Taiwan finishes eighth in 2011 Asian Championship

Taiwan was down to six available players due to injury and lost to Japan 81-72 to finish for the eighth place in the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Men in Wuhan, China.

Taiwan, which had already lost four players — point guards Lee Hsueh-lin, Su Yi-chieh and forwards James Mao and Chien Chia-hung to injury — trailed 28-9 in the first quarter, when it again lost injured Wu Tai-hao after three minutes.

2011 Asian Championship: Iran bruise Taiwan in Wuhan

Taken from Asia-basket.com:

Taiwan-Philippines post game thoughts

Some quotes taken from Taiwanese media is the past few days after the quarterfinal loss to the Philippines:

Taiwan fall apart in quarter-final

Report from Taipei Times:

Photos: Taiwan vs. Philippines

A couple of photos taken from Taiwanese newspapers today.

(Photos: UDN.com, Apple Daily)

Philippines beat Taiwan to reach semi behind Douthit’s 37

Philippine center Marcus Douthit was unstoppable. The naturalized center had 37 points and 10 rebounds as Philippines rallied in the second half to beat Taiwan 95-78 in the quarterfinal of the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Men and advanced to the semifinals.

Philippines advanced to Asian semifinals for the first time since 1987 while Taiwan failed to make the final four for the first time since 1999.

Taiwan 78-95 Philippines

Taiwan lost to the Philippines 95-78 in the quarterfinal round of the 2011 FIBA Asia Championship for Men.

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Taiwan 109-62 Malaysia

Led by Jet Chang’s 25 points and Lin Chih-chieh’s 21 points, Taiwan beat Malaysia 109-62 in its last game of the second round. It is scheduled to meet the Philippines in the quarterfinal round.

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