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1999 ABC Championship - Wikipedia

1999 FIBA Asia Cup

20th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	August 28 – September 5
Teams	15
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (11th title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Hu Weidong
← 1997 2001 →

The 1999 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for the Basketball Tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

It was played in Fukuoka, Japan.

Qualification

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Main article: 1999 ABC Championship qualification

According to the ABC rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (Japan) 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)
Japan	Saudi Arabia	Uzbekistan	Philippines	Syria
South Korea	United Arab Emirates	Kazakhstan	Thailand	Lebanon
China	Kuwait
Chinese Taipei	Bahrain
Hong Kong
North Korea

Draw

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The draw was held on June 15 at New Otani Hotel in Tokyo.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
South Korea United Arab Emirates Lebanon Philippines	Japan Thailand Hong Kong Kuwait	China Kazakhstan * Syria North Korea *	Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan Chinese Taipei Bahrain

* North Korea and Kazakhstan pulled out of the tournament, leaving Group C with only two teams. ABC added Malaysia into the bracket.

Preliminary round

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Group A

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lebanon	3	3	0	210	185	+25	6
South Korea	3	2	1	251	189	+62	5
United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	216	244	−28	4
Philippines	3	0	3	194	253	−59	3

August 28
15:00

South Korea	98–63	Philippines
Scoring by half: 58–38, 40–25

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 28
19:00

United Arab Emirates	70–75	Lebanon
Scoring by half: 43–36, 27–39

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 29
15:00

Lebanon	75–65	South Korea
Scoring by half: 40–34, 35–31

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 29
15:00

Philippines	81–95	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 44–56, 37–39

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

August 30
15:00

South Korea	88–51	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 51–26, 37–25

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 30
17:00

Philippines	50–60	Lebanon
Scoring by half: 25–31, 25–29

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

Group B

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	259	135	+124	6
Kuwait	3	2	1	240	228	+12	5
Thailand	3	1	2	207	280	−73	4
Hong Kong	3	0	3	202	265	−63	3

August 28
13:00

Japan	85–38	Thailand
Scoring by half: 39–19, 46–19

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 28
13:00

Kuwait	88–62	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 33–38, 55–24

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

August 29
13:00

Hong Kong	58–88	Japan
Scoring by half: 38–31, 20–57

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 29
13:00

Thailand	80–113	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 43–56, 37–57

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

August 30
13:00

Japan	86–39	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 44–21, 42–18

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 30
13:00

Thailand	89–82	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 45–47, 44–35

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

Group C

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	2	2	0	166	102	+64	4
Syria	2	1	1	153	176	−23	3
Malaysia	2	0	2	105	146	−41	2

August 28
17:00

China	54–41	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 34–22, 20–19

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 29
17:00

Syria	61–112	China
Scoring by half: 17–63, 44–49

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 30
15:00

Malaysia	62–92	Syria
Scoring by half: 26–48, 38–44

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

Group D

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	250	219	+31	6
Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	239	218	+21	5
Uzbekistan	3	1	2	207	219	−12	4
Bahrain	3	0	3	169	209	−40	3

August 28
15:00

Saudi Arabia	79–63	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 32–28, 47–35

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

August 28
17:00

Uzbekistan	82–90	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 35–41, 47–49

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

August 29
17:00

Bahrain	47–62	Uzbekistan
Scoring by half: 20–28, 27–34

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

August 29
19:00

Chinese Taipei	92–78	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 50–36, 42–42

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 30
17:00

Saudi Arabia	82–63	Uzbekistan
Scoring by half: 45–32, 37–31

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

August 30
19:00

Chinese Taipei	68–59	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 39–24, 29–35

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

Quarterfinal round

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Group I

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	283	177	+106	6
Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	241	234	+7	5
Kuwait	3	1	2	220	265	−45	4
Lebanon	3	0	3	217	285	−68	3

August 31
13:00

Lebanon	69–92	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 44–48, 25–44

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 31
15:00

China	91–54	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 41–20, 50–34

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

September 1
13:00

Kuwait	86–81	Lebanon
Scoring by half: 40–45, 46–36

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

September 1
15:00

Saudi Arabia	56–85	China
Scoring by half: 22–44, 34–41

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

September 2
13:00

Lebanon	67–107	China
Scoring by half: 39–52, 28–55

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

September 2
15:00

Kuwait	80–93	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 40–47, 40–46

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

Group II

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	195	177	+18	6
Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	220	210	+10	5
Japan	3	1	2	207	199	+8	4
Syria	3	0	3	201	237	−36	3

August 31
17:00

Japan	78–58	Syria
Scoring by half: 38–27, 40–31

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 31
19:00

Chinese Taipei	54–61	South Korea
Scoring by half: 20–34, 34–27

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

September 1
17:00

South Korea	64–61	Japan
Scoring by half: 34–31, 30–30

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

September 1
19:00

Syria	81–89	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 37–39, 44–50

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

September 2
17:00

Japan	68–77	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 37–36, 31–41

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

September 2
19:00

South Korea	70–62	Syria
Scoring by half: 30–38, 40–24

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

Group III

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United Arab Emirates	3	3	0	261	235	+26	6
Bahrain	3	2	1	255	234	+21	5
Hong Kong	3	1	2	247	246	+1	4
Malaysia	3	0	3	219	267	−48	3

August 31
13:00

United Arab Emirates	79–72	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 28–34, 51–38

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

August 31
15:00

Malaysia	59–89	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 32–44, 27–45

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

September 1
13:00

Hong Kong	88–94	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 41–41, 47–53

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

September 1
15:00

Bahrain	90–85	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 44–37, 46–48

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

September 2
13:00

United Arab Emirates	88–75	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 47–42, 41–33

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

September 2
15:00

Hong Kong	70–93	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 50–39, 20–54

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

Group IV

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Uzbekistan	2	2	0	177	135	+42	4
Philippines	2	1	1	146	152	−6	3
Thailand	2	0	2	129	165	−36	2

August 31
17:00

Uzbekistan	94–64	Philippines
Scoring by half: 52–30, 42–34

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

September 1
17:00

Philippines	82–58	Thailand
Scoring by half: 46–31, 36–27

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

September 2
17:00

Thailand	71–83	Uzbekistan
Scoring by half: 34–44, 37–39

Semifinals		Final

September 4

South Korea	85
September 5
Saudi Arabia	59
South Korea	45
September 4
	China	63
China	105

Chinese Taipei	51
3rd place

September 5

Saudi Arabia	93

Chinese Taipei	67

Semifinals

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September 4
14:00

South Korea	85–59	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 42–30, 43–29

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

September 4
16:00

China	105–51	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 55–23, 50–28

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

3rd place

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September 5
11:00

Saudi Arabia	93–67	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 38–39, 55–28

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

Final

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September 5
13:00

South Korea	45–63	China
Scoring by half: 21–29, 24–34

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

Final standing

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Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics

Rank	Team	Record
	China	7–0
	South Korea	6–2
	Saudi Arabia	5–3
4	Chinese Taipei	5–3
5	Japan	5–2
6	Kuwait	3–4
7	Lebanon	4–3
8	Syria	1–5
9	Uzbekistan	4–2
10	United Arab Emirates	4–3
11	Philippines	2–4
12	Bahrain	2–5
13	Hong Kong	2–5
14	Thailand	1–5
15	Malaysia	0–5

Awards

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1999 Asian champions
China Eleventh title

Most Valuable Player: Hu Weidong^[1]
Best 3-Pointer: Makoto Hasegawa
Sportsmanship Award: Ali Al-Maghrabi

References

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^ Florian Wanninger (2002), FIBA 1930-2001 Results, FIBA, ISBN 978-3897018365

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