1960 Asian Basketball Championship

FIBA Asia Championship 1960
2nd Asian Basketball Championship
Number of nations	7th
winner	Philippines (1st title)
venue	Philippines
Opening game	January 16, 1960
Endgame	January 28, 1960
Games	27

The 1960 Asian Basketball Championship (officially: FIBA Asia Championship 1960 ) was the first Asian Championship in Asia and took place from January 16 to 28, 1960 in Manila , Philippines . It was organized by FIBA Asia , the Asian basketball association.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, seven teams played each against each other. The winner of a game received two points, the loser one point.

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Philippines	6th	6th	0	623: 405	12
2	Taiwan	6th	5	1	517: 432	11
3	Japan	6th	4th	2	448: 443	10
4th	South Korea	6th	3	3	520: 461	9
5	Hong Kong	6th	2	4th	516: 542	8th
6th	Indonesia	6th	1	5	404: 522	7th
7th	Malaya	6th	0	6th	435: 658	6th

January 16, 1960	South Korea	-	Hong Kong	93 : 78
January 16, 1960	Indonesia	-	Philippines	46: 92
January 16, 1960	Japan	-	Malaya	88 : 68
17th January 1960	Philippines	-	Hong Kong	115 : 66
17th January 1960	Indonesia	-	Japan	67: 74
17th January 1960	South Korea	-	Taiwan	71: 78
January 18, 1960	Hong Kong	-	Indonesia	96 : 72
January 18, 1960	Malaya	-	Philippines	58: 126
January 18, 1960	Japan	-	Taiwan	59: 71
January 19, 1960	Taiwan	-	Malaya	110 : 74
January 19, 1960	Hong Kong	-	Japan	73: 81
January 19, 1960	South Korea	-	Philippines	79: 97
January 20, 1960	Malaya	-	Indonesia	76: 98
January 20, 1960	Taiwan	-	Hong Kong	87 : 81
January 20, 1960	South Korea	-	Japan	67: 73
January 21, 1960	Taiwan	-	Indonesia	88 : 51
January 21, 1960	Japan	-	Philippines	73: 97
January 21, 1960	Malaya	-	South Korea	65: 114
January 22, 1960	Malaya	-	Hong Kong	94: 122
January 22, 1960	Indonesia	-	South Korea	70: 96
January 22, 1960	Taiwan	-	Philippines	83: 96

Final round

The four best of the preliminary round played for places 1–4 in the final round. The results from the preliminary round were taken over into the final round.

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Philippines	9	9	0	910: 645	18th
2	Taiwan	9	7th	2	774: 685	16
3	Japan	9	5	4th	683: 703	14th
4th	South Korea	9	3	6th	771: 738	12

January 24, 1960	Japan	-	Taiwan	69: 84
January 24, 1960	South Korea	-	Philippines	82: 96
January 26, 1960	Taiwan	-	South Korea	95 : 85
January 26, 1960	Philippines	-	Japan	92 : 80
January 28, 1960	Japan	-	South Korea	86 : 84
January 28, 1960	Philippines	-	Taiwan	99 : 78

Final results

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.
1	Philippines	9-0
2	Taiwan	7: 2
3	Japan	5: 4
4th	South Korea	3: 6
5	Hong Kong	2: 4
6th	Indonesia	1: 5
7th	Malaya	0: 6

Web links

• Data on archiv.fiba.com (English)