1979 ABC Championship

The 1979 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Nagoya, Japan.

1979 FIBA Asia Cup

10th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	November 30 – December 12
Teams	13
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (3rd title)
← 1977 1981 →

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	319	199	+120	6
India	3	2	1	229	233	−4	5
Iraq	3	1	2	259	281	−22	4
Bahrain	3	0	3	200	294	−94	3

December 1

China	96–56	India
Scoring by half: 52–26, 44–30

Nagoya

December 2

Bahrain	63–80	India
Scoring by half: 30–38, 33–42

Nagoya

December 2

China	105–89	Iraq
Scoring by half: 57–41, 48–48

Nagoya

December 3

Bahrain	83–96	Iraq
Scoring by half: 57–41, 26–55

Nagoya

December 4

China	118–54	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 57–34, 61–20

Nagoya

December 5

Iraq	74–93	India
Scoring by half: 36–48, 38–45

Nagoya

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	366	251	+115	6
Philippines	3	2	1	326	264	+62	5
Thailand	3	1	2	252	307	−55	4
Singapore	3	0	3	227	349	−122	3

December 1

South Korea	130–68	Thailand
Scoring by half: 73–44, 57–24

Nagoya

December 2

Singapore	65–128	Philippines
Scoring by half: 32–66, 33–62

Nagoya

December 3

Thailand	103–86	Singapore
Scoring by half: 54–22, 49–34

Nagoya

December 3

South Korea	118–107	Philippines
Scoring by half: 62–58, 56–49

Nagoya

December 4

South Korea	118–76	Singapore
Scoring by half: 61–36, 57–40

Nagoya

December 5

Thailand	81–91	Philippines
Scoring by half: 36–43, 45–48

Nagoya

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	4	4	0	477	239	+238	8
Pakistan	4	3	1	389	352	+37	7
Malaysia	4	2	2	427	331	+96	6
Hong Kong	4	1	3	322	390	−68	5
Bangladesh	4	0	4	253	556	−303	4

November 30

Japan	121–80	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 61–45, 60–35

Nagoya

December 1

Hong Kong	114–73	Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 57–41, 57–32

Nagoya

December 1

Malaysia	72–84	Japan
Scoring by half: 24–46, 48–38

Nagoya

December 2

Malaysia	87–90	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 48–57, 39–33

Nagoya

December 2

Hong Kong	45–121	Japan
Scoring by half: 31–61, 14–60

Nagoya

December 3

Pakistan	120–67	Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 63–29, 57–38

Nagoya

December 4

Hong Kong	86–97	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 43–59, 43–38

Nagoya

December 4

Bangladesh	42–151	Japan
Scoring by half: 23–89, 19–62

Nagoya

December 5

Bangladesh	71–171	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–71, 33–100

Nagoya

December 5

Hong Kong	77–99	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 46–53, 31–46

Nagoya

Final round

• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the final round.

Classification 7th–13th

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Malaysia	6	6	0	663	479	+184	12
Iraq	6	5	1	608	473	+135	11
Thailand	6	4	2	619	500	+119	10
Singapore	6	3	3	545	550	−5	9
Hong Kong	6	2	4	503	523	−20	8
Bahrain	6	1	5	483	536	−53	7
Bangladesh	6	0	6	430	790	−360	6

December 7

Thailand	109–76	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 49–48, 60–28

Nagoya

December 7

Bahrain	114–66	Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 64–26, 50–40

Nagoya

December 7

Malaysia	123–90	Singapore
Scoring by half: 62–42, 61–48

Nagoya

December 8

Iraq	139–76	Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 72–38, 67–38

Nagoya

December 8

Hong Kong	78–86	Singapore
Scoring by half: 43–51, 35–35

Nagoya

December 8

Thailand	112–90	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 55–42, 57–48

Nagoya

December 9

Iraq	100–72	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 60–41, 40–31

Nagoya

December 9

Malaysia	89–82	Thailand
Scoring by half: 47–45, 42–37

Nagoya

December 9

Singapore	86–71	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 47–36, 39–35

Nagoya

December 10

Thailand	145–74	Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 52–29, 93–45

Nagoya

December 10

Singapore	90–105	Iraq
Scoring by half: 48–57, 42–48

Nagoya

December 10

Malaysia	99–67	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 59–29, 40–38

Nagoya

December 11

Hong Kong	77–58	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 29–38, 48–20

Nagoya

December 11

Singapore	107–70	Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 65–36, 42–34

Nagoya

December 11

Iraq	83–84	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–45, 45–39

Nagoya

December 12

Iraq	85–68	Thailand
Scoring by half: 50–30, 35–38

Nagoya

Championship

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	5	5	0	503	360	+143	10
Japan	5	4	1	497	384	+113	9
South Korea	5	3	2	505	452	+53	8
Philippines	5	2	3	508	539	−31	7
India	5	1	4	366	467	−101	6
Pakistan	5	0	5	398	575	−177	5

December 7

India	78–93	South Korea
Scoring by half: 30–56, 48–37

Nagoya

December 7

Japan	111–94	Philippines
Scoring by half: 54–42, 57–52

Nagoya

December 8

China	124–89	Philippines
Scoring by half: 66–44, 58–45

Nagoya

December 8

South Korea	121–73	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 59–45, 62–28

Nagoya

December 9

Japan	97–55	India
Scoring by half: 49–24, 48–31

Nagoya

December 9

China	119–59	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 56–32, 63–27

Nagoya

December 9

India	86–95	Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–54, 42–41

Nagoya

December 10

South Korea	85–100	Japan
Scoring by half: 39–62, 46–38

Nagoya

December 10

Philippines	123–100	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 69–45, 54–55

Nagoya

December 11

Japan	68–70 (OT)	China
Scoring by half: 33–38, 31–26 Overtime: 4–6

Nagoya

December 12

South Korea	88–94	China
Scoring by half: 48–45, 40–49

Nagoya

December 12

India	91–86	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 48–43, 43–43

Nagoya

Final standing

Qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics

Rank	Team	Record
	China	7–0
	Japan	7–1
	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

• Results
• archive.fiba.com