The 1999 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men was the qualifying tournament for the Basketball Tournament at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

According to the ABC rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (Japan) and the best 5 teams of the previous Asian Championship were automatically qualified.

The draw was held on June 15 at New Otani Hotel in Tokyo.

South Korea United Arab Emirates Lebanon Philippines Japan Thailand Hong Kong Kuwait China Kazakhstan * Syria North Korea * Saudi Arabia Uzbekistan Chinese Taipei Bahrain * North Korea and Kazakhstan pulled out of the tournament, leaving Group C with only two teams.

ABC added  Malaysia into the bracket.