Basketball at the 1951 Asian Games

Basketball was one of the six initial disciplines which was held at the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi, India, wherein five Asian teams—Burma, India, Iran, Japan and Philippines—participated. In the matches, round-robin format was employed and on the basis of final points table top three podium places were decided. Philippines team without losing a single match topped the points table and grabbed the gold medal, their first of their basketball supremacy in the Asian Games. (They eventually won the next three editions, until 1962.) Japanese squad finished behind it and won a silver medal, Iranian team with two wins finished third and won a bronze. Host nation India, finished fourth with only single win over Burma, which came last without winning a single match.

Basketball
at the 1951 Asian Games
VenueNational Stadium
Date5–10 March 1951
Nations5
1954 →

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
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  Philippines
Francisco Calilan
Andres dela Cruz
Genaro Fernandez
Jose Gochangco
Rafael Hechanova
Moro Lorenzo
Carlos Loyzaga
Antonio Martinez
Lauro Mumar
Ignacio Ramos
Meliton Santos
Mariano Tolentino
  Japan
Makoto Arai
Mitsugu Hachiya
Hiroshi Ikeda
Junichi Iwao
Michio Katayama
Fumio Matsuoka
Kasaburo Ogura
Shuzo Okubo
Shigeru Saito
Minoru Takahashi
Mitsuhide Tsudi
  Iran
Hassan Khaleghpour
Kamal Mashhoun
Reza Masoumi
Kambiz Mokhberi
Alireza Oshar
Hossein Razi
Mashallah Safiyar
Abolfazl Solbi
Hossein Soroudi
Hossein Soudipour

Results

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1   Philippines 4 4 0 271 129 +142 8
2   Japan 4 3 1 224 156 +68 7
3   Iran 4 2 2 222 195 +27 6
4   India 4 1 3 186 266 −80 5
5   Burma 4 0 4 123 278 −155 4
Source: Results
5 March
Burma   19–63   Philippines

5 March
Iran   34–40   Japan

6 March
India   52–63   Iran

6 March
Burma   19–81   Japan

7 March
Iran   41–65   Philippines

7 March
India   46–70   Japan

8 March
Burma   47–50   India

9 March
Japan   33–57   Philippines

10 March
Burma   38–84   Iran

10 March
India   38–86   Philippines

Final standing

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Rank Team Pld W L
    Philippines 4 4 0
    Japan 4 3 1
    Iran 4 2 2
4   India 4 1 3
5   Burma 4 0 4

References

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