1972 ABC Under-18 Championship

The 1972 ABC Under-18 Championship was the second edition of the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC)'s junior championship. The games were held at Manila, Philippines from December 10–December 20, 1972.

1972 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship
2nd Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Philippines
DatesDecember 10–20
Teams7
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Philippines (2nd title)
1970
1974

The Philippines were able to retain the championship by sweeping all of their assignments, blasting Taiwan, 95-62, in the final day.[1]

Preliminary round

TeamPldWLPts
 Philippines66012
 Taiwan65111
 South Korea64210
 India6339
 Thailand6248
 Malaysia6157
 Singapore6066
December 10
Malaysia  65–108  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 33−53, 32−55
December 10
South Korea  87–54  Singapore
Scoring by half: 45−25, 42−29
December 10
India  30–117  Philippines
Scoring by half: 18−52, 12−65

December 11
Philippines  113–51  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 58-10, 55-32
December 11
Taiwan  95–85  South Korea
Scoring by half: 46-37, 49-48
December 11
Thailand  89–91 (OT)  India
Scoring by half: 35-40, 44-39 Overtime: 10-12

December 12
South Korea  106–56  Thailand
Scoring by half: 49−30, 57−26
December 12
Singapore  57–93  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 24−55, 33−38

December 13
Malaysia  51–136  South Korea
Scoring by half: 21−67, 30−69
December 13
Philippines  121–72  Thailand
Scoring by half: 62−22, 59−50
December 13
India  85–80  Singapore
Scoring by half: 38−31, 47−49

December 14
Singapore  76–98  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 29−44, 47−54
December 14
Taiwan  118–63  India
Scoring by half: 56−30, 62−33

December 15
Thailand  76–71  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 36−43, 40−28
December 15
Philippines  73–71  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 37−39, 36−32

December 16
Singapore  48–116  Philippines
Scoring by half: 26−64, 22−52
December 16
Malaysia  66–69  India
Scoring by half: 28-30, 38-39
December 16
Taiwan  108–82  Thailand
Scoring by half: 51-45, 57-37

December 17
Thailand  104–67  Singapore
Scoring by half: 48-30, 56-37
December 17
South Korea  76–79  Philippines
Scoring by half: 37-39, 39-40

Final round

Classification 5th–7th

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Thailand220166139+274
 Singapore211164177−133
 Malaysia202163177−142
December 18
Malaysia  89–99  Singapore
Scoring by half: 39−46, 50−53
December 19
Singapore  65–88  Thailand
Scoring by half: 32-49, 33-39
December 20
Thailand  78–74  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 33−31, 45−43

Championship

TeamPldWLPts
 Philippines3306
 Taiwan3215
 South Korea3124
 India3033
December 18
Philippines  82–70  South Korea
Scoring by half: 48-31, 34-39
December 18
India  70–88  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 31-48, 39-34

December 19
Philippines  128–43  India
Scoring by half: 60-21, 68-22
December 19
South Korea  82–84  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 40-47, 42-37

December 20
South Korea  100–49  India
Scoring by half: 52−29, 48−20
December 20
Taiwan  62–95  Philippines
Scoring by half: 36−47, 26−48

Final standing

RankTeamRecord
 Philippines9–0
 Taiwan7–2
 South Korea5–4
4  India3–6
5  Thailand4–4
6  Singapore1–7
7  Malaysia1–7

Awards

 1972 Asian Under-18 champions 

Philippines
Second title

References