2002 ABC Under-18 Championship

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.

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)

Draw

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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

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Group A

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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
December 17
17:00
Lebanon   56–54   South Korea
December 18
9:00
South Korea   77–73   Iran

Group B

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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
11:00
Qatar   73–58   Malaysia
December 16
15:00
China   145–45   Sri Lanka
December 17
9:00
Malaysia   47–79   China
December 17
11:00
Sri Lanka   73–99   Qatar
December 18
13:00
Malaysia   105–49   Sri Lanka
December 18
19:00
China   77–64   Qatar

Group C

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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
December 17
15:00
India   71–120   Chinese Taipei
December 17
19:00
Kuwait   68–55   Hong Kong
December 18
15:00
Hong Kong   98–78   India
December 18
17:00
Chinese Taipei   73–47   Kuwait

Group D

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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 17
13:00
Yemen   47–85   Saudi Arabia
December 18
11:00
Japan   91–83   Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 27–22, 19–27, 23–14, 22–20

Quarterfinal round

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Group I

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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
December 20
13:00
Chinese Taipei   74–85   Qatar
December 21
17:00
Qatar   89–114   South Korea
December 22
19:00
Qatar   74–61   Saudi Arabia

Group II

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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

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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
December 20
11:00
Lebanon   97–70   Sri Lanka
December 21
9:00
Sri Lanka   56–84   Hong Kong
December 22
11:00
Hong Kong   60–102   Lebanon

Group IV

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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 20
9:00
Malaysia   74–61   India
December 21
11:00
India   90–91   Yemen
December 22
9:00
Yemen   56–77   Malaysia

Classification 5th–14th

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13th place

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December 25
13:00
Sri Lanka   76–94   India

11th place

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December 25
15:00
Hong Kong   75–81   Yemen

9th place

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December 24
15:00
Lebanon   64–48   Malaysia

7th place

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December 25
17:00
Saudi Arabia   71–61   Kuwait

5th place

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

Final round

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

Semifinals

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December 24
17:00
South Korea   90–102   China
December 24
19:00
Iran   49–48   Qatar

3rd place

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December 26
9:00
South Korea   105–88   Qatar

Final

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December 26
11:00
China   81–70   Iran

Final standing

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Qualified for the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
Rank Team Record
    China 7–1
    Iran 4–3
    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

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 2002 Asian Under-18 champions 
 
China
Seventh title

References

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