Asian basketball championship 1963

FIBA Asia Championship 1963
2nd Asian Basketball Championship
Number of nations	8th
winner	Philippines (2nd title)
venue	Taiwan
Opening game	November 20, 1963
Endgame	2nd December 1963
Games	38

The 1963 Asian Basketball Championship (officially: FIBA Asia Championship 1963 ) was the 2nd edition of this tournament and took place from November 20 to December 2, 1963 in Taipei , Republic of China (Taiwan) . It was organized by FIBA Asia , the Asian basketball association.

Preliminary round

In the preliminary round, eight 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	7th	6th	1	649: 406	13
2	Taiwan	7th	6th	1	695: 535	13
3	South Korea	7th	5	2	649: 496	12
4th	Thailand	7th	4th	3	581: 542	11
5	Malaysia	7th	4th	3	548: 568	11
6th	Singapore	7th	2	5	516: 662	9
7th	Hong Kong	7th	1	6th	479: 610	8th
8th	Vietnam	7th	0	7th	538: 836	7th

November 20, 1963	Singapore	-	Hong Kong	80 : 73
November 21, 1963	Vietnam	-	Singapore	89: 98
November 21, 1963	Malaysia	-	South Korea	81 : 80
November 21, 1963	Thailand	-	Philippines	60: 83
November 22, 1963	Singapore	-	Thailand	65: 74
November 22, 1963	Vietnam	-	Philippines	61: 124
November 22, 1963	South Korea	-	Hong Kong	90 : 61
November 22, 1963	Taiwan	-	Malaysia	100 : 76
November 23, 1963	Hong Kong	-	Vietnam	105 : 75
November 23, 1963	Malaysia	-	Philippines	42: 103
November 23, 1963	South Korea	-	Singapore	110 : 55
November 23, 1963	Thailand	-	Taiwan	87: 96
November 24, 1963	Thailand	-	Malaysia	68 : 66
November 24, 1963	Singapore	-	Philippines	64: 114
November 24, 1963	Vietnam	-	South Korea	75: 136
November 24, 1963	Hong Kong	-	Taiwan	46: 102
November 25, 1963	Taiwan	-	Vietnam	145 : 91
November 26, 1963	Singapore	-	Malaysia	72: 111
November 26, 1963	Vietnam	-	Thailand	75: 131
November 26, 1963	Philippines	-	Hong Kong	96 : 52
November 26, 1963	South Korea	-	Taiwan	83: 96
November 27, 1963	Taiwan	-	Singapore	91 : 82
November 27, 1963	Malaysia	-	Vietnam	97 : 72
November 27, 1963	Hong Kong	-	Thailand	69: 92
November 27, 1963	Philippines	-	South Korea	65: 70
November 28, 1963	Hong Kong	-	Malaysia	73: 75
November 28, 1963	South Korea	-	Thailand	88 : 69
November 28, 1963	Taiwan	-	Philippines	65: 70

Because Thailand and Malaysia had the same number of points, a play-off for fourth place was played.

November 29, 1963

Thailand

-

Malaysia

86 : 81

Final round

The four best of the preliminary round played in the final round for places 1–4, all others for places 5–8. The results from the preliminary round were taken over into the final round.

Places 1–4

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Philippines	10	8th	2	906: 636	18th
2	Taiwan	10	8th	2	955: 780	18th
3	South Korea	10	7th	3	894: 726	17th
4th	Thailand	10	4th	6th	791: 809	14th

November 30, 1963	Thailand	-	Philippines	53: 91
November 30, 1963	Taiwan	-	South Korea	74: 78
December 1, 1963	Taiwan	-	Thailand	90 : 86
December 1, 1963	South Korea	-	Philippines	81: 85
2nd December 1963	South Korea	-	Thailand	86 : 71
2nd December 1963	Philippines	-	Taiwan	81: 96

Because the Philippines and Taiwan had the same number of points, the champion was determined in a playoff.

3rd December 1963

Taiwan

-

Philippines

77: 91

Places 5–8

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
5	Malaysia	10	6th	4th	823: 842	16
6th	Hong Kong	10	4th	6th	744: 820	14th
7th	Singapore	10	3	7th	769: 919	13
8th	Vietnam	10	0	10	795: 1145	10

November 30, 1963	Vietnam	-	Malaysia	85: 112
November 30, 1963	Singapore	-	Hong Kong	65: 67
December 1, 1963	Vietnam	-	Singapore	87: 91
December 1, 1963	Malaysia	-	Hong Kong	60: 92
2nd December 1963	Hong Kong	-	Vietnam	105 : 85
2nd December 1963	Malaysia	-	Singapore	103 : 97

Final results

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.
1	Philippines	9: 2
2	Taiwan	8: 3
3	South Korea	7: 3
4th	Thailand	5: 6
5	Malaysia	6: 5
6th	Hong Kong	4: 6
7th	Singapore	3: 7
8th	Vietnam	0: 9

Web links

• Data on archiv.fiba.com (English)