Basketball at the 1970 Asian Games

Basketball was one of the 13 sports disciplines held in the 1970 Asian Games again in Bangkok, Thailand. South Korea got their first Asian basketball title by outlasting the defending champions Israel in the championship round. The games were held from December 10 to 19, 1970.

Basketball
at the 1970 Asian Games
VenueKittikachorn Stadium
Date10–19 December 1970
Nations12

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
 South Korea
Choi Jong-kyu
Choo Hun-geun
Kim In-kun
Kim Yeong-il
Kwak Hyun-chae
Lee In-pyo
Lee Ja-young
Park Han
Shin Dong-pa
Shin Hyun-soo
Yoo Hi-hyung
Yoon Pyung-no
 Israel
Dan Barzily
Tanhum Cohen-Mintz
Hillel Gilboa
Ronald Green
Hanan Keren
Ivan Leshinsky
Itamar Marzel
Gabi Neumark
Mike Schwarz
Haim Starkman
Gabi Teichner
Mark Turenshine
 Japan
Shigeaki Abe
Yoshikuni Awano
Seiji Igarashi
Isao Kimura
Akira Kodama
Satoshi Mori
Fumihiko Moroyama
Kazufumi Sakai
Kenji Soda
Atsushi Somatomo
Masatomo Taniguchi
Kunihiko Yokoyama

Draw

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1966 Asian Games

Results

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Israel 3 3 0 288 181 +107 6 Final round
2  Japan 3 2 1 243 185 +58 5
3  Singapore 3 1 2 203 284 81 4 Classification 7th–12th
4  South Vietnam 3 0 3 202 286 84 3
Source: Results
10 December
Israel  10859  South Vietnam

10 December
Japan  9947  Singapore

11 December
South Vietnam  5680  Japan

11 December
Israel  9858  Singapore

12 December
Israel  8264  Japan

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  India 3 2 1 218 210 +8 5[lower-alpha 1] Final round
2  Republic of China 3 2 1 210 190 +20 5[lower-alpha 1]
3  Thailand 3 2 1 201 189 +12 5[lower-alpha 1] Classification 7th–12th
4  Malaysia 3 0 3 199 239 40 3
Source: Results
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head wins (1). Head-to-head game points average: IND 1.022, ROC 1.000, THA 0.976.

10 December
Thailand  8065  Malaysia


11 December
Thailand  6470  India

12 December
Malaysia  7277  India

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  South Korea 3 3 0 303 203 +100 6 Final round
2  Philippines 3 2 1 280 221 +59 5
3  Iran 3 1 2 264 271 7 4 Classification 7th–12th
4  Hong Kong 3 0 3 174 326 152 3
Source: Results

10 December
South Korea  11077  Iran

11 December
Iran  9092  Philippines


12 December
Iran  9769  Hong Kong

Classification 7th–12th

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Iran 5 5 0 476 397 +79 10
2  Thailand 5 4 1 466 430 +36 9
3  Malaysia 5 3 2 419 380 +39 8
4  Singapore 5 2 3 422 432 10 7
5  South Vietnam 5 1 4 450 531 81 6
6  Hong Kong 5 0 5 374 437 63 5
Source: Results
14 December
Singapore  8672  Hong Kong

14 December
Iran  10497  South Vietnam

14 December
Thailand  8379  Malaysia


15 December
Thailand  69107  Iran

15 December
Malaysia  7669  Singapore

16 December
Hong Kong  7295  Thailand

16 December
Malaysia  7982  Iran


18 December
Iran  8864  Singapore


18 December
Hong Kong  6482  Malaysia

19 December
Hong Kong  8895  Iran

19 December
Singapore  8195  Thailand

Final round

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  South Korea 5 4 1 393 320 +73 9[lower-alpha 1]
2  Israel 5 4 1 429 373 +56 9[lower-alpha 1]
3  Japan 5 3 2 8
4  Republic of China 5 2 3 364 386 22 7[lower-alpha 2]
5  Philippines 5 2 3 381 378 +3 7[lower-alpha 2]
6  India 5 0 5 5
Source: Results
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head result: KOR 81–67 ISR.
  2. Head-to-head result: ROC 75–64 PHI.
14 December
Israel  8367  Japan

14 December
Philippines  9779  India



15 December
Japan  vs.  India



16 December
South Korea  8057  Japan

16 December
Israel  8274  India


18 December
Philippines  7883  Israel

18 December
South Korea  9354  India

19 December
Philippines  7276  Japan


19 December
Israel  6781  South Korea

Final standing

Rank Team Pld W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea871
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Israel871
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan853
4  Republic of China844
5  Philippines844
6  India826
7  Iran862
8  Thailand862
9  Malaysia835
10  Singapore835
11  South Vietnam817
12  Hong Kong808

References

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