2002 ABC Under-18 Championship

2002 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship
17th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation  Kuwait
Dates December 16–26
Teams 14 (from 44 federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  China (7th title)

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.

Contents

Draw

Group A Group B Group C Group D

 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
 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  Korea    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
December 18
9:00		 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    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
December 16
15:00		 China  145–45  Sri Lanka    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
December 17
9:00		 Malaysia  47–79  China    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
December 17
11:00		 Sri Lanka  73–99  Qatar    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
December 18
13:00		 Malaysia  105–49  Sri Lanka    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
December 18
19:00		 China  77–64  Qatar    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

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    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
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    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 35–15, 27–20, 35–16, 40–13
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    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 19–27, 23–14, 22–20

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 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    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
December 20
15:00		 Korea  77–88  Saudi Arabia    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
December 21
15:00		 Saudi Arabia  64–78  Chinese Taipei    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
December 21
17:00		 Qatar  89–114  Korea    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
December 22
15:00		 Korea  117–90  Chinese Taipei    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
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    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
December 20
19:00		 Japan  75–83  Iran    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 16–14, 19–18, 24–33
December 21
13:00		 Iran  72–74  China    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
December 21
19:00		 Kuwait  45–98  Japan    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 11–26, 10–20, 11–21, 13–31
December 22
13:00		 China  83–85  Japan    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 19–23, 24–25, 20–15
December 22
17:00		 Iran  89–53  Kuwait    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

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    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
December 21
9:00		 Sri Lanka  56–84  Hong Kong    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
December 22
11:00		 Hong Kong  60–102  Lebanon    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

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    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
December 21
11:00		 India  90–91  Yemen    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
December 22
9:00		 Yemen  56–77  Malaysia    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

Classification 5th–14th

13th place

December 25
13:00		 Sri Lanka  76–94  India    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

11th place

December 25
15:00		 Hong Kong  75–81  Yemen    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

9th place

December 24
15:00		 Lebanon  64–48  Malaysia    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

7th place

December 25
17:00		 Saudi Arabia  71–61  Kuwait    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

5th place

December 25
19:00		 Chinese Taipei  68–76  Japan    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 13–26, 17–14, 13–18

Final round

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

Semifinals

December 24
17:00		 Korea  90–102  China    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
December 24
19:00		 Iran  49–48  Qatar    Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

3rd place

December 26
9:00		 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
 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

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