Asian Men's Basketball Development Trend Of Research

FIBA Asia Championship represents the highest level of men’sbasketball in Asia. The development and result of FIBA Asia Championship can reflectpresent situation of men’s basketball in Asia. In recent years, with the intensification ofthe globalization and the rise of basketball in Southeast Asia and West Asia, the gap ofmen’s basketball between them and East Asia has got smaller and smaller. Men’sbasketball in Asia has developed rapidly and the competition between the teams in thisarea has become more intense. However, so far, a few essays focused on thedevelopment of men’s basketball in Asia and most of them studied this topic throughmatches.In order to supply the theoretical basis to the development of men’s basketball inChina, this essay investigates the development trends of men’s basketball in Asia fromdifferent aspects, applying method of documentation, interview, statistical method andlogical analysis.The results shows that:1. There is a strong rise of the men’s basketball in West Asia. However, men’s basketballin Japan and South Korea is at the declining. The lead of China’s men’s basketball inAsia has become smaller.2. Economy, politics,culture and other factors influence the men’s basketball in Asia alot.3. More and more European and American players join the Asian nationality and playbasketball on behalf of the Asia countries. This makes the competition between theplayers become more intense. But meanwhile, this also improved the competitive levelof the men’s basketball in Asia.4. The style of the men’s basketball in the world continue to change. We have tomaintain our own characteristics and learn from the advanced.5. China still plays the leading role in the man’s basketball in Asia. Teams in Japan andSouth Korea is declining and the West Asia teams are in the upward trend. ThePhilippines has a strong rise on behalf of the Southeast Asia teams.