1989 FIBA Asia Championship
15th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryChina
DatesSeptember 15–24
Teams15
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions China (7th title)
← 1987
1991 →

The 1989 Men's Asian Basketball Confederation Championship was held in Beijing, PR China.

Draw

Group A Group B Group C Group D

 China
 Thailand
 Singapore
 Kuwait *
 Saudi Arabia

 South Korea
 Malaysia
 Indonesia *
 Iran
 Pakistan

 Japan
 India
 Bahrain *
 Syria *

 Philippines
 Chinese Taipei
 Hong Kong
 Bangladesh

* Kuwait, Bahrain and Syria withdrew from the tournament, following this Indonesia moved to Group C to balance the number of teams in each group.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 3 3 0 296 171 +125 6
 Saudi Arabia 3 2 1 249 241 +8 5
 Singapore 3 1 2 169 240 −71 4
 Thailand 3 0 3 178 240 −62 3
September 15
20:15
China  102–72  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 57–37, 45–35
September 16
Saudi Arabia  91–63  Singapore
Scoring by half: 44–37, 47–26
September 16
China  96–51  Thailand
Scoring by half: 51–27, 45–24
September 17
Thailand  51–58  Singapore
Scoring by half: 29–30, 22–28
September 18
Singapore  48–98  China
Scoring by half: 22–52, 26–46
September 19
Thailand  76–86  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 40–45, 36–41

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 3 3 0 341 262 +79 6
 Iran 3 2 1 294 261 +33 5
 Malaysia 3 1 2 253 283 −30 4
 Pakistan 3 0 3 259 341 −82 3
September 15
14:00
South Korea  120–96  Iran
Scoring by half: 54–46, 66–50
September 16
South Korea  95–72  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 39–46, 56–26
September 17
Pakistan  94–126  South Korea
Scoring by half: 51–62, 43–64
September 17
Iran  90–74  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 43–41, 47–33
September 18
Iran  108–67  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 55–39, 53–28
September 19
Malaysia  107–98  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 57–52, 50–46

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Japan 2 2 0 161 104 +57 4
 India 2 1 1 160 149 +11 3
 Indonesia 2 0 2 106 174 −68 2
September 16
Japan  81–37  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 36–20, 45–17
September 17
Indonesia  69–93  India
Scoring by half: 33–48, 36–45
September 18
Japan  80–67  India
Scoring by half: 47–31, 33–36

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Chinese Taipei 3 3 0 345 205 +140 6
 Philippines 3 2 1 339 232 +107 5
 Hong Kong 3 1 2 266 273 −7 4
 Bangladesh 3 0 3 158 398 −240 3
September 16
19:00
Philippines  150–52  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 80–24, 70–28
September 16
Chinese Taipei  113–70  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 56–30, 57–40
September 17
Bangladesh  61–135  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 32–68, 29–67
September 17
15:45
Philippines  115–83  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 68–44, 47–39
September 19
Hong Kong  113–45  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 59–26, 54–19
September 19
20:45
Philippines  74–97  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 42–57, 32–40

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 3 3 0 327 215 +112 6
 Japan 3 2 1 229 214 +15 5
 Iran 3 1 2 218 274 −56 4
 Philippines 3 0 3 226 297 −71 3
September 20
Iran  53–73  Japan
Scoring by half: 24–42, 29–31
September 20
China  118–73  Philippines
Scoring by half: 63–36, 55–37
September 21
China  115–72  Iran
Scoring by half: 60–35, 55–37
September 21
20:00
Japan  86–67  Philippines
Scoring by half: 48–35, 38–32
September 22
Philippines  86–93  Iran
Scoring by half: 46–47, 40–46
September 22
China  94–70  Japan
Scoring by half: 46–37, 48–33

Group II

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 3 3 0 300 260 +40 6
 Chinese Taipei 3 2 1 278 273 +5 5
 India 3 1 2 233 270 −37 4
 Saudi Arabia 3 0 3 243 251 −8 3
September 20
Saudi Arabia  88–92  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 55–51, 33–41
September 20
South Korea  103–86  India
Scoring by half: 56–41, 47–45
September 21
Saudi Arabia  83–85  South Korea
Scoring by half: 43–42, 40–43
September 21
India  73–95  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 35–50, 38–45
September 22
Saudi Arabia  72–74  India
Scoring by half: 32–33, 40–41
September 22
Chinese Taipei  91–112  South Korea
Scoring by half: 41–58, 50–54

Group III

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Pakistan 3 3 0 267 182 +85 6
 Singapore 3 2 1 222 210 +12 5
 Indonesia 3 1 2 216 204 +12 4
 Bangladesh 3 0 3 159 268 −109 3
September 20
Singapore  80–66  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 44–31, 36–35
September 20
Pakistan  89–62  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 52–31, 37–31
September 21
Bangladesh  52–104  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 16–54, 36–50
September 21
Singapore  74–70  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 47–42, 27–28
September 22
Singapore  68–74  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 39–32, 29–42
September 22
Indonesia  84–41  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 32–21, 52–20

Group IV

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Malaysia 2 2 0 214 157 +57 4
 Thailand 2 1 1 166 184 −18 3
 Hong Kong 2 0 2 171 210 −39 2
September 20
Thailand  95–85  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 54–45, 41–40
September 21
Hong Kong  86–115  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 41–56, 45–59
September 22
Thailand  71–99  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 33–59, 38–40

Classification 5th–14th

13th place

September 23
Indonesia  75–104  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 33–59, 42–45

11th place

September 23
Singapore  85–73  Thailand
Scoring by half: 39–32, 46–41

9th place

September 23
Pakistan  77–110  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 35–50, 42–60

7th place

September 24
13:00
Philippines  89–91 (OT)  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 45–40, 35–40 Overtime: 9–11

5th place

September 24
Iran  101–79  India
Scoring by half: 38–42, 63–37

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
September 23
 
 
 China92
 
September 24
 
 Chinese Taipei67
 
 China102
 
September 23
 
 South Korea72
 
 South Korea110
 
 
 Japan86
 
3rd place
 
 
September 24
 
 
 Chinese Taipei69
 
 
 Japan58

Semifinals

September 23
China  92–67  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 55–33, 37–34
September 23
South Korea  110–86  Japan
Scoring by half: 53–39, 47–47

3rd place

September 24
Chinese Taipei  69–58  Japan
Scoring by half: 33–31, 36–27

Final

September 24
China  102–72  South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–37, 60–35

Final standing

Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China 8–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea 7–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Chinese Taipei 6–2
4  Japan 4–3
5  Iran 4–3
6  India 2–4
7  Saudi Arabia 3–4
8  Philippines 2–5
9  Malaysia 4–2
10  Pakistan 3–4
11  Singapore 4–3
12  Thailand 1–5
13  Hong Kong 2–4
14  Indonesia 1–5
15  Bangladesh 0–6

Awards

 1989 Asian champions 

China
Seventh title

References

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