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2002 ABC Under-18 Championship

2002 FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup
17th FIBA Under-18 Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryKuwait
DatesDecember 16–26
Teams14
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions China (7th title)

The FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship 2002 is the 17th edition of the International Basketball Federation FIBA Asia's youth championship for basketball. The games were held at Kuwait City from December 16–26, 2002.

Draw

Group A Group B Group C Group D

 South Korea
 Iran
 Lebanon
 Mongolia *

 China
 Qatar
 Malaysia
 Sri Lanka

 Chinese Taipei
 Hong Kong
 India
 Kuwait

 Japan
 Saudi Arabia
 Thailand *
 Bahrain *

* Mongolia, Thailand and Bahrain withdrew from the tournament; Yemen was later added to Group D.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 South Korea 2 1 1 131 129 +2 3 1–1 / 1.016
 Iran 2 1 1 136 137 −1 3 1–1 / 0.993
 Lebanon 2 1 1 116 117 −1 3 1–1 / 0.991
December 16
19:00
Iran  63–60  Lebanon

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 3 3 0 301 156 +145 6
 Qatar 3 2 1 236 208 +28 5
 Malaysia 3 1 2 210 201 +9 4
 Sri Lanka 3 0 3 167 349 −182 3
December 16
15:00
China  145–45  Sri Lanka
December 18
19:00
China  77–64  Qatar

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Chinese Taipei 3 3 0 294 177 +117 6
 Kuwait 3 2 1 203 206 −3 5
 Hong Kong 3 1 2 212 247 −35 4
 India 3 0 3 227 306 −79 3
December 16
17:00
India  78–88  Kuwait

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Japan 2 2 0 228 147 +81 4
 Saudi Arabia 2 1 1 168 138 +30 3
 Yemen 2 0 2 111 222 −111 2
December 16
13:00
Japan  137–64  Yemen
Scoring by quarter: 35–15, 27–20, 35–16, 40–13
December 18
11:00
Japan  91–83  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 19–27, 23–14, 22–20

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 South Korea 3 2 1 308 267 +41 5 1–0
 Qatar 3 2 1 248 249 −1 5 0–1
 Chinese Taipei 3 1 2 242 266 −24 4 1–0
 Saudi Arabia 3 1 2 213 229 −16 4 0–1

Group II

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Iran 3 2 1 244 202 +42 5 1–1 / 1.040
 China 3 2 1 266 211 +55 5 1–1 / 1.000
 Japan 3 2 1 258 211 +47 5 1–1 / 0.964
 Kuwait 3 0 3 152 296 −144 3
December 20
17:00
China  109–54  Kuwait
December 20
19:00
Japan  75–83  Iran
Scoring by quarter: 16–18, 16–14, 19–18, 24–33
December 21
13:00
Iran  72–74  China
December 21
19:00
Kuwait  45–98  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 11–26, 10–20, 11–21, 13–31
December 22
13:00
China  83–85  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 19–23, 24–25, 20–15
December 22
17:00
Iran  89–53  Kuwait

Group III

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Lebanon 2 2 0 199 130 +69 4
 Hong Kong 2 1 1 144 158 −14 3
 Sri Lanka 2 0 2 126 181 −55 2

Group IV

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Malaysia 2 2 0 151 117 +34 4
 Yemen 2 1 1 147 167 −20 3
 India 2 0 2 151 165 −14 2
December 21
11:00
India  90–91  Yemen

Classification 5th–14th

13th place

11th place

9th place

7th place

5th place

December 25
19:00
Chinese Taipei  68–76  Japan
Scoring by quarter: 25–18, 13–26, 17–14, 13–18

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
December 24
 
 
 South Korea90
 
December 26
 
 China 102
 
 China81
 
December 24
 
 Iran70
 
 Iran 49
 
 
 Qatar48
 
3rd place
 
 
December 26
 
 
 South Korea105
 
 
 Qatar88

Semifinals

December 24
19:00
Iran  49–48  Qatar

3rd place

Final

December 26
11:00
China  81–70  Iran

Final standing

Qualified for the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China 7–1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Iran 4–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea 4–3
4  Qatar 4–4
5  Japan 5–1
6  Chinese Taipei 4–3
7  Saudi Arabia 3–3
8  Kuwait 2–5
9  Lebanon 4–1
10  Malaysia 3–3
11  Yemen 2–3
12  Hong Kong 2–4
13  India 1–5
14  Sri Lanka 0–6

Awards

 2002 Asian Under-18 champions 

China
Seventh title

References