philippines tops group A preliminary round in fiba asia champion's cup 2011

smart gilas pilipinas tops group A of the preliminary round of fiba asia champion's cup 2011. they secured the top spot after sweeping their four assignments in the round. they beat saudi arabia (101 - 69); malaysia (95 - 64) and iraq (74 - 64). they copleted the sweep by beating jordan (76 - 74) in an almost even match.

here is the final standing for group A:

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Smart Gilas	4	4	0	346	271	+74	8
ASU Sports	4	3	1	328	288	+40	7
Al-Ittihad Jeddah	4	2	2	319	331	−12	6
Duhok Sports Club	4	1	3	293	307	−14	5
KL Dragons	4	0	4	293	382	−89	4

jordan, saudi arabia and iraq will also advance in the knock out round.

in the other group, lebanon, iran, qatar and syria advanced into the next round. standings of the group is as follows:

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Al-Riyadi Beirut	4	4	0	349	309	+40	8
Mahram Tehran	4	3	1	330	272	+58	7
Al-Rayyan	4	2	2	305	286	+19	6
Al-Jalaa Aleppo	4	1	3	292	325	−33	5
Al Shabab	4	0	4	286	370	−84	4

smart gilas pilipinas will next battle syria in the knockout stage of the competition. match will be held at the philsport arena on june 3.

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_FIBA_Asia_Champions_Cup