Basketball at the 1978 Asian Games

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Basketball
at the 1978 Asian Games
Basketball pictogram.svg
VenueNimibutr Stadium
Date9–19 December
Nations14
← 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[]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)1102
 South Korea (KOR)1102
3 Japan (JPN)0011
  (PRK)0011
Totals (4 nations)2226

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
Source: Results
9 December
Philippines  85–79  Pakistan

9 December
Saudi Arabia  69–45  Bahrain

10 December
South Korea  101–70  Saudi Arabia

10 December
Philippines  97–49  Bahrain

11 December
Pakistan  86–74  Bahrain

11 December
Philippines  78–95  South Korea


12 December
South Korea  107–92  Pakistan

13 December
Pakistan  80–57  Saudi Arabia

13 December
South Korea  124–53  Bahrain
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
Source: Results
9 December
Hong Kong  113–50  Qatar

9 December
Japan  88–73  Malaysia

10 December
Japan  149–40  Qatar

10 December
North Korea  74–63  Malaysia

11 December
North Korea  151–36  Qatar

11 December
Japan  103–59  Hong Kong

12 December
Malaysia  114–76  Hong Kong

12 December
Japan  75–100  North Korea

13 December
North Korea  100–77  Hong Kong

13 December
Malaysia  163–37  Qatar
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
Source: Results
9 December
China  88–57  Kuwait

10 December
Iraq  84–55  Kuwait

11 December
China  104–48  Iraq

11 December
Thailand  73–67  Kuwait

12 December
Thailand  78–74  Iraq

13 December
China  123–52  Thailand

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
Source: Results
14 December
Kuwait  112–33  Qatar

14 December
Pakistan  88–101  Malaysia

14 December
Iraq  vs.  Hong Kong

15 December
Iraq  140–38  Qatar

15 December
Saudi Arabia  69–71  Hong Kong

15 December
Pakistan  82–80  Kuwait

15 December
Malaysia  vs.  Bahrain

16 December
Hong Kong  101–64  Bahrain

16 December
Saudi Arabia  59–61  Kuwait

16 December
Pakistan  86–80  Iraq

17 December
Malaysia  vs.  Iraq

17 December
Kuwait  vs.  Bahrain


18 December
Kuwait  91–77  Hong Kong

18 December
Iraq  93–52  Bahrain

18 December
Pakistan  150–63  Qatar

18 December
Malaysia  94–88  Saudi Arabia

19 December
Malaysia  85–66  Kuwait

19 December
Iraq  89–64  Saudi Arabia


19 December
Bahrain  vs.  Qatar

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
Source: Results
14 December
China  95–76  Japan


15 December
South Korea  85–76  Japan

15 December
North Korea  86–71  Philippines


16 December
China  vs.  Philippines

17 December
North Korea  108–66  Thailand

17 December
Japan  vs.  Philippines

18 December
South Korea  108–66  Thailand

18 December
North Korea  80–115  China

19 December
Japan  92–68  Thailand

19 December
South Korea  71–91  China

Final standing[]

Rank Team Pld W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China 7 7 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea 8 7 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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
Source: Results
10 December
Thailand  61–53  Malaysia

11 December
Japan  49–67  China

12 December
Malaysia  20–106  South Korea

13 December
China  123–52  Thailand

14 December
South Korea  63–48  Japan

15 December
China  vs.  Malaysia

16 December
Thailand  49–97  South Korea

17 December
Japan  85–29  Malaysia

18 December
Japan  vs.  Thailand

19 December
South Korea  77–68  China

Final standing[]

Rank Team Pld W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  South Korea 4 4 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  China 4 3 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan 4 2 2
4  Thailand 4 1 3
5  Malaysia 4 0 4

References[]

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