1999 ABC Championship

International basketball competition

1999 FIBA Asia Cup20th 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

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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)

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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

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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

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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

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Scoring by half: 58–38, 40–25

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 28
19:00

United Arab Emirates | 70-75 |  Lebanon

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Scoring by half: 43–36, 27–39

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 29
15:00

Lebanon | 75-65 |  South Korea

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Scoring by half: 40–34, 35–31

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 29
15:00

Philippines | 81-95 |  United Arab Emirates

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Scoring by half: 44–56, 37–39

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

August 30
15:00

South Korea | 88-51 |  United Arab Emirates

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Scoring by half: 51–26, 37–25

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 30
17:00

Philippines | 50-60 |  Lebanon

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Scoring by half: 25–31, 25–29

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

### Group B

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Team  | Pld  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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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

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Scoring by half: 39–19, 46–19

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 28
13:00

Kuwait | 88-62 |  Hong Kong

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Scoring by half: 33–38, 55–24

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

August 29
13:00

Hong Kong | 58-88 |  Japan

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Scoring by half: 38–31, 20–57

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 29
13:00

Thailand | 80-113 |  Kuwait

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Scoring by half: 43–56, 37–57

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

August 30
13:00

Japan | 86-39 |  Kuwait

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Scoring by half: 44–21, 42–18

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 30
13:00

Thailand | 89-82 |  Hong Kong

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Scoring by half: 45–47, 44–35

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

### Group C

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Team  | Pld  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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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

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Scoring by half: 34–22, 20–19

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 29
17:00

Syria | 61-112 |  China

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Scoring by half: 17–63, 44–49

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 30
15:00

Malaysia | 62-92 |  Syria

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Scoring by half: 26–48, 38–44

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

### Group D

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Team  | Pld  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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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

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Scoring by half: 32–28, 47–35

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

August 28
17:00

Uzbekistan | 82-90 |  Chinese Taipei

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Scoring by half: 35–41, 47–49

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

August 29
17:00

Bahrain | 47-62 |  Uzbekistan

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Scoring by half: 20–28, 27–34

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

August 29
19:00

Chinese Taipei | 92-78 |  Saudi Arabia

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Scoring by half: 50–36, 42–42

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 30
17:00

Saudi Arabia | 82-63 |  Uzbekistan

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Scoring by half: 45–32, 37–31

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

August 30
19:00

Chinese Taipei | 68-59 |  Bahrain

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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

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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

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Scoring by half: 44–48, 25–44

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 31
15:00

China | 91-54 |  Kuwait

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Scoring by half: 41–20, 50–34

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

September 1
13:00

Kuwait | 86-81 |  Lebanon

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Scoring by half: 40–45, 46–36

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

September 1
15:00

Saudi Arabia | 56-85 |  China

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Scoring by half: 22–44, 34–41

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

September 2
13:00

Lebanon | 67-107 |  China

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Scoring by half: 39–52, 28–55

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

September 2
15:00

Kuwait | 80-93 |  Saudi Arabia

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Scoring by half: 40–47, 40–46

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

### Group II

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Team  | Pld  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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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

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Scoring by half: 38–27, 40–31

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

August 31
19:00

Chinese Taipei | 54-61 |  South Korea

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Scoring by half: 20–34, 34–27

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

September 1
17:00

South Korea | 64-61 |  Japan

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Scoring by half: 34–31, 30–30

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

September 1
19:00

Syria | 81-89 |  Chinese Taipei

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Scoring by half: 37–39, 44–50

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

September 2
17:00

Japan | 68-77 |  Chinese Taipei

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Scoring by half: 37–36, 31–41

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

September 2
19:00

South Korea | 70-62 |  Syria

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Scoring by half: 30–38, 40–24

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

### Group III

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Team  | Pld  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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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

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Scoring by half: 28–34, 51–38

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

August 31
15:00

Malaysia | 59-89 |  Hong Kong

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Scoring by half: 32–44, 27–45

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

September 1
13:00

Hong Kong | 88-94 |  United Arab Emirates

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Scoring by half: 41–41, 47–53

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

September 1
15:00

Bahrain | 90-85 |  Malaysia

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Scoring by half: 44–37, 46–48

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

September 2
13:00

United Arab Emirates | 88-75 |  Malaysia

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Scoring by half: 47–42, 41–33

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

September 2
15:00

Hong Kong | 70-93 |  Bahrain

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Scoring by half: 50–39, 20–54

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

### Group IV

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Team  | Pld  | W  | L  | PF  | PA  | PD  | Pts

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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

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Scoring by half: 52–30, 42–34

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

September 1
17:00

Philippines | 82-58 |  Thailand

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Scoring by half: 46–31, 36–27

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

September 2
17:00

Thailand | 71-83 |  Uzbekistan

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Scoring by half: 34–44, 37–39

Civic Gymnasium, Fukuoka

## Classification 5th–14th

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### 13th place

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September 3
13:00

Hong Kong | 68-53 |  Thailand

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Scoring by half: 39–22, 29–31

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

### 11th place

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September 3
15:00

Bahrain | 75-83 |  Philippines

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Scoring by half: 31–46, 44–37

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

### 9th place

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September 3
17:00

Uzbekistan | 70-56 |  United Arab Emirates

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Scoring by half: 42–22, 28–34

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

### 7th place

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September 4
10:00

Lebanon | 61-60 |  Syria

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Scoring by half: 27–34, 34–26

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

### 5th place

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September 4
12:00

Kuwait | 61-77 |  Japan

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Scoring by half: 25–45, 36–32

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

## Final round

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| Semifinals| | Final

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| 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

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Scoring by half: 42–30, 43–29

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

September 4
16:00

China | 105-51 |  Chinese Taipei

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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

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Scoring by half: 38–39, 55–28

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

### Final

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September 5
13:00

South Korea | 45-63 |  China

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Scoring by half: 21–29, 24–34

Kokusai Center, Fukuoka

## Final standing

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| Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Rank  | Team  | Record

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|  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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1. ^ Florian Wanninger (2002), FIBA 1930-2001 Results, FIBA, ISBN 978-3897018365

## External links

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* Results
* archive.fiba.com

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