1989 ABC Championship

1989 FIBA Asia Cup

15th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	China
Dates	September 15–24
Teams	15
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (7th title)
← 1987 1991 →

The 1989 Men's Asian Basketball Confederation Championship was held in Beijing, PR China.

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
China   Thailand   Singapore   Kuwait *   Saudi Arabia	South Korea   Malaysia   Indonesia *   Iran   Pakistan	Japan   India   Bahrain *   Syria *	Philippines   Chinese Taipei   Hong Kong   Bangladesh

* Kuwait, Bahrain and Syria withdrew from the tournament, following this Indonesia moved to Group C to balance the number of teams in each group.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	296	171	+125	6
Saudi Arabia	3	2	1	249	241	+8	5
Singapore	3	1	2	169	240	−71	4
Thailand	3	0	3	178	240	−62	3

September 15 20:15

China	102–72	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 57–37, 45–35

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 16

Saudi Arabia	91–63	Singapore
Scoring by half: 44–37, 47–26

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 16

China	96–51	Thailand
Scoring by half: 51–27, 45–24

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 17

Thailand	51–58	Singapore
Scoring by half: 29–30, 22–28

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 18

Singapore	48–98	China
Scoring by half: 22–52, 26–46

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 19

Thailand	76–86	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 40–45, 36–41

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	341	262	+79	6
Iran	3	2	1	294	261	+33	5
Malaysia	3	1	2	253	283	−30	4
Pakistan	3	0	3	259	341	−82	3

September 15 14:00

South Korea	120–96	Iran
Scoring by half: 54–46, 66–50

University Gymnasium, Beijing

September 16

South Korea	95–72	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 39–46, 56–26

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 17

Pakistan	94–126	South Korea
Scoring by half: 51–62, 43–64

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 17

Iran	90–74	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 43–41, 47–33

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 18

Iran	108–67	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 55–39, 53–28

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 19

Malaysia	107–98	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 57–52, 50–46

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	2	2	0	161	104	+57	4
India	2	1	1	160	149	+11	3
Indonesia	2	0	2	106	174	−68	2

September 16

Japan	81–37	Indonesia
Scoring by half: 36–20, 45–17

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 17

Indonesia	69–93	India
Scoring by half: 33–48, 36–45

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 18

Japan	80–67	India
Scoring by half: 47–31, 33–36

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	345	205	+140	6
Philippines	3	2	1	339	232	+107	5
Hong Kong	3	1	2	266	273	−7	4
Bangladesh	3	0	3	158	398	−240	3

September 16 19:00

Philippines	150–52	Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 80–24, 70–28

University Gymnasium, Beijing

September 16

Chinese Taipei	113–70	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 56–30, 57–40

University Gymnasium, Beijing

September 17

Bangladesh	61–135	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 32–68, 29–67

University Gymnasium, Beijing

September 17 15:45

Philippines	115–83	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 68–44, 47–39

University Gymnasium, Beijing

September 19

Hong Kong	113–45	Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 59–26, 54–19

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 19 20:45

Philippines	74–97	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 42–57, 32–40

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	327	215	+112	6
Japan	3	2	1	229	214	+15	5
Iran	3	1	2	218	274	−56	4
Philippines	3	0	3	226	297	−71	3

September 20

Iran	53–73	Japan
Scoring by half: 24–42, 29–31

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 20

China	118–73	Philippines
Scoring by half: 63–36, 55–37

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 21

China	115–72	Iran
Scoring by half: 60–35, 55–37

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 21 20:00

Japan	86–67	Philippines
Scoring by half: 48–35, 38–32

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 22

Philippines	86–93	Iran
Scoring by half: 46–47, 40–46

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 22

China	94–70	Japan
Scoring by half: 46–37, 48–33

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

Group II

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	300	260	+40	6
Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	278	273	+5	5
India	3	1	2	233	270	−37	4
Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	243	251	−8	3

September 20

Saudi Arabia	88–92	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 55–51, 33–41

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 20

South Korea	103–86	India
Scoring by half: 56–41, 47–45

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 21

Saudi Arabia	83–85	South Korea
Scoring by half: 43–42, 40–43

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 21

India	73–95	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 35–50, 38–45

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 22

Saudi Arabia	72–74	India
Scoring by half: 32–33, 40–41

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 22

Chinese Taipei	91–112	South Korea
Scoring by half: 41–58, 50–54

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

Group III

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Pakistan	3	3	0	267	182	+85	6
Singapore	3	2	1	222	210	+12	5
Indonesia	3	1	2	216	204	+12	4
Bangladesh	3	0	3	159	268	−109	3

September 20

Singapore	80–66	Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 44–31, 36–35

University Gymnasium, Beijing

September 20

Pakistan	89–62	Indonesia
Scoring by half: 52–31, 37–31

University Gymnasium, Beijing

September 21

Bangladesh	52–104	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 16–54, 36–50

University Gymnasium, Beijing

September 21

Singapore	74–70	Indonesia
Scoring by half: 47–42, 27–28

University Gymnasium, Beijing

September 22

Singapore	68–74	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 39–32, 29–42

University Gymnasium, Beijing

September 22

Indonesia	84–41	Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 32–21, 52–20

University Gymnasium, Beijing

Group IV

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Malaysia	2	2	0	214	157	+57	4
Thailand	2	1	1	166	184	−18	3
Hong Kong	2	0	2	171	210	−39	2

September 20

Thailand	95–85	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 54–45, 41–40

University Gymnasium, Beijing

September 21

Hong Kong	86–115	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 41–56, 45–59

University Gymnasium, Beijing

September 22

Thailand	71–99	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 33–59, 38–40

University Gymnasium, Beijing

Classification 5th–14th

13th place

September 23

Indonesia	75–104	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 33–59, 42–45

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

11th place

September 23

Singapore	85–73	Thailand
Scoring by half: 39–32, 46–41

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

9th place

September 23

Pakistan	77–110	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 35–50, 42–60

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

7th place

September 24 13:00

Philippines	89–91 (OT)	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 45–40, 35–40  Overtime: 9–11

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

5th place

September 24

Iran	101–79	India
Scoring by half: 38–42, 63–37

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	September 23
	China	92
					September 24
	Chinese Taipei	67
					China	102
	September 23
					South Korea	72
	South Korea	110
	Japan	86
					3rd place
					September 24
					Chinese Taipei	69
					Japan	58

Semifinals

September 23

China	92–67	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 55–33, 37–34

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

September 23

South Korea	110–86	Japan
Scoring by half: 53–39, 47–47

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

3rd place

September 24

Chinese Taipei	69–58	Japan
Scoring by half: 33–31, 36–27

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

Final

September 24

China	102–72	South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–37, 60–35

Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

Final standings

Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship

Rank	Team	Record
	China	8–0
	South Korea	7–1
	Chinese Taipei	6–2
4	Japan	4–3
5	Iran	4–3
6	India	2–4
7	Saudi Arabia	3–4
8	Philippines	2–5
9	Malaysia	4–2
10	Pakistan	3–4
11	Singapore	4–3
12	Thailand	1–5
13	Hong Kong	2–4
14	Indonesia	1–5
15	Bangladesh	0–6

Awards

1989 Asian champions
China Seventh title

References

• Results
• archive.fiba.com