2001 ABC Champions Cup

2001 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
12th Asia Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host country United Arab Emirates
Dates1–8 June
Teams11
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Saudi Arabia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPUnited States Johnny Rhodes
2000
2002

The ABC Champions Cup 2001 was the 12th staging of the ABC Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of Asian Basketball Confederation. The tournament was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates between June 1 to 8, 2001.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
Qatar Al-Rayyan 4 3 1 353 323 +30 7 1–0
Syria Al-Wahda 4 3 1 383 345 +38 7 0–1
Lebanon Sagesse 4 2 2 341 340 +1 6 1–0
Indonesia ASPAC Texmaco 4 2 2 382 359 +23 6 0–1
Kuwait Al-Qadsia 4 0 4 316 408 −92 4

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 5 5 0 452 397 +55 10
Hong Kong Winling 5 3 2 428 444 −16 8 1–0
United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli 5 3 2 361 343 +18 8 0–1
Bahrain Al-Manama 5 2 3 418 416 +2 7 1–0
Iran Zob Ahan Esfahan 5 2 3 416 395 +21 7 0–1
Malaysia Petronas 5 0 5 333 413 −80 5

Knockout round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
June 7 – Dubai
 
 
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 111
 
June 8 – Dubai
 
Syria Al-Wahda 94
 
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad (OT)103
 
June 7 – Dubai
 
Qatar Al-Rayyan 101
 
Qatar Al-Rayyan 89
 
 
Hong Kong Winling 68
 
Third place
 
 
June 8 – Dubai
 
 
Syria Al-Wahda 93
 
 
Hong Kong Winling 79

Semifinals

Finals

June 7
9th–10th
Zob Ahan Iran 97–86 Kuwait Al-Qadsia
June 7
7th–8th
ASPAC Indonesia 95–62 Bahrain Al-Manama
June 8
5th–6th
Sagesse Lebanon 66–77 United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli
June 8
21:30
Gold
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 103–101 (OT) Qatar Al-Rayyan
Scoring by quarter: 26–29, 21–28, 30–19, 17–18, Overtime: 9–7
Pts: Al-Mawalid, Vyšniauskas 20 Pts: Ismail 23

Final standings

Rank Team Record
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 7–0
Qatar Al-Rayyan 4–2
Syria Al-Wahda 4–2
4th Hong Kong Winling 3–4
5th United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli 4–2
6th Lebanon Sagesse 2–3
7th Indonesia ASPAC Texmaco 3–2
8th Bahrain Al-Manama 2–4
9th Iran Zob Ahan Esfahan 3–3
10th Kuwait Al-Qadsia 0–5
11th Malaysia Petronas 0–5

Awards

References