2001 ABC Championship for Women

2001 FIBA Asia Championship for Women
19th Asian Women's Basketball Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
Dates	October 4–11
Teams	13 (from 44 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (7th title)
MVP	Hu Xiatao

The 2001 ABC Championship for Women is the qualifying tournament for 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women. The tournament was held on Bangkok, Thailand from October 4 to October 11. The championship is divided into two levels: Level I and Level II.

Participating teams

Level I	Level II – Group A	Level II – Group B
South Korea Japan Chinese Taipei China Thailand	Malaysia India Lebanon Macau	Hong Kong Sri Lanka Kazakhstan Uzbekistan

Preliminary round

Level I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
China	4	4	0	428	280	+148	8
South Korea	4	2	2	324	307	+17	6	1–1 / 1.021
Japan	4	2	2	323	299	+24	6	1–1 / 0.994
Chinese Taipei	4	2	2	323	327	−4	6	1–1 / 0.987
Thailand	4	0	4	257	442	−185	4

October 4
11:45

South Korea		80–73		Japan
Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 24–14, 17–16, 22–17

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 4
18:45

Thailand		69–107		Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 16–33, 21–31, 17–21, 15–22

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 5
12:45

China		100–64		South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 16–8, 31–21, 30–23

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 5
16:45

Japan		83–77		Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 19–20, 18–15, 30–16

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 6
14:45

Chinese Taipei		67–107		China
Scoring by quarter: 18–30, 22–27, 9–27, 18–23

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 6
16:45

Japan		97–47		Thailand
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 27–8, 27–15, 24–12

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 7
12:45

Thailand		62–112		South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 11–31, 15–22, 23–32, 13–27

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 7
16:45

China		95–70		Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 24–20, 31–14, 18–21

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 8
12:45

South Korea		68–72		Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 18–14, 14–19, 14–19

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 8
16:45

China		126–79		Thailand
Scoring by quarter: 38–12, 16–21, 33–16, 39–30

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

Level II – Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Malaysia	3	3	0	225	151	+74	6
India	3	2	1	299	192	+107	5
Lebanon	3	1	2	248	187	+61	4
Macau	3	0	3	83	325	−242	3

October 4
13:45

Macau		25–94		Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 11–23, 7–25, 5–25, 2–21

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 5
18:45

Malaysia		68–63		India
Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 20–17, 14–13, 22–14

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 6
18:45

Macau		25–89		Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 5–24, 6–21, 5–30

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 7
18:45

India		94–91		Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 30–23, 19–26, 22–20

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 8
18:45

Lebanon		63–68		Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 11–16, 17–17, 13–12

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 9
11:00

India		142–33		Macau
Scoring by quarter: 36–7, 37–7, 26–9, 43–10

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

Level II – Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Kazakhstan	3	3	0	332	115	+217	6
Uzbekistan	3	2	1	262	191	+71	5
Hong Kong	3	1	2	179	229	−50	4
Sri Lanka	3	0	3	114	352	−238	3

October 4
15:45

Hong Kong		48–87		Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 12–25, 19–13, 5–24

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 5
14:45

Kazakhstan		141–20		Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 36–6, 33–5, 36–4, 36–5

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 6
12:45

Sri Lanka		46–98		Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 8–23, 16–22, 6–28

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 7
14:45

Uzbekistan		62–95		Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 18–29, 16–18, 13–30

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 8
14:45

Kazakhstan		96–33		Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 26–15, 24–3, 22–3

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 9
9:00

Sri Lanka		48–113		Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 13–31, 12–33, 11–27, 12–22

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

Classification 10th–13th

12th place

October 10
10:45

Macau		72–91		Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 22–20, 15–26, 15–25

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

10th place

October 11
10:45

Lebanon		0–20		Hong Kong
Walkover

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

Lebanon was penalized to the last place.

Classification 6th–9th

Semifinals			6th place

October 10
Malaysia	75
Uzbekistan	91

			October 11
			Uzbekistan	54
			Kazakhstan	88


			8th place
October 10		October 11
India	66	Malaysia	77
Kazakhstan	119		India	87

Semifinals

October 10
12:45

Malaysia		75–91		Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 32–25, 14–27, 13–21, 16–18

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 10
14:45

India		66–119		Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 18–30, 17–30, 12–30, 19–29

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

8th place

October 11
12:45

Malaysia		77–87		India
Scoring by quarter: 20–27, 19–25, 14–18, 24–17

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

6th place

October 11
14:45

Uzbekistan		54–88		Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 18–27, 15–21, 11–19

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

Final round

Semifinals			Final

October 10
China	94
Chinese Taipei	68

			October 11
			China	105
			Japan	76


			3rd place
October 10		October 11
South Korea	76	Chinese Taipei	63
Japan	93		South Korea	78

Semifinals

October 10
16:45

China		94–68		Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 18–24, 17–11, 31–21

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

October 10
18:45

South Korea		76–93		Japan
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 21–16, 12–23, 26–33

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

3rd place

October 11
16:45

Chinese Taipei		63–78		South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 15–20, 15–13, 15–19

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

Final

October 11
18:45

China	105–76	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 33–15, 27–18, 24–22
Pts: Chen N. 50 Rebs: Chen N. 11 Asts: Hu X.T. 7		Pts: Nagata 20 Rebs: Nagata 5 Asts: Nagata 3

Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

Final standing

	Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women

Rank	Team	Record
01 !	China	6–0
02 !	Japan	3–3
03 !	South Korea	3–3
4	Chinese Taipei	2–4
5	Thailand	0–4
6	Kazakhstan	5–0
7	Uzbekistan	3–2
8	India	3–2
9	Malaysia	3–2
10	Hong Kong	2–2
11	Sri Lanka	1–3
12	Macau	0–4
13	Lebanon	1–3

Awards

2001 Asian Champions
China Seventh title

Most Valuable Player: Hu Xiatao
Best Playmaker: Kim Ji-Yoon
Best Rebounder: Cheng Hui-yun
Best 3-Pointer: Akemi Okazato
Best Coach: Gong Luming

References

FIBA Asia Championship for Women

Seoul 1965 Taipei 1968 Kuala Lumpur 1970 Taipei 1972 Seoul 1974 Hong Kong 1976 Kuala Lumpur 1978 Hong Kong 1980 Tokyo 1982 Shanghai 1984 Kuala Lumpur 1986 Hong Kong 1988 Singapore 1990 Seoul 1992 Sendai 1994 Shizuoka 1995 Bangkok 1997 Shizuoka 1999 Bangkok 2001 Sendai 2004 Qinhuangdao 2005 Incheon 2007 Chennai 2009 Omura 2011 Bangkok 2013 Wuhan 2015

International women's basketball

FIBA Olympics World Cup World Rankings U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship Commonwealth Games Teams

Africa	FIBA Africa Africa Championship

Americas	FIBA Americas Americas Championship

Asia	FIBA Asia Asian Championship

Europe	FIBA Europe EuroBasket Women

Oceania	FIBA Oceania Oceania Championship

Note: The Under-21 Championship is no longer held.