1974 ABC Under-18 Championship

1974 FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup
3rd FIBA Under-18 Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Philippines
DatesDecember 1–15
Teams9
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Philippines (3rd title)
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1977 →

The 1974 ABC Under-18 Championship was the third edition of the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC)'s junior championship. The games were held at Manila, Philippines from December 1–15, 1974.

The Philippines successfully defended their championship by sweeping all of their assignments, blasting South Korea, 89-79, in the final day, en route to their third title.[1][2]

Preliminary round

Team Pld W L Pts
 Philippines 7 7 0 14
 South Korea 7 5 2 12
 Taiwan 7 5 2 12
 Thailand 7 5 2 12
 Malaysia 7 3 4 10
 Hong Kong 7 2 5 9
 Iran 7 1 6 8
 Singapore 7 0 7 7
 Khmer Republic 0 0 0 0
December 1
Iran  40–108  Philippines
Scoring by half: 16−67, 24−41
December 2
Iran  51–126  South Korea
Scoring by half: 21−54, 30−72
December 2
Thailand  87–86  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 41−46, 46−40
December 2
Hong Kong  58–99  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 31−46, 27−53
December 4
Singapore  60–71  Iran
Scoring by half: 25−34, 35−37
December 5
Iran  63–79  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 30−43, 33−36
December 6
Hong Kong  80–67  Singapore
Scoring by half: 33−35, 47−32
December 6
Taiwan  W–L  Iran
December 7
Philippines  137–63  Singapore
Scoring by half: 62−29, 75−34
December 8
Singapore  69–103  Thailand
Scoring by half: 23−55, 46−48
December 8
Taiwan  87–98  Philippines
Scoring by half: 41−43, 46−55
December 9
Malaysia  95–30  Singapore
Scoring by half: 46−18, 49−12
December 9
Thailand  94–81  Iran
Scoring by half: 43−38, 51−43
December 9
Philippines  146–63  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 62−29, 75−34
December 10
Iran  63–102  Malaysia
December 10
Singapore  70–113  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 35−60, 35−53

Final round

Classification 5th–9th

Team Pld W L Pts
 Malaysia 4 4 0 8
 Khmer Republic 4 3 1 7
 Iran 4 2 2 6
 Hong Kong 4 1 3 5
 Singapore 4 0 4 4
December 8
Khmer Republic  85–79  Iran
Scoring by half: 49−26, 36−53
December 11
Iran  71–61  Singapore
Scoring by half: 38−24, 33−37
December 12
Iran  72–63  Hong Kong
December 13
Khmer Republic  90–89  Singapore
Scoring by half: 41−38, 49−51
December 13
Malaysia  96–52  Iran
December 14
Hong Kong  68–82  Khmer Republic
Scoring by half: 30−42, 38−40
December 15
Singapore  60–70  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 23−44, 37−26

Championship

Team Pld W L Pts
 Philippines 3 3 0 6
 Taiwan 2 1 1 3
 South Korea 2 1 1 3
 Thailand 0 0 3 3
December 14
Taiwan  111–75  Thailand
December 15
Philippines  89–79  South Korea
Scoring by half: 47−47, 42−32

Final standing

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Philippines 10–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea 7–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Taiwan 6–4
4  Thailand 5–5
5  Malaysia 7–4
6  Khmer Republic 3–1
7  Iran 3–8
8  Hong Kong 3–8
9  Singapore 0–11

Awards

 1974 Asian Under-18 champions 

Philippines
Third title

References

  1. ^ "Unbeaten PI are champs". NewspaperSG. 16 December 1974. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Filipinos retain ABC basketball title". NewspaperSG. 18 December 1974. Retrieved 5 April 2018.