1960 ABC Championship

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1960 FIBA Asia Cup
1st Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryPhilippines
DatesJanuary 16–28
Teams7
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Carlos Badion
1963

The 1960 ABC Championship was the first edition of the ABC Championship, a tournament which was held by FIBA Asia. The tournament which was held in Manila, Philippines saw seven teams compete in a round-robin tournament with the top four teams qualifying through to the final round where they played each other again one more time.

Contents

In the final round, the Philippines took out the title as they won all nine of their games to come out the winners. Taiwan finished as the runner-up with the only two losses being against the champions. Japan rounded out the podium in third.

Preliminary round

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines 660623405+21812
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 651517432+8511
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 642448443+510
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 633520461+599
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong 624516542−268
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 615404522−1187
Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg  Malaya 606435658−2236
January 16
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg9378Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 53–39, 40–39
January 16
Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svg4692Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half: 29–40, 17–52
January 16
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg8868Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg  Malaya
Scoring by half: 41–31, 47–37
January 17
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg11566Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 61–40, 54–26
January 17
Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svg6774Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by half: 34–40, 33–34
January 17
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg7178Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 30–42, 41–36
January 18
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg9672Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 47–32, 49–40
January 18
Malaya  Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg58126Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half: 25–54, 33–72
January 18
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg5971Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 35–32, 24–39
January 19
Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg11074Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg  Malaya
Scoring by half: 60–27, 50–47
January 19
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg7381Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by half: 28–45, 45–36
January 19
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg7997Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half: 42–45, 37–52
January 20
Malaya  Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg7698Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 35–46, 41–52
January 20
Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg8781Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 38–38, 49–43
January 20
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg6773Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by half: 35–36, 32–37
January 21
Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg8851Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 52–25, 36–26
January 21
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg7397Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half: 34–49, 39–48
January 21
Malaya  Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg65114Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–47, 38–67
January 22
Malaya  Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg94122Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 48–59, 46–63
January 22
Indonesia  Flag of Indonesia.svg7096Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–40, 36–56
January 22
Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg8396Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half: 39–45, 44–51

Final round

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines 990910645+26518
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 972774685+8916
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 954683703−2014
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 936771738+3312
January 24
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg6984Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 24–38, 45–46
January 24
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg8296Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–48, 38–48
January 26
Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg9585Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by half: 45–41, 50–44
January 26
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg9280Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by half: 43–25, 49–55
January 28
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg8684Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by half: 55–51, 31–33
January 28
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg9978Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 46–34, 53–44

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines 9–0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 7–2
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 5–4
4Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 3–6
5Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong 2–4
6Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia 1–5
7Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg  Malaya 0–6

Awards

 1960 Asian champions 
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg
Philippines
First title

References