2001 ABC Championship Host country China Dates July 20–28 Teams 14 Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city) Champions China (12th title) Runners-up Lebanon Third place South Korea Fourth place Syria MVP Yao Ming
The 2001 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was held in Shanghai , China .
Qualification [ edit ] 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.
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 [ edit ] Group A [ edit ] 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
China 121 –46 Thailand Scoring by quarter: 40–10, 25–13, 25–6, 31–17
Qatar 58–87 China Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 14–19, 11–27, 18–22
Thailand 60–80 Qatar Scoring by quarter: 17–28, 19–23, 10–18, 14–11
Group B [ edit ] Group C [ edit ] Group D [ edit ] 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
Japan 86 –78 Kuwait Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 21–23, 18–8, 22–25
Kuwait 95–107 Syria Scoring by quarter: 22–30, 26–27, 25–25, 22–25
Syria 75 –65 Japan Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 20–17, 17–13, 19–20
Quarterfinal round [ edit ] Group I [ edit ] Lebanon 76–87 China Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 23–19, 18–23, 21–22
China 126 –67 Japan Scoring by quarter: 33–18, 25–12, 40–13, 28–24
Japan 73–83 Lebanon Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 18–17, 14–21, 24–20
Group II [ edit ] Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts South 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
Syria 88 –62 India Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 21–13, 29–9, 22–26
India 60–85 Qatar Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 13–16, 16–25, 16–27
Qatar 68–80 Syria Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 15–19, 20–21, 17–18
Group III [ edit ] Group IV [ edit ] Classification 5th–14th [ edit ] 13th place [ edit ] 11th place [ edit ] 9th place [ edit ] 7th place [ edit ] 5th place [ edit ] Japan 65–74 Qatar Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 20–20, 15–18, 14–21
Final round [ edit ] Finalists qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship .
Semifinals [ edit ] China 94 –55 Syria Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 24–17, 27–12, 26–15
3rd place [ edit ] Final standing [ edit ] 2001 Asian champions China Twelfth title
All-Star Team: [2]
References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
Formerly: FIBA Asia Championship Tournaments Qualification Squads Awards