The 1983 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Hong Kong from November 20 to November 29, 1983. Queen Elizabeth Stadium and Queen Elizabeth II Youth Centre were used for this tournament.

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
China330344200+1446
Iran321249213+365
Indonesia312178283−1054
Pakistan303200275−753
November 20
Iran90–69Pakistan
Scoring by half: 39–32, 51–37
Hong Kong
November 20
China135–58Indonesia
Scoring by half: 76–24, 59–34
Hong Kong
November 21
Indonesia47–85Iran
Scoring by half: 23–41, 24–44
Hong Kong
November 21
Pakistan68–112China
Scoring by half: 34–62, 34–50
Hong Kong
November 22
Iran74–97China
Scoring by half: 39–52, 35–45
Hong Kong
November 22
Pakistan63–73Indonesia
Scoring by half: 32–40, 31–33
Hong Kong

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
South Korea330370192+1786
Hong Kong321302226+765
Thailand312216279−634
Macau303164355−1913
November 20
Hong Kong116–50Macau
Scoring by half: 57–29, 59–21
Hong Kong
November 20
South Korea121–50Thailand
Scoring by half: 61–25, 60–25
Hong Kong
November 21
Macau46–133South Korea
Scoring by half: 23–75, 23–58
Hong Kong
November 21
Thailand60–90Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 33–43, 27–47
Hong Kong
November 22
South Korea116–96Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 63–42, 53–54
Hong Kong
November 22
Thailand106–68Macau
Scoring by half: 52–38, 54–30
Hong Kong

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Japan330245195+506
Jordan321243218+255
Malaysia312219226−74
Singapore303183251−683
November 20
Malaysia74–82Jordan
Scoring by half: 46–32, 28–50
Hong Kong
November 20
Japan88–52Singapore
Scoring by half: 37–22, 51–30
Hong Kong
November 21
Singapore66–76Malaysia
Scoring by half: 32–43, 34–33
Hong Kong
November 21
Jordan74–79Japan
Scoring by half: 40–33, 34–46
Hong Kong
November 22
Malaysia69–78Japan
Scoring by half: 42–39, 27–39
Hong Kong
November 22
Singapore65–87Jordan
Scoring by half: 34–44, 31–43
Hong Kong

Group D

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Kuwait2207257+154
India2115970−113
Philippines20204−40
November 20
Philippines0–2Kuwait
Forfeit
Hong Kong
November 21
Kuwait70–57India
Scoring by half: 24–29, 46–28
Hong Kong
November 22
India2–0Philippines
Forfeit
Hong Kong
  • The Philippines originally beat Kuwait 78–57 and India 90–60 and topped the group but Asian Basketball Confederation cancelled the results on November 23, 1983 and declared naturalized players Jeff Moore and Dennis Still ineligible due to lack of residency.

Second round

Classification 13th–15th

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Pakistan220196120+764
Singapore211203156+473
Macau202128251−1232
November 25
Macau74–137Singapore
Scoring by half: 31–68, 43–69
Hong Kong
November 26
Pakistan114–54Macau
Scoring by half: 58–27, 56–27
Hong Kong
November 29
Pakistan82–66Singapore
Scoring by half: 46–38, 36–28
Hong Kong

Classification 9th–12th

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Philippines330254213+416
Thailand321246224+225
Malaysia312262251+114
Indonesia303199273−743
November 24
Indonesia65–81Thailand
Scoring by half: 39–39, 26–42
Hong Kong
November 24
Malaysia80–85Philippines
Scoring by half: 36–40, 44–45
Hong Kong
November 25
Philippines95–64Indonesia
Scoring by half: 46–23, 49–41
Hong Kong
November 25
Thailand96–85Malaysia
Scoring by half: 44–39, 52–46
Hong Kong
November 28
Indonesia70–97Malaysia
Scoring by half: 36–56, 34–41
Hong Kong
November 28
Thailand69–74Philippines
Scoring by half: 27–43, 42–31
Hong Kong

Classification 5th–8th

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Iran330172152+206
India312239240−14
Hong Kong303214261−473
Jordan321174146+280
November 25
Iran81–71Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 34–27, 47–44
Hong Kong
November 25
Jordan80–72India
Scoring by half: 42–29, 38–43
Hong Kong
November 26
India81–89Iran
Scoring by half: 40–41, 41–48
Hong Kong
November 26
Hong Kong72–94Jordan
Scoring by half: 34–42, 38–52
Hong Kong
November 29
Iran2–0Jordan
Walkover
Hong Kong
November 29
Hong Kong71–86India
Scoring by half: 41–50, 30–36
Hong Kong
  • Jordan were relegated to 8th place after their team returned home on 26 November, and subsequently failed to appear for their match against Iran.

Championship

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
China330281190+916
Japan321242239+35
South Korea312243245−24
Kuwait303154246−923
November 24
South Korea88–93 (OT)Japan
Scoring by half: 46–44, 34–36 Overtime: 8–13
Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong
November 24
China84–48Kuwait
Scoring by half: 41–27, 43–21
Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong
November 26
Japan70–46Kuwait
Scoring by half: 38–24, 32–22
Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong
November 26
China92–63South Korea
Scoring by half: 50–34, 42–29
Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong
November 28
South Korea92–60Kuwait
Scoring by half: 51–34, 41–26
Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong
November 28
Japan79–105China
Scoring by half: 31–61, 48–44
Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

Final round

3rd place

November 29
Kuwait60–83South Korea
Scoring by half: 36–45, 24–38
Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

Final

November 29
China95–71Japan
Scoring by half: 49–32, 46–39
Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

Final standings

Qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics
RankTeamRecord
China7–0
Japan5–2
South Korea5–2
4Kuwait2–4
5Iran5–1
6India2–3
7Hong Kong2–4
8Jordan4–2
9Philippines3–2
10Thailand3–3
11Malaysia2–4
12Indonesia1–5
13Pakistan2–3
14Singapore1–4
15Macau0–5

Awards

1983 Asian champions
China Fifth title