The 1989 Men's Asian Basketball Confederation Championship was held in Beijing, PR China.

Draw

Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D
China Thailand Singapore Kuwait * Saudi ArabiaSouth Korea Malaysia Indonesia * Iran PakistanJapan India Bahrain * Syria *Philippines Chinese Taipei Hong Kong Bangladesh

* Kuwait, Bahrain and Syria withdrew from the tournament, following this Indonesia moved to Group C to balance the number of teams in each group.

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
China330296171+1256
Saudi Arabia321249241+85
Singapore312169240−714
Thailand303178240−623
September 15 20:15
China102–72Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 57–37, 45–35
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 16
Saudi Arabia91–63Singapore
Scoring by half: 44–37, 47–26
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 16
China96–51Thailand
Scoring by half: 51–27, 45–24
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 17
Thailand51–58Singapore
Scoring by half: 29–30, 22–28
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 18
Singapore48–98China
Scoring by half: 22–52, 26–46
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 19
Thailand76–86Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 40–45, 36–41
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
South Korea330341262+796
Iran321294261+335
Malaysia312253283−304
Pakistan303259341−823
September 15 14:00
South Korea120–96Iran
Scoring by half: 54–46, 66–50
University Gymnasium, Beijing
September 16
South Korea95–72Malaysia
Scoring by half: 39–46, 56–26
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 17
Pakistan94–126South Korea
Scoring by half: 51–62, 43–64
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 17
Iran90–74Malaysia
Scoring by half: 43–41, 47–33
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 18
Iran108–67Pakistan
Scoring by half: 55–39, 53–28
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 19
Malaysia107–98Pakistan
Scoring by half: 57–52, 50–46
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Japan220161104+574
India211160149+113
Indonesia202106174−682
September 16
Japan81–37Indonesia
Scoring by half: 36–20, 45–17
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 17
Indonesia69–93India
Scoring by half: 33–48, 36–45
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 18
Japan80–67India
Scoring by half: 47–31, 33–36
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

Group D

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Chinese Taipei330345205+1406
Philippines321339232+1075
Hong Kong312266273−74
Bangladesh303158398−2403
September 16 19:00
Philippines150–52Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 80–24, 70–28
University Gymnasium, Beijing
September 16
Chinese Taipei113–70Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 56–30, 57–40
University Gymnasium, Beijing
September 17
Bangladesh61–135Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 32–68, 29–67
University Gymnasium, Beijing
September 17 15:45
Philippines115–83Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 68–44, 47–39
University Gymnasium, Beijing
September 19
Hong Kong113–45Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 59–26, 54–19
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 19 20:45
Philippines74–97Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 42–57, 32–40
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

Quarterfinal round

Group I

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
China330327215+1126
Japan321229214+155
Iran312218274−564
Philippines303226297−713
September 20
Iran53–73Japan
Scoring by half: 24–42, 29–31
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 20
China118–73Philippines
Scoring by half: 63–36, 55–37
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 21
China115–72Iran
Scoring by half: 60–35, 55–37
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 21 20:00
Japan86–67Philippines
Scoring by half: 48–35, 38–32
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 22
Philippines86–93Iran
Scoring by half: 46–47, 40–46
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 22
China94–70Japan
Scoring by half: 46–37, 48–33
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

Group II

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
South Korea330300260+406
Chinese Taipei321278273+55
India312233270−374
Saudi Arabia303243251−83
September 20
Saudi Arabia88–92Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 55–51, 33–41
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 20
South Korea103–86India
Scoring by half: 56–41, 47–45
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 21
Saudi Arabia83–85South Korea
Scoring by half: 43–42, 40–43
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 21
India73–95Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 35–50, 38–45
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 22
Saudi Arabia72–74India
Scoring by half: 32–33, 40–41
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 22
Chinese Taipei91–112South Korea
Scoring by half: 41–58, 50–54
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

Group III

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Pakistan330267182+856
Singapore321222210+125
Indonesia312216204+124
Bangladesh303159268−1093
September 20
Singapore80–66Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 44–31, 36–35
University Gymnasium, Beijing
September 20
Pakistan89–62Indonesia
Scoring by half: 52–31, 37–31
University Gymnasium, Beijing
September 21
Bangladesh52–104Pakistan
Scoring by half: 16–54, 36–50
University Gymnasium, Beijing
September 21
Singapore74–70Indonesia
Scoring by half: 47–42, 27–28
University Gymnasium, Beijing
September 22
Singapore68–74Pakistan
Scoring by half: 39–32, 29–42
University Gymnasium, Beijing
September 22
Indonesia84–41Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 32–21, 52–20
University Gymnasium, Beijing

Group IV

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Malaysia220214157+574
Thailand211166184−183
Hong Kong202171210−392
September 20
Thailand95–85Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 54–45, 41–40
University Gymnasium, Beijing
September 21
Hong Kong86–115Malaysia
Scoring by half: 41–56, 45–59
University Gymnasium, Beijing
September 22
Thailand71–99Malaysia
Scoring by half: 33–59, 38–40
University Gymnasium, Beijing

Classification 5th–14th

13th place

September 23
Indonesia75–104Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 33–59, 42–45
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

11th place

September 23
Singapore85–73Thailand
Scoring by half: 39–32, 46–41
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

9th place

September 23
Pakistan77–110Malaysia
Scoring by half: 35–50, 42–60
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

7th place

September 24 13:00
Philippines89–91 (OT)Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 45–40, 35–40 Overtime: 9–11
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

5th place

September 24
Iran101–79India
Scoring by half: 38–42, 63–37
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

Final round

SemifinalsFinal
September 23
China92
September 24
Chinese Taipei67
China102
September 23
South Korea72
South Korea110
Japan86
3rd place
September 24
Chinese Taipei69
Japan58

Semifinals

September 23
China92–67Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 55–33, 37–34
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing
September 23
South Korea110–86Japan
Scoring by half: 53–39, 47–47
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

3rd place

September 24
Chinese Taipei69–58Japan
Scoring by half: 33–31, 36–27
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

Final

September 24
China102–72South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–37, 60–35
Capital Gymnasium, Beijing

Final standings

Qualified for the 1990 FIBA World Championship
RankTeamRecord
China8–0
South Korea7–1
Chinese Taipei6–2
4Japan4–3
5Iran4–3
6India2–4
7Saudi Arabia3–4
8Philippines2–5
9Malaysia4–2
10Pakistan3–4
11Singapore4–3
12Thailand1–5
13Hong Kong2–4
14Indonesia1–5
15Bangladesh0–6

Awards

1989 Asian champions
China Seventh title