan, who lead for most of the game, was led by Keisei Tominaga's 22 points and Josh Hawkinson, who had 20 points and 17 rebounds.

Flynn Cameron of New Zealand scores two of his 12 points with this layup. Photo: FIBA

Jordan Ngatai scored 22 points and Taylor Britt added 19 with 8 assists as New Zealand helds off a gritty fight back from the Philippines to score a 94-86 win.

It was the 2nd straight win for New Zealand, tying Chinese Taipei on top of Group D. The Philippines meanwhile, dropped to 0-2 and will need to beat Iraq in their final Preliminary Round game to avoid elimination.

Justin Brownlee led the Philippines with 37 points, hitting 7 three-pointers. Dwight Ramos added 19.

Arsalan Kazemi of Iran with a breakaway dunk.Photo: FIBA

Matin Aghajanpour scored all but one of his 19 points from beyond the three-point arc, leading Iran to a 77-52 blowout of Guam.

Mohammad Sina Vahedi added 15 points, Mohammadmani Amini 10 and Arsalan Kazemi 10 with a game-high 12 rebounds for Iran.

Tai Wesley scored 18 points and grabbed 9 boards for Guam. Jericho Cruz added 11.

Carlin Davison of New Zeland with a two-handed slam.Photo: FIBA

New Zealand outscored Iraq 37-17 in the 4th quarter to pull away from a close game as New Zealand opened their FIBA Asia Cup campaign with a 100-78 win over Iraq.

Taylor Britt had 21 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists to lead New Zealand. Mojave Jackson King (18 points), Tohi Smith-Milner (13) and Carlin Davison (12) all scored in double figures for the Tall Blacks.

Diar Ahmed Abdul Allah Abdul Allah led Iraq with 19 points.