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1960 ABC Championship

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The 1960 ABC Championship was the first edition of the ABC Championship, a tournament which was held by FIBA Asia. The tournament which was held in Manila, Philippines saw seven teams compete in a round-robin tournament with the top four teams qualifying through to the final round where they played each other again one more time.

1960 FIBA Asia Cup
1st Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryPhilippines
DatesJanuary 16–28
Teams7
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Philippines (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPPhilippines Carlos Badion
1963 →

In the final round, the Philippines took out the title as they won all nine of their games to come out the winners. Taiwan finished as the runner-up with the only two losses being against the champions. Japan rounded out the podium in third.

Preliminary round

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Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Philippines 6 6 0 623 405 +218 12
  Taiwan 6 5 1 517 432 +85 11
  Japan 6 4 2 448 443 +5 10
  South Korea 6 3 3 520 461 +59 9
  Hong Kong 6 2 4 516 542 −26 8
  Indonesia 6 1 5 404 522 −118 7
  Malaya 6 0 6 435 658 −223 6
January 16
South Korea   93–78   Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 53–39, 40–39
January 16
Indonesia   46–92   Philippines
Scoring by half: 29–40, 17–52
January 16
Japan   88–68   Malaya
Scoring by half: 41–31, 47–37
January 17
Philippines   115–66   Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 61–40, 54–26
January 17
Indonesia   67–74   Japan
Scoring by half: 34–40, 33–34
January 17
South Korea   71–78   Taiwan
Scoring by half: 30–42, 41–36
January 18
Hong Kong   96–72   Indonesia
Scoring by half: 47–32, 49–40
January 18
Malaya   58–126   Philippines
Scoring by half: 25–54, 33–72
January 18
Japan   59–71   Taiwan
Scoring by half: 35–32, 24–39
January 19
Taiwan   110–74   Malaya
Scoring by half: 60–27, 50–47
January 19
Hong Kong   73–81   Japan
Scoring by half: 28–45, 45–36
January 19
South Korea   79–97   Philippines
Scoring by half: 42–45, 37–52
January 20
Malaya   76–98   Indonesia
Scoring by half: 35–46, 41–52
January 20
Taiwan   87–81   Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 38–38, 49–43
January 20
South Korea   67–73   Japan
Scoring by half: 35–36, 32–37
January 21
Taiwan   88–51   Indonesia
Scoring by half: 52–25, 36–26
January 21
Japan   73–97   Philippines
Scoring by half: 34–49, 39–48
January 21
Malaya   65–114   South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–47, 38–67
January 22
Malaya   94–122   Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 48–59, 46–63
January 22
Indonesia   70–96   South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–40, 36–56
January 22
Taiwan   83–96   Philippines
Scoring by half: 39–45, 44–51

Final round

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  • The results and the points of the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the final round.
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Philippines 9 9 0 910 645 +265 18
  Taiwan 9 7 2 774 685 +89 16
  Japan 9 5 4 683 703 −20 14
  South Korea 9 3 6 771 738 +33 12
January 24
Japan   69–84   Taiwan
Scoring by half: 24–38, 45–46
January 24
South Korea   82–96   Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–48, 38–48
January 26
Taiwan   95–85   South Korea
Scoring by half: 45–41, 50–44
January 26
Philippines   92–80   Japan
Scoring by half: 43–25, 49–55
January 28
Japan   86–84   South Korea
Scoring by half: 55–51, 31–33
January 28
Philippines   99–78   Taiwan
Scoring by half: 46–34, 53–44

Final standing

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Rank Team Record
    Philippines 9–0
    Taiwan 7–2
    Japan 5–4
4   South Korea 3–6
5   Hong Kong 2–4
6   Indonesia 1–5
7   Malaya 0–6

Awards

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 1960 Asian champions 
 
Philippines
First title

References

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