The 1972 ABC Under-18 Championship was the second edition of the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC)'s junior championship. The games were held at Manila, Philippines from December 10–December 20, 1972.

The Philippines were able to retain the championship by sweeping all of their assignments, blasting Taiwan, 95-62, in the final day.

Preliminary round

TeamPldWLPts
Philippines66012
Taiwan65111
South Korea64210
India6339
Thailand6248
Malaysia6157
Singapore6066
December 10
Malaysia65–108Taiwan
Scoring by half: 33−53, 32−55
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 10
South Korea87–54Singapore
Scoring by half: 45−25, 42−29
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 10
India30–117Philippines
Scoring by half: 18−52, 12−65
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 11
Philippines113–51Malaysia
Scoring by half: 58-10, 55-32
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 11
Taiwan95–85South Korea
Scoring by half: 46-37, 49-48
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 11
Thailand89–91 (OT)India
Scoring by half: 35-40, 44-39 Overtime: 10-12
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 12
South Korea106–56Thailand
Scoring by half: 49−30, 57−26
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 12
Singapore57–93Taiwan
Scoring by half: 24−55, 33−38
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 13
Malaysia51–136South Korea
Scoring by half: 21−67, 30−69
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 13
Philippines121–72Thailand
Scoring by half: 62−22, 59−50
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 13
India85–80Singapore
Scoring by half: 38−31, 47−49
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 14
Singapore76–98Malaysia
Scoring by half: 29−44, 47−54
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 14
Taiwan118–63India
Scoring by half: 56−30, 62−33
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 15
Thailand76–71Malaysia
Scoring by half: 36−43, 40−28
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 15
Philippines73–71Taiwan
Scoring by half: 37−39, 36−32
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 15
India56–116South Korea
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 16
Singapore48–116Philippines
Scoring by half: 26−64, 22−52
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 16
Malaysia66–69India
Scoring by half: 28-30, 38-39
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 16
Taiwan108–82Thailand
Scoring by half: 51-45, 57-37
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 17
Thailand104–67Singapore
Scoring by half: 48-30, 56-37
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 17
South Korea76–79Philippines
Scoring by half: 37-39, 39-40
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

Final round

Classification 5th–7th

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Thailand220166139+274
Singapore211164177−133
Malaysia202163177−142
December 18
Malaysia89–99Singapore
Scoring by half: 39−46, 50−53
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 19
Singapore65–88Thailand
Scoring by half: 32-49, 33-39
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 20
Thailand78–74Malaysia
Scoring by half: 33−31, 45−43
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

Championship

TeamPldWLPts
Philippines3306
Taiwan3215
South Korea3124
India3033
December 18
Philippines82–70South Korea
Scoring by half: 48-31, 34-39
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 18
India70–88Taiwan
Scoring by half: 31-48, 39-34
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 19
Philippines128–43India
Scoring by half: 60-21, 68-22
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 19
South Korea82–84Taiwan
Scoring by half: 40-47, 42-37
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 20
South Korea100–49India
Scoring by half: 52−29, 48−20
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
December 20
Taiwan62–95Philippines
Scoring by half: 36−47, 26−48
Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

Final standing

RankTeamRecord
Philippines9–0
Taiwan7–2
South Korea5–4
4India3–6
5Thailand4–4
6Singapore1–7
7Malaysia1–7

Awards

1972 Asian Under-18 champions
Philippines Second title