Basketball at the 2006 Asian Games


Basketball at the 2006 Asian Games was the second early start among the sports in the games. It was played from 23 November to 15 December 2006. In this competition, 20 teams participated in the men's competition and 6 teams played in the women's tournament. The events were held at the Basketball Indoor Hall.
The Philippines national basketball team, winners of four gold medals in previous Games, did not participate in the basketball competition due to their suspension by the International Basketball Federation. The political interference and conflict between the Basketball Association of the Philippines and Philippine Olympic Committee was the cause of the suspension.

Schedule

Event↓/Date →23rd
Thu		24th
Fri		25th
Sat		26th
Sun		27th
Mon		28th
Tue		29th
Wed		30th
Thu		1st
Fri		2nd
Sat		3rd
Sun		4th
Mon		5th
Tue		6th
Wed		7th
Thu		8th
Fri		9th
Sat		10th
Sun		11th
Mon		12th
Tue		13th
Wed		14th
Thu		15th
Fri
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Draw

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 2005 FIBA Asia Championship and 2005 FIBA Asia Championship for Women.

Men

Twelve lower-ranked teams had to play in Round 1; 12 other teams qualify directly for the tournament proper.
;Round 1 – Group A
;Round 1 – Group B
;Round 1 – Group C
;Round 1 – Group D
  • *
;Preliminary – Group E
  • 1st Round 1 – Group A
  • 1st Round 1 – Group B
;Preliminary – Group F
  • *
  • 1st Round 1 – Group C
  • 1st Round 1 – Group D
* Chinese Taipei despite finishing 9th was unseeded in original draw but later replaced Kazakhstan in preliminary round.

Women

;Group X
  • *
;Group Y
  • *
* Withdrew.