Basketball at the 1978 Asian Games

Basketball at the 1978 Asian Games
Venue	Nimibutr Stadium
Date	9–19 December
Nations	14
← 1974 1982 →

Basketball was one of the 20 sports disciplines held in the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. China won their 1st title by beating last edition's finalist South Korea in the championship match. The games were held from December 9 to 20, 1978.

Medalists[]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men	China Kuang Lubin Mu Tiezhu	South Korea Lee Chung-hee Lee Moon-kyu
Women	South Korea Park Chan-sook	China Song Xiaobo	Japan Mieko Fukui

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	1	1	0	2
	South Korea (KOR)	1	1	0	2
3	Japan (JPN)	0	0	1	1
	(PRK)	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 nations)		2	2	2	6

Results[]

Men[]

Preliminary round[]

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	South Korea	4	4	0	427	293	+134	8
2	Philippines	4	3	1	347	296	+51	7
3	Pakistan	4	2	2	337	323	+14	6
4	Saudi Arabia	4	1	3	269	313	−44	5
5	Bahrain	4	0	4	221	376	−155	4

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Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	North Korea	4	4	0	425	251	+174	8
2	Japan	4	3	1	415	272	+143	7
3	Malaysia	4	2	2	413	275	+138	6
4	Hong Kong	4	1	3	325	367	−42	5
5	Qatar	4	0	4	163	576	−413	4

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Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	China	3	3	0	315	157	+158	6
2	Thailand	3	2	1	203	264	−61	5
3	Iraq	3	1	2	206	237	−31	4
4	Kuwait	3	0	3	179	245	−66	3

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Classification 7th–14th[]

• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the classification round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
1	Malaysia	7	7	0	14
2	Pakistan	7	6	1	13
3	Iraq	7	5	2	12
4	Kuwait	7	4	3	11
5	Hong Kong	7	3	4	10
6	Saudi Arabia	7	2	5	9
7	Bahrain	7	1	6	8
8	Qatar	7	0	7	7

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Final round[]

• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the final round.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
1	China	5	5	0	10
2	South Korea	5	4	1	9
3	North Korea	5	3	2	7
4	Japan	5	2	3	7
5	Philippines	5	1	4	6
6	Thailand	5	0	5	5

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Final standing[]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L
	China	7	7	0
	South Korea	8	7	1
	North Korea	8	6	2
4	Japan	8	5	3
5	Philippines	8	4	4
6	Thailand	7	2	5
7	Malaysia	9	7	2
8	Pakistan	9	6	3
9	Iraq	9	5	4
10	Kuwait	9	4	5
11	Hong Kong	9	3	6
12	Saudi Arabia	9	2	7
13	Bahrain	9	1	8
14	Qatar	9	0	9

Women[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
1	South Korea	4	4	0	8
2	China	4	3	1	7
3	Japan	4	2	2	6
4	Thailand	4	1	3	5
5	Malaysia	4	0	4	4

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Final standing[]

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L
	South Korea	4	4	0
	China	4	3	1
	Japan	4	2	2
4	Thailand	4	1	3
5	Malaysia	4	0	4

References[]

• Men's Results
• Women's Results