FIBA Basketball

    CHN – Bian Lan bags MVP; Chen Nan Best Centre

    CHENNAI (23rd FIBA Asia Women Championship) - China regained the gold medal with a forceful performance in the final and along with that the icing on the cake came in the form of their mainstay Bian Lan being named the Most Valuable Player. Another Chinese ‘first-five’ Chen Nan was adjudged the Best Centre of the Championship. The ...

    CHENNAI (23rd FIBA Asia Women Championship) - China regained the gold medal with a forceful performance in the final and along with that the icing on the cake came in the form of their mainstay Bian Lan being named the Most Valuable Player.

    Another Chinese ‘first-five’ Chen Nan was adjudged the Best Centre of the Championship.

    The following were the individual awards:

    Top Scorer
    Geethu Anna Jose (India)
    22 points per game; Total points: 132 points

    Top Rebounder
    Asami Yoshida (Japan)
    54 rebounds

    Top 3-point shooter
    Park Jung Eun (Korea)
    19 3-pointers

    Best centre
    Chen Nan (China)

    Most Valuable Player
    Bian Lan (China)

    Most Promising Player
    Sandra Najem (Lebanon)

    FIBA Asia