1975 Asian Basketball Championship

FIBA Asia Championship 1975
8th Asian Basketball Championship
Number of nations	13
winner	China (1st title)
venue	Thailand
Opening game	November 30, 1975
Endgame	November 12, 1975
Games	51

The 1975 Asian Basketball Championship (officially: FIBA Asia Championship 1975 ) was the 8th edition of this tournament and took place from November 15 to November 26, 1975 in Bangkok , Thailand . It was organized by FIBA Asia , the Asian basketball association. The winner qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics .

Preliminary round

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

Group A

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	China	6th	6th	0	621: 417	12
2	Philippines	6th	5	1	622: 526	10
3	Thailand	6th	4th	2	535: 488	8th
4th	Singapore	6th	3	3	502: 560	6th
5	Hong Kong	6th	2	4th	507: 580	4th
6th	Indonesia	6th	1	5	460: 588	2
7th	Pakistan	6th	0	6th	440: 528	0

15th November 1975	Thailand	-	Hong Kong	94 : 76
15th November 1975	Philippines	-	Singapore	97 : 72
15th November 1975	Indonesia	-	Pakistan	74 : 67
November 16, 1975	Hong Kong	-	Indonesia	87 : 76
November 16, 1975	Pakistan	-	China	64: 94
November 16, 1975	Singapore	-	Thailand	83: 99
17th November 1975	Indonesia	-	Philippines	87: 117
17th November 1975	Thailand	-	Pakistan	87 : 69
17th November 1975	China	-	Singapore	109 : 64
18th November 1975	Singapore	-	Indonesia	104 : 87
18th November 1975	Pakistan	-	Hong Kong	75: 82
18th November 1975	Philippines	-	China	85: 105
19th November 1975	Hong Kong	-	Singapore	89: 93
19th November 1975	China	-	Indonesia	108 : 57
19th November 1975	Thailand	-	Philippines	88: 96
20th November 1975	Philippines	-	Pakistan	105 : 86
20th November 1975	China	-	Hong Kong	120 : 85
20th November 1975	Indonesia	-	Thailand	79: 105
November 21, 1975	Pakistan	-	Singapore	79: 86
November 21, 1975	Hong Kong	-	Philippines	88: 122
November 21, 1975	Thailand	-	China	62: 85

Group B

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	Japan	5	6th	0	566: 380	10
2	South Korea	5	4th	1	634: 340	8th
3	India	5	3	2	477: 474	6th
4th	Malaysia	5	2	3	479: 523	4th
5	Kuwait	5	1	4th	399: 517	2
6th	Sri Lanka	5	0	5	351: 672	0

15th November 1975	South Korea	-	Kuwait	124 : 68
15th November 1975	Japan	-	Malaysia	117 : 77
November 16, 1975	Malaysia	-	Sri Lanka	144 : 94
November 16, 1975	India	-	South Korea	61: 126
17th November 1975	Sri Lanka	-	Kuwait	82: 103
17th November 1975	Japan	-	India	99 : 88
18th November 1975	Sri Lanka	-	Japan	54: 126
18th November 1975	India	-	Kuwait	90 : 78
19th November 1975	South Korea	-	Malaysia	119 : 69
19th November 1975	Japan	-	Kuwait	118 : 66
20th November 1975	Malaysia	-	India	86: 109
20th November 1975	Sri Lanka	-	South Korea	36: 163
November 21, 1975	India	-	Sri Lanka	136 : 85
November 21, 1975	Kuwait	-	Malaysia	84: 103
November 21, 1975	South Korea	-	Japan	102: 106

Final round

The three best of groups A and B played in the final round for places 1–6, all others for places 7–13. The results of the teams that played against each other in the preliminary round were evaluated in the final round.

Places 1–6

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
1	China	5	5	0	478: 365	10
2	Japan	5	4th	1	446: 412	9
3	South Korea	5	3	2	539: 405	8th
4th	India	5	2	3	419: 479	7th
5	Philippines	5	1	4th	409: 527	6th
6th	Thailand	5	0	5	355: 458	5

November 23, 1975	China	-	India	111 : 81
November 23, 1975	Thailand	-	Japan	64: 82
November 24, 1975	Japan	-	Philippines	100 : 85
November 24, 1975	South Korea	-	China	78: 97
November 25, 1975	Thailand	-	South Korea	67: 112
November 25, 1975	Philippines	-	India	69: 113
November 26, 1975	South Korea	-	Philippines	121 : 74
November 26, 1975	China	-	Japan	80 : 59
November 26, 1975	India	-	Thailand	83 : 74

Seats 7–13

space	team	Games	Victories	Dutch	baskets	Points
7th	Singapore	6th	6th	0	546: 474	12
8th	Malaysia	6th	5	1	612: 508	11
9	Hong Kong	6th	4th	2	544: 506	10
10	Indonesia	6th	2	4th	498: 502	8th
11	Pakistan	6th	2	4th	508: 525	8th
12	Kuwait	6th	2	4th	468: 501	8th
13	Sri Lanka	6th	0	6th	474: 634	6th

November 23, 1975	Indonesia	-	Sri Lanka	81 : 73
November 23, 1975	Pakistan	-	Malaysia	84: 101
November 23, 1975	Hong Kong	-	Kuwait	92 : 89
November 24, 1975	Malaysia	-	Indonesia	98 : 84
November 24, 1975	Sri Lanka	-	Pakistan	74: 100
November 24, 1975	Kuwait	-	Singapore	75: 89
November 25, 1975	Hong Kong	-	Sri Lanka	111 : 81
November 25, 1975	Pakistan	-	Kuwait	93 : 85
November 25, 1975	Singapore	-	Malaysia	79 : 74
November 26, 1975	Kuwait	-	Indonesia	72 : 66
November 26, 1975	Sri Lanka	-	Singapore	70: 95
November 26, 1975	Malaysia	-	Hong Kong	92 : 83

Final results

rank	team	Siege: Niederl.
1	People's Republic of China	9-0
2	Japan	7: 1
3	South Korea	6: 2
4th	India	5: 3
5	Philippines	5: 4
6th	Thailand	4: 5
7th	Singapore	6: 3
8th	Malaysia	5: 4
9	Hong Kong	4: 5
10	Indonesia	3: 7
11	Pakistan	2: 7
12	Kuwait	2: 7
13	Sri Lanka	0: 9

The national team of China qualified for the 1976 Summer Olympics .

Web links

• Data on archiv.fiba.com (English)