2002 ABC Under-18 Championship explained

The FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship 2002 is the 17th edition of the International Basketball Federation FIBA Asia's youth championship for basketball. The games were held at Kuwait City from December 16–26, 2002.

Draw

width=25%	Group A	width=25%	Group B	width=25%	Group C	width=25%	Group D
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* Mongolia, Thailand and Bahrain withdrew from the tournament; Yemen was later added to Group D.

Preliminary round

Group A

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	2	1	1	131	129	+2	3	1–1 / 1.016
	2	1	1	136	137	−1	3	1–1 / 0.993
	2	1	1	116	117	−1	3	1–1 / 0.991

Group B

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	3	3	0	301	156	+145	6
	3	2	1	236	208	+28	5
	3	1	2	210	201	+9	4
	3	0	3	167	349	−182	3

Group C

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	3	3	0	294	177	+117	6
	3	2	1	203	206	−3	5
	3	1	2	212	247	−35	4
	3	0	3	227	306	−79	3

Group D

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	2	2	0	228	147	+81	4
	2	1	1	168	138	+30	3
	2	0	2	111	222	−111	2

Quarterfinal round

Group I

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	3	2	1	308	267	+41	5	1–0
	3	2	1	248	249	−1	5	0–1
	3	1	2	242	266	−24	4	1–0
	3	1	2	213	229	−16	4	0–1

Group II

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts	width=80	Tiebreaker
	3	2	1	244	202	+42	5	1–1 / 1.040
	3	2	1	266	211	+55	5	1–1 / 1.000
	3	2	1	258	211	+47	5	1–1 / 0.964
	3	0	3	152	296	−144	3

Group III

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	2	2	0	199	130	+69	4
	2	1	1	144	158	−14	3
	2	0	2	126	181	−55	2

Group IV

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	2	2	0	151	117	+34	4
	2	1	1	147	167	−20	3
	2	0	2	151	165	−14	2

Classification 5th–14th

5th place

Final round

Final

Final standing

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Qualified for the 2003 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team	width=60	Record
		7–1
		4–3
		4–3
4		4–4
5		5–1
6		4–3
7		3–3
8		2–5
9		4–1
10		3–3
11		2–3
12		2–4
13		1–5
14		0–6

References

• Japan Basketball Association