# 2002 ABC Under-18 Championship

The FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship 2002 is the 17th edition of the International Basketball Federation FIBA Asia's youth championship for basketball. The games were held at Kuwait City from December 16–26, 2002.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| South Korea  Iran  Lebanon  Mongolia * | China  Qatar  Malaysia  Sri Lanka | Chinese Taipei  Hong Kong  India  Kuwait | Japan  Saudi Arabia  Thailand *  Bahrain * |
* Mongolia, Thailand and Bahrain withdrew from the tournament; Yemen was later added to Group D.

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| South Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 131 | 129 | +2 | 3 | 1–1 / 1.016 |
| Iran | 2 | 1 | 1 | 136 | 137 | −1 | 3 | 1–1 / 0.993 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 116 | 117 | −1 | 3 | 1–1 / 0.991 |
* December 16 19:00
| Iran | 63–60 | Lebanon |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 17 17:00
| Lebanon | 56–54 | South Korea |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 18 9:00
| South Korea | 77–73 | Iran |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 301 | 156 | +145 | 6 |
| Qatar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 236 | 208 | +28 | 5 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 210 | 201 | +9 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 3 | 167 | 349 | −182 | 3 |
* December 16 11:00
| Qatar | 73–58 | Malaysia |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 16 15:00
| China | 145–45 | Sri Lanka |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 17 9:00
| Malaysia | 47–79 | China |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 17 11:00
| Sri Lanka | 73–99 | Qatar |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 18 13:00
| Malaysia | 105–49 | Sri Lanka |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 18 19:00
| China | 77–64 | Qatar |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 3 | 0 | 294 | 177 | +117 | 6 |
| Kuwait | 3 | 2 | 1 | 203 | 206 | −3 | 5 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 2 | 212 | 247 | −35 | 4 |
| India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 227 | 306 | −79 | 3 |
* December 16 9:00
| Chinese Taipei | 101–59 | Hong Kong |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 16 17:00
| India | 78–88 | Kuwait |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 17 15:00
| India | 71–120 | Chinese Taipei |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 17 19:00
| Kuwait | 68–55 | Hong Kong |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 18 15:00
| Hong Kong | 98–78 | India |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 18 17:00
| Chinese Taipei | 73–47 | Kuwait |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 228 | 147 | +81 | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 168 | 138 | +30 | 3 |
| Yemen | 2 | 0 | 2 | 111 | 222 | −111 | 2 |
* December 16 13:00
| Japan | 137–64 | Yemen |
| Scoring by quarter: 35–15, 27–20, 35–16, 40–13 |||
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 17 13:00
| Yemen | 47–85 | Saudi Arabia |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 18 11:00
| Japan | 91–83 | Saudi Arabia |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 19–27, 23–14, 22–20 |||
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

## Quarterfinal round
### Group I

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 308 | 267 | +41 | 5 | 1–0 |
| Qatar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 248 | 249 | −1 | 5 | 0–1 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 242 | 266 | −24 | 4 | 1–0 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 213 | 229 | −16 | 4 | 0–1 |
* December 20 13:00
| Chinese Taipei | 74–85 | Qatar |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 20 15:00
| South Korea | 77–88 | Saudi Arabia |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 21 15:00
| Saudi Arabia | 64–78 | Chinese Taipei |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 21 17:00
| Qatar | 89–114 | South Korea |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 22 15:00
| South Korea | 117–90 | Chinese Taipei |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 22 19:00
| Qatar | 74–61 | Saudi Arabia |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

### Group II

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 244 | 202 | +42 | 5 | 1–1 / 1.040 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 266 | 211 | +55 | 5 | 1–1 / 1.000 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 258 | 211 | +47 | 5 | 1–1 / 0.964 |
| Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 3 | 152 | 296 | −144 | 3 | |
* December 20 17:00
| China | 109–54 | Kuwait |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 20 19:00
| Japan | 75–83 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 16–14, 19–18, 24–33 |||
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 21 13:00
| Iran | 72–74 | China |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 21 19:00
| Kuwait | 45–98 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–26, 10–20, 11–21, 13–31 |||
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 22 13:00
| China | 83–85 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 19–23, 24–25, 20–15 |||
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 22 17:00
| Iran | 89–53 | Kuwait |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

### Group III

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Lebanon | 2 | 2 | 0 | 199 | 130 | +69 | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 1 | 144 | 158 | −14 | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 126 | 181 | −55 | 2 |
* December 20 11:00
| Lebanon | 97–70 | Sri Lanka |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 21 9:00
| Sri Lanka | 56–84 | Hong Kong |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 22 11:00
| Hong Kong | 60–102 | Lebanon |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

### Group IV

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Malaysia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 151 | 117 | +34 | 4 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 147 | 167 | −20 | 3 |
| India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 151 | 165 | −14 | 2 |
* December 20 9:00
| Malaysia | 74–61 | India |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 21 11:00
| India | 90–91 | Yemen |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 22 9:00
| Yemen | 56–77 | Malaysia |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

## Classification 5th–14th
### 13th place

* December 25 13:00
| Sri Lanka | 76–94 | India |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

### 11th place

* December 25 15:00
| Hong Kong | 75–81 | Yemen |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

### 9th place

* December 24 15:00
| Lebanon | 64–48 | Malaysia |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

### 7th place

* December 25 17:00
| Saudi Arabia | 71–61 | Kuwait |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

### 5th place

* December 25 19:00
| Chinese Taipei | 68–76 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 13–26, 17–14, 13–18 |||
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| December 24 | December 24 |
| South Korea | 90 |
| South Korea | 90 | December 26 | December 26 |
| China | 102 | December 26 | December 26 |
| China | 102 | China | 81 |
| December 24 | December 24 | | China | 81 |
| December 24 | December 24 | Iran | 70 |
| Iran | 49 | Iran | 70 |
| Qatar | 48 | | |
| Qatar | 48 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | December 26 | December 26 |
| | | South Korea | 105 |
| | | Qatar | 88 |

### Semifinals

* December 24 17:00
| South Korea | 90–102 | China |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City
* December 24 19:00
| Iran | 49–48 | Qatar |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

### 3rd place

* December 26 9:00
| South Korea | 105–88 | Qatar |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

### Final

* December 26 11:00
| China | 81–70 | Iran |
* Fajhan Hilal Al-Mutairi Court, Kuwait City

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | China | 7–1 |
| | Iran | 4–3 |
| | South Korea | 4–3 |
| 4 | Qatar | 4–4 |
| 5 | Japan | 5–1 |
| 6 | Chinese Taipei | 4–3 |
| 7 | Saudi Arabia | 3–3 |
| 8 | Kuwait | 2–5 |
| 9 | Lebanon | 4–1 |
| 10 | Malaysia | 3–3 |
| 11 | Yemen | 2–3 |
| 12 | Hong Kong | 2–4 |
| 13 | India | 1–5 |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 0–6 |

## Awards

* 2002 Asian Under-18 champions
* China Seventh title