Asian basketball championship 1965

FIBA Asia Championship 1965
3rd Asian Basketball Championship
Number of nations	10
winner	Japan (1st title)
venue	Kuala Lumpur
Opening game	November 28, 1965
Endgame	December 11, 1965
Games	41

The Basketball Asia Championship 1965 (officially: FIBA Asia Championship for Men 1965 ) was the 3rd edition of this tournament and took place from November 28 to December 11, 1965 in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia . It was organized by FIBA Asia , the Asian basketball association. 14 teams took part in this tournament. The best team qualified for the 1967 World Basketball Championship .

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in two groups with five teams. The winner of a game received two points, the loser one point.

Group A

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Philippines	4th	4th	0	348: 152	8th
2	Japan	4th	3	1	288: 234	7th
3	Malaysia	4th	2	2	258: 282	6th
4th	Vietnam	4th	1	3	263: 318	5
5	Singapore	4th	0	4th	219: 346	4th

November 28, 1965	Philippines	-	Malaysia	82 : 53
November 29, 1965	Singapore	-	Japan	42: 79
November 29, 1965	Malaysia	-	Vietnam	72 : 65
November 30, 1965	Japan	-	Vietnam	91 : 67
November 30, 1965	Philippines	-	Singapore	104 : 39
December 1, 1965	Singapore	-	Malaysia	71: 82
December 1, 1965	Vietnam	-	Philippines	50:88
December 2, 1965	Singapore	-	Vietnam	67: 81
December 2, 1965	Philippines	-	Japan	74 : 54
December 3, 1965	Japan	-	Malaysia	64 : 51

Group B

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Taiwan	4th	4th	0	336: 232	8th
2	South Korea	4th	3	1	320: 264	7th
3	Thailand	4th	2	2	292: 272	6th
4th	India	4th	1	3	241: 344	5
5	Hong Kong	4th	0	4th	232: 309	4th

November 29, 1965	South Korea	-	India	104 : 64
November 30, 1965	India	-	Taiwan	58: 98
November 30, 1965	Hong Kong	-	South Korea	49: 85
December 1, 1965	India	-	Hong Kong	58 : 55
December 2, 1965	Hong Kong	-	Taiwan	62: 77
December 2, 1965	Thailand	-	South Korea	66: 69
December 3, 1965	Taiwan	-	Thailand	76 : 50
4th December 1965	Hong Kong	-	Thailand	66: 89
4th December 1965	Taiwan	-	South Korea	85 : 62
December 5, 1965	Thailand	-	India	87 : 61

Final round

The three best of groups A and B played in the final round for places 1–6, the remaining teams for places 7–10.

Places 1–6

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Japan	5	5	0	355: 301	10
2	Philippines	5	4th	1	385: 337	9
3	South Korea	5	3	2	326: 308	8th
4th	Thailand	5	2	3	350: 364	7th
5	Taiwan	5	1	4th	353: 372	6th
6th	Malaysia	5	0	5	313: 400	5

December 5, 1965	Malaysia	-	Japan	55: 77
December 5, 1965	Philippines	-	South Korea	59 : 50
December 6, 1965	Philippines	-	Malaysia	90 : 72
December 6, 1965	South Korea	-	Thailand	78 : 66
December 6, 1965	Japan	-	Taiwan	73 : 58
December 7, 1965	Thailand	-	Malaysia	86 : 71
December 7, 1965	Taiwan	-	South Korea	65: 67
December 7, 1965	Japan	-	Philippines	71 : 65
December 8, 1965	South Korea	-	Taiwan	74 : 71
December 9, 1965	South Korea	-	Malaysia	68 : 49
December 9, 1965	Japan	-	Thailand	65 : 60
December 10, 1965	Taiwan	-	Malaysia	79 : 66
December 10, 1965	Philippines	-	Thailand	79 : 64
December 11, 1965	South Korea	-	Japan	63: 69
December 11, 1965	Philippines	-	Taiwan	92 : 80

Seats 7–10

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
7th	India	3	3	0	250: 198	6th
8th	Hong Kong	3	2	1	223: 213	5
9	Singapore	3	1	2	238: 276	4th
10	Vietnam	3	0	3	241: 265	3

December 5, 1965	Vietnam	-	Hong Kong	80: 84 (OT)
December 6, 1965	Singapore	-	Vietnam	93 : 85
December 6, 1965	Hong Kong	-	India	50: 60
December 8, 1965	India	-	Singapore	102 : 72
December 9, 1965	Singapore	-	Hong Kong	73: 89
December 9, 1965	Vietnam	-	India	76: 88

Final results

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

The national team of Japan qualified for the 1967 World Basketball Championship .

Web links

• Data on archiv.fiba.com (English)