2000 ABC Under-20 Championship

2000 FIBA Asia U-20 Championship

3rd Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
Dates	August 22–30
Teams	14
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Qatar (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Yasseen Ismail

The ABC Under-20 Championship 2000 is the 3rd edition of the International Basketball Federation FIBA Asia's championship for young men basketball. The games were held at Doha from August 22–30, 2000.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	2	2	0	227	158	+69	4
India	2	1	1	172	176	−4	3
Malaysia	2	0	2	142	207	−65	2

August 22 12:30

South Korea	108–84	India
Scoring by half: 57–44, 51–40

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 23 10:45

India	88–68	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 37–33, 51–35

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 24 9:00

Malaysia	74–119	South Korea
Scoring by half: 37–69, 37–50

Khalifa Hall, Doha

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Qatar	3	3	0	242	184	+58	6
China	3	2	1	264	231	+33	5
Kuwait	3	1	2	234	240	−6	4
Bahrain	3	0	3	166	251	−85	3

August 22 9:00

China	101–86	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 41–42, 60–44

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 22 20:30

Qatar	77–47	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 44–22, 33–25

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 23 12:30

Bahrain	58–85	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 29–59, 29–26

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 23 19:30

China	74–84	Qatar
Scoring by half: 42–45, 32–39

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 24 16:00

Bahrain	61–89	China
Scoring by half: 25–48, 36–41

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 24 19:30

Kuwait	63–81	Qatar
Scoring by half: 28–44, 35–37

Khalifa Hall, Doha

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
Syria	3	2	1	223	196	+27	5	1–1 / 1.102
Iran	3	2	1	228	222	+6	5	1–1 / 1.012
Kazakhstan	3	2	1	219	231	−12	5	1–1 / 0.915
United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	207	228	−21	3

August 22 10:45

Kazakhstan	99–95 (OT)	Iran
Scoring by half: 44–53, 40–31 Overtime: 15–11

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 22 16:00

United Arab Emirates	78–93	Syria
Scoring by half: 31–46, 47–47

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 23 9:00

Iran	66–62	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 36–35, 30–27

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 23 17:45

Syria	69–51	Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 42–27, 27–24

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 24 12:30

Kazakhstan	69–67	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 42–47, 27–20

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 24 17:45

Iran	67–61	Syria
Scoring by half: 37–39, 30–22

Khalifa Hall, Doha

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	179	99	+80	4
Philippines	2	1	1	150	131	+19	3
Sri Lanka	2	0	2	88	187	−99	2

August 22 17:45

Philippines	87–52	Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 47–17, 40–35

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 23 16:00

Japan	79–63	Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–34, 35–29

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 24 10:45

Sri Lanka	36–100	Japan
Scoring by half: 16–51, 20–49

Khalifa Hall, Doha

Quarterfinals

Group I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
South Korea	3	2	1	284	250	+34	5	1–1 / 1.121
China	3	2	1	266	249	+17	5	1–1 / 1.062
Syria	3	2	1	212	232	−20	5	1–1 / 0.815
Philippines	3	0	3	222	253	−31	3

August 25 14:15

South Korea	95–109	China
Scoring by half: 55–61, 40–48

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 25 17:45

Syria	75–64	Philippines
Scoring by half: 34–38, 41–26

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 26 12:30

China	79–82	Syria
Scoring by half: 38–41, 41–41

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 26 16:00

Philippines	86–100	South Korea
Scoring by half: 40–57, 46–43

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 27 17:45

Philippines	72–78	China
Scoring by half: 30–40, 42–38

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 27 19:30

South Korea	89–55	Syria
Scoring by half: 48–28, 41–27

Khalifa Hall, Doha

Group II

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Qatar	3	3	0	237	175	+62	6
Japan	3	2	1	241	233	+8	5
Iran	3	1	2	203	226	−23	4
India	3	0	3	235	282	−47	3

August 25 16:00

India	66–89	Qatar
Scoring by half: 31–51, 35–38

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 25 19:30

Japan	73–69	Iran
Scoring by half: 46–35, 27–34

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 26 17:45

Iran	89–88	India
Scoring by half: 41–48, 48–40

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 26 19:30

Qatar	83–64	Japan
Scoring by half: 49–22, 34–42

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 27 12:30

Qatar	65–45	Iran
Scoring by half: 40–25, 25–20

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 27 16:00

India	81–104	Japan
Scoring by half: 47–57, 34–47

Khalifa Hall, Doha

Group III

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
Kazakhstan	2	1	1	148	137	+11	3	1–1 / 1.080
Bahrain	2	1	1	148	142	+6	3	1–1 / 1.042
Malaysia	2	1	1	128	145	−17	3	1–1 / 0.883

August 25 9:00

Malaysia	68–66	Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 37–38, 31–28

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 26 10:45

Kazakhstan	82–69	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 41–28, 41–41

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 27 9:00

Bahrain	79–60	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 32–33, 47–27

Khalifa Hall, Doha

Group IV

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
United Arab Emirates	2	2	0	156	139	+17	4
Kuwait	2	1	1	165	148	+17	3
Sri Lanka	2	0	2	120	154	−34	2

August 25 10:45

Kuwait	82–64	Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 40–33, 42–31

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 26 9:00

Sri Lanka	56–72	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 24–39, 32–33

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 27 10:45

United Arab Emirates	84–83	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 40–35, 44–48

Khalifa Hall, Doha

Classification 5th–14th

13th place

August 28 9:00

Malaysia	77–40	Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 52–20, 25–20

Khalifa Hall, Doha

11th place

August 28 10:45

Bahrain	82–85	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 41–30, 41–55

Khalifa Hall, Doha

9th place

August 28 12:30

Kazakhstan	98–82	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by half: 56–54, 42–28

Khalifa Hall, Doha

7th place

August 29 9:00

Philippines	83–74	India
Scoring by half: 47–33, 36–41

Khalifa Hall, Doha

5th place

August 29 10:45

Syria	68–79	Iran
Scoring by half: 34–39, 34–40

Khalifa Hall, Doha

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	August 29
	South Korea	94
					August 30
	Japan	84
					South Korea	75
	August 29
					Qatar (OT)	89
	China	60
	Qatar	74
					3rd place
					August 30
					Japan	83
					China	97

Semifinals

August 29 17:45

South Korea	94–84	Japan
Scoring by half: 46–48, 48–36

Khalifa Hall, Doha

August 29 19:30

China	60–74	Qatar
Scoring by half: 38–28, 22–46

Khalifa Hall, Doha

3rd place

August 30 17:45

Japan	83–97	China
Scoring by half: 35–49, 48–48

Khalifa Hall, Doha

Final

August 30 19:30

South Korea	75–89 (OT)	Qatar
Scoring by half: 30–30, 35–35 Overtime: 10–24

Khalifa Hall, Doha

Final standing

Qualified for the 2001 FIBA Under-21 World Championship

Rank	Team	Record
	Qatar	8–0
	South Korea	5–2
	China	5–3
4	Japan	4–3
5	Iran	4–3
6	Syria	4–3
7	Philippines	2–4
8	India	1–5
9	Kazakhstan	4–2
10	United Arab Emirates	2–4
11	Kuwait	3–3
12	Bahrain	1–5
13	Malaysia	2–3
14	Sri Lanka	0–5

Awards

2000 Asian Under-20 champions
Qatar First title

• Most Valuable Player: Yasseen Ismail
• Best Scorer: Yasseen Ismail
• Best 3-Pointer: Bang Sung-Yoon
• Best Coach: Choi Bu-Yung

References

• Results^[dead link‍]