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2003 ABC Championship

2003 FIBA Asia Championship
22nd Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation China
Dates September 23 – October 1
Teams 16 (from 44 federations)
Venues (in 1 host city)
Champions  China (13th title)
MVP China Yao Ming
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Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics

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.

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.

 Lebanon
 Uzbekistan
 Hong Kong
 Kazakhstan


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