2001 ABC Championship qualification

The 2001 ABC Championship qualification was held in late 2000 and early 2001 with the Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Middle Asia (Central Asia and South Asia) each conducting tournaments.

Qualification format

The following are eligible to participate:

1999 ABC Championship

Main article: 1999 ABC Championship
Rank Team
1st  China
2nd  South Korea
3rd  Saudi Arabia
4  Chinese Taipei
5  Japan
6  Kuwait
7  Lebanon
8  Syria
9  Uzbekistan
10  United Arab Emirates
11  Philippines
12  Bahrain
13  Hong Kong
14  Thailand
15  Malaysia

Qualified teams

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

* Withdrew

** Suspended by FIBA, replaced by  Singapore which finished third in the Southeast Asian qualifiers.

East Asia

All the others withdrew, so  North Korea and  Hong Kong qualified automatically.

Gulf

The 2000 Gulf Basketball Association Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2001 ABC Championship.  Qatar won the tournament and qualified alongside  United Arab Emirates.

Middle Asia

All the others withdrew, so  India and  Uzbekistan qualified automatically.

Southeast Asia

The 2001 Southeast Asia Basketball Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2001 ABC Championship. the two best teams qualifies for 2001 ABC Championship. The tournament was held at Manila, Philippines.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Philippines 330333159+1746
 Singapore 321240229+115
 Malaysia 312179243−644
 Vietnam 303180301−1213

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Thailand 22017099+714
 Indonesia 211164111+533
 Brunei 20279203−1242

Classification 5th–7th

Semifinals 5th place
April 6
  Malaysia    
 Bye    
 
April 7
      Malaysia 73
    Vietnam 59
April 6
  Brunei 47
  Vietnam 81  

Semifinals

5th place

Final round

Semifinals Final
April 6
  Philippines  88  
  Indonesia  44  
 
April 7
      Philippines  90
    Thailand  73
3rd place
April 6 April 7
  Thailand  70   Indonesia  78
  Singapore  60     Singapore (OT)  81

Semifinals

3rd place

April 7
Indonesia  7881 (OT)  Singapore

Final

Final standing

Rank Team
1st  Philippines
2nd  Thailand
3rd  Singapore
4  Indonesia
5  Malaysia
6  Vietnam
7  Brunei

West Asia

The 2000 West Asia Basketball Association Championship and 2001 West Asia Basketball Association Championship are the qualifying tournament for the 2001 ABC Championship. the two best teams after the second tournament qualifies for 2001 ABC Championship. The 2000 tournament was held at Beirut, Lebanon while Amman, Jordan hosted the 2001 edition.

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Lebanon 8 7 1 704 649 +55 15
 Syria 8 5 3 624 622 +2 13
 Iran 8 4 4 635 624 +11 12
 Iraq 8 3 5 630 637 −7 11
 Jordan 8 1 7 572 633 −61 9
October 4, 2000
Iran  8764  Jordan
October 4, 2000
Lebanon  8176  Iraq
October 5, 2000
Syria  6164  Iraq
October 5, 2000
Lebanon  8780  Iran
October 6, 2000
Syria  8878  Iran
October 6, 2000
Lebanon  7970  Jordan
October 7, 2000
Iraq  6466  Iran
October 7, 2000
Jordan  7275  Syria
October 8, 2000
Iraq  7857  Jordan
October 8, 2000
Lebanon  9380  Syria
July 10, 2001
Iran  7665  Jordan
July 10, 2001
Syria  8078  Lebanon
July 11, 2001
Iran  7787 (OT)  Syria
July 11, 2001
Iraq  8988  Jordan
July 12, 2001
Iran  8592  Lebanon
July 12, 2001
Syria  8682  Iraq
July 13, 2001
Syria  6778  Jordan
July 13, 2001
Lebanon  112100  Iraq
July 14, 2001
Iran  8677  Iraq
July 14, 2001
Lebanon  8278  Jordan

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