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2003 ABC Championship
Tournament details
Host countryChina
City Harbin
DatesSeptember 23 – October 1
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  China (13th title)
Runners-up  South Korea
Third place  Qatar
Fourth place  Lebanon
Tournament statistics
MVP China Yao Ming
Top scorer China Yao Ming
(22.9 points per game) [1]
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.

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)
  China   Qatar   Uzbekistan   Philippines   Lebanon
  South 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

  South 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
Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 12–26, 11–18, 24–10
September 23
14:00
Lebanon  79–70   Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 23–23, 22–10, 14–16
September 24
10:00
Hong Kong  67–90   Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 15–25, 18–19, 18–23
September 24
14:00
Kazakhstan  86–66   Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 21–27, 26–10, 16–11
September 25
10:00
Kazakhstan  86–82   Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 21–18, 19–19, 19–25
September 25
14:00
Lebanon  88–60   Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 19–16, 22–16, 26–19

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  South 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
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 28–12, 18–18, 29–32
September 23
19:30
South Korea  103–72   Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 27–25, 21–15, 31–20
September 24
16:00
Malaysia  62–81   India
Scoring by quarter: 13–25, 16–18, 11–16, 22–22
September 24
19:30
Kuwait  71–95   South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 14–23, 15–23, 21–26
September 25
16:00
Kuwait  86–81   Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 19–21, 21–20, 22–17
September 25
19:30
South Korea  121–76   India
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
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 17–17, 12–22, 28–23
September 23
19:30
China  103–51   Syria
Scoring by quarter: 32–9, 22–19, 23–9, 26–14
September 24
16:00
Iran  82–67   Syria
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 23–11, 20–19, 26–17
September 24
19:30
Chinese Taipei  61–121   China
Scoring by quarter: 16–28, 12–30, 9–29, 24–34
September 25
16:00
Syria  84–94   Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 26–28, 25–21, 21–25, 12–20
September 25
19:30
China  93–69   Iran
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
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 17–18, 18–13, 13–15
September 23
16:00
Qatar  66–53   Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 12–10, 15–18, 17–15
September 24
10:00
Philippines  69–77   Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 13–20, 13–19, 24–21
September 24
14:00
Jordan  59–63   Japan
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 9–15, 11–12, 21–16
September 25
10:00
Qatar  68–47   Japan
Scoring by quarter: 15–6, 16–16, 14–19, 23–6
September 25
14:00
Philippines  83–67   Jordan
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
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 19–15, 12–12, 23–11
September 26
19:30
India  62–117   China
Scoring by quarter: 15–33, 8–28, 16–27, 23–29
September 27
16:00
Japan  103–74   India
Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 29–23, 23–20, 25–17
September 27
19:30
China  110–71   Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 31–17, 21–16, 24–21, 34–17
September 28
16:00
Lebanon  117–82   India
Scoring by quarter: 31–19, 30–21, 31–16, 25–26
September 28
19:30
Japan  60–88   China
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 14–25, 10–13, 18–28

Group II

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  South 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
Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 22–14, 18–17, 18–15
September 26
19:30
South Korea  105–81   Iran
Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 28–24, 24–14, 27–23
September 27
16:00
Iran  92–85   Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 16–19, 25–28, 33–28
September 27
19:30
Qatar  80–87   South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 27–20, 12–22, 31–15
September 28
16:00
Kazakhstan  88–99   South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 27–21, 18–31, 27–24
September 28
19:30
Iran  64–72   Qatar
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
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 18–21, 23–22, 23–21
September 26
14:00
Malaysia  63–101   Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 21–29, 9–31, 14–14
September 27
10:00
Jordan  69–58   Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 8–11, 20–18, 21–7, 20–22
September 27
14:00
Chinese Taipei  115–74   Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 30–18, 32–21, 24–21
September 28
10:00
Uzbekistan  98–76   Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 22–19, 25–16, 25–20
September 28
14:00
Chinese Taipei  72–83   Jordan
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
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 16–17, 18–4, 13–22
September 26
14:00
Kuwait  80–75   Syria
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 21–19, 21–15, 21–18
September 27
10:00
Syria  109–77   Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 28–27, 18–11, 31–13, 32–26
September 27
14:00
Philippines  66–79   Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 18–26, 20–22, 17–17
September 28
10:00
Hong Kong  79–77   Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 21–13, 19–20, 24–17
September 28
14:00
Syria  95–77   Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 24–15, 31–12, 17–23

Classification 5th–16th

15th place

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

13th place

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

11th place

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

9th place

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

7th place

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

5th place

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

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
September 30
 
 
  Lebanon83
 
October 1
 
  South Korea ( OT)85
 
  South Korea96
 
September 30
 
  China106
 
  China86
 
 
  Qatar61
 
3rd place
 
 
October 1
 
 
  Lebanon67
 
 
  Qatar77

Semifinals

September 30
16:00
Lebanon  83–85 (OT)   South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 26–21, 20–14, 19–17,  Overtime: 9–11
September 30
19:30
China  86–61   Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 23–14, 17–10, 23–20

3rd place

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

Final

October 1
19:30
South Korea  96–106   China
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
1st place, gold medalist(s)   China 8–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)   South Korea 7–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)   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

  1. ^ "archive.fiba.com: 2003 Asian Championship for Men:". archive.fiba.com. Retrieved 23 July 2018.

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