1979 ABC Championship

1979 FIBA Asia Championship
10th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Japan
Dates November 30 – December 12
Teams 13 (from all Asian federations)
Venues 1 (in 1 host city)
Champions  China (3rd title)
< 1977
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The 1979 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Nagoya, Japan.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 330319199+1206
 India 321229233−45
 Iraq 312259281−224
 Bahrain 303200294−943
December 1
China  96–56  India
Scoring by half: 52–26, 44–30
December 2
Bahrain  63–80  India
Scoring by half: 30–38, 33–42
December 2
China  105–89  Iraq
Scoring by half: 57–41, 48–48
December 3
Bahrain  83–96  Iraq
Scoring by half: 57–41, 26–55
December 4
China  118–54  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 57–34, 61–20
December 5
Iraq  74–93  India
Scoring by half: 36–48, 38–45

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 330366251+1156
 Philippines 321326264+625
 Thailand 312252307−554
 Singapore 303227349−1223
December 1
South Korea  130–68  Thailand
Scoring by half: 73–44, 57–24
December 2
Singapore  65–128  Philippines
Scoring by half: 32–66, 33–62
December 3
Thailand  103–86  Singapore
Scoring by half: 54–22, 49–34
December 3
South Korea  118–107  Philippines
Scoring by half: 62–58, 56–49
December 4
South Korea  118–76  Singapore
Scoring by half: 61–36, 57–40
December 5
Thailand  81–91  Philippines
Scoring by half: 36–43, 45–48

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Japan 440477239+2388
 Pakistan 431389352+377
 Malaysia 422427331+966
 Hong Kong 413322390−685
 Bangladesh 404253556−3034
November 30
Japan  121–80  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 61–45, 60–35
December 1
Hong Kong  114–73  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 57–41, 57–32
December 1
Malaysia  72–84  Japan
Scoring by half: 24–46, 48–38
December 2
Malaysia  87–90  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 48–57, 39–33
December 2
Hong Kong  45–121  Japan
Scoring by half: 31–61, 14–60
December 3
Pakistan  120–67  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 63–29, 57–38
December 4
Hong Kong  86–97  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 43–59, 43–38
December 4
Bangladesh  42–151  Japan
Scoring by half: 23–89, 19–62
December 5
Bangladesh  71–171  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–71, 33–100
December 5
Hong Kong  77–99  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 46–53, 31–46

Final round

Classification 7th–13th

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Malaysia 660663479+18412
 Iraq 651608473+13511
 Thailand 642619500+11910
 Singapore 633545550−59
 Hong Kong 624503523−208
 Bahrain 615483536−537
 Bangladesh 606430790−3606
December 7
Thailand  109–76  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 49–48, 60–28
December 7
Bahrain  114–66  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 64–26, 50–40
December 7
Malaysia  123–90  Singapore
Scoring by half: 62–42, 61–48
December 8
Iraq  139–76  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 72–38, 67–38
December 8
Hong Kong  78–86  Singapore
Scoring by half: 43–51, 35–35
December 8
Thailand  112–90  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 55–42, 57–48
December 9
Iraq  100–72  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 60–41, 40–31
December 9
Malaysia  89–82  Thailand
Scoring by half: 47–45, 42–37
December 9
Singapore  86–71  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 47–36, 39–35
December 10
Thailand  145–74  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 52–29, 93–45
December 10
Singapore  90–105  Iraq
Scoring by half: 48–57, 42–48
December 10
Malaysia  99–67  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 59–29, 40–38
December 11
Hong Kong  77–58  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 29–38, 48–20
December 11
Singapore  107–70  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 65–36, 42–34
December 11
Iraq  83–84  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–45, 45–39
December 12
Iraq  85–68  Thailand
Scoring by half: 50–30, 35–38

Championship

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 550503360+14310
 Japan 541497384+1139
 South Korea 532505452+538
 Philippines 523508539−317
 India 514366467−1016
 Pakistan 505398575−1775
December 7
India  78–93  South Korea
Scoring by half: 30–56, 48–37
December 7
Japan  111–94  Philippines
Scoring by half: 54–42, 57–52
December 8
China  124–89  Philippines
Scoring by half: 66–44, 58–45
December 8
South Korea  121–73  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 59–45, 62–28
December 9
Japan  97–55  India
Scoring by half: 49–24, 48–31
December 9
China  119–59  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 56–32, 63–27
December 9
India  86–95  Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–54, 42–41
December 10
South Korea  85–100  Japan
Scoring by half: 39–62, 46–38
December 10
Philippines  123–100  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 69–45, 54–55
December 11
Japan  68–70 (OT)  China
Scoring by half: 33–38, 31–26 Overtime: 4–6
December 12
South Korea  88–94  China
Scoring by half: 48–45, 40–49
December 12
India  91–86  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 48–43, 43–43

Final standing

Qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics
Rank Team Record
1st  China 7–0
2nd  Japan 7–1
3rd  South Korea 5–2
4  Philippines 4–3
5  India 3–4
6  Pakistan 3–5
7  Malaysia 6–2
8  Iraq 5–3
9  Thailand 4–4
10  Singapore 3–5
11  Hong Kong 2–6
12  Bahrain 1–7
13  Bangladesh 0–8

Awards

 1979 Asian Champions 

China
Third title

References

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