1965 ABC Championship

1965 FIBA Asia Cup
3rd Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryMalaysia
DatesNovember 28 – December 11
Teams10
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Japan (1st title)
← 1963
1967 →

The 1965 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Philippines 4 4 0 348 196 +152 8
 Japan 4 3 1 288 234 +54 7
 Malaysia 4 2 2 258 282 −24 6
 South Vietnam 4 1 3 263 318 −55 5
 Singapore 4 0 4 219 346 −127 4
November 28
20:00
Philippines  82–53  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–17, 44–36
November 29
19:30
Singapore  42–79  Japan
Scoring by half: 16–44, 26–35
November 29
21:00
Malaysia  72–65  South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 35–33, 37–32
November 30
16:30
Japan  91–67  South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 45–32, 46–35
November 30
19:30
Philippines  104–39  Singapore
Scoring by half: 51–19, 53–20
December 1
18:00
Singapore  71–82  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 27–42, 44–40
December 1
21:00
South Vietnam  50–88  Philippines
Scoring by half: 18–38, 32–50
December 2
16:30
Singapore  67–81  South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 30–40, 37–41
December 2
19:30
Philippines  74–54  Japan
Scoring by half: 34–31, 40–23
December 4
19:30
Japan  64–51  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–28, 26–23

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Taiwan 4 4 0 336 232 +104 8
 South Korea 4 3 1 320 264 +56 7
 Thailand 4 2 2 292 272 +20 6
 India 4 1 3 241 344 −103 5
 Hong Kong 4 0 4 232 309 −77 4
November 29
18:00
South Korea  104–64  India
Scoring by half: 55–30, 49–34
November 30
15:00
India  58–98  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 26–54, 32–44
November 30
21:00
Hong Kong  49–85  South Korea
Scoring by half: 26–54, 23–31
December 1
19:30
India  58–55  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 22–28, 36–27
December 2
15:00
Hong Kong  62–77  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 25–35, 37–42
December 2
21:00
Thailand  66–69  South Korea
Scoring by half: 39–38, 27–31
December 3
18:00
Taiwan  76–50  Thailand
Scoring by half: 31–29, 45–21
December 4
18:00
Hong Kong  66–89  Thailand
Scoring by half: 31–54, 35–35
December 4
21:00
Taiwan  85–62  South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–29, 43–33
December 5
9:00
Thailand  87–61  India
Scoring by half: 47–35, 40–26

Final round

Classification 7th–10th

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 India 3 3 0 250 198 +52 6
 Hong Kong 3 2 1 223 213 +10 5
 Singapore 3 1 2 238 276 −38 4
 South Vietnam 3 0 3 241 265 −24 3
December 5
18:00
South Vietnam  80–84 (OT)  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 42–32, 28–38 Overtime: 10–14
December 6
14:00
Singapore  93–85  South Vietnam
Scoring by half: 40–37, 53–48
December 6
18:30
Hong Kong  50–60  India
Scoring by half: 20–17, 30–43
December 8
14:00
India  102–72  Singapore
Scoring by half: 45–44, 57–28
December 9
18:00
Singapore  73–89  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 42–45, 31–44
December 10
18:00
South Vietnam  76–88  India
Scoring by half: 38–43, 38–45

Championship

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Japan 5 5 0 355 301 +54 10
 Philippines 5 4 1 385 337 +48 9
 South Korea 5 3 2 326 308 +18 8
 Thailand 5 2 3 350 364 −14 7
 Taiwan 5 1 4 353 372 −19 6
 Malaysia 5 0 5 313 400 −87 5
December 5
19:30
Malaysia  55–77  Japan
Scoring by half: 24–34, 31–43
December 5
21:00
Philippines  59–50  South Korea
Scoring by half: 21–28, 38–22
December 6
15:30
Philippines  90–72  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 56–34, 34–38
December 6
20:00
South Korea  78–66  Thailand
Scoring by half: 47–30, 31–36
December 6
21:30
Japan  73–58  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 34–35, 39–23
December 7
18:00
Thailand  86–71  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–25, 48–46
December 7
19:30
Taiwan  65–67  South Korea
Scoring by half: 33–39, 32–28
December 7
21:00
Japan  71–65  Philippines
Scoring by half: 37–31, 34–34
December 8
15:30
Thailand  74–71  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 39–39, 35–32
December 9
19:30
South Korea  68–49  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 26–25, 42–24
December 9
21:00
Japan  65–60  Thailand
Scoring by half: 33–31, 32–29
December 10
19:30
Taiwan  79–66  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–34, 41–32
December 10
21:00
Philippines  79–64  Thailand
Scoring by half: 46–29, 33–35
December 11
19:00
South Korea  63–69  Japan
Scoring by half: 22–31, 41–38
December 11
20:30
Philippines  92–80  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 45–35, 47–45

Final standing

Qualified for the 1967 FIBA World Championship
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Japan 8–1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Philippines 8–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea 6–3
4  Thailand 4–5
5  Taiwan 5–4
6  Malaysia 2–7
7  India 4–3
8  Hong Kong 2–5
9  Singapore 1–6
10  South Vietnam 1–6

Awards

 1965 Asian champions 

Japan
First title

References