Basketball at the 1966 Asian Games

Basketball at the 1966 Asian Games
Venue	Nimibutr Stadium
Date	10–19 December
Nations	11
← 1962 1970 →

Basketball was one of the 14 sports disciplines held in the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. Israel won their 1st title by beating host country in the championship match. This marked the first time the Philippines wasn't able to reach the semifinals. The games were held from 10 December to 19, 1966.

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Israel Tanhum Cohen-Mintz Igal Dar Ofer Eshed Abraham Gutt David Kaminsky Ami Shelef Haim Starkman	Thailand	South Korea Choi Jong-kyu Ha Ui-kon Kim In-kun Kim Moo-hyun Kim Young-il Lee Byung-goo Lee In-pyo Park Han Shin Dong-pa

Results[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Japan	4	4	0	326	199	+127	8
2	Thailand	4	3	1	327	274	+53	7
3	Republic of China	4	2	2	355	301	+54	6
4	Malaysia	4	1	3	259	293	−34	5
5		4	0	4	251	451	−200	4

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Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	South Korea	5	5	0	457	298	+159	10
2	Israel	5	4	1	417	324	+93	9
3	Philippines	5	3	2	512	357	+155	8
4	Iran	5	2	3	380	398	−18	7
5	South Vietnam	5	1	4	378	501	−123	6
6	Burma	5	0	5	283	549	−266	5

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Classification 9th–11th[]

	Classification 9th–11th				9th place game
	17 December
		107
					19 December
	Burma	82
						88
					South Vietnam	102

Semifinals[]

9th place game[]

Classification 5th–8th[]

	Classification 5th–8th				5th place game
	17 December
	Republic of China	89
					19 December
	Iran	78
					Republic of China	75
	17 December
					Philippines	72
	Philippines	113
	Malaysia	73
					7th place game
					19 December
					Iran	95
					Malaysia	88

Semifinals[]

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7th place game[]

5th place game[]

Final round[]

	Semifinals				Gold medal game
	17 December
	Japan	34
					19 December
	Israel	57
					Israel	90
	17 December
					Thailand	42
	South Korea	52
	Thailand	67
					Bronze medal game
					19 December
					Japan	60
					South Korea	72

Semifinals[]

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Bronze medal game[]

Gold medal game[]

Final standing[]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L
	Israel	7	6	1
	Thailand	6	4	2
	South Korea	7	6	1
4	Japan	6	4	2
5	Republic of China	6	4	2
6	Philippines	7	4	3
7	Iran	7	3	4
8	Malaysia	6	1	5
9	South Vietnam	6	2	4
10		6	1	5
11	Burma	6	0	6

References[]

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