The 1971 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Tokyo, Japan.

Results

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Japan880734427+30716
Philippines871808572+23615
South Korea862784523+26114
Taiwan853654577+7713
Malaysia844588613−2512
India835563632−6911
Thailand826544692−14810
Singapore817548806−2589
Hong Kong808493874−3818
October 30
Singapore80–134Philippines
Scoring by half: 31–68, 49–66
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
October 30
Japan79–44Thailand
Scoring by half: 35–15, 44–29
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
October 30
Hong Kong51–125South Korea
Scoring by half: 24–58, 27–67
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
October 30
Malaysia80–68India
Scoring by half: 45–33, 35–35
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
October 31
Thailand98–58Singapore
Scoring by half: 37–26, 61–32
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
October 31
Taiwan92–69Malaysia
Scoring by half: 42–36, 50–33
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
October 31
Philippines133–57Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 64–28, 69–29
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
October 31
South Korea83–57India
Scoring by half: 55–22, 28–35
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 1
Hong Kong38–131Japan
Scoring by half: 16–63, 22–68
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 1
Singapore62–98Taiwan
Scoring by half: 38–54, 24–44
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 1
Malaysia57–79South Korea
Scoring by half: 29–40, 28–39
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 1
Thailand67–75India
Scoring by half: 32–32, 35–43
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 3
Philippines95–53Malaysia
Scoring by half: 43–30, 52–23
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 3
India80–79Singapore
Scoring by half: 40–41, 40–38
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 3
Japan86–57Taiwan
Scoring by half: 50–25, 36–32
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 3
South Korea131–61Thailand
Scoring by half: 66–27, 65–34
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 4
Taiwan96–59Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 50–25, 46–34
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 4
Japan87–56India
Scoring by half: 42–32, 45–24
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 4
Thailand72–121Philippines
Scoring by half: 33–59, 39–62
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 6
South Korea80–88Philippines
Scoring by half: 34–44, 46–44
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 6
Hong Kong72–96Singapore
Scoring by half: 32–38, 40–58
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 6
India64–71Taiwan
Scoring by half: 32–36, 32–35
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 7
Japan86–48Malaysia
Scoring by half: 45–26, 41–22
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 7
Thailand85–76Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 47–34, 38–42
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 7
Singapore49–125South Korea
Scoring by half: 19–59, 30–66
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 8
Hong Kong74–101India
Scoring by half: 34–57, 40–44
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 8
Philippines69–93Japan
Scoring by half: 39–45, 30–48
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 8
Malaysia71–50Thailand
Scoring by half: 24–22, 47–28
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 8
Taiwan84–93 (2OT)South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–34, 33–33 Overtime: 10–10, 7–16
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 9
Malaysia107–66Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 57–33, 50–33
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 9
Japan96–47Singapore
Scoring by half: 54–21, 42–26
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 9
Taiwan81–67Thailand
Scoring by half: 42–34, 39–33
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 9
India62–91Philippines
Scoring by half: 30–43, 32–48
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 10
Singapore77–103Malaysia
Scoring by half: 41–48, 36–55
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 10
Philippines77–75Taiwan
Scoring by half: 40–45, 37–30
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo
November 10
South Korea68–76Japan
Scoring by half: 30–37, 38–39
Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo

Final standings

Qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics
RankTeamRecord
Japan8–0
Philippines7–1
South Korea6–2
4Taiwan5–3
5Malaysia4–4
6India3–5
7Thailand2–6
8Singapore1–7
9Hong Kong0–8

Awards

1971 Asian champions
Japan Second title