1977 ABC Championship

The 1977 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

1977 FIBA Asia Championship
9th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
DatesNovember 28 – December 10
Teams14
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions  China (2nd title)
1975
1979

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 China440432193+2398
 Iraq431279298−197
 Thailand422286335−496
 Singapore413273314−415
 Bahrain404222352−1304
November 28
China  106–33  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 19–23, 87–10
November 29
Thailand  85–74  Singapore
Scoring by half: 44–38, 41–36
November 29
Iraq  80–72  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 40–29, 40–43
November 30
Singapore  54–99  China
Scoring by half: 21–49, 33–50
November 30
Iraq  67–63  Thailand
Scoring by half: 31–38, 36–25
December 1
China  96–56  Iraq
Scoring by half: 37–23, 59–33
December 2
Thailand  50–131  China
Scoring by half: 26–54, 24–77
December 2
Bahrain  54–78  Singapore
Scoring by half: 31–34, 23–44
December 3
Iraq  76–67  Singapore
Scoring by half: 38–27, 38–40
December 3
Thailand  88–63  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 42–35, 46–28

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Japan440391228+1638
 Philippines431408284+1247
 Pakistan422365333+326
 Indonesia413277410−1335
 Sri Lanka404276462−1864
November 29
Japan  118–57  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 65–33, 53–24
November 29
Philippines  103–87  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 50–41, 53–46
November 30
Indonesia  49–118  Japan
Scoring by half: 17–64, 32–54
November 30
Pakistan  128–71  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 59–39, 69–32
December 1
Sri Lanka  70–119  Philippines
Scoring by half: 26–58, 44–61
December 1
Pakistan  94–75  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 52–32, 42–43
December 2
Indonesia  97–78  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 47–41, 50–37
December 2
Japan  71–66  Philippines
Scoring by half: 31–31, 40–35
December 3
Philippines  120–56  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 68–32, 52–24
December 3
Japan  84–56  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 48–28, 36–28

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 South Korea330331216+1156
 Malaysia321304252+525
 India312264279−154
 Hong Kong303206358−1523
November 28
Hong Kong  66–125  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 39–60, 27–65
November 29
South Korea  103–73  India
Scoring by half: 42–43, 61–30
November 30
India  86–98  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–46, 48–52
December 1
South Korea  128–62  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 60–32, 68–30
December 2
South Korea  100–81  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 60–43, 40–38
December 3
India  105–78  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 65–40, 40–38

Final round

Classification 7th–14th

  • 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 classification round.
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTiebreaker
 India770798575+22314
 Thailand761635509+12613
 Pakistan743629565+64111–1 / 1.070
 Hong Kong743533575−42111–1 / 0.974
 Singapore743603557+46111–1 / 0.963
 Bahrain725503587−849
 Indonesia716520631−1118
 Sri Lanka707486708−2227
December 4
Indonesia  54–83  Thailand
Scoring by half: 36–42, 18–41
December 4
Pakistan  88–72  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 28–30, 60–42
December 4
Sri Lanka  78–114  India
Scoring by half: 45–51, 33–63
December 4
Singapore  78–86  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 37–46, 41–40
December 6
Sri Lanka  59–73  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 33–34, 26–39
December 6
Hong Kong  93–77  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 42–36, 51–41
December 6
India  112–83  Singapore
Scoring by half: 58–41, 54–42
December 6
Pakistan  70–83  Thailand
Scoring by half: 45–40, 25–43
December 7
Bahrain  75–77  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 42–39, 33–38
December 7
Thailand  117–66  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 61–26, 56–40
December 7
Indonesia  64–104  India
Scoring by half: 28–50, 36–54
December 7
Singapore  77–75  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 41–32, 36–43
December 8
Hong Kong  70–68  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 40–30, 30–38
December 8
Indonesia  79–104  Singapore
Scoring by half: 41–47, 38–57
December 8
India  119–85  Thailand
Scoring by half: 52–37, 67–48
December 9
Bahrain  75–74  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 42–40, 33–34
December 9
Sri Lanka  66–109  Singapore
Scoring by half: 33–53, 33–56
December 9
Thailand  94–63  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 46–34, 48–29
December 9
Pakistan  96–121  India
Scoring by half: 49–60, 47–61
December 10
India  123–91  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 62–41, 61–50
December 10
Hong Kong  66–78  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 38–40, 28–38

Championship

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 China550605385+22010
 South Korea541538437+1019
 Japan532472458+148
 Malaysia523462527−657
 Philippines514454545−916
 Iraq505404583−1795
December 4
Philippines  60–117  China
Scoring by half: 27–54, 33–63
December 4
Iraq  76–97  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 44–51, 32–46
December 6
Japan  66–50  Iraq
Scoring by half: 25–24, 41–26
December 6
Malaysia  67–102  China
Scoring by half: 25–52, 42–50
December 6
South Korea  96–82  Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–39, 52–43
December 7
Iraq  69–114  South Korea
Scoring by half: 31–56, 38–58
December 7
Japan  83–71  Philippines
Scoring by half: 45–34, 38–37
December 8
China  119–63  Iraq
Scoring by half: 62–25, 57–38
December 8
Philippines  84–88  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 39–38, 45–50
December 8
South Korea  90–86 (OT)  Japan
Scoring by half: 45–36, 31–40 Overtime: 14–10
December 9
Malaysia  58–80  South Korea
Scoring by half: 33–38, 25–42
December 9
Iraq  90–91  Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–50, 46–41
December 9
China  110–81  Japan
Scoring by half: 55–34, 55–47
December 10
Japan  85–71  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–34, 47–37
December 10
South Korea  58–61  China
Scoring by half: 34–32, 24–29

Final standing

Qualified for the 1978 FIBA World Championship
RankTeamRecord
 China9–0
 South Korea7–1
 Japan7–2
4  Malaysia4–4
5  Philippines4–5
6  Iraq3–6
7  India7–2
8  Thailand6–3
9  Pakistan4–5
10  Hong Kong4–5
11  Singapore4–5
12  Bahrain2–7
13  Indonesia1–8
14  Sri Lanka0–9

Awards

 1977 Asian champions 

China
Second title

References