Host nation China Venues 2 (in 1 host city) MVP Yao Ming | Dates July 20–28 Champions China (12th title) | |
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Teams 14 (from 44 federations) | ||
The 2001 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was the men's basketball qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2002 FIBA World Championship at United States.
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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:
* Withdrew
** Suspended by FIBA, replaced by Singapore 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.
Final round
Finalists qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship.
Awards
All-Star Team:
References
2001 ABC Championship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA