1981 ABC Championship

Tournament details
Host nation	India
Dates	November 12–20
Teams	12 (from all Asian federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (4th title)
	< 1979 1983 >

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

Preliminary round

Group A

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

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 12

Template:Bk-rt	62–96	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 34–43, 28–53

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 13

Template:Bk-rt	85–82	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 40–45, 45–37

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 13

Template:Bk-rt	63–126	China
Scoring by half: 34–55, 29–71

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 14

Template:Bk-rt	128–58	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 60–30, 68–28

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 14

Template:Bk-rt	57–70	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 29–41, 28–29

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	318	170	+148	6
India	3	2	1	252	176	+76	5
File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg 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

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 12

Template:Bk-rt	104–44	File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 45–30, 59–14

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 13

Template:Bk-rt	51–126	Japan
Scoring by half: 23–70, 28–56

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 13

Template:Bk-rt	51–75	India
Scoring by half: 20–39, 31–36

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 14

Template:Bk-rt	75–88	Japan
Scoring by half: 42–45, 33–43

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 14

Template:Bk-rt	64–101	File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 28–40, 36–61

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

Group C

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

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 12

Template:Bk-rt	81–64	Thailand
Scoring by half: 39–38, 42–26

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 13

Template:Bk-rt	85–127	South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–58, 43–69

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 13

Template:Bk-rt	47–92	Philippines
Scoring by half: 20–47, 27–45

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 14

Template:Bk-rt	65–53	Singapore
Scoring by half: 38–29, 27–24

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 14

Template:Bk-rt	90–62	Philippines
Scoring by half: 36–31, 54–31

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

Final round

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–12th

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
File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg 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

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 16

Template:Bk-rt	84–87 (OT)	Thailand
Scoring by half: 38–37, 41–42 Overtime: 5–8

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 16

Template:Bk-rt	73–69	Singapore
Scoring by half: 36–40, 37–29

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 17

Template:Bk-rt	59–66	Thailand
Scoring by half: 28–24, 31–42

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 17

Template:Bk-rt	68–85	Singapore
Scoring by half: 29–38, 39–47

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 17

Template:Bk-rt	114–101	File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 57–50, 57–51

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 18

Template:Bk-rt	102–89	Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 55–43, 47–46

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 18

Template:Bk-rt	75–76	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 41–34, 34–42

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 18

Template:Bk-rt	68–63	Iran
Scoring by half: 32–30, 36–33

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 19

Template:Bk-rt	95–42	Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 46–19, 49–23

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 19

Template:Bk-rt	61–98	Thailand
Scoring by half: 31–54, 30–44

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 19

Template:Bk-rt	93–78	Singapore
Scoring by half: 44–46, 49–32

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

Championship

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

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 16

Template:Bk-rt	97–66	Philippines
Scoring by half: 52–46, 45–20

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 16

Template:Bk-rt	71–91	South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–44, 37–47

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 17

Template:Bk-rt	82–70	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 47–40, 35–30

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 17

Template:Bk-rt	111–79	India
Scoring by half: 61–42, 50–37

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 17

Template:Bk-rt	71–60	Japan
Scoring by half: 32–20, 39–40

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 18

Template:Bk-rt	85–110	South Korea
Scoring by half: 37–72, 48–38

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 18

Template:Bk-rt	99–82	Philippines
Scoring by half: 51–38, 48–44

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 18

Template:Bk-rt	55–92	China
Scoring by half: 25–52, 30–40

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 19

Template:Bk-rt	56–87	Japan
Scoring by half: 23–43, 33–44

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 20

Template:Bk-rt	78–65	India
Scoring by half: 40–34, 38–31

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

November 20

Template:Bk-rt	96–64	South Korea
Scoring by half: 43–26, 53–38

Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

Final standing

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	File:Flag of Hong Kong 1959.svg Hong Kong	2–5
11	Singapore	2–5
12	Sri Lanka	0–7

Awards

1981 Asian Champions
Template:Bk-big Fourth title

References

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