1965 ABC Championship

Summary

The 1965 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

1965 FIBA Asia Championship
3rd Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
DatesNovember 28 – December 11
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
1963
1967

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Philippines 4 4 0 348 196 +152 8
  Japan 4 3 1 288 234 +54 7
  Malaysia 4 2 2 258 282 −24 6
  South Vietnam 4 1 3 263 318 −55 5
  Singapore 4 0 4 219 346 −127 4
November 28
20:00
Philippines   82–53   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–17, 44–36
November 29
19:30
Singapore   42–79   Japan
Scoring by half: 16–44, 26–35
November 29
21:00
Malaysia   72–65   South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 35–33, 37–32
November 30
16:30
Japan   91–67   South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 45–32, 46–35
November 30
19:30
Philippines   104–39   Singapore
Scoring by half: 51–19, 53–20
December 1
18:00
Singapore   71–82   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 27–42, 44–40
December 1
21:00
South Vietnam   50–88   Philippines
Scoring by half: 18–38, 32–50
December 2
16:30
Singapore   67–81   South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 30–40, 37–41
December 2
19:30
Philippines   74–54   Japan
Scoring by half: 34–31, 40–23
December 4
19:30
Japan   64–51   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–28, 26–23

Group B edit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Taiwan 4 4 0 336 232 +104 8
  South Korea 4 3 1 320 264 +56 7
  Thailand 4 2 2 292 272 +20 6
  India 4 1 3 241 344 −103 5
  Hong Kong 4 0 4 232 309 −77 4
November 29
18:00
South Korea   104–64   India
Scoring by half: 55–30, 49–34
November 30
15:00
India   58–98   Taiwan
Scoring by half: 26–54, 32–44
November 30
21:00
Hong Kong   49–85   South Korea
Scoring by half: 26–54, 23–31
December 1
19:30
India   58–55   Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 22–28, 36–27
December 2
15:00
Hong Kong   62–77   Taiwan
Scoring by half: 25–35, 37–42
December 2
21:00
Thailand   66–69   South Korea
Scoring by half: 39–38, 27–31
December 3
18:00
Taiwan   76–50   Thailand
Scoring by half: 31–29, 45–21
December 4
18:00
Hong Kong   66–89   Thailand
Scoring by half: 31–54, 35–35
December 4
21:00
Taiwan   85–62   South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–29, 43–33
December 5
9:00
Thailand   87–61   India
Scoring by half: 47–35, 40–26

Final round edit

Classification 7th–10th edit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  India 3 3 0 250 198 +52 6
  Hong Kong 3 2 1 223 213 +10 5
  Singapore 3 1 2 238 276 −38 4
  South Vietnam 3 0 3 241 265 −24 3
December 5
18:00
South Vietnam   80–84 (OT)   Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 42–32, 28–38 Overtime: 10–14
December 6
14:00
Singapore   93–85   South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 40–37, 53–48
December 6
18:30
Hong Kong   50–60   India
Scoring by half: 20–17, 30–43
December 8
14:00
India   102–72   Singapore
Scoring by half: 45–44, 57–28
December 9
18:00
Singapore   73–89   Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 42–45, 31–44
December 10
18:00
South Vietnam   76–88   India
Scoring by half: 38–43, 38–45

Championship edit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Japan 5 5 0 355 301 +54 10
  Philippines 5 4 1 385 337 +48 9
  South Korea 5 3 2 326 308 +18 8
  Thailand 5 2 3 350 364 −14 7
  Taiwan 5 1 4 353 372 −19 6
  Malaysia 5 0 5 313 400 −87 5
December 5
19:30
Malaysia   55–77   Japan
Scoring by half: 24–34, 31–43
December 5
21:00
Philippines   59–50   South Korea
Scoring by half: 21–28, 38–22
December 6
15:30
Philippines   90–72   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 56–34, 34–38
December 6
20:00
South Korea   78–66   Thailand
Scoring by half: 47–30, 31–36
December 6
21:30
Japan   73–58   Taiwan
Scoring by half: 34–35, 39–23
December 7
18:00
Thailand   86–71   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–25, 48–46
December 7
19:30
Taiwan   65–67   South Korea
Scoring by half: 33–39, 32–28
December 7
21:00
Japan   71–65   Philippines
Scoring by half: 37–31, 34–34
December 8
15:30
Thailand   74–71   Taiwan
Scoring by half: 39–39, 35–32
December 9
19:30
South Korea   68–49   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 26–25, 42–24
December 9
21:00
Japan   65–60   Thailand
Scoring by half: 33–31, 32–29
December 10
19:30
Taiwan   79–66   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–34, 41–32
December 10
21:00
Philippines   79–64   Thailand
Scoring by half: 46–29, 33–35
December 11
19:00
South Korea   63–69   Japan
Scoring by half: 22–31, 41–38
December 11
20:30
Philippines   92–80   Taiwan
Scoring by half: 45–35, 47–45

Final standing edit

Qualified for the 1967 FIBA World Championship
Rank Team Record
    Japan 8–1
    Philippines 8–1
    South Korea 6–3
4   Thailand 4–5
5   Taiwan 5–4
6   Malaysia 2–7
7   India 4–3
8   Hong Kong 2–5
9   Singapore 1–6
10   South Vietnam 1–6

Awards edit

 1965 Asian champions 
 
Japan
First title

References edit

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