Jones Cup: Iran is Champion Once Again!

Hamed Haddadi performed a completely dominating game (35pts, 18 rebounds, and 7 blocks, 40:00 minutes) against Korea and Iran held the title as champions of 33rd edition of William Jones Cup held in Hsinchuang Stadium at Taipei, August 6-14, 2011. Final score was 66-59. The sticky defense of Iran made the usually high-scoring Korean team perform its lowest scoring game in the tournament. During their first meeting on August 8, Korea won with the score 77-59. In this final game, while Haddadi controlled the offense and defended well against Ha Seung Jin under the basket, his teammates gave TJ Moon and the shooters of South Korea the hard time scoring. In the end, Iran prevailed and got its 3rd consecutive Jones Cup title since 2009.