2001 ABC Championship
Other titles2001年亞洲籃球錦標賽
Size150px
CountryChina
DatesJuly 20–28
Num teams14
Venues2
Cities1
ChampionChina
Count12
SecondLebanon
ThirdSouth Korea
FourthSyria
Fourth-flagvar1980
MvpYao Ming
Prevseason1999
Nextseason2003

The 2001 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was held in Shanghai, China.

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)
ChinaSaudi ArabiaIndiaPhilippinesLebanon
South KoreaKuwaitUzbekistanThailandSyria
Chinese TaipeiQatar
JapanUnited Arab Emirates
North Korea
Hong Kong

Draw

Original draw:

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup 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 AGroup BGroup CGroup D
China
Hong Kong
Thailand
Qatar
South Korea
United Arab Emirates
Singapore
Lebanon
Chinese Taipei
Uzbekistan
India
Japan
Kuwait
Syria

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
China330307148+1596
Qatar321210189+215
Hong Kong312178258−804
Thailand303193293−1003

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
South Korea330306172+1346
Lebanon321231222+95
United Arab Emirates312198215−174
Singapore303167293−1263

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Chinese Taipei220164120+444
India211118146−283
Uzbekistan202126142−162

Group D

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Syria220182160+224
Japan211151153−23
Kuwait202173193−202

Quarterfinal round

Group I

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
China330313214+996
Lebanon321246232+145
Japan312209269−604
Chinese Taipei303203256−533

Group II

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
South Korea330271219+526
Syria321239215+245
Qatar312225229−44
India303198270−723

Group III

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Uzbekistan220161140+214
Hong Kong211167147+203
Singapore202136177−412

Group IV

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
United Arab Emirates220163140+234
Kuwait211154135+193
Thailand202118160−422

Final round

Finalists qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship.

Final standings

Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship
RankTeamRecord
China8–0
Lebanon5–3
South Korea7–1
4Syria4–3
5Qatar4–3
6Japan2–4
7Chinese Taipei3–3
8India1–5
9Uzbekistan3–2
10United Arab Emirates3–3
11Hong Kong3–3
12Kuwait1–4
13Thailand1–5
14Singapore0–6

Awards

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