1963 ABC Championship

The 1963 ABC Championship was the second edition of the ABC 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 through to the championship round where they played each other again one more time. The bottom four teams would compete in a classification round.

1963 FIBA Asia Championship
2nd Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nationRepublic of China
DatesNovember 20 – December 3
Teams8 (from all Asian federations)
Venues1 (in 1 host city)
Champions Philippines (2nd title)
< 1960
1965 >

The tournament saw the first tie-breaker matches to 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 8–2 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, 99–71. Third was South Korea who had defeated the play-off teams at least once during the tournament.

Preliminary round
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Philippines 761649406+24313
 Taiwan 761695535+16013
 South Korea 752649496+15312
 Thailand 743581542+3911
 Malaya 743548568−2011
 Singapore 725516662−1469
 Hong Kong 716479610−1318
 South Vietnam 707538836−2987
November 20
Singapore  80–73  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 28–35, 52–38
November 21
South Vietnam  89–98  Singapore
Scoring by half: 40–49, 49–49
November 21
Malaya  81–80  South Korea
Scoring by half: 32–38, 49–42
November 21
Thailand  60–83  Philippines
Scoring by half: 26–36, 34–47
November 22
Singapore  65–74  Thailand
Scoring by half: 32–43, 33–31
November 22
South Vietnam  61–124  Philippines
Scoring by half: 53–35, 71–26
November 22
South Korea  90–61  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 38–28, 52–33
November 22
Taiwan  100–76  Malaya
Scoring by half: 33–26, 67–50
November 23
Hong Kong  105–75  South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 49–34, 56–41
November 23
Malaya  42–103  Philippines
Scoring by half: 22–48, 20–55
November 23
South Korea  110–55  Singapore
Scoring by half: 49–25, 61–30
November 23
Thailand  87–96  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 42–45, 45–51
November 24
Thailand  68–66  Malaya
Scoring by half: 32–27, 36–39
November 24
Singapore  64–114  Philippines
Scoring by half: 24–48, 40–66
November 24
South Vietnam  75–136  South Korea
Scoring by half: 64–36, 72–39
November 24
Hong Kong  46–102  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 54–21, 48–25
November 25
Taiwan  145–91  South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 72–40, 73–51
November 26
Singapore  72–111  Malaya
Scoring by half: 31–54, 41–57
November 26
South Vietnam  75–131  Thailand
Scoring by half: 32–65, 43–66
November 26
Philippines  96–52  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 47–27, 49–25
November 26
South Korea  83–96  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 39–42, 44–54
November 27
Taiwan  91–82  Singapore
Scoring by half: 43–32, 48–50
November 27
Malaya  97–72  South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 45–30, 52–42
November 27
Hong Kong  69–92  Thailand
Scoring by half: 36–45, 33–47
November 27
Philippines  59–62  South Korea
Scoring by half: 24–25, 35–37
November 28
Hong Kong  73–75  Malaya
Scoring by half: 27–26, 46–49
November 28
South Korea  88–69  Thailand
Scoring by half: 32–40, 56–29
November 28
Taiwan  65–70  Philippines
Scoring by half: 35–31, 30–39
  • Since both Thailand and Malaya were tied on points, a play-off game was required to determine the fourth-placed team.[1]
November 29
Thailand  86–81  Malaya
Scoring by half: 45–41, 41–40

Final round
  • The results and the points of the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the second round.

Classification 5th–8th
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Malaya 1064823842−1916
 Hong Kong 1046744820−7614
 Singapore 1037769919−15013
 South Vietnam 100107951145−35010
November 30
South Vietnam  85–112  Malaya
Scoring by half: 40–51, 45–61
November 30
Singapore  65–67  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 28–27, 37–40
December 1
South Vietnam  87–91  Singapore
Scoring by half: 53–45, 38–42
December 1
Malaya  60–92  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 29–40, 31–52
December 2
Hong Kong  105–85  South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 46–40, 60–45
December 2
Malaya  103–97  Singapore
Scoring by half: 51–45, 52–52

Championship
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Philippines 1082906636+27018
 Taiwan 1082955780+17518
 South Korea 1073894726+16817
 Thailand 1046791809−1814
November 30
Thailand  53–91  Philippines
Scoring by half: 25–48, 28–43
November 30
Taiwan  74–78  South Korea
Scoring by half: 43–48, 31–30
December 1
Taiwan  90–86  Thailand
Scoring by half: 46–49, 44–37
December 1
South Korea  81–85  Philippines
Scoring by half: 38–46, 43–39
December 2
South Korea  86–71  Thailand
Scoring by half: 41–28, 45–43
December 2
Philippines  81–96  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 44–51, 37–45

Since Taiwan and the Philippines were level on points, a play-off game for the championship was required.[2]

Championship play-off
December 3
Taiwan  77–91  Philippines
Scoring by half: 33–49, 44–42

Final standing
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Philippines9–2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Taiwan8–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea7–3
4  Thailand5–6
5  Malaya6–5
6  Hong Kong4–6
7  Singapore3–7
8  South Vietnam0–10

Awards
 1963 Asian champions 

Philippines
Second title

See also

References
  1. "Malaya out of final round". The Straits Times. 1 December 1963. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  2. "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.
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