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Mohsen Asgarinia
Iran - South Korea 65-66
The closest game of this Quarter-Finals and South Korea was luckier to finish this game on the victorious side. Matyar Ahmadpour (180-SG-2004) had a chance to send Iran to the big semi-finals stage but he missed a 3PT shoot in the last seconds of the game, Yun Kichan (2004) grabbed a defensive rebound and that was the end of hopes for Iran to be in Big Four. Mohsen Asgarinia (198-F-2004) was best in Iran with 13 points and 13 rebounds, while South Korea's most dominant performance we saw from Lee ChaeHyung (2004) with 16 points, 4 rebounds, and 6 steals.
China - Qatar 88-44
China with strong 25:10 in the first quarter was a good indication that this story for Qatar will not go as planned. China confirmed their domination in all remaining quarters winning them comfortably with 7, 7, and 15 points each for a total of +44 in their favor. Ma Mingkun (2004) scored 12 points with 7 assists and 5 steals. For Qatar, Abdulla Al-Abdulla (177-PG-2005) scored 9 points.
Lebanon - Philippines 99-83
Lebanon did not give a single chance to the Philippines in this Quarter-Final battle. Even though the Philippines won last period of the game at 19:30, that was not nearly enough to jeopardize Lebanon's lead that they make in the first three quarters. Bryan Mansour (188-PG-2004) with big-game-performance, splashing 28 points with 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. Karim Rtail (198-F-2004) scored 25 points for Lebanon and grabbed 6 rebounds with 4 assists. For the Philippines Mason Amos (201-C-2004) who was a leader with points per game in this tournament now scored 11 points with 7 rebounds.
Taiwan - Japan 60-76
Japan proved its strength against Taiwan winning 3 out of 4 quarters with a 5+ margin each time. They did shoot better for 2PT (36.1-44.4) and also had 7 rebounds more than Taiwan. Japan's biggest lead was 23 in this game. Hayato Wakugawa (194-SF-2004) scored 14 points with 11 rebounds for a double-double game, Shonryu Yaegashi (185-SG-2004) had 19 points. Taiwan was led by Kuo Chun-Yen (2005) with 17 points and 6 rebounds.
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