2003 ABC Championship

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2003 ABC Championship
Tournament details
CountryChina
City Harbin
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
DatesSeptember 23 – October 1
Teams16
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China (13th title)
Runner-upFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Third placeFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Fourth placeFlag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Tournament statistics
Top scorer Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yao Ming
(22.9 points per game) [1]
MVP Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Yao Ming
  2001
2005  

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

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 (3+2)Gulf (1+2)Middle Asia (2)Southeast Asia (2)West Asia (2+2)
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates *Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Saudi Arabia *Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong

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

Draw

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D

Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan

Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Flag of India.svg  India
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia

Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 330257197+606
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 321242227+155
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 312194238−444
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 303213244−313
September 23
10:00
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg6864Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 12–26, 11–18, 24–10
September 23
14:00
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg7970Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 23–23, 22–10, 14–16
September 24
10:00
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg6790Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 15–25, 18–19, 18–23
September 24
14:00
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg8666Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 21–27, 26–10, 16–11
September 25
10:00
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg8682Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 21–18, 19–19, 19–25
September 25
14:00
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg8860Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 19–16, 22–16, 26–19

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 330319219+1006
Flag of India.svg  India 321251257−65
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 312231270−394
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 303215270−553
September 23
12:00
India  Flag of India.svg9474Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 28–12, 18–18, 29–32
September 23
19:30
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg10372Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 27–25, 21–15, 31–20
September 24
16:00
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg6281Flag of India.svg  India
Scoring by quarter: 13–25, 16–18, 11–16, 22–22
September 24
19:30
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg7195Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 14–23, 15–23, 21–26
September 25
16:00
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg8681Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 19–21, 21–20, 22–17
September 25
19:30
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg12176Flag of India.svg  India
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 32–14, 28–21, 34–26

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 330317181+1366
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 32123423405
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 312229288−594
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 303202279−773
September 23
16:00
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg7483Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 17–17, 12–22, 28–23
September 23
19:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg10351Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 32–9, 22–19, 23–9, 26–14
September 24
16:00
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg8267Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 23–11, 20–19, 26–17
September 24
19:30
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg61121Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter: 16–28, 12–30, 9–29, 24–34
September 25
16:00
Syria  Flag of Syria.svg8494Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 26–28, 25–21, 21–25, 12–20
September 25
19:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg9369Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 31–16, 20–11, 16–26

Group D

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 330211169+426
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 321176191−155
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 312216210+64
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 303179212−333
September 23
14:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg6664Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 17–18, 18–13, 13–15
September 23
16:00
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg6653Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 12–10, 15–18, 17–15
September 24
10:00
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg6977Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 13–20, 13–19, 24–21
September 24
14:00
Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg5963Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 9–15, 11–12, 21–16
September 25
10:00
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg6847Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 15–6, 16–16, 14–19, 23–6
September 25
14:00
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg8367Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 24–17, 23–14, 18–22

Quarterfinal round

Group I

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 330315193+1226
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 321264255+95
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 312226238−124
Flag of India.svg  India 303218337−1193
September 26
16:00
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg7663Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 19–15, 12–12, 23–11
September 26
19:30
India  Flag of India.svg62117Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter: 15–33, 8–28, 16–27, 23–29
September 27
16:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg10374Flag of India.svg  India
Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 29–23, 23–20, 25–17
September 27
19:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg11071Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 31–17, 21–16, 24–21, 34–17
September 28
16:00
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg11782Flag of India.svg  India
Scoring by quarter: 31–19, 30–21, 31–16, 25–26
September 28
19:30
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg6088Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 14–25, 10–13, 18–28

Group II

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 330291249+426
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 321235212+235
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 312237262−254
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 303234274−403
September 26
16:00
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg8361Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 22–14, 18–17, 18–15
September 26
19:30
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg10581Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 28–24, 24–14, 27–23
September 27
16:00
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg9285Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 16–19, 25–28, 33–28
September 27
19:30
Qatar  Flag of Qatar.svg8087Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 27–20, 12–22, 31–15
September 28
16:00
Kazakhstan  Flag of Kazakhstan.svg8899Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 27–21, 18–31, 27–24
September 28
19:30
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg6472Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 9–12, 20–23, 21–17

Group III

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 330238213+256
Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 321288220+685
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 312255277−224
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 303197268−713
September 26
10:00
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg8386Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 18–21, 23–22, 23–21
September 26
14:00
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg63101Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 21–29, 9–31, 14–14
September 27
10:00
Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg6958Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 8–11, 20–18, 21–7, 20–22
September 27
14:00
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg11574Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 30–18, 32–21, 24–21
September 28
10:00
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg9876Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 22–19, 25–16, 25–20
September 28
14:00
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg7283Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 15–20, 22–14, 18–26

Group IV

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTiebreaker
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 321279234+4551–1 / 1.172
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 321236220+1651–1 / 1.019
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 321222244−2251–1 / 0.839
Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 303201240−393
September 26
10:00
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg6658Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 16–17, 18–4, 13–22
September 26
14:00
Kuwait  Flag of Kuwait.svg8075Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 21–19, 21–15, 21–18
September 27
10:00
Syria  Flag of Syria.svg10977Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 28–27, 18–11, 31–13, 32–26
September 27
14:00
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines.svg6679Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 18–26, 20–22, 17–17
September 28
10:00
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong.svg7977Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 21–13, 19–20, 24–17
September 28
14:00
Syria  Flag of Syria.svg9577Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 24–15, 31–12, 17–23

Classification 5th–16th

15th place

September 30
14:00
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg6378Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 10–18, 18–28, 22–15

13th place

September 30
16:00
Uzbekistan  Flag of Uzbekistan.svg85106Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 20–30, 22–27, 18–29

11th place

September 30
19:30
Chinese Taipei  Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg10281Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 28–15, 20–24, 33–26

9th place

September 30
14:00
Jordan  Flag of Jordan.svg7592Flag of Syria.svg  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 23–22, 18–23, 18–21

7th place

October 1
14:00
India  Flag of India.svg8284Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 27–21, 15–17, 21–20

5th place

October 1
16:00
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg6167Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 14–20, 13–10, 20–14

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
September 30
 
 
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 83
 
October 1
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea (OT)85
 
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 96
 
September 30
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 106
 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 86
 
 
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 61
 
3rd place
 
 
October 1
 
 
Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 67
 
 
Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 77

Semifinals

September 30
16:00
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg8385 (OT)Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 26–21, 20–14, 19–17,  Overtime: 9–11
September 30
19:30
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg8661Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 23–14, 17–10, 23–20

3rd place

October 1
16:00
Lebanon  Flag of Lebanon.svg6777Flag of Qatar.svg  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 21–27, 14–10, 9–14

Final

October 1
19:30
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg96106Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 21–26, 28–22, 32–34
Pts: Lee K.S. 28Pts: Yao M. 30

Final standing

Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics
RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 8–0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 7–1
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Qatar.svg  Qatar 6–2
4Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 5–3
5Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 4–3
6Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 3–4
7Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 3–4
8Flag of India.svg  India 2–5
9Flag of Syria.svg  Syria 3–4
10Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 3–4
11Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 4–3
12Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait 3–4
13Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 3–4
14Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan 2–5
15Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 2–5
16Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 0–7

Awards

 2003 Asian champions 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
Thirteenth title

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