1960 ABC Championship
1960 FIBA Asia Championship | |
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1st Asian Basketball Championship | |
Tournament details | |
Host nation | Philippines |
Dates | January 16–28 |
Teams | 7 (from all Asian federations) |
Venues | 1 (in 1 host city) |
Champions | Philippines (1st title) |
MVP | Carlos Badion |
1963 > |
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.
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 |
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Philippines | 6 | 6 | 0 | 623 | 405 | +218 | 12 |
Taiwan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 517 | 432 | +85 | 11 |
Japan | 6 | 4 | 2 | 448 | 443 | +5 | 10 |
South Korea | 6 | 3 | 3 | 520 | 461 | +59 | 9 |
Hong Kong | 6 | 2 | 4 | 516 | 542 | −26 | 8 |
Indonesia | 6 | 1 | 5 | 404 | 522 | −118 | 7 |
Malaya | 6 | 0 | 6 | 435 | 658 | −223 | 6 |
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 |
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Philippines | 9 | 9 | 0 | 910 | 645 | +265 | 18 |
Taiwan | 9 | 7 | 2 | 774 | 685 | +89 | 16 |
Japan | 9 | 5 | 4 | 683 | 703 | −20 | 14 |
South Korea | 9 | 3 | 6 | 771 | 738 | +33 | 12 |
Final standing[]
Rank | Team | Record |
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Philippines | 9–0 | |
Taiwan | 7–2 | |
Japan | 5–4 | |
4 | South Korea | 3–6 |
5 | Hong Kong | 2–4 |
6 | Indonesia | 1–5 |
7 | Malaya | 0–6 |
Awards[]
1960 Asian Champions |
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Philippines First title |
References[]
Categories:
- 1960 in Asian basketball
- FIBA Asia Cup
- International basketball competitions hosted by the Philippines
- 1960 in Philippine basketball
- January 1960 sports events in Asia