FIBA Asia Cup

Iran's Mohammad Sina Vahedi (3) and Matin Aghajanpour (17) jubilant after beating New Zealand. Photo: FIBA

Seyed Mahdi Jafari scored 22 points and added 5 assists and veteran Arsalan Kazemi recorded a huge 16-point, 16-rebound double-double to lead Iran past New Zealand 79-73 to win the Bronze medal in the 2025 FIBA Asia Cup.

Mohammad Sina Vahedi contributed 19 points and Matin Aghajanpour 14 as Iran returned to the podium after finishing 5th in 2022.

New Zealand, led  by Flynn Cameron's 18 points, settled for 4th place.

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.

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.

Jeonghyeon Moon of South Korea. Photo: FIBA

After trailing 6-16 midway through the opening quarter, South Korea outscored Guam 93-50 the rest of the game to win pulling away 99-66.

Jeonghyeon Moon had 16 points to lead three other South Korean players -- Hyunjung Lee (14 points), Kisang Yu (13) and Yungi Ha (13) -- finished in double figures, in a balanced attack. Moon also added 8 rebounds and 5 steals.

South Korea advances to the Quarterfinals where they will meet familiar foe China.

Alexander Kamai finished with 19 points to pace Guam.

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.

Keisei Tominaga. Photo: FIBA

Keisei Tominaga scored 20 points and grabbed 5 rebounds leading Japan to a dominant 102-63 win over Guam.

Yudai Nishida (16), Yuki Togashi (12), Yudai Baba (10) and Akira Jacobs (10) all finished in double figures for Japan.

Earnest Ross led Guam with 17points and 6 rebounds.

Both teams advance to the next round.

Jericho Cruz of Guam gets past two defenders. Photo: FIBA

Jericho Cruz and Tai Wesley scored 21 points apiece as Guam scored the country's first ever FIBA Asia Cup win, beating Syria 82-73. Wesley also had 9 boards and 8 assists.

Earnest Ross contributed 17 points and 8 assists while Takumi Simon had 15 and 6 rebounds for Guam.

Keron DeShields was the lone bright spot for Syria, finishing with 29 points, 8 rebounds and 6assists.

Photo: FIBA

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.