# 2001 ABC Championship

The 2001 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was held in Shanghai, China.

## 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 (4+2) | Gulf (2+2) | Middle Asia (2) | Southeast Asia (2) | West Asia (2) |
| China | Saudi Arabia | India | Philippines | Lebanon |
| South Korea | Kuwait | Uzbekistan | Thailand | Syria |
| Chinese Taipei | Qatar | | | |
| Japan | United Arab Emirates | | | |
| North Korea | | | | |
| Hong Kong | | | | |

## Draw

Original draw:
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| China  Philippines **  Hong Kong  Uzbekistan | South Korea  United Arab Emirates  Thailand  North Korea * | Saudi Arabia *  Kuwait  Lebanon  Syria | Chinese Taipei  Japan  Qatar  India |
* Withdrew
** Suspended by FIBA, replaced by Singapore which finished third in the Southeast Asian qualifiers.
With DPR Korea and Saudi Arabia out of the championship, the ABC has called for a redraw of the 14 participants in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 12.
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| China  Hong Kong  Thailand  Qatar | South Korea  United Arab Emirates  Singapore  Lebanon | Chinese Taipei  Uzbekistan  India | Japan  Kuwait  Syria |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 307 | 148 | +159 | 6 |
| Qatar | 3 | 2 | 1 | 210 | 189 | +21 | 5 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 2 | 178 | 258 | −80 | 4 |
| Thailand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 193 | 293 | −100 | 3 |
* July 20 11:00
| Hong Kong | 42–72 | Qatar |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 13–23, 9–16, 8–16 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 20 20:30
| China | 121–46 | Thailand |
| Scoring by quarter: 40–10, 25–13, 25–6, 31–17 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 21 11:00
| Thailand | 87–92 (OT) | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 25–21, 10–20, 21–18, Overtime: 10–15 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 21 20:30
| Qatar | 58–87 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 14–19, 11–27, 18–22 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 22 15:00
| Thailand | 60–80 | Qatar |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–28, 19–23, 10–18, 14–11 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 22 20:30
| China | 99–44 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 25–3, 23–13, 22–14 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 306 | 172 | +134 | 6 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 231 | 222 | +9 | 5 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1 | 2 | 198 | 215 | −17 | 4 |
| Singapore | 3 | 0 | 3 | 167 | 293 | −126 | 3 |
* July 20 13:00
| South Korea | 124–51 | Singapore |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–13, 37–16, 30–13, 28–9 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 20 17:00
| United Arab Emirates | 69–70 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 22–16, 9–19, 24–16 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 21 13:00
| Lebanon | 71–97 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 20–29, 10–27, 22–21 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 21 15:00
| Singapore | 60–79 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 18–22, 14–18, 11–18 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 22 13:00
| South Korea | 85–50 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–12, 18–13, 18–19, 29–6 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 22 18:30
| Singapore | 56–90 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 10–18, 20–24, 12–22 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Chinese Taipei | 2 | 2 | 0 | 164 | 120 | +44 | 4 |
| India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 118 | 146 | −28 | 3 |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 126 | 142 | −16 | 2 |
* July 20 15:00
| Chinese Taipei | 85–55 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 18–15, 33–16, 13–12 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 21 9:00
| India | 63–61 | Uzbekistan |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–11, 24–12, 23–20, 6–18 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 22 9:00
| Uzbekistan | 65–79 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 17–19, 26–20, 11–19 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Syria | 2 | 2 | 0 | 182 | 160 | +22 | 4 |
| Japan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 151 | 153 | −2 | 3 |
| Kuwait | 2 | 0 | 2 | 173 | 193 | −20 | 2 |
* July 20 9:00
| Japan | 86–78 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–22, 21–23, 18–8, 22–25 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 21 18:30
| Kuwait | 95–107 | Syria |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–30, 26–27, 25–25, 22–25 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 22 11:00
| Syria | 75–65 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 20–17, 17–13, 19–20 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

## Quarterfinal round
### Group I

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 313 | 214 | +99 | 6 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 2 | 1 | 246 | 232 | +14 | 5 |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 209 | 269 | −60 | 4 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 0 | 3 | 203 | 256 | −53 | 3 |
* July 23 18:30
| Japan | 69–60 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 11–13, 10–20, 25–10 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 23 20:30
| Lebanon | 76–87 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 23–19, 18–23, 21–22 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 24 18:30
| Chinese Taipei | 72–87 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 12–25, 25–24, 13–15 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 24 20:30
| China | 126–67 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 33–18, 25–12, 40–13, 28–24 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 25 15:00
| Japan | 73–83 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 18–17, 14–21, 24–20 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 25 20:30
| Chinese Taipei | 71–100 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 19–34, 15–24, 21–15 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

### Group II

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 271 | 219 | +52 | 6 |
| Syria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 239 | 215 | +24 | 5 |
| Qatar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 225 | 229 | −4 | 4 |
| India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 198 | 270 | −72 | 3 |
* July 23 13:00
| South Korea | 89–72 | Qatar |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 19–21, 20–16, 28–18 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 23 15:00
| Syria | 88–62 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–14, 21–13, 29–9, 22–26 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 24 13:00
| South Korea | 85–71 | Syria |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 23–10, 28–26, 22–14 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 24 15:00
| India | 60–85 | Qatar |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 13–16, 16–25, 16–27 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 25 13:00
| South Korea | 97–76 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–11, 27–21, 19–20, 27–24 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 25 18:30
| Qatar | 68–80 | Syria |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–22, 15–19, 20–21, 17–18 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

### Group III

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Uzbekistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 161 | 140 | +21 | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 2 | 1 | 1 | 167 | 147 | +20 | 3 |
| Singapore | 2 | 0 | 2 | 136 | 177 | −41 | 2 |
* July 23 9:00
| Singapore | 71–92 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–30, 16–30, 18–16, 19–16 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 24 9:00
| Uzbekistan | 85–65 | Singapore |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 29–16, 14–7, 24–15 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 25 11:00
| Hong Kong | 75–76 | Uzbekistan |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–28, 27–13, 21–18, 14–17 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

### Group IV

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 2 | 0 | 163 | 140 | +23 | 4 |
| Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 1 | 154 | 135 | +19 | 3 |
| Thailand | 2 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 160 | −42 | 2 |
* July 23 11:00
| United Arab Emirates | 83–63 | Thailand |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 17–17, 24–14, 21–19 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 24 11:00
| Kuwait | 77–80 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 15–20, 14–26, 24–22 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai
* July 25 9:00
| Thailand | 55–77 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 12–23, 18–17, 9–19 |||
* International Gymnastic Center, Shanghai

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

* July 27 11:00
| Singapore | 72–100 | Thailand |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–32, 11–21, 18–19, 29–28 |||
* Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai

### 11th place

* July 27 13:00
| Hong Kong | 86–72 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 17–17, 22–19, 25–18 |||
* Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai

### 9th place

* July 27 15:00
| Uzbekistan | 73–66 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 19–8, 22–33, 14–12 |||
* Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai

### 7th place

* July 28 12:00
| Chinese Taipei | 92–90 (OT) | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–24, 14–17, 17–25, 24–13, Overtime: 13–11 |||
* Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai

### 5th place

* July 28 14:00
| Japan | 65–74 | Qatar |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 20–20, 15–18, 14–21 |||
* Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai

## Final round

Finalists qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship.
| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| July 27 | July 27 |
| Lebanon | 75 |
| Lebanon | 75 | July 28 | July 28 |
| South Korea | 72 | July 28 | July 28 |
| South Korea | 72 | Lebanon | 63 |
| July 27 | July 27 | | Lebanon | 63 |
| July 27 | July 27 | China | 97 |
| China | 94 | China | 97 |
| Syria | 55 | | |
| Syria | 55 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | July 28 | July 28 |
| | | South Korea (OT) | 95 |
| | | Syria | 94 |

### Semifinals

* July 27 18:30
| Lebanon | 75–72 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 17–13, 16–15, 17–20 |||
* Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai
* July 27 20:30
| China | 94–55 | Syria |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 24–17, 27–12, 26–15 |||
* Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai

### 3rd place

* July 28 17:00
| South Korea | 95–94 (OT) | Syria |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–24, 23–23, 13–11, 28–22, Overtime: 15–14 |||
* Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai

### Final

* July 28 19:30
| Lebanon | 63–97 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–22, 17–27, 15–34, 21–14 |||
| Pts: El Khatib 18 | | Pts: Mengke B. 17 |
* Shanghai Indoor Stadium, Shanghai

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | China | 8–0 |
| | Lebanon | 5–3 |
| | South Korea | 7–1 |
| 4 | Syria | 4–3 |
| 5 | Qatar | 4–3 |
| 6 | Japan | 2–4 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 3–3 |
| 8 | India | 1–5 |
| 9 | Uzbekistan | 3–2 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 3–3 |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 3–3 |
| 12 | Kuwait | 1–4 |
| 13 | Thailand | 1–5 |
| 14 | Singapore | 0–6 |

## Awards

* 2001 Asian champions
* China Twelfth title
* Most Valuable Player: Yao Ming
* Best Playmaker: Walid Doumiati
* Best Rebounder: Yao Ming
* Best 3-Pointer: Yang Kyun-Min
* Best Coach: Johnny Neumann (Lebanon) and Wang Fei
* Sportsmanship Award: Michael Madanly
All-Star Team:
* Yao Ming
* Wang Zhizhi
* Fadi El Khatib
* Walid Doumiati
* Seo Jang-Hoon