2003 ABC Champions Cup

2003 FIBA Asia Champions Cup
14th Asia Champions Cup
Tournament details
Host country Malaysia
Dates21–27 December
Teams9
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Syria (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPUnited States Andre Pitts
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The ABC Champions Cup 2003 was the 14th staging of the ABC Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of Asian Basketball Confederation. The tournament was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia between December 21 to 27, 2003.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
Qatar Al-Rayyan 3 3 0 290 232 +58 6
South Korea Sangmu Phoenix 3 1 2 283 284 −1 4 1–1 / 1.061
Bahrain Al-Muharraq 3 1 2 245 265 −20 4 1–1 / 1.017
Indonesia ASPAC 3 1 2 252 289 −37 4 1–1 / 0.927
December 21
Al-Rayyan Qatar 96–73 Indonesia ASPAC
December 24
Sangmu South Korea 109–88 Indonesia ASPAC
December 25
Al-Rayyan Qatar 103–91 South Korea Sangmu

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Syria Al-Wahda 4 4 0 413 314 +99 8
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 4 3 1 340 297 +43 7
Iran Sanam Tehran 4 2 2 352 348 +4 6
Malaysia Petronas 4 1 3 314 310 +4 5
India Young Cagers 4 0 4 286 436 −150 4
December 22
Petronas Malaysia 64–78 Iran Sanam
December 23
Sanam Iran 85–105 Syria Al-Wahda
December 24
Sanam Iran 83–88 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad

Knockout round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
 December 26 – Kuala Lumpur
 
 
Qatar Al-Rayyan 94
 
 December 27 – Kuala Lumpur
 
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 88
 
Qatar Al-Rayyan 63
 
 December 26 – Kuala Lumpur
 
Syria Al-Wahda 96
 
Syria Al-Wahda 107
 
 
South Korea Sangmu 78
 
Third place
 
 
 December 27 – Kuala Lumpur
 
 
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 82
 
 
South Korea Sangmu 91

Semifinals

December 26
Semis
Al-Rayyan Qatar 94–88 Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
December 26
Semis
Al-Wahda Syria 107–78 South Korea Sangmu

Finals

December 26
7th–8th
ASPAC Indonesia 97–84 Malaysia Petronas
December 27
5th–6th
Al-Muharraq Bahrain 80–86 Iran Sanam
December 27
Bronze
Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 82–91 South Korea Sangmu
December 27
Gold
Al-Rayyan Qatar 63–96 Syria Al-Wahda
Scoring by quarter: 21–33, 10–18, 15–19, 18–26

Final standings

Rank Team Record
Syria Al-Wahda 6–0
Qatar Al-Rayyan 4–1
South Korea Sangmu Phoenix 2–3
4th Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad 3–3
5th Iran Sanam Tehran 3–2
6th Bahrain Al-Muharraq 1–3
7th Indonesia ASPAC 2–2
8th Malaysia Petronas 1–4
9th India Young Cagers 0–4

Awards

References