2000 ABC Under-18 Championship

2000 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship
16th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Malaysia
Dates	July 18–27
Teams	16 (from 44 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Korea (3rd title)
MVP	Bang Sung-Yoon

The ABC Under-18 Championship 2000 is the 16th edition of the ABC's junior championship for basketball. The games were held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from July 18–27, 2000.

Contents 1 Preliminary round 1.1 Group A 1.2 Group B 1.3 Group C 1.4 Group D 2 Quarterfinal round 2.1 Group I 2.2 Group II 2.3 Group III 2.4 Group IV 3 Classification 5th–16th 3.1 15th place 3.2 13th place 3.3 11th place 3.4 9th place 3.5 7th place 3.6 5th place 4 Final round 4.1 Semifinals 4.2 3rd place 4.3 Final 5 Final standing 6 Awards 7 References

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	279	113	+166	6
Kuwait	3	2	1	168	216	−48	5
Malaysia	3	1	2	226	212	+14	4
Sri Lanka	3	0	3	126	258	−132	3

July 18 21:00		Malaysia	74–76	Kuwait		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 20–32, 54–44

July 19 12:30		Kuwait	32–87	China		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 12–41, 20–46

July 19 19:00		Sri Lanka	47–95	Malaysia		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 24–52, 23–43

July 20 9:00		China	103–24	Sri Lanka		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 38–11, 65–13

July 21 9:00		Sri Lanka	55–60	Kuwait		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 29–36, 26–24

July 21 20:45		Malaysia	57–89	China		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 38–49, 19–40

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Hong Kong	3	3	0	221	146	+75	6
Qatar	3	2	1	188	188	0	5
India	3	1	2	214	209	+5	4
Singapore	3	0	3	169	249	−80	3

July 18 9:00		Qatar	65–55	Singapore		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 38–24, 27–31

July 18 16:45		Hong Kong	72–46	India		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 32–19, 40–27

July 19 10:45		Singapore	45–77	Hong Kong		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 24–43, 21–34

July 20 12:30		India	107–69	Singapore		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 57–26, 50–43

July 20 19:00		Hong Kong	72–55	Qatar		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 34–27, 38–28

July 21 12:30		Qatar	68–61	India		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 40–26, 28–35

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Korea	3	3	0	274	190	+84	6
Japan	3	2	1	244	175	+69	5
Thailand	3	1	2	178	262	−84	4
Yemen	3	0	3	172	241	−69	3

July 18 10:45		Japan	87–42	Thailand		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 51–13, 36–29

July 19 9:00		Thailand	83–71	Yemen		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 32–34, 51–37

July 19 20:45		Korea	87–82	Japan		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 47–38, 40–44

July 20 17:15		Yemen	55–83	Korea		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 29–41, 26–42

July 21 10:45		Korea	104–53	Thailand		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 54–28, 50–25

July 21 17:15		Japan	75–46	Yemen		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 44–22, 31–24

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	257	220	+37	6
Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	204	173	+31	5
Iran	3	1	2	185	196	−11	4
Lebanon	3	0	3	168	225	−57	3

July 18 12:30		Chinese Taipei	74–69	Saudi Arabia		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 41–36, 33–33

July 18 18:30		Iran	56–47	Lebanon		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 25–27, 31–20

July 19 17:15		Lebanon	69–99	Chinese Taipei		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 40–54, 29–45

July 20 10:45		Saudi Arabia	70–52	Lebanon		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 34–23, 36–29

July 20 20:45		Chinese Taipei	84–82	Iran		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 37–39, 47–43

July 21 19:00		Iran	47–65	Saudi Arabia		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 13–26, 34–39

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	283	202	+81	6
Korea	3	2	1	300	235	+65	5
Saudi Arabia	3	1	2	201	215	−14	4
Qatar	3	0	3	132	264	−132	3

July 22 17:15		China	98–43	Qatar		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 51–19, 47–24

July 22 19:00		Korea	99–77	Saudi Arabia		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 52–40, 47–37

July 23 20:45		Qatar	51–98	Korea		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 19–52, 32–46

July 24 17:15		Saudi Arabia	68–38	Qatar		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 35–15, 33–23

July 24 19:00		Korea	103–107	China	OT	MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 40–47, 53–46 OT: 10–14

July 25 20:45		China	78–56	Saudi Arabia		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 46–29, 32–27

Group II

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	291	189	+102	6
Japan	3	2	1	232	187	+45	5
Hong Kong	3	1	2	173	248	−75	4
Kuwait	3	0	3	175	247	−72	3

July 22 20:45		Hong Kong	54–115	Chinese Taipei		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 37–56, 17–59

July 23 17:15		Chinese Taipei	98–62	Kuwait		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 40–25, 58–37

July 23 19:00		Japan	79–50	Hong Kong		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 38–21, 41–29

July 24 20:45		Kuwait	59–80	Japan		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 31–30, 28–50

July 25 17:15		Hong Kong	69–54	Kuwait		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 37–30, 32–24

July 25 19:00		Japan	73–78	Chinese Taipei		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 41–44, 32–34

Group III

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lebanon	3	3	0	254	187	+67	6
Malaysia	3	2	1	255	214	+41	5
Thailand	3	1	2	232	226	+6	4
Singapore	3	0	3	135	249	−114	3

July 22 9:00		Singapore	50–84	Thailand		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 31–42, 19–42

July 22 10:45		Malaysia	83–85	Lebanon		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 40–53, 43–32

July 23 12:30		Thailand	85–87	Malaysia		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 39–55, 46–32

July 24 9:00		Malaysia	85–44	Singapore		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 45–14, 40–30

July 24 10:45		Lebanon	89–63	Thailand		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 53–35, 36–28

July 25 12:30		Singapore	41–80	Lebanon		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 20–38, 21–42

Group IV

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Iran	3	3	0	290	138	+152	6
India	3	2	1	194	214	−20	5
Yemen	3	1	2	169	199	−30	4
Sri Lanka	3	0	3	134	236	−102	3

July 22 12:30		Sri Lanka	48–76	India		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 27–26, 21–50

July 23 9:00		India	61–58	Yemen		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 28–26, 33–32

July 23 10:45		Iran	98–32	Sri Lanka		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 56–17, 42–15

July 24 12:30		Yemen	49–84	Iran		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 27–36, 22–48

July 25 9:00		Sri Lanka	54–62	Yemen		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 30–38, 24–24

July 25 10:45		Iran	108–57	India		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 49–32, 59–25

Classification 5th–16th

15th place

July 26 9:00		Singapore	62–77	Sri Lanka		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 30–45, 32–32

13th place

July 26 10:45		Thailand	51–54	Yemen		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 25–29, 26–25

11th place

July 26 12:30		Malaysia	101–58	India		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 59–15, 42–43

9th place

July 26 17:15		Lebanon	69–77	Iran		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 37–38, 32–39

7th place

July 27 9:00		Qatar	93–80	Kuwait		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 48–40, 45–40

5th place

July 27 10:45		Saudi Arabia	64–59	Hong Kong		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 33–16, 31–43

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	July 26
	China	73
	Japan	66
					July 27
					China	92
					Korea	120
					3rd place
	July 26			July 27
	Korea	100		Japan	76
	Chinese Taipei	94			Chinese Taipei	77

Semifinals

July 26 19:00		China	73–66	Japan		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 32–32, 41–34
		Pts: Wang B. 18		Pts: Kazuya 14

July 26 20:45		Korea	100–94	Chinese Taipei		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 47–35, 53–59
		Pts: Bang S.Y. 32		Pts: Lin C.C. 23

3rd place

July 27 18:30		Japan	76–77	Chinese Taipei		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 36–47, 40–30
		Pts: Saito 22		Pts: Tien L. 16

Final

July 27 20:15		China	92–120	Korea		MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
		Scoring by half: 54–60, 38–60
		Pts: Li M., Wang B. 21		Pts: Bang S.Y. 23

Final standing

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

Awards

2000 Asian Under-18 Champions
Korea Third title

• Most Valuable Player: Bang Sung-Yoon
• Best Playmaker: Haruhito Shishito

References

• Fiba Archive

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