Basketball at the 1970 Asian Games

Basketball was one of the 13 sports disciplines held in the 1970 Asian Games again in Bangkok, Thailand. South Korea got their first Asian basketball title by outlasting the defending champions Israel in the championship round. The games were held from December 10 to 19, 1970.

Basketball
at the 1970 Asian Games
VenueKittikachorn Stadium
Date10–19 December 1970
Nations12
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Medalists edit

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details
  South Korea
Choi Jong-kyu
Choo Hun-geun
Kim In-kun
Kim Yeong-il
Kwak Hyun-chae
Lee In-pyo
Lee Ja-young
Park Han
Shin Dong-pa
Shin Hyun-soo
Yoo Hi-hyung
Yoon Pyung-no
  Israel
Dan Barzily
Tanhum Cohen-Mintz
Hillel Gilboa
Ronald Green
Hanan Keren
Ivan Leshinsky
Itamar Marzel
Gabi Neumark
Mike Schwarz
Haim Starkman
Gabi Teichner
Mark Turenshine
  Japan
Shigeaki Abe
Yoshikuni Awano
Seiji Igarashi
Isao Kimura
Akira Kodama
Satoshi Mori
Fumihiko Moroyama
Kazufumi Sakai
Kenji Soda
Atsushi Somatomo
Masatomo Taniguchi
Kunihiko Yokoyama

Draw edit

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1966 Asian Games

Results edit

Preliminary round edit

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Israel 3 3 0 288 181 +107 6 Final round
2   Japan 3 2 1 243 185 +58 5
3   Singapore 3 1 2 203 284 −81 4 Classification 7th–12th
4   South Vietnam 3 0 3 202 286 −84 3
Source: Results
10 December
Israel   108–59   South Vietnam

10 December
Japan   99–47   Singapore

11 December
South Vietnam   56–80   Japan

11 December
Israel   98–58   Singapore

12 December
Israel   82–64   Japan

12 December
South Vietnam   87–98   Singapore

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   India 3 2 1 218 210 +8 5[a] Final round
2   Republic of China 3 2 1 210 190 +20 5[a]
3   Thailand 3 2 1 201 189 +12 5[a] Classification 7th–12th
4   Malaysia 3 0 3 199 239 −40 3
Source: Results
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Tied on head-to-head wins (1). Head-to-head game points average: IND 1.022, ROC 1.000, THA 0.976.
10 December
Republic of China   74–71   India

10 December
Thailand   80–65   Malaysia


11 December
Thailand   64–70   India

12 December
Malaysia   72–77   India

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   South Korea 3 3 0 303 203 +100 6 Final round
2   Philippines 3 2 1 280 221 +59 5
3   Iran 3 1 2 264 271 −7 4 Classification 7th–12th
4   Hong Kong 3 0 3 174 326 −152 3
Source: Results
10 December
Philippines   113–54   Hong Kong

10 December
South Korea   110–77   Iran

11 December
Iran   90–92   Philippines

11 December
South Korea   116–51   Hong Kong

12 December
Iran   97–69   Hong Kong

12 December
South Korea   77–75   Philippines

Classification 7th–12th edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1   Iran 5 5 0 476 397 +79 10
2   Thailand 5 4 1 466 430 +36 9
3   Malaysia 5 3 2 419 380 +39 8
4   Singapore 5 2 3 422 432 −10 7
5   South Vietnam 5 1 4 450 531 −81 6
6   Hong Kong 5 0 5 374 437 −63 5
Source: Results
14 December
Singapore   86–72   Hong Kong

14 December
Iran   104–97   South Vietnam

14 December
Thailand   83–79   Malaysia

15 December
Hong Kong   78–79   South Vietnam

15 December
Thailand   69–107   Iran

15 December
Malaysia   76–69   Singapore

16 December
Hong Kong   72–95   Thailand

16 December
Malaysia   79–82   Iran

16 December
South Vietnam   101–122   Singapore

18 December
Iran   88–64   Singapore

18 December
Thailand   124–91   South Vietnam

18 December
Hong Kong   64–82   Malaysia

19 December
Hong Kong   88–95   Iran

19 December
Singapore   81–95   Thailand

19 December
Malaysia   103–82   South Vietnam

Final round edit

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1   South Korea 5 4 1 393 320 +73 9[a]
2   Israel 5 4 1 429 373 +56 9[a]
3   Japan 5 3 2 8
4   Republic of China 5 2 3 364 386 −22 7[b]
5   Philippines 5 2 3 381 378 +3 7[b]
6   India 5 0 5 5
Source: Results
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: KOR 81–67 ISR.
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head result: ROC 75–64 PHI.
14 December
Israel   83–67   Japan

14 December
Philippines   97–79   India


15 December
Republic of China   73–114   Israel

15 December
Japan   vs.   India

15 December
Philippines   70–65   South Korea


16 December
South Korea   80–57   Japan

16 December
Israel   82–74   India

18 December
Japan   81–66   Republic of China

18 December
Philippines   78–83   Israel

18 December
South Korea   93–54   India

19 December
Philippines   72–76   Japan

19 December
India   53–78   Republic of China

19 December
Israel   67–81   South Korea

Final standing edit

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

References edit