The 1977 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
China440432193+2398
Iraq431279298−197
Thailand422286335−496
Singapore413273314−415
Bahrain404222352−1304
November 28
China106–33Bahrain
Scoring by half: 19–23, 87–10
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
November 29
Thailand85–74Singapore
Scoring by half: 44–38, 41–36
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
November 29
Iraq80–72Bahrain
Scoring by half: 40–29, 40–43
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
November 30
Singapore54–99China
Scoring by half: 21–49, 33–50
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
November 30
Iraq67–63Thailand
Scoring by half: 31–38, 36–25
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 1
China96–56Iraq
Scoring by half: 37–23, 59–33
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 2
Thailand50–131China
Scoring by half: 26–54, 24–77
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 2
Bahrain54–78Singapore
Scoring by half: 31–34, 23–44
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 3
Iraq76–67Singapore
Scoring by half: 38–27, 38–40
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 3
Thailand88–63Bahrain
Scoring by half: 42–35, 46–28
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Japan440391228+1638
Philippines431408284+1247
Pakistan422365333+326
Indonesia413277410−1335
Sri Lanka404276462−1864
November 29
Japan118–57Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 65–33, 53–24
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
November 29
Philippines103–87Pakistan
Scoring by half: 50–41, 53–46
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
November 30
Indonesia49–118Japan
Scoring by half: 17–64, 32–54
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
November 30
Pakistan128–71Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 59–39, 69–32
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 1
Sri Lanka70–119Philippines
Scoring by half: 26–58, 44–61
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 1
Pakistan94–75Indonesia
Scoring by half: 52–32, 42–43
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 2
Indonesia97–78Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 47–41, 50–37
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 2
Japan71–66Philippines
Scoring by half: 31–31, 40–35
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 3
Philippines120–56Indonesia
Scoring by half: 68–32, 52–24
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 3
Japan84–56Pakistan
Scoring by half: 48–28, 36–28
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
South Korea330331216+1156
Malaysia321304252+525
India312264279−154
Hong Kong303206358−1523
November 28
Hong Kong66–125Malaysia
Scoring by half: 39–60, 27–65
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
November 29
South Korea103–73India
Scoring by half: 42–43, 61–30
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
November 30
India86–98Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–46, 48–52
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 1
South Korea128–62Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 60–32, 68–30
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 2
South Korea100–81Malaysia
Scoring by half: 60–43, 40–38
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 3
India105–78Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 65–40, 40–38
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Final round

Classification 7th–14th

  • The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the classification round.
TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTiebreaker
India770798575+22314
Thailand761635509+12613
Pakistan743629565+64111–1 / 1.070
Hong Kong743533575−42111–1 / 0.974
Singapore743603557+46111–1 / 0.963
Bahrain725503587−849
Indonesia716520631−1118
Sri Lanka707486708−2227
December 4
Indonesia54–83Thailand
Scoring by half: 36–42, 18–41
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 4
Pakistan88–72Bahrain
Scoring by half: 28–30, 60–42
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 4
Sri Lanka78–114India
Scoring by half: 45–51, 33–63
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 4
Singapore78–86Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 37–46, 41–40
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 6
Sri Lanka59–73Bahrain
Scoring by half: 33–34, 26–39
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 6
Hong Kong93–77Indonesia
Scoring by half: 42–36, 51–41
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 6
India112–83Singapore
Scoring by half: 58–41, 54–42
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 6
Pakistan70–83Thailand
Scoring by half: 45–40, 25–43
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 7
Bahrain75–77Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 42–39, 33–38
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 7
Thailand117–66Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 61–26, 56–40
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 7
Indonesia64–104India
Scoring by half: 28–50, 36–54
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 7
Singapore77–75Pakistan
Scoring by half: 41–32, 36–43
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 8
Hong Kong70–68Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 40–30, 30–38
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 8
Indonesia79–104Singapore
Scoring by half: 41–47, 38–57
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 8
India119–85Thailand
Scoring by half: 52–37, 67–48
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 9
Bahrain75–74Indonesia
Scoring by half: 42–40, 33–34
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 9
Sri Lanka66–109Singapore
Scoring by half: 33–53, 33–56
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 9
Thailand94–63Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 46–34, 48–29
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 9
Pakistan96–121India
Scoring by half: 49–60, 47–61
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 10
India123–91Bahrain
Scoring by half: 62–41, 61–50
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 10
Hong Kong66–78Pakistan
Scoring by half: 38–40, 28–38
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Championship

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
China550605385+22010
South Korea541538437+1019
Japan532472458+148
Malaysia523462527−657
Philippines514454545−916
Iraq505404583−1795
December 4
Philippines60–117China
Scoring by half: 27–54, 33–63
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 4
Iraq76–97Malaysia
Scoring by half: 44–51, 32–46
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 6
Japan66–50Iraq
Scoring by half: 25–24, 41–26
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 6
Malaysia67–102China
Scoring by half: 25–52, 42–50
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 6
South Korea96–82Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–39, 52–43
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 7
Iraq69–114South Korea
Scoring by half: 31–56, 38–58
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 7
Japan83–71Philippines
Scoring by half: 45–34, 38–37
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 8
China119–63Iraq
Scoring by half: 62–25, 57–38
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 8
Philippines84–88Malaysia
Scoring by half: 39–38, 45–50
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 8
South Korea90–86 (OT)Japan
Scoring by half: 45–36, 31–40 Overtime: 14–10
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 9
Malaysia58–80South Korea
Scoring by half: 33–38, 25–42
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 9
Iraq90–91Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–50, 46–41
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 9
China110–81Japan
Scoring by half: 55–34, 55–47
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 10
Japan85–71Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–34, 47–37
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
December 10
South Korea58–61China
Scoring by half: 34–32, 24–29
Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Final standings

Qualified for the 1978 FIBA World Championship
RankTeamRecord
China9–0
South Korea7–1
Japan7–2
4Malaysia4–4
5Philippines4–5
6Iraq3–6
7India7–2
8Thailand6–3
9Pakistan4–5
10Hong Kong4–5
11Singapore4–5
12Bahrain2–7
13Indonesia1–8
14Sri Lanka0–9

Awards

1977 Asian champions
China Second title