The 1965 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Philippines440348196+1528
Japan431288234+547
Malaysia422258282−246
South Vietnam413263318−555
Singapore404219346−1274
November 28 20:00
Philippines82–53Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–17, 44–36
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
November 29 19:30
Singapore42–79Japan
Scoring by half: 16–44, 26–35
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
November 29 21:00
Malaysia72–65South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 35–33, 37–32
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
November 30 16:30
Japan91–67South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 45–32, 46–35
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
November 30 19:30
Philippines104–39Singapore
Scoring by half: 51–19, 53–20
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 1 18:00
Singapore71–82Malaysia
Scoring by half: 27–42, 44–40
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 1 21:00
South Vietnam50–88Philippines
Scoring by half: 18–38, 32–50
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 2 16:30
Singapore67–81South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 30–40, 37–41
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 2 19:30
Philippines74–54Japan
Scoring by half: 34–31, 40–23
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 4 19:30
Japan64–51Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–28, 26–23
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Taiwan440336232+1048
South Korea431320264+567
Thailand422292272+206
India413241344−1035
Hong Kong404232309−774
November 29 18:00
South Korea104–64India
Scoring by half: 55–30, 49–34
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
November 30 15:00
India58–98Taiwan
Scoring by half: 26–54, 32–44
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
November 30 21:00
Hong Kong49–85South Korea
Scoring by half: 26–54, 23–31
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 1 19:30
India58–55Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 22–28, 36–27
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 2 15:00
Hong Kong62–77Taiwan
Scoring by half: 25–35, 37–42
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 2 21:00
Thailand66–69South Korea
Scoring by half: 39–38, 27–31
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 3 18:00
Taiwan76–50Thailand
Scoring by half: 31–29, 45–21
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 4 18:00
Hong Kong66–89Thailand
Scoring by half: 31–54, 35–35
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 4 21:00
Taiwan85–62South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–29, 43–33
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 5 9:00
Thailand87–61India
Scoring by half: 47–35, 40–26
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Final round

Classification 7th–10th

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
India330250198+526
Hong Kong321223213+105
Singapore312238276−384
South Vietnam303241265−243
December 5 18:00
South Vietnam80–84 (OT)Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 42–32, 28–38 Overtime: 10–14
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 6 14:00
Singapore93–85South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 40–37, 53–48
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 6 18:30
Hong Kong50–60India
Scoring by half: 20–17, 30–43
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 8 14:00
India102–72Singapore
Scoring by half: 45–44, 57–28
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 9 18:00
Singapore73–89Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 42–45, 31–44
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 10 18:00
South Vietnam76–88India
Scoring by half: 38–43, 38–45
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Championship

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Japan550355301+5410
Philippines541385337+489
South Korea532326308+188
Thailand523350364−147
Taiwan514353372−196
Malaysia505313400−875
December 5 19:30
Malaysia55–77Japan
Scoring by half: 24–34, 31–43
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 5 21:00
Philippines59–50South Korea
Scoring by half: 21–28, 38–22
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 6 15:30
Philippines90–72Malaysia
Scoring by half: 56–34, 34–38
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 6 20:00
South Korea78–66Thailand
Scoring by half: 47–30, 31–36
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 6 21:30
Japan73–58Taiwan
Scoring by half: 34–35, 39–23
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 7 18:00
Thailand86–71Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–25, 48–46
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 7 19:30
Taiwan65–67South Korea
Scoring by half: 33–39, 32–28
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 7 21:00
Japan71–65Philippines
Scoring by half: 37–31, 34–34
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 8 15:30
Thailand74–71Taiwan
Scoring by half: 39–39, 35–32
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 9 19:30
South Korea68–49Malaysia
Scoring by half: 26–25, 42–24
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 9 21:00
Japan65–60Thailand
Scoring by half: 33–31, 32–29
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 10 19:30
Taiwan79–66Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–34, 41–32
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 10 21:00
Philippines79–64Thailand
Scoring by half: 46–29, 33–35
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 11 19:00
South Korea63–69Japan
Scoring by half: 22–31, 41–38
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 11 20:30
Philippines92–80Taiwan
Scoring by half: 45–35, 47–45
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Final standings

Qualified for the 1967 FIBA World Championship
RankTeamRecord
Japan8–1
Philippines8–1
South Korea6–3
4Thailand4–5
5Taiwan5–4
6Malaysia2–7
7India4–3
8Hong Kong2–5
9Singapore1–6
10South Vietnam1–6

Awards

1965 Asian champions
Japan First title