1963 ABC Championship

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1963 FIBA Asia Cup
2nd Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryRepublic of China
DatesNovember 20 – December 3
Teams8 (from all Asian confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsFlag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines (2nd title)
1960
1965

The 1963 ABC Championship was the second edition of the ABC Championship, a tournament which was held by FIBA Asia since 1960. The tournament which was held in Taipei, Taiwan saw eight teams compete (an expansion of one team) in a round-robin tournament with the top four teams qualifying through to the championship round where they played each other again one more time. The bottom four teams would compete in a classification round.

Contents

The tournament saw the first tie-breaker matches to be played with Thailand defeating Malaya to book a spot in the championship round. In the championship round, the Philippines and Taiwan finish level with an 8–2 record.

This meant that a play-off to decide the champion was played on December 3. In that final match, the Philippines would claim their second title, defeating Taiwan, 91–77. Third was South Korea, who had defeated the play-off teams at least once during the tournament.

Preliminary round

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines 761649406+24313
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 761695535+16013
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 752649496+15312
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 743581542+3911
Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg  Malaya 743548568−2011
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 725516662−1469
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong 716479610−1318
Flag of South Vietnam.svg  South Vietnam 707538836−2987
November 20
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg8073Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 28–35, 52–38
November 21
South Vietnam  Flag of South Vietnam.svg8998Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Scoring by half: 40–49, 49–49
November 21
Malaya  Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg8180Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by half: 32–38, 49–42
November 21
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg6083Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half: 26–36, 34–47
November 22
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg6574Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Scoring by half: 32–43, 33–31
November 22
South Vietnam  Flag of South Vietnam.svg61124Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half: 53–35, 71–26
November 22
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg9061Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 38–28, 52–33
November 22
Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg10076Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg  Malaya
Scoring by half: 33–26, 67–50
November 23
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg10575Flag of South Vietnam.svg  South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 49–34, 56–41
November 23
Malaya  Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg42103Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half: 22–48, 20–55
November 23
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg11055Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Scoring by half: 49–25, 61–30
November 23
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg8796Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 42–45, 45–51
November 24
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg6866Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg  Malaya
Scoring by half: 32–27, 36–39
November 24
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg64114Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half: 24–48, 40–66
November 24
South Vietnam  Flag of South Vietnam.svg75136Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by half: 64–36, 72–39
November 24
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg46102Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 54–21, 48–25
November 25
Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg14591Flag of South Vietnam.svg  South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 72–40, 73–51
November 26
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg72111Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg  Malaya
Scoring by half: 31–54, 41–57
November 26
South Vietnam  Flag of South Vietnam.svg75131Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Scoring by half: 32–65, 43–66
November 26
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg9652Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 47–27, 49–25
November 26
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg8396Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 39–42, 44–54
November 27
Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg9182Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Scoring by half: 43–32, 48–50
November 27
Malaya  Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg9772Flag of South Vietnam.svg  South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 45–30, 52–42
November 27
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg6992Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Scoring by half: 36–45, 33–47
November 27
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg5962Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by half: 24–25, 35–37
November 28
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg7375Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg  Malaya
Scoring by half: 27–26, 46–49
November 28
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg8869Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Scoring by half: 32–40, 56–29
November 28
Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg6570Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half: 35–31, 30–39
  • Since both Thailand and Malaya were tied on points, a play-off game was required to determine the fourth-placed team. [1]
November 29
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg8681Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg  Malaya
Scoring by half: 45–41, 41–40

Final round

Classification 5th–8th

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg  Malaya 1064823842−1916
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong 1046744820−7614
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 1037769919−15013
Flag of South Vietnam.svg  South Vietnam 100107951145−35010
November 30
South Vietnam  Flag of South Vietnam.svg85112Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg  Malaya
Scoring by half: 40–51, 45–61
November 30
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg6567Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 28–27, 37–40
December 1
South Vietnam  Flag of South Vietnam.svg8791Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Scoring by half: 53–45, 38–42
December 1
Malaya  Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg6092Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 29–40, 31–52
December 2
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg10585Flag of South Vietnam.svg  South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 46–40, 60–45
December 2
Malaya  Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg10397Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Scoring by half: 51–45, 52–52

Championship

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines 1082906636+27018
Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 1082955780+17518
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 1073894726+16817
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 1046791809−1814
November 30
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg5391Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half: 25–48, 28–43
November 30
Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg7478Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by half: 43–48, 31–30
December 1
Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg9086Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Scoring by half: 46–49, 44–37
December 1
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg8185Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half: 38–46, 43–39
December 2
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg8671Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Scoring by half: 41–28, 45–43
December 2
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg8196Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 44–51, 37–45

Since Taiwan and the Philippines were level on points, a play-off game for the championship was required. [2]

Championship play-off

December 3
Taiwan  Flag of the Republic of China.svg7791Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half: 33–49, 44–42

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines 9–2
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of the Republic of China.svg  Taiwan 8–3
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 7–3
4Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 5–6
5Flag of Malaya (1950-1963).svg  Malaya 6–5
6Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong 4–6
7Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 3–7
8Flag of South Vietnam.svg  South Vietnam 0–10

Awards

 1963 Asian champions 
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg
Philippines
Second title

See also

References

  1. "Malaya out of final round". The Straits Times. 1 December 1963. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  2. "Formosa and Philippines play off for Asian title". The Straits Times. 4 December 1963. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2011.