1979 ABC Championship

1979 FIBA Asia Championship
10th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Japan
Dates November 30 – December 12
Teams 13 (from all Asian federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  China (3rd title)
< 1977
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The 1979 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Nagoya, Japan.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 330319199+1206
 India 321229233−45
 Iraq 312259281−224
 Bahrain 303200294−943
December 1
China  96–56  India
Scoring by half: 52–26, 44–30
December 2
Bahrain  63–80  India
Scoring by half: 30–38, 33–42
December 2
China  105–89  Iraq
Scoring by half: 57–41, 48–48
December 3
Bahrain  83–96  Iraq
Scoring by half: 57–41, 26–55
December 4
China  118–54  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 57–34, 61–20
December 5
Iraq  74–93  India
Scoring by half: 36–48, 38–45

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 330366251+1156
 Philippines 321326264+625
 Thailand 312252307−554
 Singapore 303227349−1223
December 1
South Korea  130–68  Thailand
Scoring by half: 73–44, 57–24
December 2
Singapore  65–128  Philippines
Scoring by half: 32–66, 33–62
December 3
Thailand  103–86  Singapore
Scoring by half: 54–22, 49–34
December 3
South Korea  118–107  Philippines
Scoring by half: 62–58, 56–49
December 4
South Korea  118–76  Singapore
Scoring by half: 61–36, 57–40
December 5
Thailand  81–91  Philippines
Scoring by half: 36–43, 45–48

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Japan 440477239+2388
 Pakistan 431389352+377
 Malaysia 422427331+966
 Hong Kong 413322390−685
 Bangladesh 404253556−3034
November 30
Japan  121–80  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 61–45, 60–35
December 1
Hong Kong  114–73  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 57–41, 57–32
December 1
Malaysia  72–84  Japan
Scoring by half: 24–46, 48–38
December 2
Malaysia  87–90  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 48–57, 39–33
December 2
Hong Kong  45–121  Japan
Scoring by half: 31–61, 14–60
December 3
Pakistan  120–67  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 63–29, 57–38
December 4
Hong Kong  86–97  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 43–59, 43–38
December 4
Bangladesh  42–151  Japan
Scoring by half: 23–89, 19–62
December 5
Bangladesh  71–171  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–71, 33–100
December 5
Hong Kong  77–99  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 46–53, 31–46

Final round

  • The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the final round.

Classification 7th–13th

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Malaysia 660663479+18412
 Iraq 651608473+13511
 Thailand 642619500+11910
 Singapore 633545550−59
 Hong Kong 624503523−208
 Bahrain 615483536−537
 Bangladesh 606430790−3606
December 7
Thailand  109–76  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 49–48, 60–28
December 7
Bahrain  114–66  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 64–26, 50–40
December 7
Malaysia  123–90  Singapore
Scoring by half: 62–42, 61–48
December 8
Iraq  139–76  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 72–38, 67–38
December 8
Hong Kong  78–86  Singapore
Scoring by half: 43–51, 35–35
December 8
Thailand  112–90  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 55–42, 57–48
December 9
Iraq  100–72  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 60–41, 40–31
December 9
Malaysia  89–82  Thailand
Scoring by half: 47–45, 42–37
December 9
Singapore  86–71  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 47–36, 39–35
December 10
Thailand  145–74  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 52–29, 93–45
December 10
Singapore  90–105  Iraq
Scoring by half: 48–57, 42–48
December 10
Malaysia  99–67  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 59–29, 40–38
December 11
Hong Kong  77–58  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 29–38, 48–20
December 11
Singapore  107–70  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 65–36, 42–34
December 11
Iraq  83–84  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–45, 45–39
December 12
Iraq  85–68  Thailand
Scoring by half: 50–30, 35–38

Championship

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 550503360+14310
 Japan 541497384+1139
 South Korea 532505452+538
 Philippines 523508539−317
 India 514366467−1016
 Pakistan 505398575−1775
December 7
India  78–93  South Korea
Scoring by half: 30–56, 48–37
December 7
Japan  111–94  Philippines
Scoring by half: 54–42, 57–52
December 8
China  124–89  Philippines
Scoring by half: 66–44, 58–45
December 8
South Korea  121–73  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 59–45, 62–28
December 9
Japan  97–55  India
Scoring by half: 49–24, 48–31
December 9
China  119–59  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 56–32, 63–27
December 9
India  86–95  Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–54, 42–41
December 10
South Korea  85–100  Japan
Scoring by half: 39–62, 46–38
December 10
Philippines  123–100  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 69–45, 54–55
December 11
Japan  68–70 (OT)  China
Scoring by half: 33–38, 31–26 Overtime: 4–6
December 12
South Korea  88–94  China
Scoring by half: 48–45, 40–49
December 12
India  91–86  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 48–43, 43–43

Final standing

Qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics
Rank Team Record
1st, gold medalist(s)  China7–0
2nd, silver medalist(s)  Japan7–1
3rd, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea5–2
4  Philippines4–3
5  India3–4
6  Pakistan3–5
7  Malaysia6–2
8  Iraq5–3
9  Thailand4–4
10  Singapore3–5
11  Hong Kong2–6
12  Bahrain1–7
13  Bangladesh0–8

Awards

 1979 Asian Champions 

China
Third title

References

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