| Basketball at the 1951 Asian Games | |
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| Venue | National Stadium |
| Date | 5–10 March 1951 |
| Nations | 5 |
Basketball was one of the six initial disciplines which was held at the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi, India, wherein five Asian teams—Burma, India, Iran, Japan and Philippines—participated. In the matches, round-robin format was employed and on the basis of final points table top three podium places were decided. Philippines team without losing a single match topped the points table and grabbed the gold medal, their first of their basketball supremacy in the Asian Games. (They eventually won the next three editions, until 1962.) Japanese squad finished behind it and won a silver medal, Iranian team with two wins finished third and won a bronze. Host nation India, finished fourth with only single win over Burma, which came last without winning a single match.
Medalists[edit | edit source]
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Results[edit | edit source]
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Final standing[edit | edit source]
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
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 Philippines |
4 | 4 | 0 |
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File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan | 4 | 3 | 1 |
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File:State Flag of Iran (1925).svg Iran | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 |  India |
4 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 |  Burma |
4 | 0 | 4 |
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