Asian Basketball Confederation Championship 2003

The 2003 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for the Basketball Tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Format

*The teams will be divided into four groups (Groups A-D) for the preliminary round.
*Round robin for the preliminary round; the top two teams from each group advance to the quarterfinals.
*Group A's and C's topnotchers are grouped with Group B's and D's runners-up (Group I) while Group A's and C's runners-up are grouped with Group B's and D's topnotchers (Group II) for a round-robin play.
*All of the bottom two of Groups A-D are grouped together also in Groups III and Groups IV, but these teams are not able to "qualify" for the semifinal knock-out round.
*The topnotcher of Group I meets the runner-up of Group II while the topnotcher of Group II meets the runner-up of Group I in the sudden-death semifinals.
*The winners in the semifinals dispute the championship while the losers dispute the third-place trophy, all sudden-death games.

Preliminary round

basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 23
teamA= bk-rt|KUW|scoreA=74
teamB= bk|IND|scoreB=94basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 23
teamA= bk-rt|MAS|scoreA=72
teamB= bk|KOR|scoreB=103basketballbox|date=September 24
teamA= bk-rt|IND|scoreA=81
teamB= bk|MAS|scoreB=62basketballbox|date=September 24
teamB= bk|KOR|scoreB=95
teamA= bk-rt|KUW|scoreA=71basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 25
teamA= bk-rt|KUW|scoreA=86
teamB= bk|MAS|scoreB=81basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 25
teamA= bk-rt|IND|scoreA=76
teamB= bk|KOR|scoreB=121

Group C

Group I

basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 26
teamA= bk-rt|UZB|scoreA=83
teamB= bk|JOR|scoreB=86basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 26
teamA= bk-rt|TPE|scoreA=101
teamB= bk|MAS|scoreB=63basketballbox|date=September 27
teamA= bk-rt|JOR|scoreA=69
teamB= bk|MAS|scoreB=58basketballbox|date=September 27
teamB= bk|TPE|scoreB=115
teamA= bk-rt|UZB|scoreA=74basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 28
teamA= bk-rt|UZB|scoreA=98
teamB= bk|MAS|scoreB=76basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 28
teamA= bk-rt|TPE|scoreA=72
teamB= bk|JOR|scoreB=83

Group IV

basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 26
teamA= bk-rt|PHI|scoreA=58
teamB= bk|HKG|scoreB=66basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 26
teamA= bk-rt|KUW|scoreA=80
teamB= bk|SYR|scoreB=75basketballbox|date=September 27
teamA= bk-rt|SYR|scoreA=109
teamB= bk|HKG|scoreB=77basketballbox|date=September 27
teamB= bk|KUW|scoreB=79
teamA= bk-rt|PHI|scoreA=66basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 28
teamA= bk-rt|HKG|scoreA=79
teamB= bk|KUW|scoreB=77basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 28
teamA= bk-rt|PHI|scoreA=77
teamB= bk|SYR|scoreB=95

Classification rounds

basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 30|report=15th place
teamA= bk-rt|MAS|scoreA=63
teamB= bk|PHI|scoreB=78basketballbox|date=September 30|report=13th place
teamA= bk-rt|UZB|scoreA=85
teamB= bk|HKG|scoreB=106basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 30|report=11th place
teamA= bk-rt|TPE|scoreA=102
teamB= bk|KUW|scoreB=81basketballbox|date=September 30|report=9th place
teamA= bk-rt|JOR|scoreA=75
teamB= bk|SYR|scoreB=92basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=October 1|report=7th place
teamA= bk-rt|IND|scoreA=82
teamB= bk|KAZ|scoreB=84basketballbox|date=October 1|report=5th place
teamA= bk-rt|JPN|scoreA=61
teamB= bk|IRI|scoreB=67

Bracket

Round4-with third|RD1=Semifinals|RD2=Final|Consol=Third place
September 30 - Harbin|bk|CHN|86|bk|QAT|61
September 30 - Harbin|bk|KOR|85|bk|LIB|83
October 1 - Harbin|bk|CHN|106|bk|KOR|96
October 1 - Harbin|bk|QAT|77|bk|LIB|67

emifinals

Finals

Final classification

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References

* [http://todor66.com/basketball/Asia/Men_2003.html Results]