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1999 FIBA Asia Cup

20th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	August 28 – September 5
Teams	15
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (11th title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	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.

* 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	3	3	0	210	185	+25	6
South Korea	3	2	1	251	189	+62	5
United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	216	244	−28	4
Philippines	3	0	3	194	253	−59	3

South Korea	98–63	Philippines
Scoring by half: 58–38, 40–25

United Arab Emirates	70–75	Lebanon
Scoring by half: 43–36, 27–39

Lebanon	75–65	South Korea
Scoring by half: 40–34, 35–31

Philippines	81–95	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 44–56, 37–39

South Korea	88–51	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 51–26, 37–25

Philippines	50–60	Lebanon
Scoring by half: 25–31, 25–29

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	259	135	+124	6
Kuwait	3	2	1	240	228	+12	5
Thailand	3	1	2	207	280	−73	4
Hong Kong	3	0	3	202	265	−63	3

Japan	85–38	Thailand
Scoring by half: 39–19, 46–19

Kuwait	88–62	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 33–38, 55–24

Hong Kong	58–88	Japan
Scoring by half: 38–31, 20–57

Thailand	80–113	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 43–56, 37–57

Japan	86–39	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 44–21, 42–18

Thailand	89–82	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 45–47, 44–35

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	2	2	0	166	102	+64	4
Syria	2	1	1	153	176	−23	3
Malaysia	2	0	2	105	146	−41	2

China	54–41	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 34–22, 20–19

Syria	61–112	China
Scoring by half: 17–63, 44–49

Malaysia	62–92	Syria
Scoring by half: 26–48, 38–44

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	250	219	+31	6
Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	239	218	+21	5
Uzbekistan	3	1	2	207	219	−12	4
Bahrain	3	0	3	169	209	−40	3

Saudi Arabia	79–63	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 32–28, 47–35

Uzbekistan	82–90	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 35–41, 47–49

Bahrain	47–62	Uzbekistan
Scoring by half: 20–28, 27–34

Chinese Taipei	92–78	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 50–36, 42–42

Saudi Arabia	82–63	Uzbekistan
Scoring by half: 45–32, 37–31

Chinese Taipei	68–59	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 39–24, 29–35

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	283	177	+106	6
Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	241	234	+7	5
Kuwait	3	1	2	220	265	−45	4
Lebanon	3	0	3	217	285	−68	3

Lebanon	69–92	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 44–48, 25–44

China	91–54	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 41–20, 50–34

Kuwait	86–81	Lebanon
Scoring by half: 40–45, 46–36

Saudi Arabia	56–85	China
Scoring by half: 22–44, 34–41

Lebanon	67–107	China
Scoring by half: 39–52, 28–55

Kuwait	80–93	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 40–47, 40–46

Group II

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	195	177	+18	6
Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	220	210	+10	5
Japan	3	1	2	207	199	+8	4
Syria	3	0	3	201	237	−36	3

Japan	78–58	Syria
Scoring by half: 38–27, 40–31

Chinese Taipei	54–61	South Korea
Scoring by half: 20–34, 34–27

South Korea	64–61	Japan
Scoring by half: 34–31, 30–30

Syria	81–89	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 37–39, 44–50

Japan	68–77	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 37–36, 31–41

South Korea	70–62	Syria
Scoring by half: 30–38, 40–24

Group III

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United Arab Emirates	3	3	0	261	235	+26	6
Bahrain	3	2	1	255	234	+21	5
Hong Kong	3	1	2	247	246	+1	4
Malaysia	3	0	3	219	267	−48	3

United Arab Emirates	79–72	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 28–34, 51–38

Malaysia	59–89	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 32–44, 27–45

Hong Kong	88–94	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 41–41, 47–53

Bahrain	90–85	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 44–37, 46–48

United Arab Emirates	88–75	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 47–42, 41–33

Hong Kong	70–93	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 50–39, 20–54

Group IV

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Uzbekistan	2	2	0	177	135	+42	4
Philippines	2	1	1	146	152	−6	3
Thailand	2	0	2	129	165	−36	2

Uzbekistan	94–64	Philippines
Scoring by half: 52–30, 42–34

Philippines	82–58	Thailand
Scoring by half: 46–31, 36–27

Thailand	71–83	Uzbekistan
Scoring by half: 34–44, 37–39

Classification 5th–14th

13th place

Hong Kong	68–53	Thailand
Scoring by half: 39–22, 29–31

11th place

Bahrain	75–83	Philippines
Scoring by half: 31–46, 44–37

9th place

Uzbekistan	70–56	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 42–22, 28–34

7th place

Lebanon	61–60	Syria
Scoring by half: 27–34, 34–26

5th place

Kuwait	61–77	Japan
Scoring by half: 25–45, 36–32

Final round

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

Semifinals

South Korea	85–59	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 42–30, 43–29

China	105–51	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 55–23, 50–28

3rd place

Saudi Arabia	93–67	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 38–39, 55–28

Final

South Korea	45–63	China
Scoring by half: 21–29, 24–34

Final standing

Rank	Team	Record
	China	7–0
	South Korea	6–2
	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

• Most Valuable Player: Hu Weidong
• Best 3-Pointer: Makoto Hasegawa
• Sportsmanship Award: Ali Al-Maghrabi

References

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

External links

• Results
• archive.fiba.com

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