2001 ABC Championship

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

2001 ABC Championship

Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	July 20–28
Teams	14
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (12th title)
Runners-up	Lebanon
Third place	South Korea
Fourth place	Syria
Tournament statistics
MVP	Yao Ming
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Qualification

Main article: 2001 ABC Championship 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)
China	Saudi Arabia	India	Philippines	Lebanon
South Korea	Kuwait	Uzbekistan	Thailand	Syria
Chinese Taipei	Qatar
Japan	United Arab Emirates
North Korea
Hong Kong

Draw

Original draw:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group 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 A	Group B	Group C	Group D
China  Hong Kong  Thailand  Qatar	South Korea  United Arab Emirates  Singapore  Lebanon	Chinese Taipei  Uzbekistan  India	Japan  Kuwait  Syria

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
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 13–23, 9–16, 8–16

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 20 20:30

China	121–46	Thailand
Scoring by quarter: 40–10, 25–13, 25–6, 31–17

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 21 11:00

Thailand	87–92 (OT)	Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 25–21, 10–20, 21–18, Overtime: 10–15

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 21 20:30

Qatar	58–87	China
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 14–19, 11–27, 18–22

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 22 15:00

Thailand	60–80	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 17–28, 19–23, 10–18, 14–11

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 22 20:30

China	99–44	Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 25–3, 23–13, 22–14

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South 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

South Korea	124–51	Singapore
Scoring by quarter: 29–13, 37–16, 30–13, 28–9

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 20 17:00

United Arab Emirates	69–70	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 22–16, 9–19, 24–16

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 21 13:00

Lebanon	71–97	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 20–29, 10–27, 22–21

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 21 15:00

Singapore	60–79	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 18–22, 14–18, 11–18

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 22 13:00

South Korea	85–50	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 18–13, 18–19, 29–6

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 22 18:30

Singapore	56–90	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 10–18, 20–24, 12–22

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

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
Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 18–15, 33–16, 13–12

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 21 9:00

India	63–61	Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 10–11, 24–12, 23–20, 6–18

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 22 9:00

Uzbekistan	65–79	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 17–19, 26–20, 11–19

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

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
Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 21–23, 18–8, 22–25

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 21 18:30

Kuwait	95–107	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 22–30, 26–27, 25–25, 22–25

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 22 11:00

Syria	75–65	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 20–17, 17–13, 19–20

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

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
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 11–13, 10–20, 25–10

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 23 20:30

Lebanon	76–87	China
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 23–19, 18–23, 21–22

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 24 18:30

Chinese Taipei	72–87	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 12–25, 25–24, 13–15

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 24 20:30

China	126–67	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 33–18, 25–12, 40–13, 28–24

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 25 15:00

Japan	73–83	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 18–17, 14–21, 24–20

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 25 20:30

Chinese Taipei	71–100	China
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 19–34, 15–24, 21–15

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

Group II

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

July 23 13:00

South Korea	89–72	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 19–21, 20–16, 28–18

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 23 15:00

Syria	88–62	India
Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 21–13, 29–9, 22–26

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 24 13:00

South Korea	85–71	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 23–10, 28–26, 22–14

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 24 15:00

India	60–85	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 13–16, 16–25, 16–27

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 25 13:00

South Korea	97–76	India
Scoring by quarter: 24–11, 27–21, 19–20, 27–24

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 25 18:30

Qatar	68–80	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 15–19, 20–21, 17–18

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

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
Scoring by quarter: 18–30, 16–30, 18–16, 19–16

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 24 9:00

Uzbekistan	85–65	Singapore
Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 29–16, 14–7, 24–15

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 25 11:00

Hong Kong	75–76	Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 13–28, 27–13, 21–18, 14–17

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

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
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 17–17, 24–14, 21–19

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 24 11:00

Kuwait	77–80	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 15–20, 14–26, 24–22

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

July 25 9:00

Thailand	55–77	Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 12–23, 18–17, 9–19

International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

Classification 5th–14th

13th place

July 27 11:00

Singapore	72–100	Thailand
Scoring by quarter: 14–32, 11–21, 18–19, 29–28

Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai

11th place

July 27 13:00

Hong Kong	86–72	Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 17–17, 22–19, 25–18

Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai

9th place

July 27 15:00

Uzbekistan	73–66	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 19–8, 22–33, 14–12

Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai

7th place

July 28 12:00

Chinese Taipei	92–90 (OT)	India
Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 14–17, 17–25, 24–13, Overtime: 13–11

Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai

5th place

July 28 14:00

Japan	65–74	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 20–20, 15–18, 14–21

Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai

Final round

Finalists qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship.

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

Semifinals

July 27 18:30

Lebanon	75–72	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 17–13, 16–15, 17–20

Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai

July 27 20:30

China	94–55	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 24–17, 27–12, 26–15

Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai

3rd place

July 28 17:00

South Korea	95–94 (OT)	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 23–23, 13–11, 28–22, Overtime: 15–14

Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai

Final

July 28 19:30

Lebanon	63–97	China
Scoring by quarter: 10–22, 17–27, 15–34, 21–14
Pts: El Khatib 18		Pts: Mengke B. 17

Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai

Final standing

Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship

Rank	Team	Record
	China	8–0
	Lebanon	5–3
	South 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^[1]
• Best Playmaker: Walid Doumiati
• 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:^[2]

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