1999 ABC Championship

1999 FIBA Asia Championship
20th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Japan
Dates	August 28 – September 5
Teams	15 (from 44 federations)
Venues	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (11th title)
MVP	Hu Weidong

The 1999 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for the Basketball Tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Qualification

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

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

Draw

The draw was held on June 15 at New Otani Hotel in Tokyo.

* North Korea and Kazakhstan pulled out of the tournament, leaving Group C with only two teams. ABC added  Malaysia into the bracket.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lebanon	3	3	0	210	185	+25	6
Korea	3	2	1	251	189	+62	5
United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	216	244	−28	4
Philippines	3	0	3	194	253	−59	3

August 28 15:00		Korea	98–63	Philippines		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 58–38, 40–25

August 28 19:00		United Arab Emirates	70–75	Lebanon		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 43–36, 27–39

August 29 15:00		Lebanon	75–65	Korea		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 40–34, 35–31

August 29 15:00		Philippines	81–95	United Arab Emirates		Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 44–56, 37–39

August 30 15:00		Korea	88–51	United Arab Emirates		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 51–26, 37–25

August 30 17:00		Philippines	50–60	Lebanon		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 25–31, 25–29

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	259	135	+124	6
Kuwait	3	2	1	240	228	+12	5
Thailand	3	1	2	207	280	−73	4
Hong Kong	3	0	3	202	265	−63	3

August 28 13:00		Japan	85–38	Thailand		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 39–19, 46–19

August 28 13:00		Kuwait	88–62	Hong Kong		Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 33–38, 55–24

August 29 13:00		Hong Kong	58–88	Japan		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 38–31, 20–57

August 29 13:00		Thailand	80–113	Kuwait		Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 43–56, 37–57

August 30 13:00		Japan	86–39	Kuwait		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 44–21, 42–18

August 30 13:00		Thailand	89–82	Hong Kong		Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 45–47, 44–35

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	2	2	0	166	102	+64	4
Syria	2	1	1	153	176	−23	3
Malaysia	2	0	2	105	146	−41	2

August 28 17:00		China	54–41	Malaysia		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 34–22, 20–19

August 29 17:00		Syria	61–112	China		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 17–63, 44–49

August 30 15:00		Malaysia	62–92	Syria		Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 26–48, 38–44

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	250	219	+31	6
Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	239	218	+21	5
Uzbekistan	3	1	2	207	219	−12	4
Bahrain	3	0	3	169	209	−40	3

August 28 15:00		Saudi Arabia	79–63	Bahrain		Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 32–28, 47–35

August 28 17:00		Uzbekistan	82–90	Chinese Taipei		Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 35–41, 47–49

August 29 17:00		Bahrain	47–62	Uzbekistan		Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 20–28, 27–34

August 29 19:00		Chinese Taipei	92–78	Saudi Arabia		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 50–36, 42–42

August 30 17:00		Saudi Arabia	82–63	Uzbekistan		Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 45–32, 37–31

August 30 19:00		Chinese Taipei	68–59	Bahrain		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 39–24, 29–35

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	283	177	+106	6
Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	241	234	+7	5
Kuwait	3	1	2	220	265	−45	4
Lebanon	3	0	3	217	285	−68	3

August 31 13:00		Lebanon	69–92	Saudi Arabia		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 44–48, 25–44

August 31 15:00		China	91–54	Kuwait		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 41–20, 50–34

September 1 13:00		Kuwait	86–81	Lebanon		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 40–45, 46–36

September 1 15:00		Saudi Arabia	56–85	China		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 22–44, 34–41

September 2 13:00		Lebanon	67–107	China		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 39–52, 28–55

September 2 15:00		Kuwait	80–93	Saudi Arabia		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 40–47, 40–46

Group II

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Korea	3	3	0	195	177	+18	6
Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	220	210	+10	5
Japan	3	1	2	207	199	+8	4
Syria	3	0	3	201	237	−36	3

August 31 17:00		Japan	78–58	Syria		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 38–27, 40–31

August 31 19:00		Chinese Taipei	54–61	Korea		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 20–34, 34–27

September 1 17:00		Korea	64–61	Japan		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 34–31, 30–30

September 1 19:00		Syria	81–89	Chinese Taipei		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 37–39, 44–50

September 2 17:00		Japan	68–77	Chinese Taipei		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 37–36, 31–41

September 2 19:00		Korea	70–62	Syria		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 30–38, 40–24

Group III

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United Arab Emirates	3	3	0	261	235	+26	6
Bahrain	3	2	1	255	234	+21	5
Hong Kong	3	1	2	247	246	+1	4
Malaysia	3	0	3	219	267	−48	3

August 31 13:00		United Arab Emirates	79–72	Bahrain		Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 28–34, 51–38

August 31 15:00		Malaysia	59–89	Hong Kong		Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 32–44, 27–45

September 1 13:00		Hong Kong	88–94	United Arab Emirates		Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 41–41, 47–53

September 1 15:00		Bahrain	90–85	Malaysia		Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 44–37, 46–48

September 2 13:00		United Arab Emirates	88–75	Malaysia		Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 47–42, 41–33

September 2 15:00		Hong Kong	70–93	Bahrain		Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 50–39, 20–54

Group IV

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Uzbekistan	2	2	0	177	135	+42	4
Philippines	2	1	1	146	152	−6	3
Thailand	2	0	2	129	165	−36	2

August 31 17:00		Uzbekistan	94–64	Philippines		Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 52–30, 42–34

September 1 17:00		Philippines	82–58	Thailand		Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 46–31, 36–27

September 2 17:00		Thailand	71–83	Uzbekistan		Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 34–44, 37–39

Classification 5th–14th

13th place

September 3 13:00		Hong Kong	68–53	Thailand		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 39–22, 29–31

11th place

September 3 15:00		Bahrain	75–83	Philippines		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 31–46, 44–37

9th place

September 3 17:00		Uzbekistan	70–56	United Arab Emirates		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 42–22, 28–34

7th place

September 4 10:00		Lebanon	61–60	Syria		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 27–34, 34–26

5th place

September 4 12:00		Kuwait	61–77	Japan		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 25–45, 36–32

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	September 4
	Korea	85
	Saudi Arabia	59
					September 5
					Korea	45
					China	63
					3rd place
	September 4			September 5
	China	105		Saudi Arabia	93
	Chinese Taipei	51			Chinese Taipei	67

Semifinals

September 4 14:00		Korea	85–59	Saudi Arabia		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 42–30, 43–29

September 4 16:00		China	105–51	Chinese Taipei		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 55–23, 50–28

3rd place

September 5 11:00		Saudi Arabia	93–67	Chinese Taipei		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 38–39, 55–28

Final

September 5 13:00		Korea	45–63	China		Kokusai Center, Fukuoka
		Scoring by half: 21–29, 24–34

Final standing

Rank	Team	Record
1 !	China	7–0
2 !	Korea	6–2
3 !	Saudi Arabia	5–3
4	Chinese Taipei	5–3
5	Japan	5–2
6	Kuwait	3–4
7	Lebanon	4–3
8	Syria	1–5
9	Uzbekistan	4–2
10	United Arab Emirates	4–3
11	Philippines	2–4
12	Bahrain	2–5
13	Hong Kong	2–5
14	Thailand	1–5
15	Malaysia	0–5

Awards

1999 Asian Champions
China Eleventh title

• Most Valuable Player: Hu Weidong
• Best 3-Pointer: Makoto Hasegawa
• Sportsmanship Award: Ali Al-Maghrabi

References

• Results
• archive.fiba.com

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