The 2001 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was held in Shanghai, China.
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 (4+2) Gulf (2+2) Middle Asia (2) Southeast Asia (2) West Asia (2)
Draw
Original draw: Group AGroup BGroup CGroup 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, Malaysia on July 12.
Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
Preliminary round
Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330307148+1596321210189+215312178258−804303193293−1003
Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330306172+1346321231222+95312198215−174303167293−1263
Group C TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts220164120+444211118146−283202126142−162
Group D TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts220182160+224211151153−23202173193−202
Quarterfinal round
Group I TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330313214+996321246232+145312209269−604303203256−533
Group II TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330271219+526321239215+245312225229−44303198270−723
Group III TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts220161140+214211167147+203202136177−412
Group IV TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts220163140+234211154135+193202118160−422
Classification 5th–14th
13th place
11th place
9th place
7th place
5th place
Final round Finalists qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship.
Semifinals
3rd place
Final
Final standings Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship RankTeamRecord 8–0 5–3 7–14 4–35 4–36 2–47 3–38 1–59 3–210 3–311 3–312 1–413 1–514 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:
Yao Ming Wang Zhizhi Fadi El Khatib Walid Doumiati Seo Jang-Hoon
References
External links Results archive.fiba.com jabba-net.com