The 1981 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Kolkata, India.

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
China330370191+1796
Malaysia321229245−165
Iran312212268−564
Pakistan303202309−1073
12 November
China116–70Iran
Scoring by half: 60–37, 56–33
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
12 November
Pakistan62–96Malaysia
Scoring by half: 34–43, 28–53
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
13 November
Iran85–82Pakistan
Scoring by half: 40–45, 45–37
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
13 November
Malaysia63–126China
Scoring by half: 34–55, 29–71
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
14 November
China128–58Pakistan
Scoring by half: 60–30, 68–28
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
14 November
Iran57–70Malaysia
Scoring by half: 29–41, 28–29
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Japan330318170+1486
India321252176+765
Hong Kong312196243−474
Sri Lanka303152329−1773
12 November
India102–37Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 59–16, 43–21
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
12 November
Japan104–44Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 45–30, 59–14
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
13 November
Sri Lanka51–126Japan
Scoring by half: 23–70, 28–56
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
13 November
Hong Kong51–75India
Scoring by half: 20–39, 31–36
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
14 November
India75–88Japan
Scoring by half: 42–45, 33–43
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
14 November
Sri Lanka64–101Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 28–40, 36–61
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
South Korea330326209+1176
Philippines321235201+345
Thailand312214261−474
Singapore303162266−1043
12 November
South Korea109–62Singapore
Scoring by half: 55–32, 54–30
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
12 November
Philippines81–64Thailand
Scoring by half: 39–38, 42–26
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
13 November
Thailand85–127South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–58, 43–69
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
13 November
Singapore47–92Philippines
Scoring by half: 20–47, 27–45
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
14 November
Thailand65–53Singapore
Scoring by half: 38–29, 27–24
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
14 November
South Korea90–62Philippines
Scoring by half: 36–31, 54–31
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

Final round

  • 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 final round.

Classification 7th–12th

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTiebreaker
Thailand550418346+7210
Iran532441380+6181–0
Pakistan532401357+4480–1
Hong Kong523411421−1071–0
Singapore523353362−970–1
Sri Lanka505316474−1585
16 November
Pakistan91–53Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 51–20, 40–33
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
16 November
Iran84–87 (OT)Thailand
Scoring by half: 38–37, 41–42 Overtime: 5–8
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
16 November
Hong Kong73–69Singapore
Scoring by half: 36–40, 37–29
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
17 November
Pakistan59–66Thailand
Scoring by half: 28–24, 31–42
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
17 November
Sri Lanka68–85Singapore
Scoring by half: 29–38, 39–47
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
17 November
Iran114–101Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 57–50, 57–51
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
18 November
Thailand102–89Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 55–43, 47–46
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
18 November
Hong Kong75–76Pakistan
Scoring by half: 41–34, 34–42
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
18 November
Singapore68–63Iran
Scoring by half: 32–30, 36–33
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
19 November
Iran95–42Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 46–19, 49–23
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
19 November
Hong Kong61–98Thailand
Scoring by half: 31–54, 30–44
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
19 November
Pakistan93–78Singapore
Scoring by half: 44–46, 49–32
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

Championship

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
China550482308+17410
South Korea541466393+739
Japan532405375+308
Philippines523370421−517
India514344423−796
Malaysia505328475−1475
16 November
Malaysia54–70India
Scoring by half: 19–32, 35–38
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
16 November
China97–66Philippines
Scoring by half: 52–46, 45–20
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
16 November
Japan71–91South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–44, 37–47
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
17 November
Philippines82–70Malaysia
Scoring by half: 47–40, 35–30
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
17 November
South Korea111–79India
Scoring by half: 61–42, 50–37
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
17 November
China71–60Japan
Scoring by half: 32–20, 39–40
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
18 November
Malaysia85–110South Korea
Scoring by half: 37–72, 48–38
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
18 November
Japan99–82Philippines
Scoring by half: 51–38, 48–44
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
18 November
India55–92China
Scoring by half: 25–52, 30–40
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
19 November
Malaysia56–87Japan
Scoring by half: 23–43, 33–44
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
20 November
Philippines78–65India
Scoring by half: 40–34, 38–31
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
20 November
China96–64South Korea
Scoring by half: 43–26, 53–38
Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

Final standings

Qualified for the 1982 FIBA World Championship
RankTeamRecord
China7–0
South Korea6–1
Japan5–2
4Philippines4–3
5India3–4
6Malaysia2–5
7Thailand5–2
8Iran3–4
9Pakistan3–4
10Hong Kong2–5
11Singapore2–5
12Sri Lanka0–7

Awards

1981 Asian champions
China Fourth title

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