Basketball at the 1954 Asian Games

Basketball was one of the many sports which was held at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 1954 FIBA World Championship in Brazil.

Basketball
at the 1954 Asian Games
VenueRizal Memorial Coliseum
Date2–8 May 1954
Nations8

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
 Philippines
Bayani Amador
Florentino Bautista
Jose Maria Cacho
Napoleon Flores
Antonio Genato
Rafael Hechanova
Eduardo Lim
Carlos Loyzaga
Ramon Manulat
Lauro Mumar
Francisco Rabat
Ignacio Ramos
Ponciano Saldaña
Mariano Tolentino
 Republic of China
Hoo Cha-pen
Lai Lam-kwong
Edward Lee
Jose Lim
Julian Lim
Ling Jing-huan
Joachim Poon
Tong Suet-fong
Tsai Bon-hua
Wang Yih-jiun
Wu Yet-an
Joachim Yao
James Yap
Yung Pi-hock
 Japan
Hirokazu Arai
Jyunya Arai
Riichi Arai
Takashi Itoyama
Takeshi Kinoshita
Hitoshi Konno
Hisashi Nagashima
Shozo Noguchi
Hiroshi Saito
Shigeuji Saito
Shutaro Shoji
Takeo Sugiyama

Results

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Philippines 3 3 0 271 149 +122 6 Final round
2  South Korea 3 2 1 203 197 +6 5
3  Singapore 3 1 2 249 206 +43 4
4  Cambodia 3 0 3 144 315 171 3
Source: Results
2 May
Philippines  8263  Singapore
Scoring by half: 47–31, 35–32

2 May
South Korea  8948  Cambodia
Scoring by half: 34–22, 55–26

3 May
Philippines  10541  Cambodia
Scoring by half: 47–14, 58–27

3 May
South Korea  6965  Singapore
Scoring by half: 32–35, 37–30

4 May
Singapore  12155  Cambodia
Scoring by half: 58–27, 63–28

4 May
Philippines  8445  South Korea
Scoring by half: 48–20, 36–25

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Republic of China 3 3 0 231 145 +86 6 Final round
2  Japan 3 2 1 173 161 +12 5
3  Indonesia 3 1 2 175 224 49 4
4  Thailand 3 0 3 166 215 49 3
Source: Results
2 May
Japan  6146  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 24–17, 37–29


3 May
Republic of China  9654  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 44–18, 52–36

3 May
Japan  6753  Thailand
Scoring by half: 27–21, 40–32

4 May
Republic of China  6245  Japan
Scoring by half: 34–19, 28–26

4 May
Indonesia  7567  Thailand
Scoring by half: 36–34, 39–33

Final round

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Philippines 3 3 0 178 119 +59 6
2  Republic of China 3 2 1 140 140 0 5
3  Japan 3 1 2 151 172 21 4
4  South Korea 3 0 3 152 190 38 3
Source: Results
6 May
Republic of China  5653  South Korea
Scoring by half: 30–23, 26–30

6 May
Philippines  6840  Japan
Scoring by half: 27–16, 41–24

7 May
Republic of China  5753 (OT)  Japan
Scoring by half: 25–34, 26–17 Overtime: 6–2

7 May
Philippines  7652  South Korea
Scoring by half: 39–23, 37–29


8 May
Philippines  3427  Republic of China
Scoring by half: 26–22, 8–5

Final standing

Rank Team Pld W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Philippines660
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Republic of China651
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan633
4  South Korea624
5  Indonesia312
5  Singapore312
7  Cambodia303
7  Thailand303

References

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