2003 ABC Championship

2003 FIBA Asia Championship
22nd Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	China
Dates	September 23 – October 1
Teams	16 (from 44 federations)
Venues	2 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (13th title)
MVP	Yao Ming

The 2003 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for the Basketball Tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The tournament was held in Harbin, China from September 23 to October 1, 2003.

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Draw 3 Preliminary round 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 3.3 Group C 3.4 Group D 4 Quarterfinal round 4.1 Group I 4.2 Group II 4.3 Group III 4.4 Group IV 5 Classification 5th–16th 5.1 15th place 5.2 13th place 5.3 11th place 5.4 9th place 5.5 7th place 5.6 5th place 6 Final round 6.1 Semifinals 6.2 3rd place 6.3 Final 7 Final standing 8 Awards 9 References

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 (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.

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Lebanon  Uzbekistan  Hong Kong  Kazakhstan	Korea  India  Kuwait  Malaysia	Syria  Chinese Taipei  Iran  China	Qatar  Japan  Philippines  Jordan

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lebanon	3	3	0	257	197	+60	6
Kazakhstan	3	2	1	242	227	+15	5
Uzbekistan	3	1	2	194	238	−44	4
Hong Kong	3	0	3	213	244	−31	3

September 23 10:00		Uzbekistan	68–64	Hong Kong		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 12–26, 11–18, 24–10

September 23 14:00		Lebanon	79–70	Kazakhstan		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 23–23, 22–10, 14–16

September 24 10:00		Hong Kong	67–90	Lebanon		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 15–25, 18–19, 18–23

September 24 14:00		Kazakhstan	86–66	Uzbekistan		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 21–27, 26–10, 16–11

September 25 10:00		Kazakhstan	86–82	Hong Kong		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 21–18, 19–19, 19–25

September 25 14:00		Lebanon	88–60	Uzbekistan		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 19–16, 22–16, 26–19

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Korea	3	3	0	319	219	+100	6
India	3	2	1	251	257	−6	5
Kuwait	3	1	2	231	270	−39	4
Malaysia	3	0	3	215	270	−55	3

September 23 12:00		India	94–74	Kuwait		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 28–12, 18–18, 29–32

September 23 19:30		Korea	103–72	Malaysia		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 27–25, 21–15, 31–20

September 24 16:00		Malaysia	62–81	India		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 13–25, 16–18, 11–16, 22–22

September 24 19:30		Kuwait	71–95	Korea		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 14–23, 15–23, 21–26

September 25 16:00		Kuwait	86–81	Malaysia		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 19–21, 21–20, 22–17

September 25 19:30		Korea	121–76	India		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 32–14, 28–21, 34–26

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	317	181	+136	6
Iran	3	2	1	234	234	0	5
Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	229	288	−59	4
Syria	3	0	3	202	279	−77	3

September 23 16:00		Chinese Taipei	74–83	Iran		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 17–17, 12–22, 28–23

September 23 19:30		China	103–51	Syria		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 32–9, 22–19, 23–9, 26–14

September 24 16:00		Iran	82–67	Syria		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 23–11, 20–19, 26–17

September 24 19:30		Chinese Taipei	61–121	China		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 16–28, 12–30, 9–29, 24–34

September 25 16:00		Syria	84–94	Chinese Taipei		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 26–28, 25–21, 21–25, 12–20

September 25 19:30		China	93–69	Iran		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 31–16, 20–11, 16–26

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Qatar	3	3	0	211	169	+42	6
Japan	3	2	1	176	191	−15	5
Philippines	3	1	2	216	210	+6	4
Jordan	3	0	3	179	212	−33	3

September 23 14:00		Japan	66–64	Philippines		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 17–18, 18–13, 13–15

September 23 16:00		Qatar	66–53	Jordan		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 12–10, 15–18, 17–15

September 24 10:00		Philippines	69–77	Qatar		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 13–20, 13–19, 24–21

September 24 14:00		Jordan	59–63	Japan		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 9–15, 11–12, 21–16

September 25 10:00		Qatar	68–47	Japan		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 15–6, 16–16, 14–19, 23–6

September 25 14:00		Philippines	83–67	Jordan		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 24–17, 23–14, 18–22

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	315	193	+122	6
Lebanon	3	2	1	264	255	+9	5
Japan	3	1	2	226	238	−12	4
India	3	0	3	218	337	−119	3

September 26 16:00		Lebanon	76–63	Japan		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 19–15, 12–12, 23–11

September 26 19:30		India	62–117	China		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 15–33, 8–28, 16–27, 23–29

September 27 16:00		Japan	103–74	India		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 29–23, 23–20, 25–17

September 27 19:30		China	110–71	Lebanon		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 31–17, 21–16, 24–21, 34–17

September 28 16:00		Lebanon	117–82	India		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 31–19, 30–21, 31–16, 25–26

September 28 19:30		Japan	60–88	China		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 14–25, 10–13, 18–28

Group II

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Korea	3	3	0	291	249	+42	6
Qatar	3	2	1	235	212	+23	5
Iran	3	1	2	237	262	−25	4
Kazakhstan	3	0	3	234	274	−40	3

September 26 16:00		Qatar	83–61	Kazakhstan		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 22–14, 18–17, 18–15

September 26 19:30		Korea	105–81	Iran		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 28–24, 24–14, 27–23

September 27 16:00		Iran	92–85	Kazakhstan		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 16–19, 25–28, 33–28

September 27 19:30		Qatar	80–87	Korea		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 27–20, 12–22, 31–15

September 28 16:00		Kazakhstan	88–99	Korea		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 27–21, 18–31, 27–24

September 28 19:30		Iran	64–72	Qatar		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 9–12, 20–23, 21–17

Group III

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Jordan	3	3	0	238	213	+25	6
Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	288	220	+68	5
Uzbekistan	3	1	2	255	277	−22	4
Malaysia	3	0	3	197	268	−71	3

September 26 10:00		Uzbekistan	83–86	Jordan		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 18–21, 23–22, 23–21

September 26 14:00		Malaysia	63–101	Chinese Taipei		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 21–29, 9–31, 14–14

September 27 10:00		Jordan	69–58	Malaysia		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 8–11, 20–18, 21–7, 20–22

September 27 14:00		Chinese Taipei	115–74	Uzbekistan		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 30–18, 32–21, 24–21

September 28 10:00		Uzbekistan	98–76	Malaysia		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 22–19, 25–16, 25–20

September 28 14:00		Chinese Taipei	72–83	Jordan		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 15–20, 22–14, 18–26

Group IV

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
Syria	3	2	1	279	234	+45	5	1–1 / 1.172
Kuwait	3	2	1	236	220	+16	5	1–1 / 1.019
Hong Kong	3	2	1	222	244	−22	5	1–1 / 0.839
Philippines	3	0	3	201	240	−39	3

September 26 10:00		Hong Kong	66–58	Philippines		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 16–17, 18–4, 13–22

September 26 14:00		Kuwait	80–75	Syria		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 21–19, 21–15, 21–18

September 27 10:00		Syria	109–77	Hong Kong		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 28–27, 18–11, 31–13, 32–26

September 27 14:00		Philippines	66–79	Kuwait		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 18–26, 20–22, 17–17

September 28 10:00		Hong Kong	79–77	Kuwait		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 21–13, 19–20, 24–17

September 28 14:00		Syria	95–77	Philippines		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 24–15, 31–12, 17–23

Classification 5th–16th

15th place

September 30 14:00		Malaysia	63–78	Philippines		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 10–18, 18–28, 22–15

13th place

September 30 16:00		Uzbekistan	85–106	Hong Kong		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 20–30, 22–27, 18–29

11th place

September 30 19:30		Chinese Taipei	102–81	Kuwait		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 28–15, 20–24, 33–26

9th place

September 30 14:00		Jordan	75–92	Syria		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 23–22, 18–23, 18–21

7th place

October 1 14:00		India	82–84	Kazakhstan		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 27–21, 15–17, 21–20

5th place

October 1 16:00		Japan	61–67	Iran		Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 14–20, 13–10, 20–14

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	September 30
	Lebanon	83
	Korea (OT)	85
					October 1
					Korea	96
					China	106
					3rd place
	September 30			October 1
	China	86		Lebanon	67
	Qatar	61			Qatar	77

Semifinals

September 30 16:00		Lebanon	83–85	Korea	OT	Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 26–21, 20–14, 19–17, OT: 9–11

September 30 19:30		China	86–61	Qatar		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 23–14, 17–10, 23–20

3rd place

October 1 16:00		Lebanon	67–77	Qatar		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 21–27, 14–10, 9–14

Final

October 1 19:30		Korea	96–106	China		Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
		Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 21–26, 28–22, 32–34
		Pts: Lee K.S. 28		Pts: Yao M. 30

Final standing

Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics

Rank	Team	Record
1 !	China	8–0
2 !	Korea	7–1
3 !	Qatar	6–2
4	Lebanon	5–3
5	Iran	4–3
6	Japan	3–4
7	Kazakhstan	3–4
8	India	2–5
9	Syria	3–4
10	Jordan	3–4
11	Chinese Taipei	4–3
12	Kuwait	3–4
13	Hong Kong	3–4
14	Uzbekistan	2–5
15	Philippines	2–5
16	Malaysia	0–7

Awards

2003 Asian Champions
China Thirteenth title

References

• Results
• archive.fiba.com
• jabba-net.com

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