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ABC Championship 2001

2001 FIBA Asia Championship
21st Asian Basketball Championship
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Tournament details
Host nation China
Dates July 20–28
Teams 14 (from 44 federations)
Venues (in 1 host city)
Champions  China (12th title)
MVP China Yao Ming
1999
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Qualified for the 2002 FIBA World Championship

The 2001 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was the men's basketball qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2002 FIBA World Championship at United States.

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.

Original draw:

 China
 Philippines **
 Hong Kong
 Uzbekistan


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