| Basketball at the 2002 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | Geumjeong Gymnasium Sajik Arena |
| Date | 28 September – 14 October 2002 |
| Competitors | 213 from 14 nations |
Basketball was one of the many sports which was held at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea between 28 September and 14 October 2002. The competition took place at Geumjeong Gymnasium and Sajik Arena.
| P | Preliminary round | S | Second round | C | Classification | ½ | Semifinals | B | Bronze medal match | G | Gold medal match |
| Event↓/Date → | 28th Sat | 29th Sun | 30th Mon | 1st Tue | 2nd Wed | 3rd Thu | 4th Fri | 5th Sat | 6th Sun | 7th Mon | 8th Tue | 9th Wed | 10th Thu | 11th Fri | 12th Sat | 13th Sun | 14th Mon |
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| Men | P | P | P | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | S | C | ½ | B | G | ||
| Women | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | P | ½ | B | G |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 |  Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1998 Asian Games.
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* Lebanon and India withdrew, India was replaced by North Korea and Kuwait moved to Group A to balance the number of teams in each group.
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* Lebanon and India withdrew, The remaining teams played in a round-robin competition.
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
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 | South Korea | 7 | 7 | 0 |
 | China | 7 | 6 | 1 |
 | Kazakhstan | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 |  Philippines | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 |  North Korea | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 6 |  Japan | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 8 |  Hong Kong | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 |  Qatar | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 10 |  Kuwait | 5 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 |  United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 |  Mongolia | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
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| China | 7 | 7 | 0 |
| South Korea | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Chinese Taipei | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Japan | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 |  Uzbekistan | 5 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 |  Malaysia | 5 | 0 | 5 |
