1981 ABC Championship

The 1981 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Kolkata, India.

Tournament details
Host nationIndia
DatesNovember 12–20
Teams12 
(from all Asian federations)
Venues
(in 1 host city)
Champions China
(4th title)
1979
1983 >

Preliminary roundEdit

Group AEdit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  China 3 3 0 370 191 +179 6
  Malaysia 3 2 1 229 245 −16 5
  Iran 3 1 2 212 268 −56 4
  Pakistan 3 0 3 202 309 −107 3
November 12
Template:Bk-rt 116–70   Iran
Scoring by half: 60–37, 56–33
November 12
Template:Bk-rt 62–96   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 34–43, 28–53
November 13
Template:Bk-rt 85–82   Pakistan
Scoring by half: 40–45, 45–37
November 13
Template:Bk-rt 63–126   China
Scoring by half: 34–55, 29–71
November 14
Template:Bk-rt 128–58   Pakistan
Scoring by half: 60–30, 68–28
November 14
Template:Bk-rt 57–70   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 29–41, 28–29

Group BEdit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  Japan 3 3 0 318 170 +148 6
  India 3 2 1 252 176 +76 5
  Hong Kong 3 1 2 196 243 −47 4
  Sri Lanka 3 0 3 152 329 −177 3
November 12
Template:Bk-rt 102–37   Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 59–16, 43–21
November 12
Template:Bk-rt 104–44   Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 45–30, 59–14
November 13
Template:Bk-rt 51–126   Japan
Scoring by half: 23–70, 28–56
November 13
Template:Bk-rt 51–75   India
Scoring by half: 20–39, 31–36
November 14
Template:Bk-rt 75–88   Japan
Scoring by half: 42–45, 33–43
November 14
Template:Bk-rt 64–101   Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 28–40, 36–61

Group CEdit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  South Korea 3 3 0 326 209 +117 6
  Philippines 3 2 1 235 201 +34 5
  Thailand 3 1 2 214 261 −47 4
  Singapore 3 0 3 162 266 −104 3
November 12
Template:Bk-rt 109–62   Singapore
Scoring by half: 55–32, 54–30
November 12
Template:Bk-rt 81–64   Thailand
Scoring by half: 39–38, 42–26
November 13
Template:Bk-rt 85–127   South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–58, 43–69
November 13
Template:Bk-rt 47–92   Philippines
Scoring by half: 20–47, 27–45
November 14
Template:Bk-rt 65–53   Singapore
Scoring by half: 38–29, 27–24
November 14
Template:Bk-rt 90–62   Philippines
Scoring by half: 36–31, 54–31

Final roundEdit

  • The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the final round.

Classification 7th–12thEdit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
  Thailand 5 5 0 418 346 +72 10
  Iran 5 3 2 441 380 +61 8 1–0
  Pakistan 5 3 2 401 357 +44 8 0–1
  Hong Kong 5 2 3 411 421 −10 7 1–0
  Singapore 5 2 3 353 362 −9 7 0–1
  Sri Lanka 5 0 5 316 474 −158 5
November 16
Template:Bk-rt 91–53   Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 51–20, 40–33
November 16
Template:Bk-rt 84–87 (OT)   Thailand
Scoring by half: 38–37, 41–42 Overtime: 5–8
November 16
Template:Bk-rt 73–69   Singapore
Scoring by half: 36–40, 37–29
November 17
Template:Bk-rt 59–66   Thailand
Scoring by half: 28–24, 31–42
November 17
Template:Bk-rt 68–85   Singapore
Scoring by half: 29–38, 39–47
November 17
Template:Bk-rt 114–101   Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 57–50, 57–51
November 18
Template:Bk-rt 102–89   Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 55–43, 47–46
November 18
Template:Bk-rt 75–76   Pakistan
Scoring by half: 41–34, 34–42
November 18
Template:Bk-rt 68–63   Iran
Scoring by half: 32–30, 36–33
November 19
Template:Bk-rt 95–42   Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 46–19, 49–23
November 19
Template:Bk-rt 61–98   Thailand
Scoring by half: 31–54, 30–44
November 19
Template:Bk-rt 93–78   Singapore
Scoring by half: 44–46, 49–32

ChampionshipEdit

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
  China 5 5 0 482 308 +174 10
  South Korea 5 4 1 466 393 +73 9
  Japan 5 3 2 405 375 +30 8
  Philippines 5 2 3 370 421 −51 7
  India 5 1 4 344 423 −79 6
  Malaysia 5 0 5 328 475 −147 5
November 16
Template:Bk-rt 54–70   India
Scoring by half: 19–32, 35–38
November 16
Template:Bk-rt 97–66   Philippines
Scoring by half: 52–46, 45–20
November 16
Template:Bk-rt 71–91   South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–44, 37–47
November 17
Template:Bk-rt 82–70   Malaysia
Scoring by half: 47–40, 35–30
November 17
Template:Bk-rt 111–79   India
Scoring by half: 61–42, 50–37
November 17
Template:Bk-rt 71–60   Japan
Scoring by half: 32–20, 39–40
November 18
Template:Bk-rt 85–110   South Korea
Scoring by half: 37–72, 48–38
November 18
Template:Bk-rt 99–82   Philippines
Scoring by half: 51–38, 48–44
November 18
Template:Bk-rt 55–92   China
Scoring by half: 25–52, 30–40
November 19
Template:Bk-rt 56–87   Japan
Scoring by half: 23–43, 33–44
November 20
Template:Bk-rt 78–65   India
Scoring by half: 40–34, 38–31
November 20
Template:Bk-rt 96–64   South Korea
Scoring by half: 43–26, 53–38

Final standingEdit

Qualified for the 1982 FIBA World Championship
Rank Team Record
    China 7–0
    South Korea 6–1
    Japan 5–2
4   Philippines 4–3
5   India 3–4
6   Malaysia 2–5
7   Thailand 5–2
8   Iran 3–4
9   Pakistan 3–4
10   Hong Kong 2–5
11   Singapore 2–5
12   Sri Lanka 0–7

AwardsEdit

 1981 Asian Champions 
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Fourth title

ReferencesEdit

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