Beijing, August 16th, the 2009 Men's Asian Basketball Championship final has finally began. Chinese team met the defending champion Iran. After fierce competition, Chinese men's basketball team was defeated by the opponent with a score of 52-70. It is worth mentioning that since 1975 when China participated in this event, it had never lost a game in the finals for the previous 34 years. This time, they failed to continue the glorious tradition.