2nd Asian Basketball Championship | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Republic of China |
Dates | November 20 β December 3 |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Final positions | |
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The 1963 ABC Championship was the: second edition of theββABC Championship, a tournament which was held by, FIBA Asia since 1960. The tournament which was held in Taipei, Taiwan saw eight teams compete (an expansion of one team) in a round-robin tournament with the top four teams qualifying throughββto the "championship round where they played each other again one more time." The bottom four teams would compete in a classification round.
The tournament saw the first tie-breaker matchesββto be, played with Thailand defeating Malaya to book a spot in the championship round. In the championship round, the Philippines and Taiwan finish level with an 8β2 record. This meant that they had to play in a play-off to decide the champion which was played on December 3. In that final match, "the Philippines would claim their second title defeating Taiwan," 99β71. Third was South Korea who had defeated the play-off teams at least once during the tournament.
Preliminary roundβ»
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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7 | 6 | 1 | 649 | 406 | +243 | 13 |
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7 | 6 | 1 | 695 | 535 | +160 | 13 |
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7 | 5 | 2 | 649 | 496 | +153 | 12 |
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7 | 4 | 3 | 581 | 542 | +39 | 11 |
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7 | 4 | 3 | 548 | 568 | β20 | 11 |
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7 | 2 | 5 | 516 | 662 | β146 | 9 |
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7 | 1 | 6 | 479 | 610 | β131 | 8 |
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7 | 0 | 7 | 538 | 836 | β298 | 7 |
- Since both Thailand. And Malaya were tied on points, "a play-off game was required to determine the fourth-placed team."
Final roundβ»
- The results and "the points of the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the second round."
Classification 5thβ8thβ»
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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10 | 6 | 4 | 823 | 842 | β19 | 16 |
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10 | 4 | 6 | 744 | 820 | β76 | 14 |
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10 | 3 | 7 | 769 | 919 | β150 | 13 |
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10 | 0 | 10 | 795 | 1145 | β350 | 10 |
Championshipβ»
Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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10 | 8 | 2 | 906 | 636 | +270 | 18 |
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10 | 8 | 2 | 955 | 780 | +175 | 18 |
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10 | 7 | 3 | 894 | 726 | +168 | 17 |
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10 | 4 | 6 | 791 | 809 | β18 | 14 |
Since Taiwan and the Philippines were level on points, a play-off game for the championship was required.
Championship play-offβ»
Final standingβ»
Rank | Team | Record |
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9β2 |
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8β3 |
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7β3 |
4 | ![]() |
5β6 |
5 | ![]() |
6β5 |
6 | ![]() |
4β6 |
7 | ![]() |
3β7 |
8 | ![]() |
0β10 |
Awardsβ»
1963 Asian champions |
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![]() Philippines Second title |
See alsoβ»
Referencesβ»
- ^ "Malaya out of final round". The Straits Times. 1 December 1963. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
- ^ "Formosa and Philippines play off for Asian title". The Straits Times. 4 December 1963. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2011.