1960 ABC Championship

1960 FIBA Asia Championship
1st Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryPhilippines
DatesJanuary 16–28
Teams7
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Philippines (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPPhilippines Carlos Badion
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The 1960 ABC Championship was the first edition of the ABC Championship, a tournament which was held by FIBA Asia. The tournament which was held in Manila, Philippines saw seven teams compete in a round-robin tournament with the top four teams qualifying through to the final round where they played each other again one more time.

In the final round, the Philippines took out the title as they won all nine of their games to come out the winners. Taiwan finished as the runner-up with the only two losses being against the champions. Japan rounded out the podium in third.

Preliminary round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Philippines 6 6 0 623 405 +218 12
 Taiwan 6 5 1 517 432 +85 11
 Japan 6 4 2 448 443 +5 10
 South Korea 6 3 3 520 461 +59 9
 Hong Kong 6 2 4 516 542 −26 8
 Indonesia 6 1 5 404 522 −118 7
 Malaya 6 0 6 435 658 −223 6
January 16
South Korea  93–78  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 53–39, 40–39
January 16
Indonesia  46–92  Philippines
Scoring by half: 29–40, 17–52
January 16
Japan  88–68  Malaya
Scoring by half: 41–31, 47–37
January 17
Philippines  115–66  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 61–40, 54–26
January 17
Indonesia  67–74  Japan
Scoring by half: 34–40, 33–34
January 17
South Korea  71–78  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 30–42, 41–36
January 18
Hong Kong  96–72  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 47–32, 49–40
January 18
Malaya  58–126  Philippines
Scoring by half: 25–54, 33–72
January 18
Japan  59–71  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 35–32, 24–39
January 19
Taiwan  110–74  Malaya
Scoring by half: 60–27, 50–47
January 19
Hong Kong  73–81  Japan
Scoring by half: 28–45, 45–36
January 19
South Korea  79–97  Philippines
Scoring by half: 42–45, 37–52
January 20
Malaya  76–98  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 35–46, 41–52
January 20
Taiwan  87–81  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 38–38, 49–43
January 20
South Korea  67–73  Japan
Scoring by half: 35–36, 32–37
January 21
Taiwan  88–51  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 52–25, 36–26
January 21
Japan  73–97  Philippines
Scoring by half: 34–49, 39–48
January 21
Malaya  65–114  South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–47, 38–67
January 22
Malaya  94–122  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 48–59, 46–63
January 22
Indonesia  70–96  South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–40, 36–56
January 22
Taiwan  83–96  Philippines
Scoring by half: 39–45, 44–51

Final round

  • The results and the points of the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the final round.
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Philippines 9 9 0 910 645 +265 18
 Taiwan 9 7 2 774 685 +89 16
 Japan 9 5 4 683 703 −20 14
 South Korea 9 3 6 771 738 +33 12
January 24
Japan  69–84  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 24–38, 45–46
January 24
South Korea  82–96  Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–48, 38–48
January 26
Taiwan  95–85  South Korea
Scoring by half: 45–41, 50–44
January 26
Philippines  92–80  Japan
Scoring by half: 43–25, 49–55
January 28
Japan  86–84  South Korea
Scoring by half: 55–51, 31–33
January 28
Philippines  99–78  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 46–34, 53–44

Final standing

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Philippines 9–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Taiwan 7–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan 5–4
4  South Korea 3–6
5  Hong Kong 2–4
6  Indonesia 1–5
7  Malaya 0–6

Awards

 1960 Asian champions 

Philippines
First title

References

  • Results
  • archive.fiba.com
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