1981 ABC Championship

1981 FIBA Asia Cup

11th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	12–20 November
Teams	12
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (4th title)
← 1979 1983 →

The 1981 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Kolkata, India. ^[1]

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	370	191	+179	6
Malaysia	3	2	1	229	245	−16	5
Iran	3	1	2	212	268	−56	4
Pakistan	3	0	3	202	309	−107	3

12 November

China	116–70	Iran
Scoring by half: 60–37, 56–33

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

12 November

Pakistan	62–96	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 34–43, 28–53

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

13 November

Iran	85–82	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 40–45, 45–37

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

13 November

Malaysia	63–126	China
Scoring by half: 34–55, 29–71

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

14 November

China	128–58	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 60–30, 68–28

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

14 November

Iran	57–70	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 29–41, 28–29

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	318	170	+148	6
India	3	2	1	252	176	+76	5
Hong Kong	3	1	2	196	243	−47	4
Sri Lanka	3	0	3	152	329	−177	3

12 November

India	102–37	Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 59–16, 43–21

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

12 November

Japan	104–44	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 45–30, 59–14

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

13 November

Sri Lanka	51–126	Japan
Scoring by half: 23–70, 28–56

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

13 November

Hong Kong	51–75	India
Scoring by half: 20–39, 31–36

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

14 November

India	75–88	Japan
Scoring by half: 42–45, 33–43

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

14 November

Sri Lanka	64–101	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 28–40, 36–61

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	326	209	+117	6
Philippines	3	2	1	235	201	+34	5
Thailand	3	1	2	214	261	−47	4
Singapore	3	0	3	162	266	−104	3

12 November

South Korea	109–62	Singapore
Scoring by half: 55–32, 54–30

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

12 November

Philippines	81–64	Thailand
Scoring by half: 39–38, 42–26

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

13 November

Thailand	85–127	South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–58, 43–69

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

13 November

Singapore	47–92	Philippines
Scoring by half: 20–47, 27–45

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

14 November

Thailand	65–53	Singapore
Scoring by half: 38–29, 27–24

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

14 November

South Korea	90–62	Philippines
Scoring by half: 36–31, 54–31

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

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.

Classification 7th–12th

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
Thailand	5	5	0	418	346	+72	10
Iran	5	3	2	441	380	+61	8	1–0
Pakistan	5	3	2	401	357	+44	8	0–1
Hong Kong	5	2	3	411	421	−10	7	1–0
Singapore	5	2	3	353	362	−9	7	0–1
Sri Lanka	5	0	5	316	474	−158	5

16 November

Pakistan	91–53	Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 51–20, 40–33

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

16 November

Iran	84–87 (OT)	Thailand
Scoring by half: 38–37, 41–42  Overtime: 5–8

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

16 November

Hong Kong	73–69	Singapore
Scoring by half: 36–40, 37–29

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

17 November

Pakistan	59–66	Thailand
Scoring by half: 28–24, 31–42

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

17 November

Sri Lanka	68–85	Singapore
Scoring by half: 29–38, 39–47

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

17 November

Iran	114–101	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 57–50, 57–51

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

18 November

Thailand	102–89	Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 55–43, 47–46

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

18 November

Hong Kong	75–76	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 41–34, 34–42

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

18 November

Singapore	68–63	Iran
Scoring by half: 32–30, 36–33

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

19 November

Iran	95–42	Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 46–19, 49–23

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

19 November

Hong Kong	61–98	Thailand
Scoring by half: 31–54, 30–44

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

19 November

Pakistan	93–78	Singapore
Scoring by half: 44–46, 49–32

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

Championship

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	5	5	0	482	308	+174	10
South Korea	5	4	1	466	393	+73	9
Japan	5	3	2	405	375	+30	8
Philippines	5	2	3	370	421	−51	7
India	5	1	4	344	423	−79	6
Malaysia	5	0	5	328	475	−147	5

16 November

Malaysia	54–70	India
Scoring by half: 19–32, 35–38

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

16 November

China	97–66	Philippines
Scoring by half: 52–46, 45–20

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

16 November

Japan	71–91	South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–44, 37–47

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

17 November

Philippines	82–70	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 47–40, 35–30

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

17 November

South Korea	111–79	India
Scoring by half: 61–42, 50–37

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

17 November

China	71–60	Japan
Scoring by half: 32–20, 39–40

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

18 November

Malaysia	85–110	South Korea
Scoring by half: 37–72, 48–38

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

18 November

Japan	99–82	Philippines
Scoring by half: 51–38, 48–44

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

18 November

India	55–92	China
Scoring by half: 25–52, 30–40

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

19 November

Malaysia	56–87	Japan
Scoring by half: 23–43, 33–44

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

20 November

Philippines	78–65	India
Scoring by half: 40–34, 38–31

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

20 November

China	96–64	South Korea
Scoring by half: 43–26, 53–38

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

Final standings

Qualified for the 1982 FIBA World Championship

Rank	Team	Record
	China	7–0
	South Korea	6–1
	Japan	5–2
4	Philippines	4–3
5	India	3–4
6	Malaysia	2–5
7	Thailand	5–2
8	Iran	3–4
9	Pakistan	3–4
10	Hong Kong	2–5
11	Singapore	2–5
12	Sri Lanka	0–7

Awards

1981 Asian champions
China Fourth title

References

1. "Men Basketball 11th Asia Championship 1981 Kolkata (IND)". todor66.com. Retrieved 16 August 2022.

External links

• archive.fiba.com