2002 ABC Under-18 Championship

The FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship 2002 is the 17th edition of the International Basketball Federation FIBA Asia's youth championship for basketball. The games were held at Kuwait City from December 16–26, 2002.

2002 FIBA U18 Asia Cup

17th FIBA Under-18 Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Kuwait
Dates	December 16–26
Teams	14
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (7th title)

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
South Korea  Iran  Lebanon  Mongolia *	China  Qatar  Malaysia  Sri Lanka	Chinese Taipei  Hong Kong  India  Kuwait	Japan  Saudi Arabia  Thailand *  Bahrain *

* Mongolia, Thailand and Bahrain withdrew from the tournament; Yemen was later added to Group D.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
South Korea	2	1	1	131	129	+2	3	1–1 / 1.016
Iran	2	1	1	136	137	−1	3	1–1 / 0.993
Lebanon	2	1	1	116	117	−1	3	1–1 / 0.991

December 16 19:00

Iran

63–60

Lebanon

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

December 17 17:00

Lebanon

56–54

South Korea

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

December 18 9:00

South Korea

77–73

Iran

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	301	156	+145	6
Qatar	3	2	1	236	208	+28	5
Malaysia	3	1	2	210	201	+9	4
Sri Lanka	3	0	3	167	349	−182	3

December 16 11:00

Qatar

73–58

Malaysia

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December 16 15:00

China

145–45

Sri Lanka

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December 17 9:00

Malaysia

47–79

China

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December 17 11:00

Sri Lanka

73–99

Qatar

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December 18 13:00

Malaysia

105–49

Sri Lanka

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December 18 19:00

China

77–64

Qatar

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	294	177	+117	6
Kuwait	3	2	1	203	206	−3	5
Hong Kong	3	1	2	212	247	−35	4
India	3	0	3	227	306	−79	3

December 16 9:00

Chinese Taipei

101–59

Hong Kong

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December 16 17:00

India

78–88

Kuwait

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

December 17 15:00

India

71–120

Chinese Taipei

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

December 17 19:00

Kuwait

68–55

Hong Kong

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

December 18 15:00

Hong Kong

98–78

India

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

December 18 17:00

Chinese Taipei

73–47

Kuwait

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	228	147	+81	4
Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	168	138	+30	3
Yemen	2	0	2	111	222	−111	2

December 16 13:00

Japan	137–64	Yemen
Scoring by quarter: 35–15, 27–20, 35–16, 40–13

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December 17 13:00

Yemen

47–85

Saudi Arabia

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

December 18 11:00

Japan	91–83	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 19–27, 23–14, 22–20

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
South Korea	3	2	1	308	267	+41	5	1–0
Qatar	3	2	1	248	249	−1	5	0–1
Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	242	266	−24	4	1–0
Saudi Arabia	3	1	2	213	229	−16	4	0–1

December 20 13:00

Chinese Taipei

74–85

Qatar

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December 20 15:00

South Korea

77–88

Saudi Arabia

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December 21 15:00

Saudi Arabia

64–78

Chinese Taipei

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December 21 17:00

Qatar

89–114

South Korea

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December 22 15:00

South Korea

117–90

Chinese Taipei

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December 22 19:00

Qatar

74–61

Saudi Arabia

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

Group II

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
Iran	3	2	1	244	202	+42	5	1–1 / 1.040
China	3	2	1	266	211	+55	5	1–1 / 1.000
Japan	3	2	1	258	211	+47	5	1–1 / 0.964
Kuwait	3	0	3	152	296	−144	3

December 20 17:00

China

109–54

Kuwait

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December 20 19:00

Japan	75–83	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 16–14, 19–18, 24–33

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December 21 13:00

Iran

72–74

China

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December 21 19:00

Kuwait	45–98	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 11–26, 10–20, 11–21, 13–31

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December 22 13:00

China	83–85	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 19–23, 24–25, 20–15

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December 22 17:00

Iran

89–53

Kuwait

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Group III

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lebanon	2	2	0	199	130	+69	4
Hong Kong	2	1	1	144	158	−14	3
Sri Lanka	2	0	2	126	181	−55	2

December 20 11:00

Lebanon

97–70

Sri Lanka

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December 21 9:00

Sri Lanka

56–84

Hong Kong

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December 22 11:00

Hong Kong

60–102

Lebanon

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Group IV

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Malaysia	2	2	0	151	117	+34	4
Yemen	2	1	1	147	167	−20	3
India	2	0	2	151	165	−14	2

December 20 9:00

Malaysia

74–61

India

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December 21 11:00

India

90–91

Yemen

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December 22 9:00

Yemen

56–77

Malaysia

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Classification 5th–14th

13th place

December 25 13:00

Sri Lanka

76–94

India

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11th place

December 25 15:00

Hong Kong

75–81

Yemen

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9th place

December 24 15:00

Lebanon

64–48

Malaysia

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7th place

December 25 17:00

Saudi Arabia

71–61

Kuwait

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5th place

December 25 19:00

Chinese Taipei	68–76	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 13–26, 17–14, 13–18

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Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	December 24
	South Korea	90
					December 26
	China	102
					China	81
	December 24
					Iran	70
	Iran	49
	Qatar	48
					3rd place
					December 26
					South Korea	105
					Qatar	88

Semifinals

December 24 17:00

South Korea

90–102

China

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December 24 19:00

Iran

49–48

Qatar

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3rd place

December 26 9:00

South Korea

105–88

Qatar

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

Final

December 26 11:00

China

81–70

Iran

Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

Final standing

Qualified for the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

Rank	Team	Record
	China	7–1
	Iran	4–3
	South Korea	4–3
4	Qatar	4–4
5	Japan	5–1
6	Chinese Taipei	4–3
7	Saudi Arabia	3–3
8	Kuwait	2–5
9	Lebanon	4–1
10	Malaysia	3–3
11	Yemen	2–3
12	Hong Kong	2–4
13	India	1–5
14	Sri Lanka	0–6

Awards

2002 Asian Under-18 champions
China Seventh title

References

• Japan Basketball Association