1977 ABC Championship

1977 FIBA Asia Cup
9th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
DatesNovember 28 – December 10
Teams14
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions China (2nd title)
← 1975
1979 →

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

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 4 4 0 432 193 +239 8
 Iraq 4 3 1 279 298 −19 7
 Thailand 4 2 2 286 335 −49 6
 Singapore 4 1 3 273 314 −41 5
 Bahrain 4 0 4 222 352 −130 4
November 28
China  106–33  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 19–23, 87–10
November 29
Thailand  85–74  Singapore
Scoring by half: 44–38, 41–36
November 29
Iraq  80–72  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 40–29, 40–43
November 30
Singapore  54–99  China
Scoring by half: 21–49, 33–50
November 30
Iraq  67–63  Thailand
Scoring by half: 31–38, 36–25
December 1
China  96–56  Iraq
Scoring by half: 37–23, 59–33
December 2
Thailand  50–131  China
Scoring by half: 26–54, 24–77
December 2
Bahrain  54–78  Singapore
Scoring by half: 31–34, 23–44
December 3
Iraq  76–67  Singapore
Scoring by half: 38–27, 38–40
December 3
Thailand  88–63  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 42–35, 46–28

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Japan 4 4 0 391 228 +163 8
 Philippines 4 3 1 408 284 +124 7
 Pakistan 4 2 2 365 333 +32 6
 Indonesia 4 1 3 277 410 −133 5
 Sri Lanka 4 0 4 276 462 −186 4
November 29
Japan  118–57  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 65–33, 53–24
November 29
Philippines  103–87  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 50–41, 53–46
November 30
Indonesia  49–118  Japan
Scoring by half: 17–64, 32–54
November 30
Pakistan  128–71  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 59–39, 69–32
December 1
Sri Lanka  70–119  Philippines
Scoring by half: 26–58, 44–61
December 1
Pakistan  94–75  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 52–32, 42–43
December 2
Indonesia  97–78  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 47–41, 50–37
December 2
Japan  71–66  Philippines
Scoring by half: 31–31, 40–35
December 3
Philippines  120–56  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 68–32, 52–24
December 3
Japan  84–56  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 48–28, 36–28

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 3 3 0 331 216 +115 6
 Malaysia 3 2 1 304 252 +52 5
 India 3 1 2 264 279 −15 4
 Hong Kong 3 0 3 206 358 −152 3
November 28
Hong Kong  66–125  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 39–60, 27–65
November 29
South Korea  103–73  India
Scoring by half: 42–43, 61–30
November 30
India  86–98  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–46, 48–52
December 1
South Korea  128–62  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 60–32, 68–30
December 2
South Korea  100–81  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 60–43, 40–38
December 3
India  105–78  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 65–40, 40–38

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.
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 India 7 7 0 798 575 +223 14
 Thailand 7 6 1 635 509 +126 13
 Pakistan 7 4 3 629 565 +64 11 1–1 / 1.070
 Hong Kong 7 4 3 533 575 −42 11 1–1 / 0.974
 Singapore 7 4 3 603 557 +46 11 1–1 / 0.963
 Bahrain 7 2 5 503 587 −84 9
 Indonesia 7 1 6 520 631 −111 8
 Sri Lanka 7 0 7 486 708 −222 7
December 4
Indonesia  54–83  Thailand
Scoring by half: 36–42, 18–41
December 4
Pakistan  88–72  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 28–30, 60–42
December 4
Sri Lanka  78–114  India
Scoring by half: 45–51, 33–63
December 4
Singapore  78–86  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 37–46, 41–40
December 6
Sri Lanka  59–73  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 33–34, 26–39
December 6
Hong Kong  93–77  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 42–36, 51–41
December 6
India  112–83  Singapore
Scoring by half: 58–41, 54–42
December 6
Pakistan  70–83  Thailand
Scoring by half: 45–40, 25–43
December 7
Bahrain  75–77  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 42–39, 33–38
December 7
Thailand  117–66  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 61–26, 56–40
December 7
Indonesia  64–104  India
Scoring by half: 28–50, 36–54
December 7
Singapore  77–75  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 41–32, 36–43
December 8
Hong Kong  70–68  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 40–30, 30–38
December 8
Indonesia  79–104  Singapore
Scoring by half: 41–47, 38–57
December 8
India  119–85  Thailand
Scoring by half: 52–37, 67–48
December 9
Bahrain  75–74  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 42–40, 33–34
December 9
Sri Lanka  66–109  Singapore
Scoring by half: 33–53, 33–56
December 9
Thailand  94–63  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 46–34, 48–29
December 9
Pakistan  96–121  India
Scoring by half: 49–60, 47–61
December 10
India  123–91  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 62–41, 61–50
December 10
Hong Kong  66–78  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 38–40, 28–38

Championship

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 5 5 0 605 385 +220 10
 South Korea 5 4 1 538 437 +101 9
 Japan 5 3 2 472 458 +14 8
 Malaysia 5 2 3 462 527 −65 7
 Philippines 5 1 4 454 545 −91 6
 Iraq 5 0 5 404 583 −179 5
December 4
Philippines  60–117  China
Scoring by half: 27–54, 33–63
December 4
Iraq  76–97  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 44–51, 32–46
December 6
Japan  66–50  Iraq
Scoring by half: 25–24, 41–26
December 6
Malaysia  67–102  China
Scoring by half: 25–52, 42–50
December 6
South Korea  96–82  Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–39, 52–43
December 7
Iraq  69–114  South Korea
Scoring by half: 31–56, 38–58
December 7
Japan  83–71  Philippines
Scoring by half: 45–34, 38–37
December 8
China  119–63  Iraq
Scoring by half: 62–25, 57–38
December 8
Philippines  84–88  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 39–38, 45–50
December 8
South Korea  90–86 (OT)  Japan
Scoring by half: 45–36, 31–40 Overtime: 14–10
December 9
Malaysia  58–80  South Korea
Scoring by half: 33–38, 25–42
December 9
Iraq  90–91  Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–50, 46–41
December 9
China  110–81  Japan
Scoring by half: 55–34, 55–47
December 10
Japan  85–71  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–34, 47–37
December 10
South Korea  58–61  China
Scoring by half: 34–32, 24–29

Final standing

Qualified for the 1978 FIBA World Championship
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China 9–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea 7–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan 7–2
4  Malaysia 4–4
5  Philippines 4–5
6  Iraq 3–6
7  India 7–2
8  Thailand 6–3
9  Pakistan 4–5
10  Hong Kong 4–5
11  Singapore 4–5
12  Bahrain 2–7
13  Indonesia 1–8
14  Sri Lanka 0–9

Awards

 1977 Asian champions 

China
Second title

References