The FIBA Asia Cup, between 2004 and 2010 known as the FIBA Asia Stanković Cup, is a basketball tournament which takes place every two years between teams of the continent.The second tournament was supposed to be held in Damascus, Syria in 2006, but got cancelled due to political situation.The champion is given an automatic berth to the following year's FIBA Asia Championship, while the next top three finishers would all receive additional berths for their FIBA Asia subzones.