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1999 ABC Championship

Field	Value
tourney_name	ABC Championship
year	1999
other_titles	20th Asian Basketball Championship
size	150px
country	Japan
dates	August 28 – September 5
num_teams	15
venues	2
cities	1
champion	China
count	11
second	South Korea
second-flagvar	1997
third	Saudi Arabia
fourth	Chinese Taipei
mvp	CHN Hu Weidong
prevseason	[1997](1997-abc-championship)
nextseason	[2001](2001-abc-championship)

| second-flagvar = 1997 The 1999 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for the Basketball Tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

It was played in Fukuoka, Japan.

Qualification

Main article: 1999 ABC Championship qualification

According to the ABC rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (Japan) and the best 5 teams of the previous Asian Championship were automatically qualified.

East Asia (4+2)	Gulf (2+2)	Middle Asia (2)	Southeast Asia (2)	West Asia (2)

Draw

The draw was held on June 15 at New Otani Hotel in Tokyo.

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D

North Korea and Kazakhstan pulled out of the tournament, leaving Group C with only two teams. ABC added into the bracket.

Preliminary round

Group A

Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
3	3	0	210	185	+25	6
3	2	1	251	189	+62	5
3	1	2	216	244	−28	4
3	0	3	194	253	−59	3

Group B

Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
3	3	0	259	135	+124	6
3	2	1	240	228	+12	5
3	1	2	207	280	−73	4
3	0	3	202	265	−63	3

Group C

Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
2	2	0	166	102	+64	4
2	1	1	153	176	−23	3
2	0	2	105	146	−41	2

Group D

Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
3	3	0	250	219	+31	6
3	2	1	239	218	+21	5
3	1	2	207	219	−12	4
3	0	3	169	209	−40	3

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
3	3	0	283	177	+106	6
3	2	1	241	234	+7	5
3	1	2	220	265	−45	4
3	0	3	217	285	−68	3

Group II

Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
3	3	0	195	177	+18	6
3	2	1	220	210	+10	5
3	1	2	207	199	+8	4
3	0	3	201	237	−36	3

Group III

Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
3	3	0	261	235	+26	6
3	2	1	255	234	+21	5
3	1	2	247	246	+1	4
3	0	3	219	267	−48	3

Group IV

Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
2	2	0	177	135	+42	4
2	1	1	146	152	−6	3
2	0	2	129	165	−36	2

Classification 5th–14th

13th place

11th place

9th place

7th place

5th place

Final round

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Semifinals

3rd place

Final

Final standings

	Qualified for the 2000 Summer Olympics

Rank	Team	Record
		7–0
		6–2
		5–3
4		5–3
5		5–2
6		3–4
7		4–3
8		1–5
9		4–2
10		4–3
11		2–4
12		2–5
13		2–5
14		1–5
15		0–5

Awards

Most Valuable Player: CHN Hu Weidong
Best 3-Pointer: JPN Makoto Hasegawa
Sportsmanship Award: KSA Ali Al-Maghrabi

References

Florian Wanninger. (2002). "FIBA 1930-2001 Results". FIBA.

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