2001 ABC Championship

2001 FIBA Asia Championship
21st Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation China
Dates July 20–28
Teams 14 (from 44 federations)
Venues 2 (in 1 host city)
Champions  China (12th title)
MVP China Yao Ming
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The 2001 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was the men's basketball qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2002 FIBA World Championship at United States.

Qualification

According to the ABC rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (China) and the best 5 teams of the previous Asian Championship were automatically qualified.

East Asia (4+2) Gulf (2+2) Middle Asia (2) Southeast Asia (2) West Asia (2)
 China  Saudi Arabia  India  Philippines  Lebanon
 South Korea  Kuwait  Uzbekistan  Thailand  Syria
 Chinese Taipei  Qatar
 Japan  United Arab Emirates
 North Korea
 Hong Kong

Draw

Original draw:

Group A Group B Group C Group D

 China
 Philippines **
 Hong Kong
 Uzbekistan

 South Korea
 United Arab Emirates
 Thailand
 North Korea *

 Saudi Arabia *
 Kuwait
 Lebanon
 Syria

 Chinese Taipei
 Japan
 Qatar
 India

* Withdrew

** Suspended by FIBA, replaced by  Singapore which finished third in the Southeast Asian qualifiers.

With DPR Korea and Saudi Arabia out of the championship, the ABC has called for a redraw of the 14 participants in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 12.

Group A Group B Group C Group D

 China
 Hong Kong
 Thailand
 Qatar

 South Korea
 United Arab Emirates
 Singapore
 Lebanon

 Chinese Taipei
 Uzbekistan
 India

 Japan
 Kuwait
 Syria

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 330307148+1596
 Qatar 321210189+215
 Hong Kong 312178258−804
 Thailand 303193293−1003
July 20
11:00
Hong Kong  42–72  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 13–23, 9–16, 8–16
July 20
20:30
China  121–46  Thailand
Scoring by quarter: 40–10, 25–13, 25–6, 31–17
July 21
11:00
Thailand  87–92 (OT)  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 25–21, 10–20, 21–18, Overtime: 10–15
July 21
20:30
Qatar  58–87  China
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 14–19, 11–27, 18–22
July 22
15:00
Thailand  60–80  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 17–28, 19–23, 10–18, 14–11
July 22
20:30
China  99–44  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 25–3, 23–13, 22–14

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 330306172+1346
 Lebanon 321231222+95
 United Arab Emirates 312198215−174
 Singapore 303167293−1263
July 20
13:00
South Korea  124–51  Singapore
Scoring by quarter: 29–13, 37–16, 30–13, 28–9
July 20
17:00
United Arab Emirates  69–70  Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 22–16, 9–19, 24–16
July 21
13:00
Lebanon  71–97  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 20–29, 10–27, 22–21
July 21
15:00
Singapore  60–79  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 18–22, 14–18, 11–18
July 22
13:00
South Korea  85–50  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 18–13, 18–19, 29–6
July 22
18:30
Singapore  56–90  Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 10–18, 20–24, 12–22

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Chinese Taipei 220164120+444
 India 211118146−283
 Uzbekistan 202126142−162
July 20
15:00
Chinese Taipei  85–55  India
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 18–15, 33–16, 13–12
July 21
9:00
India  63–61  Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 10–11, 24–12, 23–20, 6–18
July 22
9:00
Uzbekistan  65–79  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 17–19, 26–20, 11–19

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Syria 220182160+224
 Japan 211151153−23
 Kuwait 202173193−202
July 20
9:00
Japan  86–78  Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 21–23, 18–8, 22–25
July 21
18:30
Kuwait  95–107  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 22–30, 26–27, 25–25, 22–25
July 22
11:00
Syria  75–65  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 20–17, 17–13, 19–20

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 330313214+996
 Lebanon 321246232+145
 Japan 312209269−604
 Chinese Taipei 303203256−533
July 23
18:30
Japan  69–60  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 11–13, 10–20, 25–10
July 23
20:30
Lebanon  76–87  China
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 23–19, 18–23, 21–22
July 24
18:30
Chinese Taipei  72–87  Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 12–25, 25–24, 13–15
July 24
20:30
China  126–67  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 33–18, 25–12, 40–13, 28–24
July 25
15:00
Japan  73–83  Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 18–17, 14–21, 24–20
July 25
20:30
Chinese Taipei  71–100  China
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 19–34, 15–24, 21–15

Group II

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 330271219+526
 Syria 321239215+245
 Qatar 312225229−44
 India 303198270−723
July 23
13:00
South Korea  89–72  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 19–21, 20–16, 28–18
July 23
15:00
Syria  88–62  India
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 21–13, 29–9, 22–26
July 24
13:00
South Korea  85–71  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 23–10, 28–26, 22–14
July 24
15:00
India  60–85  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 13–16, 16–25, 16–27
July 25
13:00
South Korea  97–76  India
Scoring by quarter: 24–11, 27–21, 19–20, 27–24
July 25
18:30
Qatar  68–80  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 15–19, 20–21, 17–18

Group III

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Uzbekistan 220161140+214
 Hong Kong 211167147+203
 Singapore 202136177−412
July 23
9:00
Singapore  71–92  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 18–30, 16–30, 18–16, 19–16
July 24
9:00
Uzbekistan  85–65  Singapore
Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 29–16, 14–7, 24–15
July 25
11:00
Hong Kong  75–76  Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 13–28, 27–13, 21–18, 14–17

Group IV

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 United Arab Emirates 220163140+234
 Kuwait 211154135+193
 Thailand 202118160−422
July 23
11:00
United Arab Emirates  83–63  Thailand
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 17–17, 24–14, 21–19
July 24
11:00
Kuwait  77–80  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 15–20, 14–26, 24–22
July 25
9:00
Thailand  55–77  Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 12–23, 18–17, 9–19

Classification 5th–14th

13th place

July 27
11:00
Singapore  72–100  Thailand
Scoring by quarter: 14–32, 11–21, 18–19, 29–28

11th place

July 27
13:00
Hong Kong  86–72  Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 17–17, 22–19, 25–18

9th place

July 27
15:00
Uzbekistan  73–66  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 19–8, 22–33, 14–12

7th place

July 28
12:00
Chinese Taipei  92–90 (OT)  India
Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 14–17, 17–25, 24–13, Overtime: 13–11

5th place

July 28
14:00
Japan  65–74  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 20–20, 15–18, 14–21

Final round

Finalists qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship.

Semifinals Final
July 27
  Lebanon  75  
  South Korea  72  
 
July 28
      Lebanon  63
    China  97
3rd place
July 27 July 28
  China  94   South Korea (OT)  95
  Syria  55     Syria  94

Semifinals

July 27
18:30
Lebanon  75–72  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 17–13, 16–15, 17–20
July 27
20:30
China  94–55  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 24–17, 27–12, 26–15

3rd place

July 28
17:00
South Korea  95–94 (OT)  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 23–23, 13–11, 28–22, Overtime: 15–14

Final

July 28
19:30
Lebanon  63–97  China
Scoring by quarter: 10–22, 17–27, 15–34, 21–14
Pts: El Khatib 18 Pts: Mengke B. 17

Final standing

Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship
Rank Team Record
1st, gold medalist(s)  China 8–0
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Lebanon 5–3
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea 7–1
4  Syria 4–3
5  Qatar 4–3
6  Japan 2–4
7  Chinese Taipei 3–3
8  India 1–5
9  Uzbekistan 3–2
10  United Arab Emirates 3–3
11  Hong Kong 3–3
12  Kuwait 1–4
13  Thailand 1–5
14  Singapore 0–6

Awards

 2001 Asian Champions 

China
Twelfth title

All-Star Team:[2]

References

  1. ↑ Florian Wanninger (2002), FIBA 1930-2001 Results, FIBA, ISBN 978-3897018365
  2. ↑ Florian Wanninger (2002), FIBA 1930-2001 Results, FIBA, ISBN 978-3897018365

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