2001 William Jones Cup

The 2001 William Jones Cup (24th tournament) took place in Taiwan. Chinese Taipei won its first title since the first edition of the tournament 24 years ago.[1]

2001 William Jones Cup
Tournament information
Dates17–25 August 2001
Host(s) Taiwan
Teams8
Final positions
Champion Iran
1st runner-up South Korea
2nd runner-up Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
← 2000
2002 →

Standings edit

Team Pld W L
  Chinese Taipei 7 7 0
  South Korea 7 6 1
  Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 7 5 2
  FedEx-Laguna Lakers 7 4 3
  Honduras 7 3 4
  Victoria University 7 5 2
  Mongolia 7 1 6
  South Africa 7 0 7

Results edit

17 August
  Chinese Taipei 100–57   South Africa
17 August
  South Korea 118–70   Mongolia
18 August
  Chinese Taipei 109–78   Mongolia
18 August
  Honduras 82–61   South Africa
19 August
  South Korea 76–71   Honduras
20 August
  FedEx-Laguna Lakers 97–70   Mongolia
20 August
  Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 86–84   Honduras
21 August
  Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 103–73   Mongolia
21 August
  FedEx-Laguna Lakers 95–67   South Africa
21 August
  South Korea 92–65   Victoria University
22 August
  Victoria University 97–64   Mongolia
22 August
  South Korea 97–88   FedEx-Laguna Lakers
22 August
  Chinese Taipei 90–77   Honduras
23 August
  Honduras 92–81   Mongolia
23 August
  Victoria University 85–60   South Africa
24 August
  South Korea 83–80   Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
24 August
  FedEx-Laguna Lakers 90–85   Honduras
24 August
  Mongolia Victoria University 93–87   South Africa
25 August
  Victoria University 67–70   Honduras
25 August
  Chinese Taipei 69–58   South Korea

Attendance: 10,000

Awards edit

 2001 William Jones Cup Men's Tournament 
 
Chinese Taipei
First title
Most Valuable Player
  Chen Chih-chung

References edit

  1. ^ "Final Day: Taiwan Wins First Ever Jones Cup Title". Asia-Basket. Eurobasket Inc. Retrieved 29 December 2015.