1960 ABC Championship

The 1960 ABC Championship was the first edition of the ABC Championship, a tournament which was held by FIBA Asia. The tournament which was held in Manila, Philippines saw seven teams compete in a round-robin tournament with the top four teams qualifying through to the final round where they played each other again one more time.

1960 FIBA Asia Championship
1st Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nationPhilippines
DatesJanuary 16–28
Teams7 
(from all Asian federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Philippines
(1st title)
MVP Carlos Badion
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In the final round, the Philippines took out the title as they won all nine of their games to come out the winners. Taiwan finished as the runner-up with the only two losses being against the champions. Japan rounded out the podium in third.

Preliminary round
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Philippines 660623405+21812
 Taiwan 651517432+8511
 Japan 642448443+510
 South Korea 633520461+599
 Hong Kong 624516542−268
 Indonesia 615404522−1187
 Malaya 606435658−2236
January 16
South Korea  93–78  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 53–39, 40–39
January 16
Indonesia  46–92  Philippines
Scoring by half: 29–40, 17–52
January 16
Japan  88–68  Malaya
Scoring by half: 41–31, 47–37
January 17
Philippines  115–66  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 61–40, 54–26
January 17
Indonesia  67–74  Japan
Scoring by half: 34–40, 33–34
January 17
South Korea  71–78  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 30–42, 41–36
January 18
Hong Kong  96–72  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 47–32, 49–40
January 18
Malaya  58–126  Philippines
Scoring by half: 25–54, 33–72
January 18
Japan  59–71  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 35–32, 24–39
January 19
Taiwan  110–74  Malaya
Scoring by half: 60–27, 50–47
January 19
Hong Kong  73–81  Japan
Scoring by half: 28–45, 45–36
January 19
South Korea  79–97  Philippines
Scoring by half: 42–45, 37–52
January 20
Malaya  76–98  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 35–46, 41–52
January 20
Taiwan  87–81  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 38–38, 49–43
January 20
South Korea  67–73  Japan
Scoring by half: 35–36, 32–37
January 21
Taiwan  88–51  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 52–25, 36–26
January 21
Japan  73–97  Philippines
Scoring by half: 34–49, 39–48
January 21
Malaya  65–114  South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–47, 38–67
January 22
Malaya  94–122  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 48–59, 46–63
January 22
Indonesia  70–96  South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–40, 36–56
January 22
Taiwan  83–96  Philippines
Scoring by half: 39–45, 44–51

Final round
  • The results and the points of the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the final round.
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Philippines 990910645+26518
 Taiwan 972774685+8916
 Japan 954683703−2014
 South Korea 936771738+3312
January 24
Japan  69–84  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 24–38, 45–46
January 24
South Korea  82–96  Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–48, 38–48
January 26
Taiwan  95–85  South Korea
Scoring by half: 45–41, 50–44
January 26
Philippines  92–80  Japan
Scoring by half: 43–25, 49–55
January 28
Japan  86–84  South Korea
Scoring by half: 55–51, 31–33
January 28
Philippines  99–78  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 46–34, 53–44

Final standing
Rank Team Record
 Philippines9–0
 Taiwan7–2
 Japan5–4
4  South Korea3–6
5  Hong Kong2–4
6  Indonesia1–5
7  Malaya0–6

Awards
 1960 Asian Champions 

Philippines
First title

References
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