Venues 2 (in 1 host city) | ||
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Dates September 23 – October 1 Teams 16 (from 44 federations) | ||
The 2003 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for the Basketball Tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. The tournament was held in Harbin, China from September 23 to October 1, 2003.
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.
* Withdrew, Kazakhstan and Kuwait were given a wild card entry into the championship.
References
2003 ABC Championship Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA