Basketball
at the 1974 Asian Games
VenueAryamehr Basketball Hall
Date2–15 September 1974
Nations11
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Basketball was one of the 16 sports disciplines held in the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran, Iran. Israel won their 2nd title by beating the defending champions South Korea in the championship match. This is also the first time that women's edition were held, and Japan emerged as the first-ever champions after a round-robin format. The games were held from September 2 to 15, 1974.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details 		 Israel
Motti Aroesti
Mooley Avishar
Miki Berkovich
Tal Brody
Jacob Eisner
Boaz Janay
Hanan Keren
Itamar Marzel
Avigdor Moskowitz
Shamuel Nachmias
Shuki Schwartz
Shmaryahu Zaslevsky 		 South Korea
Cha Sung-hwan
Choi Kyung-duk
Hwang Jae-hwan
Kang Ho-seok
Kim Dong-kwang
Kim In-jin
Kim Kyung-tae
Kwak Hyun-chae
Lee Bo-sun
Lee Ja-young
Lee Kwang-joon
Yoo Hi-hyung 		 China
Cai Guoqiang
Cai Weichu
Huang Pinjie
Liu Changrong
Mo Liangui
Wang Deli
Xu Zhengwen
Xuan Chengbin
Zhang Dawei
Zhang Jianshe
Zhang Weiping
Zhao Liangcai
Women
details 		 Japan
Reiko Aonuma
Machiko Aoyama
Hisako Furuno
Kimiko Hashimoto
Kazuko Kadoya
Teruko Miyamoto
Eriko Nagai
Keiko Namai
Miyako Otsuka
Kimi Wakitashiro
Sachiyo Yamamoto 		 South Korea
Cho Myung-ok
Cho Yung-soon
Kang Hyun-suk
Kim Eun-ju
Kim Jae-soon
Lee Ock-ja
Park Sung-ja
Shin In-sup
Won Young-ja
Yoo Kwae-soon
Yoon Jung-ko
Yoon Seon-ja 		 China
Chen Xiushan
Du Huanwen
Fang Fengdi
Li Muzhen
Liu Yumin
Luo Xuelian
Wang Naifeng
Wang She
Wang Yuzhen
Wei Wenshan
Yang Shuying
Zhu Qihui

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Israel (ISR)1001
 Japan (JPN)1001
3 South Korea (KOR)0202
4 China (CHN)0022
Totals (4 entries)2226

Draw

The draw was held in Tehran. The men were drawn into four groups of three teams but India later withdrew, the women were played in round robin format.

Results

Men

Preliminary round

Group 1
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Israel 1 1 0 122 73 +49 2 Second round
2  Philippines 1 0 1 73 122 −49 1
Source: Results
2 September
18:30
Philippines  73–122  Israel
Scoring by half: 40–59, 33–63
Group 2
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  China 2 2 0 235 192 +43 4 Second round
2  South Korea 2 1 1 214 192 +22 3
3  Iraq 2 0 2 190 255 −65 2 Classification 9th–11th
Source: Results
2 September
17:00
South Korea  93–101  China
Scoring by half: 55–51, 38–50
4 September
16:00
Iraq  99–134  China
Scoring by half: 41–60, 58–74
6 September
16:00
South Korea  121–91  Iraq
Group 3
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Japan 2 2 0 178 153 +25 4 Second round
2  North Korea 2 1 1 181 147 +34 3
3  Kuwait 2 0 2 148 207 −59 2 Classification 9th–11th
Source: Results
2 September
9:00
Japan  77–75  North Korea
Scoring by half: 46–37, 31–38
4 September
17:30
Kuwait  70–106  North Korea
Scoring by half: 29–57, 41–49
6 September
17:30
Japan  101–78  Kuwait
Scoring by half: 59–39, 42–39
Group 4
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Iran 2 2 0 225 148 +77 4 Second round
2  Pakistan 2 1 1 197 176 +21 3
3  Bahrain 2 0 2 141 239 −98 2 Classification 9th–11th
Source: Results
2 September
10:30
Iran  128–62  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 57–32, 71–30
4 September
19:00
Pakistan  111–79  Bahrain
6 September
19:00
Iran  97–86  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 55–41, 42–45

Classification 9th–11th

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Iraq 2 2 0 204 123 +81 4
2  Kuwait 2 1 1 169 159 +10 3
3  Bahrain 2 0 2 127 218 −91 2
Source: Results
9 September
16:00
Bahrain  61–111  Iraq
Scoring by half: 29–56, 32–55
September 10
15:30
Kuwait  107–66  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 54–30, 53–36
12 September
16:00
Iraq  93–62  Kuwait
Scoring by half: 43–33, 50–29

Second round

Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Israel 3 3 0 218 161 +57 6 Semifinals
2  South Korea 3 2 1 336 288 +48 5
3  Japan 3 1 2 287 293 −6 4 Classification 5th–8th
4  Pakistan 3 0 3 175 274 −99 2
Source: Results
7 September
16:00
Israel  2–0  Pakistan
Walkover
7 September
19:00
Japan  86–104  South Korea
Scoring by half: 46–51, 40–53
9 September
17:30
Japan  133–89  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 73–44, 60–45
9 September
19:00
Israel  116–93  South Korea
Scoring by half: 59–50, 57–43
11 September
16:00
Pakistan  86–139  South Korea
Scoring by half: 33–66, 53–73
12 September
19:00
Japan  68–100  Israel
Scoring by half: 37–41, 31–59
Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  China 3 2 1 266 246 +20 5[a] Semifinals
2  Philippines 3 2 1 273 268 +5 5[a]
3  North Korea 3 2 1 254 240 +14 5[a] Classification 5th–8th
4  Iran 3 0 3 234 273 −39 3
Source: Results
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Tied on head-to-head wins (1). Head-to-head game points average: CHN 1.024, PHI 1.017, PRK 0.960.
7 September
17:30
China  86–77  North Korea
Scoring by half: 54–39, 32–38
8 September
17:30
Philippines  93–91  Iran
Scoring by half: 55–40, 38–51
September 10
17:00
China  86–91  Philippines
Scoring by half: 49–47, 37–44
September 10
18:30
Iran  65–86  North Korea
Scoring by half: 35–40, 30–46
12 September
17:30
Philippines  89–91  North Korea
Scoring by half: 41–46, 48–45
12 September
20:30
China  94–78  Iran
Scoring by half: 51–39, 43–39

Classification 5th–8th

 
Semifinals5th place game
 
      
 
13 September
 
 
 Japan86
 
14 September
 
 Iran89
 
 Iran74
 
13 September
 
 North Korea75
 
 Pakistan93
 
 
 North Korea107
 
7th place game
 
 
14 September
 
 
 Japan101
 
 
 Pakistan90
Semifinals
September 13
15:30
Iran  89–86  Japan
Scoring by half: 41–44, 48–42
September 13
17:00
North Korea  107–93  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 63–58, 44–35
7th place game
September 14
16:00
Japan  101–90  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 42–44, 59–46
5th place game
September 14
17:30
Iran  74–75  North Korea
Scoring by half: 34–37, 40–38

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
13 September
 
 
 Israel123
 
15 September
 
 Philippines101
 
 Israel92
 
13 September
 
 South Korea85
 
 China114
 
 
 South Korea (OT)119
 
Bronze medal game
 
 
15 September
 
 
 Philippines89
 
 
 China102
Semifinals
September 13
18:30
Israel  123–101  Philippines
Scoring by half: 62–45, 48–43
September 13
20:00
China  114–119 (OT)  South Korea
Scoring by half: 52–57, 49–44 Overtime: 13–18
Bronze medal game
September 15
9:30
Philippines  89–102  China
Scoring by half: 44–47, 45–55
Final
September 15
15:30
Israel  92–85  South Korea
Scoring by half: 50–43, 42–42

Final standing

Rank Team Pld W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Israel 6 6 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea 7 4 3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  China 7 5 2
4  Philippines 6 2 4
5  North Korea 7 5 2
6  Iran 7 3 4
7  Japan 7 4 3
8  Pakistan 7 1 6
9  Iraq 4 2 2
10  Kuwait 4 1 3
11  Bahrain 4 0 4

Women

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Japan 4 4 0 321 238 +83 8
2  South Korea 4 3 1 309 248 +61 7
3  China 4 2 2 338 311 +27 6
4  Iran 4 0 4 163 347 −184 4
—  North Korea 4 1 3 305 292 +13 5
Source: Results
3 September
17:00
South Korea  84–71  China
Scoring by half: 38–31, 46–40
3 September
18:30
Iran  24–89  Japan
Scoring by half: 14–43, 10–46
September 5
17:00
Iran  36–95  North Korea
September 5
18:30
Japan  71–70  South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–40, 37–30
September 8
15:30
China  89–60  Iran
Scoring by half: 48–26, 41–34
September 8
18:30
North Korea  64–77  Japan
Scoring by half: 35–32, 29–45
11 September
17:30
Iran  43–74  South Korea
Scoring by half: 22–48, 21–26
11 September
19:00
China  98–83  North Korea
Scoring by half: 44–39, 54–44
September 14
19:00
South Korea  81–63  North Korea
Game was abandoned after North Korea walked off the court to protest the officiating.
September 14
20:30
Japan  84–80  China
Scoring by half: 45–44, 39–36

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