1972 ABC Under-18 Championship

The 1972 ABC Under-18 Championship was the second edition of the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC)'s junior championship. The games were held at Manila, Philippines from December 10–December 20, 1972.

1972 FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup
2nd FIBA Under-18 Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Philippines
DatesDecember 10–20
Teams7
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Philippines (2nd title)
1970
1974

The Philippines were able to retain the championship by sweeping all of their assignments, blasting Taiwan, 95-62, in the final day.[1]

Preliminary round

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Team Pld W L Pts
  Philippines 6 6 0 12
  Taiwan 6 5 1 11
  South Korea 6 4 2 10
  India 6 3 3 9
  Thailand 6 2 4 8
  Malaysia 6 1 5 7
  Singapore 6 0 6 6
December 10
Malaysia   65–108   Taiwan
Scoring by half: 33−53, 32−55
December 10
South Korea   87–54   Singapore
Scoring by half: 45−25, 42−29
December 10
India   30–117   Philippines
Scoring by half: 18−52, 12−65

December 11
Philippines   113–51   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 58-10, 55-32
December 11
Taiwan   95–85   South Korea
Scoring by half: 46-37, 49-48
December 11
Thailand   89–91 (OT)   India
Scoring by half: 35-40, 44-39 Overtime: 10-12

December 12
South Korea   106–56   Thailand
Scoring by half: 49−30, 57−26
December 12
Singapore   57–93   Taiwan
Scoring by half: 24−55, 33−38

December 13
Malaysia   51–136   South Korea
Scoring by half: 21−67, 30−69
December 13
Philippines   121–72   Thailand
Scoring by half: 62−22, 59−50
December 13
India   85–80   Singapore
Scoring by half: 38−31, 47−49

December 14
Singapore   76–98   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 29−44, 47−54
December 14
Taiwan   118–63   India
Scoring by half: 56−30, 62−33

December 15
Thailand   76–71   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 36−43, 40−28
December 15
Philippines   73–71   Taiwan
Scoring by half: 37−39, 36−32
December 15
India   56–116   South Korea

December 16
Singapore   48–116   Philippines
Scoring by half: 26−64, 22−52
December 16
Malaysia   66–69   India
Scoring by half: 28-30, 38-39
December 16
Taiwan   108–82   Thailand
Scoring by half: 51-45, 57-37

December 17
Thailand   104–67   Singapore
Scoring by half: 48-30, 56-37
December 17
South Korea   76–79   Philippines
Scoring by half: 37-39, 39-40

Final round

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Classification 5th–7th

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Thailand 2 2 0 166 139 +27 4
  Singapore 2 1 1 164 177 −13 3
  Malaysia 2 0 2 163 177 −14 2
December 18
Malaysia   89–99   Singapore
Scoring by half: 39−46, 50−53
December 19
Singapore   65–88   Thailand
Scoring by half: 32-49, 33-39
December 20
Thailand   78–74   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 33−31, 45−43

Championship

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Team Pld W L Pts
  Philippines 3 3 0 6
  Taiwan 3 2 1 5
  South Korea 3 1 2 4
  India 3 0 3 3
December 18
Philippines   82–70   South Korea
Scoring by half: 48-31, 34-39
December 18
India   70–88   Taiwan
Scoring by half: 31-48, 39-34

December 19
Philippines   128–43   India
Scoring by half: 60-21, 68-22
December 19
South Korea   82–84   Taiwan
Scoring by half: 40-47, 42-37

December 20
South Korea   100–49   India
Scoring by half: 52−29, 48−20
December 20
Taiwan   62–95   Philippines
Scoring by half: 36−47, 26−48

Final standing

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Rank Team Record
    Philippines 9–0
    Taiwan 7–2
    South Korea 5–4
4   India 3–6
5   Thailand 4–4
6   Singapore 1–7
7   Malaysia 1–7

Awards

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 1972 Asian Under-18 champions 
 
Philippines
Second title

References

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  1. ^ "Filipino cagers retain Asian Youth title". NewspaperSG. 21 December 1972. Retrieved 28 March 2018.