# 2003 ABC Championship

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

| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Lebanon  Uzbekistan  Hong Kong  Kazakhstan | South Korea  India  Kuwait  Malaysia | Syria  Chinese Taipei  Iran  China | Qatar  Japan  Philippines  Jordan |

## 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 |
* September 23 10:00
| Uzbekistan | 68–64 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 12–26, 11–18, 24–10 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 23 14:00
| Lebanon | 79–70 | Kazakhstan |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 23–23, 22–10, 14–16 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 24 10:00
| Hong Kong | 67–90 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 15–25, 18–19, 18–23 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 24 14:00
| Kazakhstan | 86–66 | Uzbekistan |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 21–27, 26–10, 16–11 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 25 10:00
| Kazakhstan | 86–82 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–20, 21–18, 19–19, 19–25 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 25 14:00
| Lebanon | 88–60 | Uzbekistan |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 19–16, 22–16, 26–19 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin

### 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 |
* September 23 12:00
| India | 94–74 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 28–12, 18–18, 29–32 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 23 19:30
| South Korea | 103–72 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–12, 27–25, 21–15, 31–20 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 24 16:00
| Malaysia | 62–81 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–25, 16–18, 11–16, 22–22 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 24 19:30
| Kuwait | 71–95 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 14–23, 15–23, 21–26 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 25 16:00
| Kuwait | 86–81 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 19–21, 21–20, 22–17 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 25 19:30
| South Korea | 121–76 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 32–14, 28–21, 34–26 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin

### 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 |
* September 23 16:00
| Chinese Taipei | 74–83 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 17–17, 12–22, 28–23 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 23 19:30
| China | 103–51 | Syria |
| Scoring by quarter: 32–9, 22–19, 23–9, 26–14 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 24 16:00
| Iran | 82–67 | Syria |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 23–11, 20–19, 26–17 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 24 19:30
| Chinese Taipei | 61–121 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–28, 12–30, 9–29, 24–34 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 25 16:00
| Syria | 84–94 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–28, 25–21, 21–25, 12–20 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 25 19:30
| China | 93–69 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–16, 31–16, 20–11, 16–26 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin

### 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 |
* September 23 14:00
| Japan | 66–64 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 17–18, 18–13, 13–15 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 23 16:00
| Qatar | 66–53 | Jordan |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 12–10, 15–18, 17–15 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 24 10:00
| Philippines | 69–77 | Qatar |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 13–20, 13–19, 24–21 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 24 14:00
| Jordan | 59–63 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 9–15, 11–12, 21–16 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 25 10:00
| Qatar | 68–47 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–6, 16–16, 14–19, 23–6 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 25 14:00
| Philippines | 83–67 | Jordan |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 24–17, 23–14, 18–22 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin

## 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 |
* September 26 16:00
| Lebanon | 76–63 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–25, 19–15, 12–12, 23–11 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 26 19:30
| India | 62–117 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–33, 8–28, 16–27, 23–29 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 27 16:00
| Japan | 103–74 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 29–23, 23–20, 25–17 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 27 19:30
| China | 110–71 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 31–17, 21–16, 24–21, 34–17 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 28 16:00
| Lebanon | 117–82 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 31–19, 30–21, 31–16, 25–26 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 28 19:30
| Japan | 60–88 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 14–25, 10–13, 18–28 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin

### 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 |
* September 26 16:00
| Qatar | 83–61 | Kazakhstan |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 22–14, 18–17, 18–15 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 26 19:30
| South Korea | 105–81 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–20, 28–24, 24–14, 27–23 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 27 16:00
| Iran | 92–85 | Kazakhstan |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 16–19, 25–28, 33–28 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 27 19:30
| Qatar | 80–87 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 27–20, 12–22, 31–15 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 28 16:00
| Kazakhstan | 88–99 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 27–21, 18–31, 27–24 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 28 19:30
| Iran | 64–72 | Qatar |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 9–12, 20–23, 21–17 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin

### 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 |
* September 26 10:00
| Uzbekistan | 83–86 | Jordan |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 18–21, 23–22, 23–21 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 26 14:00
| Malaysia | 63–101 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–27, 21–29, 9–31, 14–14 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 27 10:00
| Jordan | 69–58 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–11, 20–18, 21–7, 20–22 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 27 14:00
| Chinese Taipei | 115–74 | Uzbekistan |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–14, 30–18, 32–21, 24–21 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 28 10:00
| Uzbekistan | 98–76 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 22–19, 25–16, 25–20 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 28 14:00
| Chinese Taipei | 72–83 | Jordan |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 15–20, 22–14, 18–26 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin

### 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 | |
* September 26 10:00
| Hong Kong | 66–58 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 16–17, 18–4, 13–22 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 26 14:00
| Kuwait | 80–75 | Syria |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 21–19, 21–15, 21–18 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 27 10:00
| Syria | 109–77 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–27, 18–11, 31–13, 32–26 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 27 14:00
| Philippines | 66–79 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 18–26, 20–22, 17–17 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 28 10:00
| Hong Kong | 79–77 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–27, 21–13, 19–20, 24–17 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 28 14:00
| Syria | 95–77 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 24–15, 31–12, 17–23 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin

## Classification 5th–16th
### 15th place

* September 30 14:00
| Malaysia | 63–78 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–17, 10–18, 18–28, 22–15 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin

### 13th place

* September 30 16:00
| Uzbekistan | 85–106 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 20–30, 22–27, 18–29 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin

### 11th place

* September 30 19:30
| Chinese Taipei | 102–81 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 28–15, 20–24, 33–26 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin

### 9th place

* September 30 14:00
| Jordan | 75–92 | Syria |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–26, 23–22, 18–23, 18–21 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin

### 7th place

* October 1 14:00
| India | 82–84 | Kazakhstan |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 27–21, 15–17, 21–20 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin

### 5th place

* October 1 16:00
| Japan | 61–67 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–23, 14–20, 13–10, 20–14 |||
* Heida Gymnasium, Harbin

## Final round

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

### Semifinals

* September 30 16:00
| Lebanon | 83–85 (OT) | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–22, 26–21, 20–14, 19–17, Overtime: 9–11 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin
* September 30 19:30
| China | 86–61 | Qatar |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–17, 23–14, 17–10, 23–20 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin

### 3rd place

* October 1 16:00
| Lebanon | 67–77 | Qatar |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 21–27, 14–10, 9–14 |||
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin

### Final

* October 1 19:30
| 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 |
* Tianrun Gymnasium, Harbin

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics
| 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