1979 FIBA Asia Championship
10th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
DatesNovember 30 – December 12
Teams13
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions China (3rd title)

The 1979 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Nagoya, Japan.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 330319199+1206
 India 321229233−45
 Iraq 312259281−224
 Bahrain 303200294−943
December 1
China  9656  India
Scoring by half: 52–26, 44–30
December 2
Bahrain  6380  India
Scoring by half: 30–38, 33–42
December 2
China  10589  Iraq
Scoring by half: 57–41, 48–48
December 3
Bahrain  8396  Iraq
Scoring by half: 57–41, 26–55
December 4
China  11854  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 57–34, 61–20
December 5
Iraq  7493  India
Scoring by half: 36–48, 38–45

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 330366251+1156
 Philippines 321326264+625
 Thailand 312252307−554
 Singapore 303227349−1223
December 1
South Korea  13068  Thailand
Scoring by half: 73–44, 57–24
December 2
Singapore  65128  Philippines
Scoring by half: 32–66, 33–62
December 3
Thailand  10386  Singapore
Scoring by half: 54–22, 49–34
December 3
South Korea  118107  Philippines
Scoring by half: 62–58, 56–49
December 4
South Korea  11876  Singapore
Scoring by half: 61–36, 57–40
December 5
Thailand  8191  Philippines
Scoring by half: 36–43, 45–48

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Japan 440477239+2388
 Pakistan 431389352+377
 Malaysia 422427331+966
 Hong Kong 413322390−685
 Bangladesh 404253556−3034
November 30
Japan  12180  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 61–45, 60–35
December 1
Hong Kong  11473  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 57–41, 57–32
December 1
Malaysia  7284  Japan
Scoring by half: 24–46, 48–38
December 2
Malaysia  8790  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 48–57, 39–33
December 2
Hong Kong  45121  Japan
Scoring by half: 31–61, 14–60
December 3
Pakistan  12067  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 63–29, 57–38
December 4
Hong Kong  8697  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 43–59, 43–38
December 4
Bangladesh  42151  Japan
Scoring by half: 23–89, 19–62
December 5
Bangladesh  71171  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–71, 33–100
December 5
Hong Kong  7799  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 46–53, 31–46

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.

Classification 7th–13th

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Malaysia 660663479+18412
 Iraq 651608473+13511
 Thailand 642619500+11910
 Singapore 633545550−59
 Hong Kong 624503523−208
 Bahrain 615483536−537
 Bangladesh 606430790−3606
December 7
Thailand  10976  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 49–48, 60–28
December 7
Bahrain  11466  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 64–26, 50–40
December 7
Malaysia  12390  Singapore
Scoring by half: 62–42, 61–48
December 8
Iraq  13976  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 72–38, 67–38
December 8
Hong Kong  7886  Singapore
Scoring by half: 43–51, 35–35
December 8
Thailand  11290  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 55–42, 57–48
December 9
Iraq  10072  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 60–41, 40–31
December 9
Malaysia  8982  Thailand
Scoring by half: 47–45, 42–37
December 9
Singapore  8671  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 47–36, 39–35
December 10
Thailand  14574  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 52–29, 93–45
December 10
Singapore  90105  Iraq
Scoring by half: 48–57, 42–48
December 10
Malaysia  9967  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 59–29, 40–38
December 11
Hong Kong  7758  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 29–38, 48–20
December 11
Singapore  10770  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 65–36, 42–34
December 11
Iraq  8384  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–45, 45–39
December 12
Iraq  8568  Thailand
Scoring by half: 50–30, 35–38

Championship

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 550503360+14310
 Japan 541497384+1139
 South Korea 532505452+538
 Philippines 523508539−317
 India 514366467−1016
 Pakistan 505398575−1775
December 7
India  7893  South Korea
Scoring by half: 30–56, 48–37
December 7
Japan  11194  Philippines
Scoring by half: 54–42, 57–52
December 8
China  12489  Philippines
Scoring by half: 66–44, 58–45
December 8
South Korea  12173  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 59–45, 62–28
December 9
Japan  9755  India
Scoring by half: 49–24, 48–31
December 9
China  11959  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 56–32, 63–27
December 9
India  8695  Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–54, 42–41
December 10
South Korea  85100  Japan
Scoring by half: 39–62, 46–38
December 10
Philippines  123100  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 69–45, 54–55
December 11
Japan  6870 (OT)  China
Scoring by half: 33–38, 31–26 Overtime: 4–6
December 12
South Korea  8894  China
Scoring by half: 48–45, 40–49
December 12
India  9186  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 48–43, 43–43

Final standing

Qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China7–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Japan7–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea5–2
4  Philippines4–3
5  India3–4
6  Pakistan3–5
7  Malaysia6–2
8  Iraq5–3
9  Thailand4–4
10  Singapore3–5
11  Hong Kong2–6
12  Bahrain1–7
13  Bangladesh0–8

Awards

 1979 Asian champions 

China
Third title

References

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