1972 ABC Under-18 Championship

1972 FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup
2nd FIBA Under-18 Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Philippines
DatesDecember 10–20
Teams7
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Philippines (2nd title)
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1974 →

The 1972 ABC Under-18 Championship was the second edition of the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC)'s junior championship. The games were held at Manila, Philippines from December 10–December 20, 1972.

The Philippines were able to retain the championship by sweeping all of their assignments, blasting Taiwan, 95-62, in the final day.[1]

Preliminary round

Team Pld W L Pts
 Philippines 6 6 0 12
 Taiwan 6 5 1 11
 South Korea 6 4 2 10
 India 6 3 3 9
 Thailand 6 2 4 8
 Malaysia 6 1 5 7
 Singapore 6 0 6 6
December 10
Malaysia  65–108  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 33−53, 32−55
December 10
South Korea  87–54  Singapore
Scoring by half: 45−25, 42−29
December 10
India  30–117  Philippines
Scoring by half: 18−52, 12−65
December 11
Philippines  113–51  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 58-10, 55-32
December 11
Taiwan  95–85  South Korea
Scoring by half: 46-37, 49-48
December 11
Thailand  89–91 (OT)  India
Scoring by half: 35-40, 44-39 Overtime: 10-12
December 12
South Korea  106–56  Thailand
Scoring by half: 49−30, 57−26
December 12
Singapore  57–93  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 24−55, 33−38
December 13
Malaysia  51–136  South Korea
Scoring by half: 21−67, 30−69
December 13
Philippines  121–72  Thailand
Scoring by half: 62−22, 59−50
December 13
India  85–80  Singapore
Scoring by half: 38−31, 47−49
December 14
Singapore  76–98  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 29−44, 47−54
December 14
Taiwan  118–63  India
Scoring by half: 56−30, 62−33
December 15
Thailand  76–71  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 36−43, 40−28
December 15
Philippines  73–71  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 37−39, 36−32
December 16
Singapore  48–116  Philippines
Scoring by half: 26−64, 22−52
December 16
Malaysia  66–69  India
Scoring by half: 28-30, 38-39
December 16
Taiwan  108–82  Thailand
Scoring by half: 51-45, 57-37
December 17
Thailand  104–67  Singapore
Scoring by half: 48-30, 56-37
December 17
South Korea  76–79  Philippines
Scoring by half: 37-39, 39-40

Final round

Classification 5th–7th

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Thailand 2 2 0 166 139 +27 4
 Singapore 2 1 1 164 177 −13 3
 Malaysia 2 0 2 163 177 −14 2
December 18
Malaysia  89–99  Singapore
Scoring by half: 39−46, 50−53
December 19
Singapore  65–88  Thailand
Scoring by half: 32-49, 33-39
December 20
Thailand  78–74  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 33−31, 45−43

Championship

Team Pld W L Pts
 Philippines 3 3 0 6
 Taiwan 3 2 1 5
 South Korea 3 1 2 4
 India 3 0 3 3
December 18
Philippines  82–70  South Korea
Scoring by half: 48-31, 34-39
December 18
India  70–88  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 31-48, 39-34
December 19
Philippines  128–43  India
Scoring by half: 60-21, 68-22
December 19
South Korea  82–84  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 40-47, 42-37
December 20
South Korea  100–49  India
Scoring by half: 52−29, 48−20
December 20
Taiwan  62–95  Philippines
Scoring by half: 36−47, 26−48

Final standing

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Philippines 9–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Taiwan 7–2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  South Korea 5–4
4  India 3–6
5  Thailand 4–4
6  Singapore 1–7
7  Malaysia 1–7

Awards

 1972 Asian Under-18 champions 

Philippines
Second title

References

  1. ^ "Filipino cagers retain Asian Youth title". NewspaperSG. 21 December 1972. Retrieved 28 March 2018.