Basketball was one of the 20 sports disciplines held in the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. China won their 1st title by beating last edition's finalist South Korea in the championship match. The games were held from December 9 to 20, 1978.
| Basketball at the 1978 Asian Games | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Venue | Nimibutr Stadium |
| Date | 9–19 December 1978 |
| Nations | 14 |
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men |  ChinaChen Kai He Juhua Huang Pinjie Kuang Lubin Liu Jizeng Mu Tiezhu Wang Deli Wang Zongxing Xing Weining Zhang Mingshu Zhang Weiping |  South KoreaCho Myung-soo Choi Bu-young Ha Dong-gi Hwang Yu-ha Kim Dong-kwang Kim Hyung-nyun Lee Chung-hee Lee Moon-kyu Lee Soo-gi Park In-kyu Park Soo-kyo Shin Sun-woo |  North KoreaAn Gwang-gyun Ja Myung-sam Jo Nae-un Kim Jin-geun Kim Mu-myong Kim Myung-jun O Heung-ryong O Tung-sik Ri Eui-chol Ri Geun-gwan Ri Jung-bok So Won-bae |
| Women | South Korea Cho Eun-ja Cho Young-ran Choi Seung-hee Chun Kyung-suk Hong He-ran Hong Young-soon Jung Hee-sook Jung Mi-ra Kang Hyun-suk Lee Hyang-ju Park Chan-sook Song Keum-soon | China Fan Guilan Fan Huifang Jiao Li Luo Xuelian Peng Nian Song Xiaobo Sun Ruiyun Yu Aifeng Zhang Lijun Zhang Mingxiang Zhao Aili |  JapanHiromi Amano Keiko Araki Mieko Fukui Setsuko Hashizume Rieko Itani Tomoko Iwasaki Hiroko Nakagawa Chiemi Sato Kazuko Sato Tomoko Shibukawa Kanoko Suzuki Noriko Suzuki |
Medal table
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (CHN) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| South Korea (KOR) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 3 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| North Korea (PRK) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
Results
Men
Preliminary round
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 427 | 293 | +134 | 8 | Final round |
| 2 |  Philippines | 4 | 3 | 1 | 347 | 296 | +51 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 337 | 323 | +14 | 6 | Classification 7th–14th |
| 4 |  Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 269 | 313 | −44 | 5 | |
| 5 |  Bahrain | 4 | 0 | 4 | 221 | 376 | −155 | 4 |
Source: Results
Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  North Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 425 | 251 | +174 | 8 | Final round |
| 2 | Japan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 415 | 272 | +143 | 7 | |
| 3 |  Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 413 | 275 | +138 | 6 | Classification 7th–14th |
| 4 |  Hong Kong | 4 | 1 | 3 | 325 | 367 | −42 | 5 | |
| 5 |  Qatar | 4 | 0 | 4 | 163 | 576 | −413 | 4 |
Source: Results
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 315 | 157 | +158 | 6 | Final round |
| 2 |  Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 203 | 264 | −61 | 5 | |
| 3 |  Iraq | 3 | 1 | 2 | 206 | 237 | −31 | 4 | Classification 7th–14th |
| 4 |  Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 3 | 179 | 245 | −66 | 3 |
Source: Results
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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malaysia | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 7 | 6 | 1 | 13 |
| 3 | Iraq | 7 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Kuwait | 7 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 7 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 6 | Saudi Arabia | 7 | 2 | 5 | 9 |
| 7 | Bahrain | 7 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| 8 | Qatar | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Source: Results
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.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 | North Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 4 | Japan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Philippines | 5 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | Thailand | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
Source: Results
Final standing
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | China | 7 | 7 | 0 |
 | South Korea | 8 | 7 | 1 |
 | North Korea | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 4 | Japan | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 5 | Philippines | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Thailand | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| 8 | Pakistan | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| 9 | Iraq | 9 | 5 | 4 |
| 10 | Kuwait | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 9 | 2 | 7 |
| 13 | Bahrain | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| 14 | Qatar | 9 | 0 | 9 |
Women
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | China | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 3 | Japan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Thailand | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
Source: Results
Final standing
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| | South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| | China | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| | Japan | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Thailand | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 4 |
References
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