2003 ABC Championship

Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Harbin
Dates	September 23 – October 1
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (13th title)
Runners-up	South Korea
Third place	Qatar
Fourth place	Lebanon
Tournament statistics
MVP	Yao Ming
Top scorer	Yao Ming (22.9 points per game)[1]
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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

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

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