1999 ABC Championship

1999 FIBA Asia Championship
20th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Japan
Dates August 28 – September 5
Teams 15 (from 44 federations)
Venues 2 (in 1 host city)
Champions  China (11th title)
MVP China Hu Weidong
< 1997
2001 >

The 1999 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for the Basketball Tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

It was played in Fukuoka, Japan.

Qualification

According to the ABC rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (Japan) and the best 5 teams of the previous Asian Championship were automatically qualified.

East Asia (4+2) Gulf (2+2) Middle Asia (2) Southeast Asia (2) West Asia (2)
 Japan  Saudi Arabia  Uzbekistan  Philippines  Syria
 South Korea  United Arab Emirates  Kazakhstan  Thailand  Lebanon
 China  Kuwait
 Chinese Taipei  Bahrain
 Hong Kong
 North Korea

Draw

The draw was held on June 15 at New Otani Hotel in Tokyo.

Group A Group B Group C Group D

 South Korea
 United Arab Emirates
 Lebanon
 Philippines

 Japan
 Thailand
 Hong Kong
 Kuwait

 China
 Kazakhstan *
 Syria
 North Korea *

 Saudi Arabia
 Uzbekistan
 Chinese Taipei
 Bahrain

* North Korea and Kazakhstan pulled out of the tournament, leaving Group C with only two teams. ABC added  Malaysia into the bracket.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Lebanon 330210185+256
 South Korea 321251189+625
 United Arab Emirates 312216244−284
 Philippines 303194253−593
August 28
15:00
South Korea  9863  Philippines
Scoring by half: 58–38, 40–25
August 28
19:00
United Arab Emirates  7075  Lebanon
Scoring by half: 43–36, 27–39
August 29
15:00
Lebanon  7565  South Korea
Scoring by half: 40–34, 35–31
August 29
15:00
Philippines  8195  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 44–56, 37–39
Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
August 30
15:00
South Korea  8851  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 51–26, 37–25
August 30
17:00
Philippines  5060  Lebanon
Scoring by half: 25–31, 25–29

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Japan 330259135+1246
 Kuwait 321240228+125
 Thailand 312207280−734
 Hong Kong 303202265−633
August 28
13:00
Japan  8538  Thailand
Scoring by half: 39–19, 46–19
August 28
13:00
Kuwait  8862  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 33–38, 55–24
Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
August 29
13:00
Hong Kong  5888  Japan
Scoring by half: 38–31, 20–57
August 29
13:00
Thailand  80113  Kuwait
Scoring by half: 43–56, 37–57
Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
August 30
13:00
Japan  8639  Kuwait
Scoring by half: 44–21, 42–18
August 30
13:00
Thailand  8982  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 45–47, 44–35
Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 220166102+644
 Syria 211153176−233
 Malaysia 202105146−412
August 28
17:00
China  5441  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 34–22, 20–19
August 29
17:00
Syria  61112  China
Scoring by half: 17–63, 44–49
August 30
15:00
Malaysia  6292  Syria
Scoring by half: 26–48, 38–44
Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Chinese Taipei 330250219+316
 Saudi Arabia 321239218+215
 Uzbekistan 312207219−124
 Bahrain 303169209−403
August 28
15:00
Saudi Arabia  7963  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 32–28, 47–35
Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
August 28
17:00
Uzbekistan  8290  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 35–41, 47–49
Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
August 29
17:00
Bahrain  4762  Uzbekistan
Scoring by half: 20–28, 27–34
Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
August 29
19:00
Chinese Taipei  9278  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 50–36, 42–42
August 30
17:00
Saudi Arabia  8263  Uzbekistan
Scoring by half: 45–32, 37–31
Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
August 30
19:00
Chinese Taipei  6859  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 39–24, 29–35

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 330283177+1066
 Saudi Arabia 321241234+75
 Kuwait 312220265−454
 Lebanon 303217285−683
August 31
13:00
Lebanon  6992  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 44–48, 25–44
August 31
15:00
China  9154  Kuwait
Scoring by half: 41–20, 50–34
September 1
13:00
Kuwait  8681  Lebanon
Scoring by half: 40–45, 46–36
September 1
15:00
Saudi Arabia  5685  China
Scoring by half: 22–44, 34–41
September 2
13:00
Lebanon  67107  China
Scoring by half: 39–52, 28–55
September 2
15:00
Kuwait  8093  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 40–47, 40–46

Group II

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 330195177+186
 Chinese Taipei 321220210+105
 Japan 312207199+84
 Syria 303201237−363
August 31
17:00
Japan  7858  Syria
Scoring by half: 38–27, 40–31
August 31
19:00
Chinese Taipei  5461  South Korea
Scoring by half: 20–34, 34–27
September 1
17:00
South Korea  6461  Japan
Scoring by half: 34–31, 30–30
September 1
19:00
Syria  8189  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 37–39, 44–50
September 2
17:00
Japan  6877  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 37–36, 31–41
September 2
19:00
South Korea  7062  Syria
Scoring by half: 30–38, 40–24

Group III

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 United Arab Emirates 330261235+266
 Bahrain 321255234+215
 Hong Kong 312247246+14
 Malaysia 303219267−483
August 31
13:00
United Arab Emirates  7972  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 28–34, 51–38
Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
August 31
15:00
Malaysia  5989  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 32–44, 27–45
Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
September 1
13:00
Hong Kong  8894  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 41–41, 47–53
Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
September 1
15:00
Bahrain  9085  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 44–37, 46–48
Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
September 2
13:00
United Arab Emirates  8875  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 47–42, 41–33
Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
September 2
15:00
Hong Kong  7093  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 50–39, 20–54
Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

Group IV

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Uzbekistan 220177135+424
 Philippines 211146152−63
 Thailand 202129165−362
August 31
17:00
Uzbekistan  9464  Philippines
Scoring by half: 52–30, 42–34
Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
September 1
17:00
Philippines  8258  Thailand
Scoring by half: 46–31, 36–27
Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka
September 2
17:00
Thailand  7183  Uzbekistan
Scoring by half: 34–44, 37–39
Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

Classification 5th–14th

13th place

September 3
13:00
Hong Kong  6853  Thailand
Scoring by half: 39–22, 29–31

11th place

September 3
15:00
Bahrain  7583  Philippines
Scoring by half: 31–46, 44–37

9th place

September 3
17:00
Uzbekistan  7056  United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 42–22, 28–34

7th place

September 4
10:00
Lebanon  6160  Syria
Scoring by half: 27–34, 34–26

5th place

September 4
12:00
Kuwait  6177  Japan
Scoring by half: 25–45, 36–32

Final round

Semifinals Final
September 4
  South Korea  85  
  Saudi Arabia  59  
 
September 5
      South Korea  45
    China  63
3rd place
September 4 September 5
  China  105   Saudi Arabia  93
  Chinese Taipei  51     Chinese Taipei  67

Semifinals

September 4
14:00
South Korea  8559  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 42–30, 43–29
September 4
16:00
China  10551  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 55–23, 50–28

3rd place

September 5
11:00
Saudi Arabia  9367  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 38–39, 55–28

Final

September 5
13:00
South Korea  4563  China
Scoring by half: 21–29, 24–34

Final standing

Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics
Rank Team Record
1st, gold medalist(s)  China 7–0
2nd, silver medalist(s)  South Korea 6–2
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  Saudi Arabia 5–3
4  Chinese Taipei 5–3
5  Japan 5–2
6  Kuwait 3–4
7  Lebanon 4–3
8  Syria 1–5
9  Uzbekistan 4–2
10  United Arab Emirates 4–3
11  Philippines 2–4
12  Bahrain 2–5
13  Hong Kong 2–5
14  Thailand 1–5
15  Malaysia 0–5

Awards

 1999 Asian Champions 

China
Eleventh title

References

  1. Florian Wanninger (2002), FIBA 1930-2001 Results, FIBA, ISBN 978-3897018365
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