Basketball
at the 1958 Asian Games
VenueMetropolitan Gymnasium
Date25 May – 1 June 1958
Nations10
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Basketball was one of the 14 sports disciplines held in the 1958 Asian Games in Tokyo, Japan. The Philippines successfully defended their title and won their third straight Asian Games championship. The games were held from May 25 to June 1, 1958.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details 		 Philippines
Emilio Achacoso
Kurt Bachmann
Carlos Badion
Loreto Carbonell
Francisco Lagarejos
Eduardo Lim
Carlos Loyzaga
Ramon Manulat
Leonardo Marquicias
Constancio Ortiz
Mariano Tolentino
Martin Urra
Antonio Villamor
Francis Wilson 		 Republic of China
Chen Tsu-li
Cheng Te-yuan
Fu Da-ren
Hoo Cha-pen
Huang Kwok-young
Lai Lam-kwong
Emilio Li
Ling Jing-huan
Loo Yee-shine
Lue Jih-ran
Shu Yao-huang
William Sy
Tong Suet-fong
Wang Yih-jiun 		 Japan
Kiyoshi Aoki
Manabu Fujita
Kenichi Imaizumi
Takashi Itoyama
Shoji Kamata
Hideo Kanekawa
Reijiro Kawamoto
Atsunosuke Kimura
Setsuo Nara
Hiroshi Saito
Shutaro Shoji
Sadao Sugawara
Takeo Sugiyama
Kaoru Wakabayashi

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Philippines 2 2 0 207 100 +107 4 Final round
2  Thailand 2 1 1 143 168 −25 3
3  Malaya 2 0 2 131 213 −82 2 Classification 7th–10th
Source: Results
25 May
Philippines  97–40  Thailand
26 May
Malaya  71–103  Thailand
27 May
Philippines  110–60  Malaya

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 2 2 0 174 147 +27 4 Final round
2  Singapore 2 1 1 178 166 +12 3
3  Hong Kong 2 0 2 147 186 −39 2 Classification 7th–10th
Source: Results
25 May
Japan  85–70  Hong Kong
26 May
Singapore  101–77  Hong Kong
27 May
Japan  89–77  Singapore

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Republic of China 3 3 0 270 208 +62 6 Final round
2  South Korea 3 2 1 304 229 +75 5
3  Indonesia 3 1 2 224 295 −71 4 Classification 7th–10th
4  Cambodia 3 0 3 252 318 −66 3
Source: Results
25 May
South Korea  127–92  Cambodia
25 May
Republic of China  102–64  Indonesia
26 May
Republic of China  95–75  Cambodia
26 May
South Korea  108–64  Indonesia
27 May
Indonesia  96–85  Cambodia
27 May
Republic of China  73–69  South Korea

Classification 7th–10th

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Cambodia 3 2 1 281 257 +24 5[a]
2  Hong Kong 3 2 1 261 248 +13 5[a]
3  Indonesia 3 2 1 269 260 +9 5[a]
4  Malaya 3 0 3 248 294 −46 3
Source: Results
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Overall game points difference was used as the tiebreaker.
28 May
Hong Kong  78–92  Cambodia
28 May
Malaya  84–98  Indonesia
29 May
Malaya  86–102  Cambodia
29 May
Hong Kong  89–78  Indonesia
30 May
Indonesia  93–87  Cambodia
30 May
Malaya  78–94  Hong Kong

Final round

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Philippines 5 4 1 452 391 +61 9[a]
2  Republic of China 5 4 1 443 394 +49 9[a]
3  Japan 5 4 1 424 389 +35 9[a]
4  South Korea 5 2 3 414 427 −13 7
5  Singapore 5 1 4 358 441 −83 6
6  Thailand 5 0 5 392 441 −49 5
Source: Results
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Overall game points difference was used as the tiebreaker.
28 May
Republic of China  92–81  Singapore
28 May
Philippines  99–85  South Korea
28 May
Japan  97–77  Thailand
29 May
Republic of China  76–67  Thailand
29 May
Japan  74–66  South Korea
29 May
Philippines  93–55  Singapore
30 May
Thailand  91–101  South Korea
30 May
Japan  83–71  Singapore
30 May
Philippines  88–93  Republic of China
31 May
Philippines  82–75  Thailand
31 May
Japan  87–85  Republic of China
31 May
Singapore  66–91  South Korea
1 June
Thailand  82–85  Singapore
1 June
Philippines  90–83  Japan
1 June
Republic of China  97–71  South Korea

Final standing

Rank Team Pld W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Philippines 7 6 1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Republic of China 8 7 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan 7 6 1
4  South Korea 8 4 4
5  Singapore 7 2 5
6  Thailand 7 1 6
7  Cambodia 6 2 4
8  Hong Kong 5 2 3
9  Indonesia 6 3 3
10  Malaya 5 0 5

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