2001 ABC Championship qualification

The 2001 ABC Championship qualification was held in late 2000 and early 2001 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Middle Asia (Central Asia and South Asia) each conducting tournaments.

Contents

Qualification format

The following are eligible to participate:

1999 ABC Championship

Main article: 1999 ABC Championship
Rank Team
 China
 Korea
 Saudi Arabia
4  Chinese Taipei
5  Japan
6  Kuwait
7  Lebanon
8  Syria
9  Uzbekistan
10  United Arab Emirates
11  Philippines
12  Bahrain
13  Hong Kong
14  Thailand
15  Malaysia

Qualified teams

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

* Withdrew

** Suspended by FIBA, replaced by  Singapore which finished third in the Southeast Asian qualifiers.

East Asia

All the others withdrew, so  DPR Korea and  Hong Kong qualified automatically.

Gulf

The 2000 Gulf Basketball Association Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2001 ABC Championship.  Qatar won the tournament and qualified alongside  United Arab Emirates.

Middle Asia

All the others withdrew, so  India and  Uzbekistan qualified automatically.

Southeast Asia

The 2001 Southeast Asia Basketball Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2001 ABC Championship. the two best teams qualifies for 2001 ABC Championship. The tournament was held at Manila, Philippines.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Philippines 3 3 0 333 159 +174 6
 Singapore 3 2 1 240 229 +11 5
 Malaysia 3 1 2 179 243 −64 4
 Vietnam 3 0 3 180 301 −121 3
April 2 Malaysia  81–72  Vietnam    Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
April 2 Philippines  112–70  Singapore    Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
April 3 Singapore  80–55  Malaysia    Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
April 3 Vietnam  46–130  Philippines    Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
April 4 Philippines  91–43  Malaysia    Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
April 5 Singapore  90–62  Vietnam    Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Thailand 2 2 0 170 99 +71 4
 Indonesia 2 1 1 164 111 +53 3
 Brunei 2 0 2 79 203 −124 2
April 2 Thailand  101–37  Brunei    Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
April 4 Brunei  42–102  Indonesia    Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
April 5 Indonesia  62–69  Thailand    Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

Classification 5th–7th

  Semifinals 5th place
April 6
  Malaysia    
 Bye    
 
April 7
      Malaysia 73
    Vietnam 59
April 6
  Brunei 47
  Vietnam 81  

Semifinals

April 6 Brunei  47–81  Vietnam    Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

5th place

April 7 Malaysia  73–59  Vietnam    Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

Final round

  Semifinals Final
April 6
  Philippines  88  
  Indonesia  44  
 
April 7
      Philippines  90
    Thailand  73
3rd place
April 6 April 7
  Thailand  70   Indonesia  78
  Singapore  60     Singapore (OT)  81

Semifinals

April 6 Thailand  70–60  Singapore    Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
April 6 Philippines  88–44  Indonesia    Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

3rd place

April 7 Indonesia  78–81  Singapore OT  Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

Final

April 7 Philippines  90–73  Thailand    Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

Final standing

Rank Team
 Philippines
 Thailand
 Singapore
4  Indonesia
5  Malaysia
6  Vietnam
7  Brunei

West Asia

The 2000 West Asia Basketball Association Championship and 2001 West Asia Basketball Association Championship are the qualifying tournament for the 2001 ABC Championship. the two best teams after the second tournament qualifies for 2001 ABC Championship. The 2000 tournament was held at Beirut, Lebanon while Amman, Jordan hosted the 2001 edition.

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Lebanon 8 7 1 704 649 +55 15
 Syria 8 5 3 624 622 +2 13
 Iran 8 4 4 635 624 +11 12
 Iraq 8 3 5 630 637 −7 11
 Jordan 8 1 7 572 633 −61 9
October 4, 2000 Iran  87–64  Jordan    Beirut
October 4, 2000 Lebanon  81–76  Iraq    Beirut
October 5, 2000 Syria  61–64  Iraq    Beirut
October 5, 2000 Lebanon  87–80  Iran    Beirut
October 6, 2000 Syria  88–78  Iran    Beirut
October 6, 2000 Lebanon  79–70  Jordan    Beirut
October 7, 2000 Iraq  64–66  Iran    Beirut
October 7, 2000 Jordan  72–75  Syria    Beirut
October 8, 2000 Iraq  78–57  Jordan    Beirut
October 8, 2000 Lebanon  93–80  Syria    Beirut
July 10, 2001 Iran  76–65  Jordan    Amman
July 10, 2001 Syria  80–78  Lebanon    Amman
July 11, 2001 Iran  77–87  Syria OT  Amman
July 11, 2001 Iraq  89–88  Jordan    Amman
July 12, 2001 Iran  85–92  Lebanon    Amman
July 12, 2001 Syria  86–82  Iraq    Amman
July 13, 2001 Syria  67–78  Jordan    Amman
July 13, 2001 Lebanon  112–100  Iraq    Amman
July 14, 2001 Iran  86–77  Iraq    Amman
July 14, 2001 Lebanon  82–78  Jordan    Amman

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