1971 Asian Basketball Championship

FIBA Asia Championship 1971
6th Asian Basketball Championship
Number of nations	9
winner	Japan (2nd title)
venue	Japan
Opening game	October 30, 1971
Endgame	November 10, 1971
Games	36

The 1971 Asian Basketball Championship (officially: FIBA Asia Championship 1971 ) was the 6th edition of this tournament and took place from October 30th to November 10th 1971 in Tokyo , Japan . It was organized by FIBA Asia , the Asian basketball association. The two best teams qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics . The tournament was played in the game system everyone against everyone

Results

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Japan	8th	8th	0	734: 427	16
2	Philippines	8th	7th	1	808: 572	15th
3	South Korea	8th	6th	2	784: 523	14th
4th	Taiwan	8th	5	3	654: 577	13
5	Malaysia	8th	4th	4th	588: 613	12
6th	India	8th	3	5	563: 632	11
7th	Thailand	8th	2	6th	544: 692	10
8th	Singapore	8th	1	7th	548: 806	9
9	Hong Kong	8th	0	8th	493: 874	8th

October 30, 1971	Singapore	-	Philippines	80: 134
October 30, 1971	Japan	-	Thailand	79 : 44
October 30, 1971	Hong Kong	-	South Korea	51: 125
October 30, 1971	Malaysia	-	India	80 : 68
October 31, 1971	Thailand	-	Singapore	98 : 58
October 31, 1971	Taiwan	-	Malaysia	92 : 69
October 31, 1971	Philippines	-	Hong Kong	133 : 57
October 31, 1971	South Korea	-	India	83 : 57
1st November 1971	Singapore	-	Taiwan	62: 98
1st November 1971	Malaysia	-	South Korea	57: 79
1st November 1971	Thailand	-	India	67: 75
1st November 1971	Hong Kong	-	Japan	38: 131
3rd November 1971	Philippines	-	Malaysia	95 : 57
3rd November 1971	India	-	Singapore	80 : 79
3rd November 1971	Japan	-	Taiwan	86 : 57
3rd November 1971	South Korea	-	Thailand	131 : 61
4th November 1971	Taiwan	-	Hong Kong	96 : 59
4th November 1971	Japan	-	India	87 : 56
4th November 1971	Thailand	-	Philippines	72: 121
November 6, 1971	South Korea	-	Philippines	80: 88
November 6, 1971	Hong Kong	-	Singapore	72: 96
November 6, 1971	India	-	Taiwan	64: 71
7th November 1971	Japan	-	Malaysia	86 : 48
7th November 1971	Thailand	-	Hong Kong	85 : 76
7th November 1971	Singapore	-	South Korea	49: 125
November 8, 1971	Hong Kong	-	India	74: 101
November 8, 1971	Philippines	-	Japan	69: 93
November 8, 1971	Malaysia	-	Thailand	71 : 50
November 8, 1971	Taiwan	-	South Korea	84: 93 (OT)
November 9, 1971	Malaysia	-	Hong Kong	107 : 66
November 9, 1971	Japan	-	Singapore	96 : 47
November 9, 1971	Taiwan	-	Thailand	81 : 67
November 9, 1971	India	-	Philippines	62: 91
November 10, 1971	Singapore	-	Malaysia	77: 103
November 10, 1971	Philippines	-	Taiwan	77 : 75
November 10, 1971	South Korea	-	Japan	68: 76

Final results

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

The national teams of Japan and Philippines qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics .

Web links

• Data on archiv.fiba.com (English)