Basketball at the 1970 Asian Games

Basketball
at the 1970 Asian Games

Venue| Kittikachorn Stadium
Date| 10–19 December 1970
Nations| 12

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Basketball was one of the 13 sports disciplines held in the 1970 Asian Games again in Bangkok, Thailand. South Korea got their first Asian basketball title by outlasting the defending champions Israel in the championship round. The games were held from December 10 to 19, 1970.

## Medalists

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Event  | Gold  | Silver  | Bronze

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Men
details |  South Korea
Choi Jong-kyu
Choo Hun-geun
Kim In-kun
Kim Yeong-il
Kwak Hyun-chae
Lee In-pyo
Lee Ja-young
Park Han
Shin Dong-pa
Shin Hyun-soo
Yoo Hi-hyung
Yoon Pyung-no |  Israel
Dan Barzily
Tanhum Cohen-Mintz
Hillel Gilboa
Ronald Green
Hanan Keren
Ivan Leshinsky
Itamar Marzel
Gabi Neumark
Mike Schwarz
Haim Starkman
Gabi Teichner
Mark Turenshine |  Japan
Shigeaki Abe
Yoshikuni Awano
Seiji Igarashi
Isao Kimura
Akira Kodama
Satoshi Mori
Fumihiko Moroyama
Kazufumi Sakai
Kenji Soda
Atsushi Somatomo
Masatomo Taniguchi
Kunihiko Yokoyama

## Draw

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The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1966 Asian Games

Group A

* Israel (1)
* Japan (4)
* South Vietnam
* Singapore

Group B

* Thailand (2)
* Republic of China (5)
* India
* Malaysia

Group C

* South Korea (3)
* Philippines (6)
* Iran
* Hong Kong

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## Results

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### Preliminary round

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#### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  Israel | 3  | 3  | 0  | 288  | 181  | +107  | 6  | Final round
2  |  Japan | 3  | 2  | 1  | 243  | 185  | +58  | 5
3  |  Singapore | 3  | 1  | 2  | 203  | 284  | −81  | 4  | Classification 7th–12th
4  |  South Vietnam | 3  | 0  | 3  | 202  | 286  | −84  | 3

Source: Results

10 December

Israel | 108-59 |  South Vietnam

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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10 December

Japan | 99-47 |  Singapore

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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11 December

South Vietnam | 56-80 |  Japan

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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11 December

Israel | 98-58 |  Singapore

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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12 December

Israel | 82-64 |  Japan

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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12 December

South Vietnam | 87-98 |  Singapore

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

#### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  India | 3  | 2  | 1  | 218  | 210  | +8  | 5[a] | Final round
2  |  Republic of China | 3  | 2  | 1  | 210  | 190  | +20  | 5[a]
3  |  Thailand | 3  | 2  | 1  | 201  | 189  | +12  | 5[a] | Classification 7th–12th
4  |  Malaysia | 3  | 0  | 3  | 199  | 239  | −40  | 3

Source: Results
Notes:

1. ^ a b c Tied on head-to-head wins (1). Head-to-head game points average: IND 1.022, ROC 1.000, THA 0.976.

10 December

Republic of China | 74-71 |  India

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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10 December

Thailand | 80-65 |  Malaysia

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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11 December

Malaysia | 62-82 |  Republic of China

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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11 December

Thailand | 64-70 |  India

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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12 December

Malaysia | 72-77 |  India

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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12 December

Thailand | 57-54 |  Republic of China

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

#### Group C

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification

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1  |  South Korea | 3  | 3  | 0  | 303  | 203  | +100  | 6  | Final round
2  |  Philippines | 3  | 2  | 1  | 280  | 221  | +59  | 5
3  |  Iran | 3  | 1  | 2  | 264  | 271  | −7  | 4  | Classification 7th–12th
4  |  Hong Kong | 3  | 0  | 3  | 174  | 326  | −152  | 3

Source: Results

10 December

Philippines | 113-54 |  Hong Kong

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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10 December

South Korea | 110-77 |  Iran

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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11 December

Iran | 90-92 |  Philippines

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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11 December

South Korea | 116-51 |  Hong Kong

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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12 December

Iran | 97-69 |  Hong Kong

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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12 December

South Korea | 77-75 |  Philippines

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

### Classification 7th–12th

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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1  |  Iran | 5  | 5  | 0  | 476  | 397  | +79  | 10
2  |  Thailand | 5  | 4  | 1  | 466  | 430  | +36  | 9
3  |  Malaysia | 5  | 3  | 2  | 419  | 380  | +39  | 8
4  |  Singapore | 5  | 2  | 3  | 422  | 432  | −10  | 7
5  |  South Vietnam | 5  | 1  | 4  | 450  | 531  | −81  | 6
6  |  Hong Kong | 5  | 0  | 5  | 374  | 437  | −63  | 5

Source: Results

14 December

Singapore | 86-72 |  Hong Kong

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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14 December

Iran | 104-97 |  South Vietnam

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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14 December

Thailand | 83-79 |  Malaysia

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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15 December

Hong Kong | 78-79 |  South Vietnam

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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15 December

Thailand | 69-107 |  Iran

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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15 December

Malaysia | 76-69 |  Singapore

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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16 December

Hong Kong | 72-95 |  Thailand

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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16 December

Malaysia | 79-82 |  Iran

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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16 December

South Vietnam | 101-122 |  Singapore

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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18 December

Iran | 88-64 |  Singapore

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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18 December

Thailand | 124-91 |  South Vietnam

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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18 December

Hong Kong | 64-82 |  Malaysia

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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19 December

Hong Kong | 88-95 |  Iran

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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19 December

Singapore | 81-95 |  Thailand

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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19 December

Malaysia | 103-82 |  South Vietnam

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

### Final round

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts

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1  |  South Korea | 5  | 4  | 1  | 393  | 320  | +73  | 9[a]
2  |  Israel | 5  | 4  | 1  | 429  | 373  | +56  | 9[a]
3  |  Japan | 5  | 3  | 2  | —  | —  | -- | 8
4  |  Republic of China | 5  | 2  | 3  | 364  | 386  | −22  | 7[b]
5  |  Philippines | 5  | 2  | 3  | 381  | 378  | +3  | 7[b]
6  |  India | 5  | 0  | 5  | —  | —  | -- | 5

Source: Results
Notes:

1. ^ a b Head-to-head result: KOR 81–67 ISR.
2. ^ a b Head-to-head result: ROC 75–64 PHI.

14 December

Israel | 83-67 |  Japan

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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14 December

Philippines | 97-79 |  India

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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14 December

South Korea | 74-72 |  Republic of China

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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15 December

Republic of China | 73-114 |  Israel

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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15 December

Japan | vs. |  India

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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15 December

Philippines | 70-65 |  South Korea

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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16 December

Philippines | 64-75 |  Republic of China

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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16 December

South Korea | 80-57 |  Japan

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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16 December

Israel | 82-74 |  India

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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18 December

Japan | 81-66 |  Republic of China

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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18 December

Philippines | 78-83 |  Israel

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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18 December

South Korea | 93-54 |  India

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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19 December

Philippines | 72-76 |  Japan

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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19 December

India | 53-78 |  Republic of China

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Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

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19 December

Israel | 67-81 |  South Korea

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## Final standing

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Rank  | Team  | Pld | W | L

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|  South Korea | 8 | 7 | 1
|  Israel | 8 | 7 | 1
|  Japan | 8 | 5 | 3
4  |  Republic of China | 8 | 4 | 4
5  |  Philippines | 8 | 4 | 4
6  |  India | 8 | 2 | 6
7  |  Iran | 8 | 6 | 2
8  |  Thailand | 8 | 6 | 2
9  |  Malaysia | 8 | 3 | 5
10  |  Singapore | 8 | 3 | 5
11  |  South Vietnam | 8 | 1 | 7
12  |  Hong Kong | 8 | 0 | 8

## References

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* Results

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Events at the 1970 Asian Games (Bangkok)

* Athletics
* Badminton
* Basketball
* Boxing
* Cycling
* Diving
* Field hockey
* Football
* Sailing
* Shooting
* Swimming
* Volleyball
* Water polo
* Weightlifting
* Wrestling

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List of medalists
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