# 2000 ABC Under-20 Championship

The ABC Under-20 Championship 2000 is the 3rd edition of the International Basketball Federation FIBA Asia's championship for young men basketball. The games were held at Doha from August 22–30, 2000.

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Korea | 2 | 2 | 0 | 227 | 158 | +69 | 4 |
| India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 172 | 176 | −4 | 3 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 142 | 207 | −65 | 2 |
* August 22 12:30
| South Korea | 108–84 | India |
| Scoring by half: 57–44, 51–40 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 23 10:45
| India | 88–68 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 37–33, 51–35 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 24 9:00
| Malaysia | 74–119 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 37–69, 37–50 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Qatar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 242 | 184 | +58 | 6 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 264 | 231 | +33 | 5 |
| Kuwait | 3 | 1 | 2 | 234 | 240 | −6 | 4 |
| Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 3 | 166 | 251 | −85 | 3 |
* August 22 9:00
| China | 101–86 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by half: 41–42, 60–44 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 22 20:30
| Qatar | 77–47 | Bahrain |
| Scoring by half: 44–22, 33–25 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 23 12:30
| Bahrain | 58–85 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by half: 29–59, 29–26 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 23 19:30
| China | 74–84 | Qatar |
| Scoring by half: 42–45, 32–39 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 24 16:00
| Bahrain | 61–89 | China |
| Scoring by half: 25–48, 36–41 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 24 19:30
| Kuwait | 63–81 | Qatar |
| Scoring by half: 28–44, 35–37 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| Syria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 223 | 196 | +27 | 5 | 1–1 / 1.102 |
| Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 228 | 222 | +6 | 5 | 1–1 / 1.012 |
| Kazakhstan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 219 | 231 | −12 | 5 | 1–1 / 0.915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 0 | 3 | 207 | 228 | −21 | 3 | |
* August 22 10:45
| Kazakhstan | 99–95 (OT) | Iran |
| Scoring by half: 44–53, 40–31 Overtime: 15–11 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 22 16:00
| United Arab Emirates | 78–93 | Syria |
| Scoring by half: 31–46, 47–47 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 23 9:00
| Iran | 66–62 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by half: 36–35, 30–27 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 23 17:45
| Syria | 69–51 | Kazakhstan |
| Scoring by half: 42–27, 27–24 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 24 12:30
| Kazakhstan | 69–67 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by half: 42–47, 27–20 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 24 17:45
| Iran | 67–61 | Syria |
| Scoring by half: 37–39, 30–22 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 179 | 99 | +80 | 4 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1 | 1 | 150 | 131 | +19 | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 88 | 187 | −99 | 2 |
* August 22 17:45
| Philippines | 87–52 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 47–17, 40–35 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 23 16:00
| Japan | 79–63 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 44–34, 35–29 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 24 10:45
| Sri Lanka | 36–100 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 16–51, 20–49 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha

## Quarterfinals
### Group I

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 284 | 250 | +34 | 5 | 1–1 / 1.121 |
| China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 266 | 249 | +17 | 5 | 1–1 / 1.062 |
| Syria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 212 | 232 | −20 | 5 | 1–1 / 0.815 |
| Philippines | 3 | 0 | 3 | 222 | 253 | −31 | 3 | |
* August 25 14:15
| South Korea | 95–109 | China |
| Scoring by half: 55–61, 40–48 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 25 17:45
| Syria | 75–64 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 34–38, 41–26 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 26 12:30
| China | 79–82 | Syria |
| Scoring by half: 38–41, 41–41 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 26 16:00
| Philippines | 86–100 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 40–57, 46–43 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 27 17:45
| Philippines | 72–78 | China |
| Scoring by half: 30–40, 42–38 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 27 19:30
| South Korea | 89–55 | Syria |
| Scoring by half: 48–28, 41–27 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha

### Group II

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Qatar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 237 | 175 | +62 | 6 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 241 | 233 | +8 | 5 |
| Iran | 3 | 1 | 2 | 203 | 226 | −23 | 4 |
| India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 235 | 282 | −47 | 3 |
* August 25 16:00
| India | 66–89 | Qatar |
| Scoring by half: 31–51, 35–38 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 25 19:30
| Japan | 73–69 | Iran |
| Scoring by half: 46–35, 27–34 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 26 17:45
| Iran | 89–88 | India |
| Scoring by half: 41–48, 48–40 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 26 19:30
| Qatar | 83–64 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 49–22, 34–42 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 27 12:30
| Qatar | 65–45 | Iran |
| Scoring by half: 40–25, 25–20 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 27 16:00
| India | 81–104 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 47–57, 34–47 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha

### Group III

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 148 | 137 | +11 | 3 | 1–1 / 1.080 |
| Bahrain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 148 | 142 | +6 | 3 | 1–1 / 1.042 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 128 | 145 | −17 | 3 | 1–1 / 0.883 |
* August 25 9:00
| Malaysia | 68–66 | Kazakhstan |
| Scoring by half: 37–38, 31–28 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 26 10:45
| Kazakhstan | 82–69 | Bahrain |
| Scoring by half: 41–28, 41–41 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 27 9:00
| Bahrain | 79–60 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 32–33, 47–27 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha

### Group IV

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 2 | 0 | 156 | 139 | +17 | 4 |
| Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 1 | 165 | 148 | +17 | 3 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 120 | 154 | −34 | 2 |
* August 25 10:45
| Kuwait | 82–64 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 40–33, 42–31 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 26 9:00
| Sri Lanka | 56–72 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by half: 24–39, 32–33 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 27 10:45
| United Arab Emirates | 84–83 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by half: 40–35, 44–48 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha

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

* August 28 9:00
| Malaysia | 77–40 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 52–20, 25–20 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha

### 11th place

* August 28 10:45
| Bahrain | 82–85 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by half: 41–30, 41–55 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha

### 9th place

* August 28 12:30
| Kazakhstan | 98–82 | United Arab Emirates |
| Scoring by half: 56–54, 42–28 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha

### 7th place

* August 29 9:00
| Philippines | 83–74 | India |
| Scoring by half: 47–33, 36–41 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha

### 5th place

* August 29 10:45
| Syria | 68–79 | Iran |
| Scoring by half: 34–39, 34–40 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| August 29 | August 29 |
| South Korea | 94 |
| South Korea | 94 | August 30 | August 30 |
| Japan | 84 | August 30 | August 30 |
| Japan | 84 | South Korea | 75 |
| August 29 | August 29 | | South Korea | 75 |
| August 29 | August 29 | Qatar (OT) | 89 |
| China | 60 | Qatar (OT) | 89 |
| Qatar | 74 | | |
| Qatar | 74 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | August 30 | August 30 |
| | | Japan | 83 |
| | | China | 97 |

### Semifinals

* August 29 17:45
| South Korea | 94–84 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 46–48, 48–36 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha
* August 29 19:30
| China | 60–74 | Qatar |
| Scoring by half: 38–28, 22–46 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha

### 3rd place

* August 30 17:45
| Japan | 83–97 | China |
| Scoring by half: 35–49, 48–48 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha

### Final

* August 30 19:30
| South Korea | 75–89 (OT) | Qatar |
| Scoring by half: 30–30, 35–35 Overtime: 10–24 |||
* Khalifa Hall, Doha

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 2001 FIBA Under-21 World Championship
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Qatar | 8–0 |
| | South Korea | 5–2 |
| | China | 5–3 |
| 4 | Japan | 4–3 |
| 5 | Iran | 4–3 |
| 6 | Syria | 4–3 |
| 7 | Philippines | 2–4 |
| 8 | India | 1–5 |
| 9 | Kazakhstan | 4–2 |
| 10 | United Arab Emirates | 2–4 |
| 11 | Kuwait | 3–3 |
| 12 | Bahrain | 1–5 |
| 13 | Malaysia | 2–3 |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 0–5 |

## Awards

* 2000 Asian Under-20 champions
* Qatar First title
* Most Valuable Player: Yasseen Ismail
* Best Scorer: Yasseen Ismail
* Best 3-Pointer: Bang Sung-Yoon
* Best Coach: Choi Bu-Yung