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Asian Basketball Championships Postponed

The 20th Asian Men's Basketball Championship and the 22nd Asian Women's Basketball Championship have both been postponed, the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) announced here on Thursday.

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The 20th Asian Men's Basketball Championship and the 22nd Asian Women's Basketball Championship have both been postponed, the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) announced here on Thursday.

The men's championship, which had been scheduled on September 3-12 in Harbin, China, was postponed to September 23-October 3 aftera meeting of the executive board of the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) on Monday, according to the CBA's official website BSGB.

The hosts and the reigning Asian champions China, who lost to South Korea at the Asian Games in Busan last year, will try to defend its title and clinch the only ticket for Asia to the AthensOlympics men's basketball tournament in 2004.

The women's tournament, originally slated for Sendai, Japan on June 21-29, will be played in the Japanese city on January 13-19.

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