2003 ABC Championship
Tournament details
Host countryChina
CityHarbin
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
MVPChina Yao Ming
Top scorerChina Yao Ming
(22.9 points per game)[1]

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 330257197+606
 Kazakhstan 321242227+155
 Uzbekistan 312194238−444
 Hong Kong 303213244−313
September 23
10:00
Uzbekistan  6864  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 12–26, 11–18, 24–10
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 23
14:00
Lebanon  7970  Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 23–23, 22–10, 14–16
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 24
10:00
Hong Kong  6790  Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 15–25, 18–19, 18–23
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 24
14:00
Kazakhstan  8666  Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 21–27, 26–10, 16–11
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 25
10:00
Kazakhstan  8682  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 21–18, 19–19, 19–25
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 25
14:00
Lebanon  8860  Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 19–16, 22–16, 26–19
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 330319219+1006
 India 321251257−65
 Kuwait 312231270−394
 Malaysia 303215270−553
September 23
12:00
India  9474  Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 28–12, 18–18, 29–32
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 23
19:30
South Korea  10372  Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 27–25, 21–15, 31–20
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 24
16:00
Malaysia  6281  India
Scoring by quarter: 13–25, 16–18, 11–16, 22–22
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 24
19:30
Kuwait  7195  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 14–23, 15–23, 21–26
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 25
16:00
Kuwait  8681  Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 19–21, 21–20, 22–17
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 25
19:30
South Korea  12176  India
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 32–14, 28–21, 34–26
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 330317181+1366
 Iran 32123423405
 Chinese Taipei 312229288−594
 Syria 303202279−773
September 23
16:00
Chinese Taipei  7483  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 17–17, 12–22, 28–23
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 23
19:30
China  10351  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 32–9, 22–19, 23–9, 26–14
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 24
16:00
Iran  8267  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 23–11, 20–19, 26–17
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 24
19:30
Chinese Taipei  61121  China
Scoring by quarter: 16–28, 12–30, 9–29, 24–34
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 25
16:00
Syria  8494  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 26–28, 25–21, 21–25, 12–20
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 25
19:30
China  9369  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 31–16, 20–11, 16–26
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Qatar 330211169+426
 Japan 321176191−155
 Philippines 312216210+64
 Jordan 303179212−333
September 23
14:00
Japan  6664  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 17–18, 18–13, 13–15
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 23
16:00
Qatar  6653  Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 12–10, 15–18, 17–15
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 24
10:00
Philippines  6977  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 13–20, 13–19, 24–21
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 24
14:00
Jordan  5963  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 9–15, 11–12, 21–16
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 25
10:00
Qatar  6847  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 15–6, 16–16, 14–19, 23–6
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 25
14:00
Philippines  8367  Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 24–17, 23–14, 18–22
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 330315193+1226
 Lebanon 321264255+95
 Japan 312226238−124
 India 303218337−1193
September 26
16:00
Lebanon  7663  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 19–15, 12–12, 23–11
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 26
19:30
India  62117  China
Scoring by quarter: 15–33, 8–28, 16–27, 23–29
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 27
16:00
Japan  10374  India
Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 29–23, 23–20, 25–17
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 27
19:30
China  11071  Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 31–17, 21–16, 24–21, 34–17
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 28
16:00
Lebanon  11782  India
Scoring by quarter: 31–19, 30–21, 31–16, 25–26
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 28
19:30
Japan  6088  China
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 14–25, 10–13, 18–28
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin

Group II

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 330291249+426
 Qatar 321235212+235
 Iran 312237262−254
 Kazakhstan 303234274−403
September 26
16:00
Qatar  8361  Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 22–14, 18–17, 18–15
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 26
19:30
South Korea  10581  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 28–24, 24–14, 27–23
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 27
16:00
Iran  9285  Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 16–19, 25–28, 33–28
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 27
19:30
Qatar  8087  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 27–20, 12–22, 31–15
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 28
16:00
Kazakhstan  8899  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 27–21, 18–31, 27–24
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 28
19:30
Iran  6472  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 9–12, 20–23, 21–17
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin

Group III

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Jordan 330238213+256
 Chinese Taipei 321288220+685
 Uzbekistan 312255277−224
 Malaysia 303197268−713
September 26
10:00
Uzbekistan  8386  Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 18–21, 23–22, 23–21
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 26
14:00
Malaysia  63101  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 21–29, 9–31, 14–14
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 27
10:00
Jordan  6958  Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 8–11, 20–18, 21–7, 20–22
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 27
14:00
Chinese Taipei  11574  Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 30–18, 32–21, 24–21
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 28
10:00
Uzbekistan  9876  Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 22–19, 25–16, 25–20
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 28
14:00
Chinese Taipei  7283  Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 15–20, 22–14, 18–26
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin

Group IV

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Syria 321279234+4551–1 / 1.172
 Kuwait 321236220+1651–1 / 1.019
 Hong Kong 321222244−2251–1 / 0.839
 Philippines 303201240−393
September 26
10:00
Hong Kong  6658  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 16–17, 18–4, 13–22
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 26
14:00
Kuwait  8075  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 21–19, 21–15, 21–18
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 27
10:00
Syria  10977  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 28–27, 18–11, 31–13, 32–26
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 27
14:00
Philippines  6679  Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 18–26, 20–22, 17–17
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 28
10:00
Hong Kong  7977  Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 21–13, 19–20, 24–17
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
September 28
14:00
Syria  9577  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 24–15, 31–12, 17–23
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin

Classification 5th–16th

15th place

September 30
14:00
Malaysia  6378  Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 10–18, 18–28, 22–15
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin

13th place

September 30
16:00
Uzbekistan  85106  Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 20–30, 22–27, 18–29
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin

11th place

September 30
19:30
Chinese Taipei  10281  Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 28–15, 20–24, 33–26
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin

9th place

September 30
14:00
Jordan  7592  Syria
Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 23–22, 18–23, 18–21
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin

7th place

October 1
14:00
India  8284  Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 27–21, 15–17, 21–20
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin

5th place

October 1
16:00
Japan  6167  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 14–20, 13–10, 20–14
Heida Gymnasium, Harbin

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  8385 (OT)  South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 26–21, 20–14, 19–17, Overtime: 9–11
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
September 30
19:30
China  8661  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 23–14, 17–10, 23–20
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin

3rd place

October 1
16:00
Lebanon  6777  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 21–27, 14–10, 9–14
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin

Final

October 1
19:30
South Korea  96106  China
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 21–26, 28–22, 32–34
Pts: Lee K.S. 28 Pts: Yao M. 30
Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin

Final standing

Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China8–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea7–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Qatar6–2
4  Lebanon5–3
5  Iran4–3
6  Japan3–4
7  Kazakhstan3–4
8  India2–5
9  Syria3–4
10  Jordan3–4
11  Chinese Taipei4–3
12  Kuwait3–4
13  Hong Kong3–4
14  Uzbekistan2–5
15  Philippines2–5
16  Malaysia0–7

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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