The 2001

2001 in sports

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 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship

FIBA Asia Championship

The FIBA Asia Championship for Men is a tournament which takes place every two years between teams of the continent. This is the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship and the Olympic basketball tournament...

 for Men was the men's basketball qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia

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FIBA Asia is a zone within the International Basketball Federation which contains all 44 Asian FIBA federations.-National teams:East AsiaGulfMiddle AsiaSoutheast AsiaWest Asia-Top ten FIBA Asia teams:...

 at the 2002 FIBA World Championship

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 at United States

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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 (2+4)	|Gulf (2+2)	|Middle Asia (2)	|Southeast Asia (2)	|West Asia (2)

Draw

Original draw:

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
**	*	*

* Withdrew

** Suspended by FIBA, replaced by 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

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, Malaysia on July 12.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D

Group A

159

21

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	307	148
6
	3	2	1	210	189
5
	3	1	2	178	258	−80	4
	3	0	3	193	293	−100	3

Group B

134

9

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	306	172
6
	3	2	1	231	222
5
	3	1	2	198	215	−17	4
	3	0	3	167	293	−126	3

Group C

44

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	2	2	0	164	120
4
	2	1	1	118	146	−28	3
	2	0	2	126	142	−16	2

Group D

22

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	2	2	0	182	160
4
	2	1	1	151	153	−2	3
	2	0	2	173	193	−20	2

Group I

99

14

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	313	214
6
	3	2	1	246	232
5
	3	1	2	209	269	−60	4
	3	0	3	203	256	−53	3

Group II

52

24

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	271	219
6
	3	2	1	239	215
5
	3	1	2	225	229	−4	4
	3	0	3	198	270	−72	3

Group III

21

20

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	2	2	0	161	140
4
	2	1	1	167	147
3
	2	0	2	136	177	−41	2

Group IV

23

19

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	2	2	0	163	140
4
	2	1	1	154	135
3
	2	0	2	118	160	−42	2

13th place

11th place

9th place

7th place

5th place

Final round

Semifinals

3rd place

Final

Final standing

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Rank	Team	Record
		8–0
		5–3
		7–1
4		4–3
5		4–3
6		2–4
7		3–3
8		1–5
9		3–2
10		3–3
11		3–3
12		1–4
13		1–5
14		0–6

Awards

• Most Valuable Player:   Yao Ming
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• Best Playmaker:   Walid El Domiati
• Best Rebounder:   Yao Ming
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• Best 3-Pointer:   Yang Kyun-Min
• Best Coach:   Johnny Neumann
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   (Lebanon) and   Wang Fei
• Sportsmanship Award:   Michael Madanly
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All-Star Team:
Yao Ming

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 Wang Zhizhi

Wang Zhizhi

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 Fadi El Khatib

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 Walid El Domiati Seo Jang-Hoon