 In both tournaments, each country can only be represented by one team, which could be its national team, youth team, club team, or an all-star selection, except for the hosts Taiwan, which could opt to have two teams.Since the tournament is not sanctioned by FIBA, the Chinese Taipei national team is referred to as "Republic of China" by the organizers.In 2003, the tournament was cancelled due to the SARS epidemic in Asia, but was resumed the following year.