2001 ABC Championship explained

Size:	150px
Country:	China
Dates:	July 20–28
Num Teams:	14
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Champion:	China
Count:	12
Second:	Lebanon
Third:	South Korea
Fourth:	Syria
Mvp:	Yao Ming
Prevseason:	1999
Nextseason:	2003

The 2001 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was held in Shanghai, China.

Qualification

See main article: article and 2001 ABC Championship 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.

Draw

Original draw:

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**	*	*

* 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, Malaysia on July 12.

width=25%	Group A	width=25%	Group B	width=25%	Group C	width=25%	Group D
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Preliminary round

Group A

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts
	3	3	0	307	148	+159	6
	3	2	1	210	189	+21	5
	3	1	2	178	258	−80	4
	3	0	3	193	293	−100	3

Group B

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts
	3	3	0	306	172	+134	6
	3	2	1	231	222	+9	5
	3	1	2	198	215	−17	4
	3	0	3	167	293	−126	3

Group C

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts
	2	2	0	164	120	+44	4
	2	1	1	118	146	−28	3
	2	0	2	126	142	−16	2

Group D

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts
	2	2	0	182	160	+22	4
	2	1	1	151	153	−2	3
	2	0	2	173	193	−20	2

Quarterfinal round

Group I

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts
	3	3	0	313	214	+99	6
	3	2	1	246	232	+14	5
	3	1	2	209	269	−60	4
	3	0	3	203	256	−53	3

Group II

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts
	3	3	0	271	219	+52	6
	3	2	1	239	215	+24	5
	3	1	2	225	229	−4	4
	3	0	3	198	270	−72	3

Group III

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts
	2	2	0	161	140	+21	4
	2	1	1	167	147	+20	3
	2	0	2	136	177	−41	2

Group IV

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts
	2	2	0	163	140	+23	4
	2	1	1	154	135	+19	3
	2	0	2	118	160	−42	2

Classification 5th–14th

5th place

Final round

Finalists qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship.

Final

Final standing

width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc"		Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team	width=60	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
Best Playmaker: Walid Doumiati
Best Rebounder: Yao Ming
Best 3-Pointer: Yang Kyun-Min
Best Coach: Johnny Neumann (Lebanon) and Wang Fei
Sportsmanship Award: Michael Madanly

All-Star Team: