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2003 ABC Championship

Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Harbin
Dates	September 23 – October 1
Teams	16
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	Yao Ming
Top scorer	Yao Ming (22.9 points per game)
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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

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

Uzbekistan	68–64	Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 12–26, 11–18, 24–10

Lebanon	79–70	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 23–23, 22–10, 14–16

Hong Kong	67–90	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 15–25, 18–19, 18–23

Kazakhstan	86–66	Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 21–27, 26–10, 16–11

Kazakhstan	86–82	Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 21–18, 19–19, 19–25

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

India	94–74	Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 28–12, 18–18, 29–32

South Korea	103–72	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 27–25, 21–15, 31–20

Malaysia	62–81	India
Scoring by quarter: 13–25, 16–18, 11–16, 22–22

Kuwait	71–95	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 14–23, 15–23, 21–26

Kuwait	86–81	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 19–21, 21–20, 22–17

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

Chinese Taipei	74–83	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 17–17, 12–22, 28–23

China	103–51	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 32–9, 22–19, 23–9, 26–14

Iran	82–67	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 23–11, 20–19, 26–17

Chinese Taipei	61–121	China
Scoring by quarter: 16–28, 12–30, 9–29, 24–34

Syria	84–94	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 26–28, 25–21, 21–25, 12–20

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

Japan	66–64	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 17–18, 18–13, 13–15

Qatar	66–53	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 12–10, 15–18, 17–15

Philippines	69–77	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 13–20, 13–19, 24–21

Jordan	59–63	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 9–15, 11–12, 21–16

Qatar	68–47	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 15–6, 16–16, 14–19, 23–6

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

Lebanon	76–63	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 19–15, 12–12, 23–11

India	62–117	China
Scoring by quarter: 15–33, 8–28, 16–27, 23–29

Japan	103–74	India
Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 29–23, 23–20, 25–17

China	110–71	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 31–17, 21–16, 24–21, 34–17

Lebanon	117–82	India
Scoring by quarter: 31–19, 30–21, 31–16, 25–26

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

Qatar	83–61	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 22–14, 18–17, 18–15

South Korea	105–81	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 28–24, 24–14, 27–23

Iran	92–85	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 16–19, 25–28, 33–28

Qatar	80–87	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 27–20, 12–22, 31–15

Kazakhstan	88–99	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 27–21, 18–31, 27–24

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

Uzbekistan	83–86	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 18–21, 23–22, 23–21

Malaysia	63–101	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 21–29, 9–31, 14–14

Jordan	69–58	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 8–11, 20–18, 21–7, 20–22

Chinese Taipei	115–74	Uzbekistan
Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 30–18, 32–21, 24–21

Uzbekistan	98–76	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 22–19, 25–16, 25–20

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

Hong Kong	66–58	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 16–17, 18–4, 13–22

Kuwait	80–75	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 21–19, 21–15, 21–18

Syria	109–77	Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 28–27, 18–11, 31–13, 32–26

Philippines	66–79	Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 18–26, 20–22, 17–17

Hong Kong	79–77	Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 21–13, 19–20, 24–17

Syria	95–77	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 24–15, 31–12, 17–23

Classification 5th–16th

15th place

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

13th place

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

11th place

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

9th place

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

7th place

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

5th place

Japan	61–67	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 14–20, 13–10, 20–14

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	September 30
	Lebanon	83
					October 1
	South Korea (OT)	85
					South Korea	96
	September 30
					China	106
	China	86
	Qatar	61
					3rd place
					October 1
					Lebanon	67
					Qatar	77

Semifinals

Lebanon	83–85 (OT)	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 26–21, 20–14, 19–17, Overtime: 9–11

China	86–61	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 23–14, 17–10, 23–20

3rd place

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

Final

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

Rank	Team	Record
	China	8–0
	South Korea	7–1
	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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