1963 FIBA Asia Championship
2nd Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryRepublic of China
DatesNovember 20 – December 3
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Philippines (2nd title)
← 1960
1965 →

The 1963 ABC Championship was the second edition of the ABC Championship, a tournament which was held by FIBA Asia since 1960. The tournament which was held in Taipei, Taiwan saw eight teams compete (an expansion of one team) in a round-robin tournament with the top four teams qualifying through to the championship round where they played each other again one more time. The bottom four teams would compete in a classification round.

The tournament saw the first tie-breaker matches to be played with Thailand defeating Malaya to book a spot in the championship round. In the championship round, the Philippines and Taiwan finish level with an 8–2 record. This meant that they had to play in a play-off to decide the champion which was played on December 3. In that final match, the Philippines would claim their second title defeating Taiwan, 99–71. Third was South Korea who had defeated the play-off teams at least once during the tournament.

Preliminary round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Philippines 7 6 1 649 406 +243 13
 Taiwan 7 6 1 695 535 +160 13
 South Korea 7 5 2 649 496 +153 12
 Thailand 7 4 3 581 542 +39 11
 Malaya 7 4 3 548 568 −20 11
 Singapore 7 2 5 516 662 −146 9
 Hong Kong 7 1 6 479 610 −131 8
 South Vietnam 7 0 7 538 836 −298 7
November 20
Singapore  80–73  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 28–35, 52–38
November 21
South Vietnam  89–98  Singapore
Scoring by half: 40–49, 49–49
November 21
Malaya  81–80  South Korea
Scoring by half: 32–38, 49–42
November 21
Thailand  60–83  Philippines
Scoring by half: 26–36, 34–47
November 22
Singapore  65–74  Thailand
Scoring by half: 32–43, 33–31
November 22
South Vietnam  61–124  Philippines
Scoring by half: 53–35, 71–26
November 22
South Korea  90–61  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 38–28, 52–33
November 22
Taiwan  100–76  Malaya
Scoring by half: 33–26, 67–50
November 23
Hong Kong  105–75  South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 49–34, 56–41
November 23
Malaya  42–103  Philippines
Scoring by half: 22–48, 20–55
November 23
South Korea  110–55  Singapore
Scoring by half: 49–25, 61–30
November 23
Thailand  87–96  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 42–45, 45–51
November 24
Thailand  68–66  Malaya
Scoring by half: 32–27, 36–39
November 24
Singapore  64–114  Philippines
Scoring by half: 24–48, 40–66
November 24
South Vietnam  75–136  South Korea
Scoring by half: 64–36, 72–39
November 24
Hong Kong  46–102  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 54–21, 48–25
November 25
Taiwan  145–91  South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 72–40, 73–51
November 26
Singapore  72–111  Malaya
Scoring by half: 31–54, 41–57
November 26
South Vietnam  75–131  Thailand
Scoring by half: 32–65, 43–66
November 26
Philippines  96–52  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 47–27, 49–25
November 26
South Korea  83–96  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 39–42, 44–54
November 27
Taiwan  91–82  Singapore
Scoring by half: 43–32, 48–50
November 27
Malaya  97–72  South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 45–30, 52–42
November 27
Hong Kong  69–92  Thailand
Scoring by half: 36–45, 33–47
November 27
Philippines  59–62  South Korea
Scoring by half: 24–25, 35–37
November 28
Hong Kong  73–75  Malaya
Scoring by half: 27–26, 46–49
November 28
South Korea  88–69  Thailand
Scoring by half: 32–40, 56–29
November 28
Taiwan  65–70  Philippines
Scoring by half: 35–31, 30–39
November 29
Thailand  86–81  Malaya
Scoring by half: 45–41, 41–40

Final round

Classification 5th–8th

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Malaya 10 6 4 823 842 −19 16
 Hong Kong 10 4 6 744 820 −76 14
 Singapore 10 3 7 769 919 −150 13
 South Vietnam 10 0 10 795 1145 −350 10
November 30
South Vietnam  85–112  Malaya
Scoring by half: 40–51, 45–61
November 30
Singapore  65–67  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 28–27, 37–40
December 1
South Vietnam  87–91  Singapore
Scoring by half: 53–45, 38–42
December 1
Malaya  60–92  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 29–40, 31–52
December 2
Hong Kong  105–85  South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 46–40, 60–45
December 2
Malaya  103–97  Singapore
Scoring by half: 51–45, 52–52

Championship

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Philippines 10 8 2 906 636 +270 18
 Taiwan 10 8 2 955 780 +175 18
 South Korea 10 7 3 894 726 +168 17
 Thailand 10 4 6 791 809 −18 14
November 30
Thailand  53–91  Philippines
Scoring by half: 25–48, 28–43
November 30
Taiwan  74–78  South Korea
Scoring by half: 43–48, 31–30
December 1
Taiwan  90–86  Thailand
Scoring by half: 46–49, 44–37
December 1
South Korea  81–85  Philippines
Scoring by half: 38–46, 43–39
December 2
South Korea  86–71  Thailand
Scoring by half: 41–28, 45–43
December 2
Philippines  81–96  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 44–51, 37–45

Since Taiwan and the Philippines were level on points, a play-off game for the championship was required.[2]

Championship play-off

December 3
Taiwan  77–91  Philippines
Scoring by half: 33–49, 44–42

Final standing

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Philippines 9–2
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Taiwan 8–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea 7–3
4  Thailand 5–6
5  Malaya 6–5
6  Hong Kong 4–6
7  Singapore 3–7
8  South Vietnam 0–10

Awards

 1963 Asian champions 

Philippines
Second title

See also

References

  1. ^ "Malaya out of final round". The Straits Times. 1 December 1963. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  2. ^ "Formosa and Philippines play off for Asian title". The Straits Times. 4 December 1963. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
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