1963 ABC Championship

1963 FIBA Asia Championship
2nd Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Republic of China
Dates	November 20 – December 3
Teams	8
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Philippines (2nd title)
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The 1963 ABC Championship was the second edition of the ABC Championship, a tournament which was held by FIBA Asia since 1960. The tournament which was held in Taipei, Taiwan saw eight teams compete (an expansion of one team) in a round-robin tournament with the top four teams qualifying through to the championship round where they played each other again one more time. The bottom four teams would compete in a classification round.

The tournament saw the first tie-breaker matches to be played with Thailand defeating Malaya to book a spot in the championship round. In the championship round, the Philippines and Taiwan finish level with an 8–2 record. This meant that they had to play in a play-off to decide the champion which was played on December 3. In that final match, the Philippines would claim their second title defeating Taiwan, 99–71. Third was South Korea who had defeated the play-off teams at least once during the tournament.

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Philippines	7	6	1	649	406	+243	13
Taiwan	7	6	1	695	535	+160	13
South Korea	7	5	2	649	496	+153	12
Thailand	7	4	3	581	542	+39	11
Malaya	7	4	3	548	568	−20	11
Singapore	7	2	5	516	662	−146	9
Hong Kong	7	1	6	479	610	−131	8
South Vietnam	7	0	7	538	836	−298	7

November 20

Singapore	80–73	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 28–35, 52–38

South Vietnam	89–98	Singapore
Scoring by half: 40–49, 49–49

Malaya	81–80	South Korea
Scoring by half: 32–38, 49–42

Thailand	60–83	Philippines
Scoring by half: 26–36, 34–47

Singapore	65–74	Thailand
Scoring by half: 32–43, 33–31

South Vietnam	61–124	Philippines
Scoring by half: 53–35, 71–26

South Korea	90–61	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 38–28, 52–33

Taiwan	100–76	Malaya
Scoring by half: 33–26, 67–50

Hong Kong	105–75	South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 49–34, 56–41

Malaya	42–103	Philippines
Scoring by half: 22–48, 20–55

South Korea	110–55	Singapore
Scoring by half: 49–25, 61–30

Thailand	87–96	Taiwan
Scoring by half: 42–45, 45–51

Thailand	68–66	Malaya
Scoring by half: 32–27, 36–39

Singapore	64–114	Philippines
Scoring by half: 24–48, 40–66

South Vietnam	75–136	South Korea
Scoring by half: 64–36, 72–39

Hong Kong	46–102	Taiwan
Scoring by half: 54–21, 48–25

Taiwan	145–91	South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 72–40, 73–51

Singapore	72–111	Malaya
Scoring by half: 31–54, 41–57

South Vietnam	75–131	Thailand
Scoring by half: 32–65, 43–66

Philippines	96–52	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 47–27, 49–25

South Korea	83–96	Taiwan
Scoring by half: 39–42, 44–54

1963 ABC Championship

Preliminary round

Final round

Classification 5th–8th

Championship

Championship play-off

Final standing

Awards

See also

References

Taiwan	91–82	Singapore
Scoring by half: 43–32, 48–50

Malaya	97–72	South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 45–30, 52–42

Hong Kong	69–92	Thailand
Scoring by half: 36–45, 33–47

Philippines	59–62	South Korea
Scoring by half: 24–25, 35–37

Hong Kong	73–75	Malaya
Scoring by half: 27–26, 46–49

South Korea	88–69	Thailand
Scoring by half: 32–40, 56–29

Taiwan	65–70	Philippines
Scoring by half: 35–31, 30–39

Thailand	86–81	Malaya
Scoring by half: 45–41, 41–40

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Malaya	10	6	4	823	842	−19	16
Hong Kong	10	4	6	744	820	−76	14
Singapore	10	3	7	769	919	−150	13
South Vietnam	10	0	10	795	1145	−350	10

South Vietnam	85–112	Malaya
Scoring by half: 40–51, 45–61