Basketball at the 1974 Asian Games

Basketball ; at the 1974 Asian Games
Venue	Aryamehr Basketball Hall
Date	September 2, 1974–September 15, 1974
Nations	14

Basketball was one of the 16 sports disciplines held in the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran, Iran. Israel won their 2nd title by beating the defending champions South Korea in the championship match. This is also the first time that women's edition were held, and Japan emerged as the first-ever champions after a round-robin format. The games were held from September 2 to 15, 1974.

Medal summary

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Israel	1	0	0	1
1	Japan	1	0	0	1
3	South Korea	0	2	0	2
4	China	0	0	2	2
Totals (4 nations)		2	2	2	6

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	Israel Motti Aroesti Shamuel Avishar Miki Berkovich Tal Brody Jacob Eisner Hanan Keren Itamar Marzel Avigdor Moskowitz Shamuel Nachmias Shuki Schwarz Boaz Yanai Shmaryahu Zaslevsky	South Korea Cha Sung-hwan Choi Kyung-duk Hwang Jae-hwan Kang Ho-seok Kim Dong-kwang Kim In-jin Kim Kyung-tae Kwak Hyun-chae Lee Bo-sun Lee Ja-young Lee Kwang-joon Yoo Hee-hyung	China Cai Guoqiang Cai Weichu Huang Pinjie Liu Changrong Mo Liangui Wang Deli Xu Zhengwen Xuan Chengbin Zhang Dawei Zhang Jianshe Zhang Weiping Zhao Liangcai
Women	Japan Reiko Aonuma Machiko Aoyama Hisako Furuno Kimiko Hashimoto Kazuko Kadoya Teruko Miyamoto Eriko Nagai Keiko Namai Miyako Otsuka Kimi Wakitashiro Sachiyo Yamamoto	South Korea Cho Myung-ok Cho Yung-soon Kang Hyun-suk Kim Eun-ju Kim Jae-soon Lee Ock-ja Park Sung-ja Shin In-sup Won Young-ja Yoo Kwae-soon Yoon Jung-ko Yoon Seon-ja	China Chen Xiushan Du Huanwen Fang Fengdi Li Muzhen Liu Yumin Luo Xuelian Wang Naifeng Wang She Wang Yuzhen Wei Wenshan Yang Shuying Zhu Qihui

Results

Men

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	2	2	0	235	192	+43	4
South Korea	2	1	1	214	192	+22	3
Iraq	2	0	2	190	255	−65	2

September 2
10:00

China	101–93	South Korea
Scoring by half: 51–55, 50–38

Iraq	99–134	China
Scoring by half: 41–60, 58–74

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	178	153	+25	4
North Korea	2	1	1	181	147	+34	3
Kuwait	2	0	2	148	207	−59	2

Japan	77–75	North Korea
Scoring by half: 46–37, 31–38

Kuwait	70–106	North Korea
Scoring by half: 29–57, 41–49

Japan	101–78	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 59–39, 42–39

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Iran	2	2	0	225	148	+77	4
Pakistan	2	1	1	197	176	+21	3
Bahrain	2	0	2	141	239	−98	2

Iran	128–62	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 57–32, 71–30

Iran	97–86	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 55–41, 42–45

Bahrain	61–111	Iraq
Scoring by half: 29–56, 32–55

Kuwait	107–66	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 54–30, 53–36

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Israel	1	1	0	122	73	+49	2
Philippines	1	0	1	73	122	−49	1

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
China	3	2	1	266	246	+20	5	1–1 / 1.024
Philippines	3	2	1	273	268	+5	5	1–1 / 1.017
North Korea	3	2	1	254	240	+14	5	1–1 / 0.960
Iran	3	0	3	234	273	−39	3

China	86–77	North Korea
Scoring by half: 52–39, 34–38

Philippines	93–91	Iran
Scoring by half: 55–40, 38–51

China	86–91	Philippines
Scoring by half: 49–47, 37–44

Iran	65–86	North Korea
Scoring by half: 35–40, 30–46

Philippines	89–91	North Korea
Scoring by half: 41–46, 48–45

Japan	133–89	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 73–44, 60–45

Israel	116–93	South Korea
Scoring by half: 59–50, 57–43

Pakistan	86–139	South Korea
Scoring by half: 33–66, 53–73

Japan	68–100	Israel
Scoring by half: 37–41, 31–59

Basketball at the 1974 Asian Games

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists

Results

Men

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Classification 9th–11th

Second round

Group A

Group B

Classification 5th–8th

Semi-finals

7th place game

5th place game

Final round

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Final standing

Women

References

Classification 5th–8th		5th place game

September 13

Japan	86
		September 14
Iran	89
		Iran	74
September 13
		North Korea	75
Pakistan	93

North Korea	107
		7th place game

		September 14

		Japan	101

		Pakistan	90

North Korea	107–93	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 63–58, 44–35

Israel	123–101	Philippines
Scoring by half: 62–45, 48–43

Philippines	89–102	China
Scoring by half: 44–47, 45–55

Israel	92–85	South Korea
Scoring by half: 50–43, 42–42

South Korea	84–71	China
Scoring by half: 38–31, 46–40

Japan	71–70	South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–40, 37–30

North Korea	64–77	Japan
Scoring by half: 35–32, 29–45

Iran	43–74	South Korea
Scoring by half: 22–48, 21–26

North Korea	83–98	China
Scoring by half: 39–44, 44–54