The 1960 ABC Championship was the first edition of the ABC Championship, a tournament which was held by FIBA Asia. The tournament which was held in Manila, Philippines saw seven teams compete in a round-robin tournament with the top four teams qualifying through to the final round where they played each other again one more time.

In the final round, the Philippines took out the title as they won all nine of their games to come out the winners. Taiwan finished as the runner-up with the only two losses being against the champions. Japan rounded out the podium in third.

Preliminary round

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Philippines660623405+21812
Taiwan651517432+8511
Japan642448443+510
South Korea633520461+599
Hong Kong624516542−268
Indonesia615404522−1187
Malaya606435658−2236
January 16
South Korea93–78Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 53–39, 40–39
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 16
Indonesia46–92Philippines
Scoring by half: 29–40, 17–52
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 16
Japan88–68Malaya
Scoring by half: 41–31, 47–37
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 17
Philippines115–66Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 61–40, 54–26
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 17
Indonesia67–74Japan
Scoring by half: 34–40, 33–34
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 17
South Korea71–78Taiwan
Scoring by half: 30–42, 41–36
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 18
Hong Kong96–72Indonesia
Scoring by half: 47–32, 49–40
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 18
Malaya58–126Philippines
Scoring by half: 25–54, 33–72
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 18
Japan59–71Taiwan
Scoring by half: 35–32, 24–39
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 19
Taiwan110–74Malaya
Scoring by half: 60–27, 50–47
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 19
Hong Kong73–81Japan
Scoring by half: 28–45, 45–36
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 19
South Korea79–97Philippines
Scoring by half: 42–45, 37–52
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 20
Malaya76–98Indonesia
Scoring by half: 35–46, 41–52
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 20
Taiwan87–81Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 38–38, 49–43
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 20
South Korea67–73Japan
Scoring by half: 35–36, 32–37
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 21
Taiwan88–51Indonesia
Scoring by half: 52–25, 36–26
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 21
Japan73–97Philippines
Scoring by half: 34–49, 39–48
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 21
Malaya65–114South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–47, 38–67
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 22
Malaya94–122Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 48–59, 46–63
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 22
Indonesia70–96South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–40, 36–56
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 22
Taiwan83–96Philippines
Scoring by half: 39–45, 44–51
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

Final round

  • The results and the points of the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the final round.
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Philippines990910645+26518
Taiwan972774685+8916
Japan954683703−2014
South Korea936771738+3312
January 24
Japan69–84Taiwan
Scoring by half: 24–38, 45–46
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 24
South Korea82–96Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–48, 38–48
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 26
Taiwan95–85South Korea
Scoring by half: 45–41, 50–44
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 26
Philippines92–80Japan
Scoring by half: 43–25, 49–55
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 28
Japan86–84South Korea
Scoring by half: 55–51, 31–33
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
January 28
Philippines99–78Taiwan
Scoring by half: 46–34, 53–44
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
Philippines9–0
Taiwan7–2
Japan5–4
4South Korea3–6
5Hong Kong2–4
6Indonesia1–5
7Malaya0–6

Awards

1960 Asian champions
Philippines First title