2003 ABC Championship qualification

The 2003 ABC Championship qualification was held in late 2002 and early 2003 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:

2001 ABC Championship

Main article: 2001 ABC Championship
Rank Team
 China
 Lebanon
 Korea
4  Syria
5  Qatar
6  Japan
7  Chinese Taipei
8  India
9  Uzbekistan
10  United Arab Emirates
11  Hong Kong
12  Kuwait
13  Thailand
14  Singapore

Qualified teams

East Asia (2+3) Gulf (2+1) Middle Asia (2) Southeast Asia (2) West Asia (2+2)
 China  Qatar  Uzbekistan  Philippines  Lebanon
 Korea  United Arab Emirates *  India  Malaysia  Syria
 Japan  Saudi Arabia *  Jordan
 Chinese Taipei  Iran
 Hong Kong

* Withdrew,  Kazakhstan and  Kuwait were given a wild card entry into the championship.

East Asia

All the others withdrew, so  Chinese Taipei and  Hong Kong qualified automatically.

Gulf

The 2002 Gulf Basketball Association Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2003 ABC Championship. the two best teams excluding Qatar qualifies for 2003 ABC Championship. The tournament was held at Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Preliminary round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Qatar 4 3 1 293 251 +42 7 1–0
 United Arab Emirates 4 3 1 291 268 +23 7 0–1
 Saudi Arabia 4 2 2 325 325 0 6 1–0
 Bahrain 4 2 2 313 335 −22 6 0–1
 Kuwait 4 0 4 298 341 −43 4
September 12 United Arab Emirates  77–63  Kuwait    Al-Ahli Indoor Hall, Dubai
September 12 Bahrain  69–94  Saudi Arabia    Al-Ahli Indoor Hall, Dubai
September 13 Qatar  77–83  Bahrain    Al-Ahli Indoor Hall, Dubai
September 13 Saudi Arabia  70–88  United Arab Emirates    Al-Ahli Indoor Hall, Dubai
September 14 United Arab Emirates  77–70  Bahrain    Al-Ahli Indoor Hall, Dubai
September 14 Kuwait  54–77  Qatar    Al-Ahli Indoor Hall, Dubai
September 16 Saudi Arabia  65–74  Qatar    Al-Ahli Indoor Hall, Dubai
September 16 Bahrain  91–87  Kuwait    Al-Ahli Indoor Hall, Dubai
September 17 Kuwait  94–96  Saudi Arabia    Al-Ahli Indoor Hall, Dubai
September 17 Qatar  65–49  United Arab Emirates    Al-Ahli Indoor Hall, Dubai

Final

September 18 Qatar  58–69  United Arab Emirates    Al-Ahli Indoor Hall, Dubai

Final standing

Rank Team
 United Arab Emirates
 Qatar
 Saudi Arabia
4  Bahrain
5  Kuwait

Middle Asia

The 2003 Middle Asia Basketball Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2003 ABC Championship. the two best teams qualifies for 2003 ABC Championship. The tournament was held at New Delhi, India.

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Uzbekistan 4 4 0 429 185 +248 8
 India 4 3 1 420 242 +178 7
 Bangladesh 4 2 2 211 335 −124 6
 Sri Lanka 4 1 3 247 372 −125 5
 Nepal 4 0 4 224 401 −177 4
July 9 Bangladesh  53–109  India    Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi
July 9 Nepal  42–111  Uzbekistan    Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi
July 10 Sri Lanka  92–76  Nepal    Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi
July 10 Uzbekistan  106–22  Bangladesh    Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi
July 10 India  132–46  Nepal    Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi
July 10 Sri Lanka  39–125  Uzbekistan    Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi
July 11 India  101–56  Sri Lanka    Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi
July 11 Nepal  60–66  Bangladesh    Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi
July 12 Bangladesh  70–60  Sri Lanka    Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi
July 12 Uzbekistan  87–78  India    Talkatora Stadium, New Delhi

Southeast Asia

The 2003 Southeast Asia Basketball Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2003 ABC Championship. the two best teams qualifies for 2003 ABC Championship. The tournament was held at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Philippines 3 3 0 278 185 +93 6
 Malaysia 3 2 1 250 232 +18 5
 Thailand 3 1 2 203 234 −31 4
 Vietnam 3 0 3 195 275 −80 3
August 19 Thailand  56–83  Philippines    MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
August 19 Vietnam  70–95  Malaysia    MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
August 20 Philippines  99–48  Vietnam    MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
August 20 Malaysia  74–66  Thailand    MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
August 21 Vietnam  77–81  Thailand    MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur
August 21 Philippines  96–81  Malaysia    MABA Stadium, Kuala Lumpur

West Asia

The 2002/2003 West Asia Basketball Association Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2003 ABC Championship. the two best teams qualifies for 2003 ABC Championship. The tournament supposed to be held in 3 stages in Jordan, Iran and Iraq in late 2002 and early 2003 but the last round was cancelled.

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Jordan 4 3 1 327 285 +42 7 1–1 / 1.088
 Iran 4 3 1 295 292 +3 7 1–1 / 0.919
 Iraq 4 0 4 268 313 −45 4
July 17 Jordan  84–79  Iraq    Prince Hamzah Court, Amman
July 18 Iran  74–63  Iraq    Prince Hamzah Court, Amman
July 19 Jordan  68–72  Iran    Prince Hamzah Court, Amman
September 18 Iran  73–68  Iraq    Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
September 19 Iraq  58–82  Jordan    Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
September 20 Iran  76–93  Jordan    Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran

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