# 2001 ABC Championship for Women

The 2001 ABC Championship for Women is the qualifying tournament for 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women. The tournament was held on Bangkok, Thailand from October 4 to October 11. The championship is divided into two levels: Level I and Level II.

## Participating teams

| Level I | Level II – Group A | Level II – Group B |
| South Korea  Japan  Chinese Taipei  China  Thailand | Malaysia  India  Lebanon  Macau | Hong Kong  Sri Lanka  Kazakhstan  Uzbekistan |

## Preliminary round
### Level I

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| China | 4 | 4 | 0 | 428 | 280 | +148 | 8 | |
| South Korea | 4 | 2 | 2 | 324 | 307 | +17 | 6 | 1–1 / 1.021 |
| Japan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 323 | 299 | +24 | 6 | 1–1 / 0.994 |
| Chinese Taipei | 4 | 2 | 2 | 323 | 327 | −4 | 6 | 1–1 / 0.987 |
| Thailand | 4 | 0 | 4 | 257 | 442 | −185 | 4 | |
* October 4 11:45
| South Korea | 80–73 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–26, 24–14, 17–16, 22–17 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 4 18:45
| Thailand | 69–107 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–33, 21–31, 17–21, 15–22 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 5 12:45
| China | 100–64 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 16–8, 31–21, 30–23 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 5 16:45
| Japan | 83–77 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 19–20, 18–15, 30–16 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 6 14:45
| Chinese Taipei | 67–107 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–30, 22–27, 9–27, 18–23 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 6 16:45
| Japan | 97–47 | Thailand |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 27–8, 27–15, 24–12 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 7 12:45
| Thailand | 62–112 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–31, 15–22, 23–32, 13–27 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 7 16:45
| China | 95–70 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 24–20, 31–14, 18–21 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 8 12:45
| South Korea | 68–72 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 18–14, 14–19, 14–19 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 8 16:45
| China | 126–79 | Thailand |
| Scoring by quarter: 38–12, 16–21, 33–16, 39–30 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

### Level II – Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Malaysia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 225 | 151 | +74 | 6 |
| India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 299 | 192 | +107 | 5 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 248 | 187 | +61 | 4 |
| Macau | 3 | 0 | 3 | 83 | 325 | −242 | 3 |
* October 4 13:45
| Macau | 25–94 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–23, 7–25, 5–25, 2–21 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 5 18:45
| Malaysia | 68–63 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 20–17, 14–13, 22–14 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 6 18:45
| Macau | 25–89 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 5–24, 6–21, 5–30 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 7 18:45
| India | 94–91 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–22, 30–23, 19–26, 22–20 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 8 18:45
| Lebanon | 63–68 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 11–16, 17–17, 13–12 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 9 11:00
| India | 142–33 | Macau |
| Scoring by quarter: 36–7, 37–7, 26–9, 43–10 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

### Level II – Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 332 | 115 | +217 | 6 |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 262 | 191 | +71 | 5 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 2 | 179 | 229 | −50 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 3 | 114 | 352 | −238 | 3 |
* October 4 15:45
| Hong Kong | 48–87 | Uzbekistan |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–25, 12–25, 19–13, 5–24 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 5 14:45
| Kazakhstan | 141–20 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by quarter: 36–6, 33–5, 36–4, 36–5 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 6 12:45
| Sri Lanka | 46–98 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 8–23, 16–22, 6–28 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 7 14:45
| Uzbekistan | 62–95 | Kazakhstan |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 18–29, 16–18, 13–30 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 8 14:45
| Kazakhstan | 96–33 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 26–15, 24–3, 22–3 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 9 9:00
| Sri Lanka | 48–113 | Uzbekistan |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–31, 12–33, 11–27, 12–22 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

## Classification 10th–13th
### 12th place

* October 10 10:45
| Macau | 72–91 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 22–20, 15–26, 15–25 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

### 10th place

* October 11 10:45
| Lebanon | 0–20 | Hong Kong |
| Walkover |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* Lebanon was penalized to the last place.

## Classification 6th–9th

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 6th place | 6th place |
| October 10 | October 10 |
| Malaysia | 75 |
| Malaysia | 75 | October 11 | October 11 |
| Uzbekistan | 91 | October 11 | October 11 |
| Uzbekistan | 91 | Uzbekistan | 54 |
| October 10 | October 10 | | Uzbekistan | 54 |
| October 10 | October 10 | Kazakhstan | 88 |
| India | 66 | Kazakhstan | 88 |
| Kazakhstan | 119 | | |
| Kazakhstan | 119 | 8th place | 8th place |
| | | October 11 | October 11 |
| | | Malaysia | 77 |
| | | India | 87 |

### Semifinals

* October 10 12:45
| Malaysia | 75–91 | Uzbekistan |
| Scoring by quarter: 32–25, 14–27, 13–21, 16–18 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 10 14:45
| India | 66–119 | Kazakhstan |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–30, 17–30, 12–30, 19–29 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

### 8th place

* October 11 12:45
| Malaysia | 77–87 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–27, 19–25, 14–18, 24–17 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

### 6th place

* October 11 14:45
| Uzbekistan | 54–88 | Kazakhstan |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 18–27, 15–21, 11–19 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| October 10 | October 10 |
| China | 94 |
| China | 94 | October 11 | October 11 |
| Chinese Taipei | 68 | October 11 | October 11 |
| Chinese Taipei | 68 | China | 105 |
| October 10 | October 10 | | China | 105 |
| October 10 | October 10 | Japan | 76 |
| South Korea | 76 | Japan | 76 |
| Japan | 93 | | |
| Japan | 93 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | October 11 | October 11 |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 63 |
| | | South Korea | 78 |

### Semifinals

* October 10 16:45
| China | 94–68 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–12, 18–24, 17–11, 31–21 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok
* October 10 18:45
| South Korea | 76–93 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 21–16, 12–23, 26–33 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

### 3rd place

* October 11 16:45
| Chinese Taipei | 63–78 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–26, 15–20, 15–13, 15–19 |||
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

### Final

* October 11 18:45
| China | 105–76 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–21, 33–15, 27–18, 24–22 |||
| Pts: Chen N. 50 Rebs: Chen N. 11 Asts: Hu X.T. 7 | | Pts: Nagata 20 Rebs: Nagata 5 Asts: Nagata 3 |
* Hua Mark Indoor Stadium, Bangkok

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship for Women
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | China | 6–0 |
| | Japan | 3–3 |
| | South Korea | 3–3 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 2–4 |
| 5 | Thailand | 0–4 |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 5–0 |
| 7 | Uzbekistan | 3–2 |
| 8 | India | 3–2 |
| 9 | Malaysia | 3–2 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 2–2 |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 1–3 |
| 12 | Macau | 0–4 |
| 13 | Lebanon | 1–3 |

## Awards

* 2001 Asian champions
* China Seventh title
* Most Valuable Player: Hu Xiatao
* Best Playmaker: Kim Ji-Yoon
* Best Rebounder: Cheng Hui-yun
* Best 3-Pointer: Akemi Okazato
* Best Coach: Gong Luming