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	Yao Ming

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

Draw

Original draw:

* 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.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	307	148	+159	6
Qatar	3	2	1	210	189	+21	5
Hong Kong	3	1	2	178	258	−80	4
Thailand	3	0	3	193	293	−100	3

July 20 11:00		Hong Kong	42–72	Qatar		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 13–23, 9–16, 8–16

July 20 20:30		China	121–46	Thailand		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 40–10, 25–13, 25–6, 31–17

July 21 11:00		Thailand	87–92	Hong Kong	OT	International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 25–21, 10–20, 21–18, OT: 10–15

July 21 20:30		Qatar	58–87	China		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 14–19, 11–27, 18–22

July 22 15:00		Thailand	60–80	Qatar		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 17–28, 19–23, 10–18, 14–11

July 22 20:30		China	99–44	Hong Kong		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 25–3, 23–13, 22–14

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Korea	3	3	0	306	172	+134	6
Lebanon	3	2	1	231	222	+9	5
United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	198	215	−17	4
Singapore	3	0	3	167	293	−126	3

July 20 13:00		Korea	124–51	Singapore		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 29–13, 37–16, 30–13, 28–9

July 20 17:00		United Arab Emirates	69–70	Lebanon		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 22–16, 9–19, 24–16

July 21 13:00		Lebanon	71–97	Korea		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 20–29, 10–27, 22–21

July 21 15:00		Singapore	60–79	United Arab Emirates		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 18–22, 14–18, 11–18

July 22 13:00		Korea	85–50	United Arab Emirates		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 18–13, 18–19, 29–6

July 22 18:30		Singapore	56–90	Lebanon		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 10–18, 20–24, 12–22

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	164	120	+44	4
India	2	1	1	118	146	−28	3
Uzbekistan	2	0	2	126	142	−16	2

July 20 15:00		Chinese Taipei	85–55	India		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 18–15, 33–16, 13–12

July 21 9:00		India	63–61	Uzbekistan		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 10–11, 24–12, 23–20, 6–18

July 22 9:00		Uzbekistan	65–79	Chinese Taipei		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 17–19, 26–20, 11–19

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Syria	2	2	0	182	160	+22	4
Japan	2	1	1	151	153	−2	3
Kuwait	2	0	2	173	193	−20	2

July 20 9:00		Japan	86–78	Kuwait		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 21–23, 18–8, 22–25

July 21 18:30		Kuwait	95–107	Syria		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 22–30, 26–27, 25–25, 22–25

July 22 11:00		Syria	75–65	Japan		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 20–17, 17–13, 19–20

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	313	214	+99	6
Lebanon	3	2	1	246	232	+14	5
Japan	3	1	2	209	269	−60	4
Chinese Taipei	3	0	3	203	256	−53	3

July 23 18:30		Japan	69–60	Chinese Taipei		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 11–13, 10–20, 25–10

July 23 20:30		Lebanon	76–87	China		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 23–19, 18–23, 21–22

July 24 18:30		Chinese Taipei	72–87	Lebanon		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 12–25, 25–24, 13–15

July 24 20:30		China	126–67	Japan		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 33–18, 25–12, 40–13, 28–24

July 25 15:00		Japan	73–83	Lebanon		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 18–17, 14–21, 24–20

July 25 20:30		Chinese Taipei	71–100	China		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 19–34, 15–24, 21–15

Group II

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Korea	3	3	0	271	219	+52	6
Syria	3	2	1	239	215	+24	5
Qatar	3	1	2	225	229	−4	4
India	3	0	3	198	270	−72	3

July 23 13:00		Korea	89–72	Qatar		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 19–21, 20–16, 28–18

July 23 15:00		Syria	88–62	India		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 21–13, 29–9, 22–26

July 24 13:00		Korea	85–71	Syria		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 23–10, 28–26, 22–14

July 24 15:00		India	60–85	Qatar		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 13–16, 16–25, 16–27

July 25 13:00		Korea	97–76	India		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 24–11, 27–21, 19–20, 27–24

July 25 18:30		Qatar	68–80	Syria		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 15–19, 20–21, 17–18

Group III

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Uzbekistan	2	2	0	161	140	+21	4
Hong Kong	2	1	1	167	147	+20	3
Singapore	2	0	2	136	177	−41	2

July 23 9:00		Singapore	71–92	Hong Kong		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 18–30, 16–30, 18–16, 19–16

July 24 9:00		Uzbekistan	85–65	Singapore		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 29–16, 14–7, 24–15

July 25 11:00		Hong Kong	75–76	Uzbekistan		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 13–28, 27–13, 21–18, 14–17

Group IV

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United Arab Emirates	2	2	0	163	140	+23	4
Kuwait	2	1	1	154	135	+19	3
Thailand	2	0	2	118	160	−42	2

July 23 11:00		United Arab Emirates	83–63	Thailand		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 17–17, 24–14, 21–19

July 24 11:00		Kuwait	77–80	United Arab Emirates		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 15–20, 14–26, 24–22

July 25 9:00		Thailand	55–77	Kuwait		International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 12–23, 18–17, 9–19

Classification 5th–14th

13th place

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

11th place

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

9th place

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

7th place

July 28 12:00		Chinese Taipei	92–90	India	OT	Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 14–17, 17–25, 24–13, OT: 13–11

5th place

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

Final round

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

Semifinals

July 27 18:30		Lebanon	75–72	Korea		Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 17–13, 16–15, 17–20

July 27 20:30		China	94–55	Syria		Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 24–17, 27–12, 26–15

3rd place

July 28 17:00		Korea	95–94	Syria	OT	Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai
		Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 23–23, 13–11, 28–22, OT: 15–14

Final

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

Final standing

Rank	Team	Record
1 !	China	8–0
2 !	Lebanon	5–3
3 !	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

• Most Valuable Player: Yao Ming
• Best Playmaker: Walid El Domiati
• Best Rebounder: Yao Ming
• Best 3-Pointer: Yang Kyun-Min
• Best Coach: Johnny Neumann (Lebanon) and Wang Fei
• Sportsmanship Award: Michael Madanly

All-Star Team:

• Yao Ming
• Wang Zhizhi
• Fadi El Khatib
• Walid El Domiati
• Seo Jang-Hoon

References

• Results
• archive.fiba.com
• jabba-net.com

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