Basketball at the Asian Games

Basketball is the regular Asian Games sport since the first edition in Delhi 1951. The Asian Games tournaments were the de facto Asian championships until the Asian Basketball Confederation Championship was founded in 1960.

Men's tournaments[]

Summaries[]

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Game
			Gold medalists	Score	Silver medalists		Bronze medalists	Score	Fourth place
1951 Details	New Delhi		Philippines	No playoffs	Japan		Iran	No playoffs	India
1954 Details	Manila		Philippines	No playoffs	Republic of China		Japan	No Playoffs	South Korea
1958 Details	Tokyo		Philippines	No playoffs	Republic of China		Japan	No playoffs	South Korea
1962 Details	Jakarta		Philippines	No playoffs	Japan		South Korea	No playoffs	Thailand
1966 Details	Bangkok		Israel	90–42	Thailand		South Korea	72–60	Japan
1970 Details	Bangkok		South Korea	No playoffs	Israel		Japan	No playoffs	Republic of China
1974 Details	Tehran		Israel	92–85	South Korea		China	101–89	Philippines
1978 Details	Bangkok		China	91–71	South Korea		North Korea	100–75	Japan
1982 Details	New Delhi		South Korea	No playoffs	China		Japan	No playoffs	Philippines
1986 Details	Seoul		China	No playoffs	South Korea		Philippines	No playoffs	Jordan
1990 Details	Beijing		China	90–76	Philippines		South Korea	99–74	Japan
1994 Details	Hiroshima		China	100–71	South Korea		Japan	79–76 OT	Philippines
1998 Details	Bangkok		China	112–92	South Korea		Philippines	73–68	Kazakhstan
2002 Details	Busan		South Korea	102–100 OT	China		Kazakhstan	68–66	Philippines
2006 Details	Doha		China	59–44	Qatar		Iran	84–78	Jordan
2010 Details	Guangzhou		China	77–71	South Korea		Iran	74–66	Japan
2014 Details	Incheon		South Korea	79–77	Iran		Japan	76–72	Kazakhstan
2018 Details	Jakarta		China	84–72	Iran		South Korea	89–81	Chinese Taipei

Per nation[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	8	2	1	11
2	South Korea	4	6	4	14
3	Philippines	4	1	2	7
4	Israel	2	1	0	3
5	Japan	0	2	6	8
6	Iran	0	2	3	5
7	Chinese Taipei	0	2	0	2
8	Qatar	0	1	0	1
	Thailand	0	1	0	1
10	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	North Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 nations)		18	18	18	54

Participating nations[]

Nation	1951	1954	1958	1962	1966	1970	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	Overall Appearances
Afghanistan															13th	13th			2
Bahrain							11th	13th	10th						12th				4
Burma	5th				11th														2
Cambodia		7th	7th	7th															3
China							3rd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	5th	1st	12
Chinese Taipei		2nd	2nd		5th	4th					5th	6th	5th	7th	8th	9th	9th	4th	12
Hong Kong			8th	6th		12th		11th		8th	11th		11th	8th	17th	13th	13th	12th	12
India	4th					6th			8th						17th	11th	9th		6
Indonesia		5th	9th	5th														8th	4
Iran	3rd				7th	7th	6th				7th	8th	7th		3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	11
Iraq							9th	9th	9th										3
Israel					1st	2nd	1st												3
Japan	2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd	4th	3rd	7th	4th	3rd	6th	4th	3rd	10th	6th	6th	4th	3rd	7th	18
Jordan										4th					4th	7th	9th		4
Kazakhstan												5th	4th	3rd	7th		4th	13th	6
Kuwait							10th	10th	6th	7th				10th	17th	13th	9th		8
Kyrgyzstan													12th						1
Lebanon															9th				1
Macau															13th				1
Malaysia			10th	9th	8th	9th		7th	7th	5th									7
Maldives																	13th		1
Mongolia														12th	13th	9th	8th	10th	5
North Korea							5th	3rd	5th		8th			5th		8th			6
Pakistan							8th	8th			10th								3
Palestine															17th		13th		2
Philippines	1st	1st	1st	1st	6th	5th	4th	5th	4th	3rd	2nd	4th	3rd	4th		6th	7th	5th	17
Qatar								14th						9th	2nd	5th	6th	9th	6
Saudi Arabia								12th			9th	7th					13th		4
Singapore		6th	5th	8th	10th														4
South Korea		4th	4th	3rd	3rd	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st	5th	2nd	1st	3rd	17
Sri Lanka					10th														1
Syria															10th			6th	2
Thailand		7th	6th	4th	2nd	8th		6th					6th					11th	8
Turkmenistan																13th			1
United Arab Emirates									11th		6th	9th	8th	11th	13th				6
Uzbekistan													9th		11th	11th			3
Vietnam					9th	11th													2
Yemen									12th										1

Women's tournaments[]

Summaries[]

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Game
			Gold medalists	Score	Silver medalists		Bronze medalists	Score	Fourth place
1974 Details	Tehran		Japan	No playoffs	South Korea		China	No playoffs	North Korea
1978 Details	Bangkok		South Korea	No playoffs	China		Japan	No playoffs	Thailand
1982 Details	New Delhi		China	No playoffs	South Korea		Japan	No playoffs	North Korea
1986 Details	Seoul		China	No playoffs	South Korea		Japan	No playoffs	Malaysia
1990 Details	Beijing		South Korea	77–70	China		Chinese Taipei	No playoffs	Japan
1994 Details	Hiroshima		South Korea	77–76	Japan		China	No playoffs	Chinese Taipei
1998 Details	Bangkok		Japan	93–69	China		South Korea	92–76	Chinese Taipei
2002 Details	Busan		China	80–76	South Korea		Chinese Taipei	86–79	Japan
2006 Details	Doha		China	90–59	Chinese Taipei		Japan	74–70	South Korea
2010 Details	Guangzhou		China	70–64	South Korea		Japan	73–61	Chinese Taipei
2014 Details	Incheon		South Korea	70–64	China		Japan	61–59	Chinese Taipei
2018 Details	Jakarta		China	71–65	Korea		Japan	76–63	Chinese Taipei

Participating nations[]

Nation	1974	1978	1982	1986	1990	1994	1998	2002	2006	2010	2014	2018	Overall Appearances
China	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	12
Chinese Taipei					3rd	4th	4th	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	4th	8
Hong Kong											9th	10th	2
India			5th							7th	6th	9th	4
Indonesia												7th	1
Iran	5th												1
Japan	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	2nd	1st	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	12
Kazakhstan						5th	5th				5th	5th	4
Korea												2nd	1
Lebanon									6th				1
Malaysia		5th		4th				6th					3
										6th			1
Mongolia											8th	8th	2
Nepal											10th		1
North Korea	4th		4th		5th								3
Philippines							6th						1
South Korea	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	4th	2nd	1st		11
Thailand		4th			6th	6th	7th		5th	5th	7th	6th	8
Uzbekistan								5th					1

Per nation[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	6	4	2	12
2	South Korea	4	5	1	10
3	Japan	2	1	7	10
4	Chinese Taipei	0	1	2	3
5	Korea	0	1	0	1
Totals (5 nations)		12	12	12	36

Men's 3-on-3 tournaments[]

Summaries[]

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Game
			Gold medalists	Score	Silver medalists		Bronze medalists	Score	Fourth place
2018 Details	Jakarta		China	19–18	South Korea		Iran	21–7	Thailand

Participating nations[]

Nation	2018 (21)	()
Afghanistan	19th
	20th
China	1st
Chinese Taipei	7th
Indonesia	11th
Iran	3rd
	9th
Japan	5th
	18th
Kazakhstan	8th
	17th
	13th
	DQ
Mongolia	12th
Nepal	14th
Qatar	6th
South Korea	2nd
Sri Lanka	16th
	10th
Thailand	4th
	15th
Vietnam	21st

Per nation[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	1	0	0	1
2	South Korea	0	1	0	1
3	Iran	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 nations)		1	1	1	3

Women's 3-on-3 tournaments[]

Summaries[]

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Game
			Gold medalists	Score	Silver medalists		Bronze medalists	Score	Fourth place
2018 Details	Jakarta		China	21–10	Japan		Thailand	15–14	Chinese Taipei

Participating nations[]

Nation	2018 (15)	()
China	1st
Chinese Taipei	4th
Indonesia	6th
Iran	8th
Japan	2nd
Kazakhstan	11th
	7th
	DQ
Mongolia	12th
Nepal	14th
	15th
	5th
Sri Lanka	10th
Syria	13th
Thailand	3rd
	9th

Per nation[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	1	0	0	1
2	Japan	0	1	0	1
3	Thailand	0	0	1	1
Totals (3 nations)		1	1	1	3

Total medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	16	6	3	25
2	South Korea	8	12	5	25
3	Philippines	4	1	2	7
4	Japan	2	4	13	19
5	Israel	2	1	0	3
6	Chinese Taipei	0	3	2	5
7	Iran	0	2	4	6
8	Thailand	0	1	1	2
9	Korea	0	1	0	1
	Qatar	0	1	0	1
11	Kazakhstan	0	0	1	1
	North Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (12 nations)		32	32	32	96

External links[]

• Medallists from previous Asian Games - Basketball^{[permanent dead link]}