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1960 ABC Championship

1960 ABC Championship

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The 1960 ABC Championship was the first edition of the ABC Championship, a tournament which was held by FIBA Asia. The tournament which was held in Manila, Philippines saw seven teams compete in a round-robin tournament with the top four teams qualifying through to the final round where they played each other again one more time.

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In the final round, the Philippines took out the title as they won all nine of their games to come out the winners. Taiwan finished as the runner-up with the only two losses being against the champions. Japan rounded out the podium in third.

Preliminary round

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January 16
South Korea  93–78  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 53–39, 40–39
January 16
Indonesia  46–92  Philippines
Scoring by half: 29–40, 17–52
January 16
Japan  88–68  Malaya
Scoring by half: 41–31, 47–37
January 17
Philippines  115–66  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 61–40, 54–26
January 17
Indonesia  67–74  Japan
Scoring by half: 34–40, 33–34
January 17
South Korea  71–78  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 30–42, 41–36
January 18
Hong Kong  96–72  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 47–32, 49–40
January 18
Malaya  58–126  Philippines
Scoring by half: 25–54, 33–72
January 18
Japan  59–71  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 35–32, 24–39
January 19
Taiwan  110–74  Malaya
Scoring by half: 60–27, 50–47
January 19
Hong Kong  73–81  Japan
Scoring by half: 28–45, 45–36
January 19
South Korea  79–97  Philippines
Scoring by half: 42–45, 37–52
January 20
Malaya  76–98  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 35–46, 41–52
January 20
Taiwan  87–81  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 38–38, 49–43
January 20
South Korea  67–73  Japan
Scoring by half: 35–36, 32–37
January 21
Taiwan  88–51  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 52–25, 36–26
January 21
Japan  73–97  Philippines
Scoring by half: 34–49, 39–48
January 21
Malaya  65–114  South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–47, 38–67
January 22
Malaya  94–122  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 48–59, 46–63
January 22
Indonesia  70–96  South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–40, 36–56
January 22
Taiwan  83–96  Philippines
Scoring by half: 39–45, 44–51

Final round

  • The results and the points of the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the final round.
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January 24
Japan  69–84  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 24–38, 45–46
January 24
South Korea  82–96  Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–48, 38–48
January 26
Taiwan  95–85  South Korea
Scoring by half: 45–41, 50–44
January 26
Philippines  92–80  Japan
Scoring by half: 43–25, 49–55
January 28
Japan  86–84  South Korea
Scoring by half: 55–51, 31–33
January 28
Philippines  99–78  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 46–34, 53–44

Final standing

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Awards

 1960 Asian champions 

Philippines
First title

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