The 2003 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship

FIBA Asia Championship

The FIBA Asia Championship for Men is a tournament which takes place every two years between teams of the continent. This is the Asian qualifying tournament for the FIBA World Championship and the Olympic basketball tournament...

 for Men was the qualifying tournament for the Basketball Tournament

Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena in Athens, Greece for the preliminary rounds, with the latter stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex....

 at the 2004 Summer Olympics

2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...

 in Athens, Greece. The tournament was held in Harbin

Harbin

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, China

China

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 from September 23 to October 1, 2003.

Qualification

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.

East Asia (2+3)	|Gulf (2+1)	|Middle Asia (2)	|Southeast Asia (2)	|West Asia (2+2)
	*
	*

* Withdrew, and were given a wild card entry into the championship.

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D

Group A

60

15

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	257	197
6
	3	2	1	242	227
5
	3	1	2	194	238	−44	4
	3	0	3	213	244	−31	3

Group B

100

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	319	219
6
	3	2	1	251	257	−6	5
	3	1	2	231	270	−39	4
	3	0	3	215	270	−55	3

Group C

136

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	317	181
6
	3	2	1	234	234	0	5
	3	1	2	229	288	−59	4
	3	0	3	202	279	−77	3

Group D

42

6

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	211	169
6
	3	2	1	176	191	−15	5
	3	1	2	216	210
4
	3	0	3	179	212	−33	3

Group I

122

9

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	315	193
6
	3	2	1	264	255
5
	3	1	2	226	238	−12	4
	3	0	3	218	337	−119	3

Group II

42

23

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	291	249
6
	3	2	1	235	212
5
	3	1	2	237	262	−25	4
	3	0	3	234	274	−40	3

Group III

25

68

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	238	213
6
	3	2	1	288	220
5
	3	1	2	255	277	−22	4
	3	0	3	197	268	−71	3

Group IV

45

16

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
	3	2	1	279	234
5	1–1 / 1.172
	3	2	1	236	220
5	1–1 / 1.019
	3	2	1	222	244	−22	5	1–1 / 0.839
	3	0	3	201	240	−39	3

15th place

13th place

11th place

9th place

7th place

5th place

Final round

Semifinals

3rd place

Final

Final standing

Qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics Basketball at the 2004 Summer Olympics took place at the Helliniko Olympic Indoor Arena in Athens, Greece for the preliminary rounds, with the latter stages being held in the Olympic Indoor Hall at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex....

Rank	Team	Record
		8–0
		7–1
		6–2
4		5–3
5		4–3
6		3–4
7		3–4
8		2–5
9		3–4
10		3–4
11		4–3
12		3–4
13		3–4
14		2–5
15		2–5
16		0–7