1981 ABC Championship

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1981 FIBA Asia Championship
11th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nationIndia
Dates12–20 November
Teams12 
(from all Asian federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
ChampionsFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
(4th title)
<  1979
1983  >

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

Contents

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 330370191+1796
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 321229245−165
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 312212268−564
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 303202309−1073
12 November
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg11670Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Scoring by half: 60–37, 56–33
12 November
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg6296Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 34–43, 28–53
13 November
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg8582Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 40–45, 45–37
13 November
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg63126Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by half: 34–55, 29–71
14 November
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg12858Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 60–30, 68–28
14 November
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg5770Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 29–41, 28–29

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 330318170+1486
Flag of India.svg  India 321252176+765
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong 312196243−474
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 303152329−1773
12 November
India  Flag of India.svg10237Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 59–16, 43–21
12 November
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg10444Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 45–30, 59–14
13 November
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg51126Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by half: 23–70, 28–56
13 November
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg5175Flag of India.svg  India
Scoring by half: 20–39, 31–36
14 November
India  Flag of India.svg7588Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by half: 42–45, 33–43
14 November
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg64101Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 28–40, 36–61

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 330326209+1176
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines 321235201+345
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 312214261−474
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 303162266−1043
12 November
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg10962Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Scoring by half: 55–32, 54–30
12 November
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg8164Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Scoring by half: 39–38, 42–26
13 November
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg85127Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–58, 43–69
13 November
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg4792Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half: 20–47, 27–45
14 November
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg6553Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Scoring by half: 38–29, 27–24
14 November
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg9062Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half: 36–31, 54–31

Final round

Classification 7th–12th

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTiebreaker
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 550418346+7210
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 532441380+6181–0
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 532401357+4480–1
Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong 523411421−1071–0
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 523353362−970–1
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 505316474−1585
16 November
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg9153Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 51–20, 40–33
16 November
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg8487 (OT)Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Scoring by half: 38–37, 41–42  Overtime: 5–8
16 November
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg7369Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Scoring by half: 36–40, 37–29
17 November
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg5966Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Scoring by half: 28–24, 31–42
17 November
Sri Lanka  Flag of Sri Lanka.svg6885Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Scoring by half: 29–38, 39–47
17 November
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg114101Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 57–50, 57–51
18 November
Thailand  Flag of Thailand.svg10289Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 55–43, 47–46
18 November
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg7576Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 41–34, 34–42
18 November
Singapore  Flag of Singapore.svg6863Flag of Iran.svg  Iran
Scoring by half: 32–30, 36–33
19 November
Iran  Flag of Iran.svg9542Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 46–19, 49–23
19 November
Hong Kong  Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg6198Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Scoring by half: 31–54, 30–44
19 November
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg9378Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
Scoring by half: 44–46, 49–32

Championship

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 550482308+17410
Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 541466393+739
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 532405375+308
Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines 523370421−517
Flag of India.svg  India 514344423−796
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 505328475−1475
16 November
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg5470Flag of India.svg  India
Scoring by half: 19–32, 35–38
16 November
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg9766Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half: 52–46, 45–20
16 November
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg7191Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–44, 37–47
17 November
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg8270Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 47–40, 35–30
17 November
South Korea  Flag of South Korea.svg11179Flag of India.svg  India
Scoring by half: 61–42, 50–37
17 November
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg7160Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by half: 32–20, 39–40
18 November
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg85110Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by half: 37–72, 48–38
18 November
Japan  Flag of Japan.svg9982Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines
Scoring by half: 51–38, 48–44
18 November
India  Flag of India.svg5592Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Scoring by half: 25–52, 30–40
19 November
Malaysia  Flag of Malaysia.svg5687Flag of Japan.svg  Japan
Scoring by half: 23–43, 33–44
20 November
Philippines  Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg7865Flag of India.svg  India
Scoring by half: 40–34, 38–31
20 November
China  Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg9664Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
Scoring by half: 43–26, 53–38

Final standing

Qualified for the 1982 FIBA World Championship
RankTeamRecord
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 7–0
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 6–1
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of Japan.svg  Japan 5–2
4Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg  Philippines 4–3
5Flag of India.svg  India 3–4
6Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 2–5
7Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 5–2
8Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 3–4
9Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 3–4
10Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg  Hong Kong 2–5
11Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 2–5
12Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka 0–7

Awards

 1981 Asian champions 
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg
China
Fourth title

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