1963 FIBA Asia Cup
2nd Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Republic of China
Dates November 20 – December 3
Teams 8 (from all Asian confederations)
Venue 1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Philippines (2nd title)← 1960 1965 →
The 1963 ABC Championship was the second edition of the ABC Championship , a tournament which was held by FIBA Asia since 1960. The tournament which was held in Taipei , Taiwan saw eight teams compete (an expansion of one team) in a round-robin tournament with the top four teams qualifying through to the championship round where they played each other again one more time. The bottom four teams would compete in a classification round.
The tournament saw the first tie-breaker matches to be played with Thailand defeating Malaya to book a spot in the championship round. In the championship round, the Philippines and Taiwan finish level with an 8–2 record.
This meant that a play-off to decide the champion was played on December 3. In that final match, the Philippines would claim their second title, defeating Taiwan, 91–77. Third was South Korea , who had defeated the play-off teams at least once during the tournament.
Preliminary round Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Philippines 7 6 1 649 406 +243 13 Taiwan 7 6 1 695 535 +160 13 South Korea 7 5 2 649 496 +153 12 Thailand 7 4 3 581 542 +39 11 Malaya 7 4 3 548 568 −20 11 Singapore 7 2 5 516 662 −146 9 Hong Kong 7 1 6 479 610 −131 8 South Vietnam 7 0 7 538 836 −298 7
Singapore 80 –73Hong Kong Scoring by half: 28–35, 52–38
South Vietnam 89–98 Singapore Scoring by half: 40–49, 49–49
Malaya 81 –80South Korea Scoring by half: 32–38, 49–42
Thailand 60–83 Philippines Scoring by half: 26–36, 34–47
Singapore 65–74 Thailand Scoring by half: 32–43, 33–31
South Vietnam 61–124 Philippines Scoring by half: 53–35, 71–26
South Korea 90 –61Hong Kong Scoring by half: 38–28, 52–33
Taiwan 100 –76Malaya Scoring by half: 33–26, 67–50
Hong Kong 105 –75South Vietnam Scoring by half: 49–34, 56–41
Malaya 42–103 Philippines Scoring by half: 22–48, 20–55
South Korea 110 –55Singapore Scoring by half: 49–25, 61–30
Thailand 87–96 Taiwan Scoring by half: 42–45, 45–51
Thailand 68 –66Malaya Scoring by half: 32–27, 36–39
Singapore 64–114 Philippines Scoring by half: 24–48, 40–66
South Vietnam 75–136 South Korea Scoring by half: 64–36, 72–39
Hong Kong 46–102 Taiwan Scoring by half: 54–21, 48–25
Taiwan 145 –91South Vietnam Scoring by half: 72–40, 73–51
Singapore 72–111 Malaya Scoring by half: 31–54, 41–57
South Vietnam 75–131 Thailand Scoring by half: 32–65, 43–66
Philippines 96 –52Hong Kong Scoring by half: 47–27, 49–25
South Korea 83–96 Taiwan Scoring by half: 39–42, 44–54
Taiwan 91 –82Singapore Scoring by half: 43–32, 48–50
Malaya 97 –72South Vietnam Scoring by half: 45–30, 52–42
Hong Kong 69–92 Thailand Scoring by half: 36–45, 33–47
Philippines 59–62 South Korea Scoring by half: 24–25, 35–37
Hong Kong 73–75 Malaya Scoring by half: 27–26, 46–49
South Korea 88 –69Thailand Scoring by half: 32–40, 56–29
Taiwan 65–70 Philippines Scoring by half: 35–31, 30–39
Since both Thailand and Malaya were tied on points, a play-off game was required to determine the fourth-placed team. Thailand 86 –81Malaya Scoring by half: 45–41, 41–40
Final round The results and the points of the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the second round. Classification 5th–8th Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Malaya 10 6 4 823 842 −19 16 Hong Kong 10 4 6 744 820 −76 14 Singapore 10 3 7 769 919 −150 13 South Vietnam 10 0 10 795 1145 −350 10
South Vietnam 85–112 Malaya Scoring by half: 40–51, 45–61
Singapore 65–67 Hong Kong Scoring by half: 28–27, 37–40
South Vietnam 87–91 Singapore Scoring by half: 53–45, 38–42
Malaya 60–92 Hong Kong Scoring by half: 29–40, 31–52
Hong Kong 105 –85South Vietnam Scoring by half: 46–40, 60–45
Malaya 103 –97Singapore Scoring by half: 51–45, 52–52
Championship Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Philippines 10 8 2 906 636 +270 18 Taiwan 10 8 2 955 780 +175 18 South Korea 10 7 3 894 726 +168 17 Thailand 10 4 6 791 809 −18 14
Thailand 53–91 Philippines Scoring by half: 25–48, 28–43
Taiwan 74–78 South Korea Scoring by half: 43–48, 31–30
Taiwan 90 –86Thailand Scoring by half: 46–49, 44–37
South Korea 81–85 Philippines Scoring by half: 38–46, 43–39
South Korea 86 –71Thailand Scoring by half: 41–28, 45–43
Philippines 81–96 Taiwan Scoring by half: 44–51, 37–45
Since Taiwan and the Philippines were level on points, a play-off game for the championship was required.
Championship play-off Taiwan 77–91 Philippines Scoring by half: 33–49, 44–42
Final standings Awards 1963 Asian champions Philippines Second title
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