1987 ABC Championship

1987 FIBA Asia Cup

14th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Thailand
Dates	November 14–27
Teams	15
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (6th title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Lee Chung-Hee
← 1985 1989 →

The 1987 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Philippines   Iran *   Jordan   India	South Korea   Thailand   Indonesia   Macau	China   Chinese Taipei   Singapore   Iraq	Malaysia   Japan   Hong Kong   Bahrain

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Philippines	2	2	0	184	170	+14	4
India	2	1	1	168	159	+9	3
Jordan	2	0	2	163	186	−23	2

November 14 17:30

Philippines	97–91	Jordan
Scoring by half: 47–58, 50–33

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 17 17:30

Jordan	72–89	India
Scoring by half: 29–37, 43–52

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 19 19:00

India	79–87	Philippines
Scoring by half: 39–38, 40–49

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	323	149	+174	6
Thailand	3	2	1	276	222	+54	5
Indonesia	3	1	2	188	256	−68	4
Macau	3	0	3	158	318	−160	3

November 14 16:00

Thailand	85–68	Indonesia
Scoring by half: 48–35, 37–33

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 15 16:00

South Korea	114–42	Macau
Scoring by half: 56–17, 58–25

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 16 17:30

Indonesia	40–120	South Korea
Scoring by half: 17–59, 23–61

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 17 14:30

Macau	51–80	Indonesia
Scoring by half: 19–50, 32–30

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 17 19:00

South Korea	89–67	Thailand
Scoring by half: 51–37, 38–30

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 19 16:00

Thailand	124–65	Macau
Scoring by half: 64–29, 60–36

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	289	213	+76	6
Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	287	239	+48	5
Iraq	3	1	2	259	251	+8	4
Singapore	3	0	3	198	330	−132	3

November 15 14:30

Iraq	84–86	China
Scoring by half: 42–42, 42–44

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 15 19:00

Chinese Taipei	114–77	Singapore
Scoring by half: 56–35, 58–42

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 16 16:00

China	85–73	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 37–39, 48–34

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 17 16:00

Singapore	65–98	Iraq
Scoring by half: 37–51, 28–47

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 18 16:00

China	118–56	Singapore
Scoring by half: 61–30, 57–26

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 18 17:30

Iraq	77–100	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 38–43, 39–57

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	277	191	+86	6
Malaysia	3	2	1	255	208	+47	5
Bahrain	3	1	2	191	229	−38	4
Hong Kong	3	0	3	210	305	−95	3

November 14 19:00

Malaysia	118–81	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 60–40, 58–41

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 15 17:30

Japan	94–60	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 52–32, 42–28

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 16 19:00

Bahrain	79–68	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 47–32, 32–36

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 18 14:30

Hong Kong	61–108	Japan
Scoring by half: 26–54, 35–54

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 18 19:00

Bahrain	52–67	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–31, 29–21

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 19 17:30

Japan	75–70	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 46–35, 29–35

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	295	235	+60	6
Philippines	3	2	1	289	277	+12	5
Malaysia	3	1	2	261	254	+7	4
Thailand	3	0	3	223	302	−79	3

November 21 17:30

Malaysia	95–68	Thailand
Scoring by half: 49–34, 46–34

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 21 19:00

China	97–94	Philippines
Scoring by half: 55–42, 42–52

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 22 16:00

Philippines	97–94	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 53–46, 44–48

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 22 17:30

Thailand	69–109	China
Scoring by half: 32–63, 37–46

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 23 14:30

China	89–72	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 42–38, 47–34

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 23 17:30

Philippines	98–86	Thailand
Scoring by half: 52–44, 46–42

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Group II

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	287	205	+82	6
Japan	3	2	1	223	221	+2	5
Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	242	246	−4	4
India	3	0	3	206	286	−80	3

November 21 14:30

South Korea	85–52	Japan
Scoring by half: 40–31, 45–21

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 21 16:00

India	67–92	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 42–33, 25–59

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 22 14:30

Japan	90–67	India
Scoring by half: 42–32, 48–35

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 22 19:00

Chinese Taipei	81–98	South Korea
Scoring by half: 39–51, 42–47

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 23 16:00

Japan	81–69	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 34–24, 47–45

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 23 19:00

South Korea	104–72	India
Scoring by half: 61–32, 43–40

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Group III

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Jordan	3	3	0	327	224	+103	6
Iraq	3	2	1	350	227	+123	5
Hong Kong	3	1	2	299	302	−3	4
Macau	3	0	3	208	431	−223	3

November 21 10:00

Hong Kong	135–76	Macau
Scoring by half: 61–30, 74–46

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 21 11:30

Iraq	76–79	Jordan
Scoring by half: 38–38, 38–41

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 22 10:00

Macau	69–136	Iraq
Scoring by half: 29–67, 40–69

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 22 13:00

Jordan	88–85	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 46–37, 42–48

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 23 10:00

Iraq	138–79	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 72–43, 66–36

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 23 11:30

Jordan	160–63	Macau
Scoring by half: 70–36, 90–27

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Group IV

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
Singapore	2	1	1	147	145	+2	3	1–1 / 1.014
Indonesia	2	1	1	133	133	0	3	1–1 / 1.000
Bahrain	2	1	1	139	141	−2	3	1–1 / 0.986

November 21 13:00

Indonesia	63–64	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 24–38, 39–26

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 22 11:30

Bahrain	75–78	Singapore
Scoring by half: 34–49, 41–29

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 23 13:00

Indonesia	70–69	Singapore
Scoring by half: 46–33, 24–36

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Classification 13th–15th

	Semifinals				13th place
	November 24
	Hong Kong
					November 25
	Bye
					Hong Kong	0
	November 24
					Bahrain	2
	Bahrain	103
	Macau	49

Semifinals

November 24 10:00

Bahrain	103–49	Macau
Scoring by half: 55–34, 48–15

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

13th place

November 25 16:00

Hong Kong	0–2	Bahrain
Game abandoned in the first half with Bahrain leading 26–20 after Hong Kong walked off the court to protest the officiating; Bahrain were awarded the game on forfeit.

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Classification 9th–12th

	Semifinals				9th place
	November 24
	Jordan	108
					November 25
	Indonesia	65
					Jordan	65
	November 24
					Iraq	92
	Singapore	59
	Iraq	114
					11th place
					November 25
					Indonesia	73
					Singapore	75

Semifinals

November 24 11:30

Jordan	108–65	Indonesia
Scoring by half: 54–32, 54–33

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 24 13:00

Singapore	59–114	Iraq
Scoring by half: 25–60, 34–54

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

11th place

November 25 17:30

Indonesia	73–75	Singapore
Scoring by half: 46–50, 27–25

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

9th place

November 25 19:00

Jordan	65–92	Iraq
Scoring by half: 32–39, 33–53

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Classification 5th–8th

	Semifinals				5th place
	November 24
	Malaysia	84
					November 26
	India	85
					India	59
	November 24
					Chinese Taipei	79
	Chinese Taipei	89
	Thailand	76
					7th place
					November 26
					Malaysia	90
					Thailand	68

Semifinals

November 24 14:30

Malaysia	84–85	India
Scoring by half: 52–44, 32–41

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 24 16:00

Chinese Taipei	89–76	Thailand
Scoring by half: 47–46, 42–30

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

7th place

November 26 17:30

Malaysia	90–68	Thailand
Scoring by half: 46–35, 44–33

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

5th place

November 26 19:00

India	59–79	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 26–49, 33–30

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	November 24
	China	85
					November 27
	Japan	69
					China (OT)	86
	November 24
					South Korea	79
	South Korea	105
	Philippines	88
					3rd place
					November 27
					Japan	89
					Philippines	75

Semifinals

November 24 17:30

China	85–69	Japan
Scoring by half: 41–36, 44–33

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

November 24 19:00

South Korea	105–88	Philippines
Scoring by half: 49–30, 56–58

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

3rd place

November 27 16:45

Japan	89–75	Philippines
Scoring by half: 46–32, 43–43
Pts: Ikeuchi 19		Pts: Magsanoc 18

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Final

November 27 17:30

China	86–79 (OT)	South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–36, 34–40  Overtime: 10–3
Pts: Wang L.B. 26		Pts: Lee C.H., Hur J. 33

National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Final standings

Qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics

Rank	Team	Record
	China	8–0
	South Korea	7–1
	Japan	6–2
4	Philippines	4–3
5	Chinese Taipei	5–3
6	India	2–5
7	Malaysia	4–4
8	Thailand	2–6
9	Iraq	5–3
10	Jordan	3–3
11	Singapore	2–5
12	Indonesia	2–4
13	Bahrain	4–3
14	Hong Kong	1–6
15	Macau	0–7

Awards

1987 Asian champions
China Sixth title

• Most Valuable Player: Lee Chung-Hee ^[1]
• All-Star Team: ^[2]
  • Zhang Bin
  • Sun Fengwu
  • Hur Jae
  • Lee Chung-Hee
  • Alvin Patrimonio

References

1. Florian Wanninger (2002), FIBA 1930-2001 Results, FIBA, ISBN   978-3897018365
2. Florian Wanninger (2002), FIBA 1930-2001 Results, FIBA, ISBN   978-3897018365

External links

• Results
• archive.fiba.com