2000 ABC Champions Cup

2000 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
11th Asia Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host country Lebanon
Dates14–21 May
Teams9
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Lebanon (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
MVPLebanon Elie Mechantaf
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The ABC Champions Cup 2000 was the 11th staging of the ABC Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of Asian Basketball Confederation. The tournament was held in Beirut, Lebanon between May 14 to 21, 2000. The reigning champions Sagesse from the hosts were the first team to successfully defend their title in this annual tournament.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Lebanon Sagesse 3 3 0 245 189 +56 6
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 3 2 1 248 240 +8 5
Syria Al-Wahda 3 1 2 198 219 −21 4
Iran Zob Ahan Isfahan 3 0 3 190 233 −43 3
May 14
21:15
Sagesse Lebanon 77–57 Syria Al-Wahda
May 16
18:00
Al-Wahda Syria 73–91 Kuwait Al-Qadsia
May 18
21:15
Al-Qadsia Kuwait 65–95 Lebanon Sagesse

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 4 4 0 334 230 +104 8
Bahrain Al-Manama 4 3 1 292 283 +9 7
Qatar Al-Rayyan 4 2 2 323 282 +41 6
Malaysia Petronas 4 1 3 254 308 −54 5
Indonesia Mahaka 4 0 4 262 362 −100 4
May 14
16:00
Petronas Malaysia 79–73 Indonesia Mahaka
May 15
14:00
Mahaka Indonesia 64–93 Bahrain Al-Manama
May 15
18:00
Petronas Malaysia 61–103 Qatar Al-Rayyan
May 16
14:00
Mahaka Indonesia 57–104 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
May 17
14:00
Al-Manama Bahrain 65–59 Malaysia Petronas
May 18
14:00
Al-Rayyan Qatar 86–68 Indonesia Mahaka

Knockout round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 May 20 – Beirut
 
 
Lebanon Sagesse 71
 
 May 21 – Beirut
 
Bahrain Al-Manama 65
 
Lebanon Sagesse 55
 
 May 20 – Beirut
 
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 52
 
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 95
 
 
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 69
 
Third place
 
 
 May 21 – Beirut
 
 
Bahrain Al-Manama 92
 
 
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 69

Semifinals

May 20
18:00
Semis
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 95–69 Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Scoring by half: 49–33, 46–36
Pts: Ford 34 Pts: Farhan 19
May 20
20:45
Semis
Sagesse Lebanon 71–65 Bahrain Al-Manama
Scoring by half: 38–42, 33–23
Pts: Mechantaf 22 Pts: Dortch 19

Finals

May 20
15:15
7th–8th
Zob Ahan Isfahan Iran 83–44 Malaysia Petronas
Scoring by half: 44–23, 39–21
Pts: Emdadi 18 Pts: Enoch 23
May 21
15:15
5th–6th
Al-Wahda Syria 70–84 Qatar Al-Rayyan
Scoring by half: 39–48, 31–36
Pts: Al-Sharif 32 Pts: Mahmoud 35
May 21
18:00
Bronze
Al-Manama Bahrain 92–69 Kuwait Al-Qadsia
Scoring by half: 39–38, 53–31
Pts: Najaf 22 Pts: Farhan 22
May 21
20:45
Gold
Sagesse Lebanon 55–52 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Scoring by half: 28–24, 27–28
Pts: El Khatib 19
Rebs: N'Diaye 12
Asts: Mechantaf 3		 Pts: Ford 20
Rebs: Al-Maghrabi 10
Asts: Ford 5

Final standings

Rank Team Record
Lebanon Sagesse 5–0
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 5–1
Bahrain Al-Manama 4–2
4 Kuwait Al-Qadsia 2–3
5 Qatar Al-Rayyan 3–2
6 Syria Al-Wahda 1–3
7 Iran Zob Ahan Isfahan 1–3
8 Malaysia Petronas 1–4
9 Indonesia Mahaka 0–4

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