Basketball at the 1974 Asian Games

Basketball
at the 1974 Asian Games
Basketball ; at the 1974 Asian Games
Venue	Aryamehr Basketball Hall
Date	2–15 September 1974
Nations	11
	← 1970 1978 →

Basketball was one of the 16 sports disciplines held in the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran, Iran. Israel won their 2nd title by beating the defending champions South Korea in the championship match. This is also the first time that women's edition were held, and Japan emerged as the first-ever champions after a round-robin format. The games were held from September 2 to 15, 1974.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Israel Motti Aroesti Mooley Avishar Miki Berkovich Tal Brody Jacob Eisner Boaz Janay Hanan Keren Itamar Marzel Avigdor Moskowitz Shamuel Nachmias Shuki Schwartz Shmaryahu Zaslevsky	South Korea Cha Sung-hwan Choi Kyung-duk Hwang Jae-hwan Kang Ho-seok Kim Dong-kwang Kim In-jin Kim Kyung-tae Kwak Hyun-chae Lee Bo-sun Lee Ja-young Lee Kwang-joon Yoo Hi-hyung	China Cai Guoqiang Cai Weichu Huang Pinjie Liu Changrong Mo Liangui Wang Deli Xu Zhengwen Xuan Chengbin Zhang Dawei Zhang Jianshe Zhang Weiping Zhao Liangcai
Women details	Japan Reiko Aonuma Machiko Aoyama Hisako Furuno Kimiko Hashimoto Kazuko Kadoya Teruko Miyamoto Eriko Nagai Keiko Namai Miyako Otsuka Kimi Wakitashiro Sachiyo Yamamoto	South Korea Cho Myung-ok Cho Yung-soon Kang Hyun-suk Kim Eun-ju Kim Jae-soon Lee Ock-ja Park Sung-ja Shin In-sup Won Young-ja Yoo Kwae-soon Yoon Jung-ko Yoon Seon-ja	China Chen Xiushan Du Huanwen Fang Fengdi Li Muzhen Liu Yumin Luo Xuelian Wang Naifeng Wang She Wang Yuzhen Wei Wenshan Yang Shuying Zhu Qihui

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Israel (ISR)	1	0	0	1
1	Japan (JPN)	1	0	0	1
3	South Korea (KOR)	0	2	0	2
4	China (CHN)	0	0	2	2
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

Draw

The draw was held in Tehran. The men were drawn into four groups of three teams but India later withdrew, the women were played in round robin format.

Results

Men

Preliminary round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	1	1	0	122	73	+49	2	Second round
2	Philippines	1	0	1	73	122	−49	1	Second round

Source: Results

2 September
18:30

Philippines	73–122	Israel
Scoring by half: 40–59, 33–63

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	235	192	+43	4	Second round
2	South Korea	2	1	1	214	192	+22	3	Second round
3	Iraq	2	0	2	190	255	−65	2	Classification 9th–11th

South Korea	93–101	China
Scoring by half: 55–51, 38–50

Iraq	99–134	China
Scoring by half: 41–60, 58–74

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	178	153	+25	4	Second round
2	North Korea	2	1	1	181	147	+34	3	Second round
3	Kuwait	2	0	2	148	207	−59	2	Classification 9th–11th

Japan	77–75	North Korea
Scoring by half: 46–37, 31–38

Kuwait	70–106	North Korea
Scoring by half: 29–57, 41–49

Japan	101–78	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 59–39, 42–39

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	2	2	0	225	148	+77	4	Second round
2	Pakistan	2	1	1	197	176	+21	3	Second round
3	Bahrain	2	0	2	141	239	−98	2	Classification 9th–11th

Iran	128–62	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 57–32, 71–30

Iran	97–86	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 55–41, 42–45

Bahrain	61–111	Iraq
Scoring by half: 29–56, 32–55

Kuwait	107–66	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 54–30, 53–36

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	3	3	0	218	161	+57	6	Semifinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	336	288	+48	5	Semifinals
3	Japan	3	1	2	287	293	−6	4	Classification 5th–8th
4	Pakistan	3	0	3	175	274	−99	2	Classification 5th–8th

Japan	86–104	South Korea
Scoring by half: 46–51, 40–53

Japan	133–89	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 73–44, 60–45

Israel	116–93	South Korea
Scoring by half: 59–50, 57–43

Pakistan	86–139	South Korea
Scoring by half: 33–66, 53–73

Japan	68–100	Israel
Scoring by half: 37–41, 31–59

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	2	1	266	246	+20	5^[a]	Semifinals
2	Philippines	3	2	1	273	268	+5	5^[a]	Semifinals
3	North Korea	3	2	1	254	240	+14	5^[a]	Classification 5th–8th
4	Iran	3	0	3	234	273	−39	3	Classification 5th–8th

China	86–77	North Korea
Scoring by half: 54–39, 32–38

Basketball at the 1974 Asian Games

Medalists

Medal table

Draw

Results

Men

Preliminary round

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Classification 9th–11th

Second round

Group A

Group B

Classification 5th–8th

Semifinals

7th place game

5th place game

Final round

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Final standing

Women

References

Philippines	93–91	Iran
Scoring by half: 55–40, 38–51

China	86–91	Philippines
Scoring by half: 49–47, 37–44

Iran	65–86	North Korea
Scoring by half: 35–40, 30–46

Philippines	89–91	North Korea
Scoring by half: 41–46, 48–45

Semifinals		5th place game

13 September

Japan	86
		14 September
Iran	89
		Iran	74
13 September
		North Korea	75
Pakistan	93

North Korea	107
		7th place game

		14 September

		Japan	101

		Pakistan	90

North Korea	107–93	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 63–58, 44–35

Japan	101–90	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 42–44, 59–46

Iran	74–75	North Korea
Scoring by half: 34–37, 40–38

Israel	123–101	Philippines
Scoring by half: 62–45, 48–43

China	114–119 (OT)	South Korea
Scoring by half: 52–57, 49–44 Overtime: 13–18