1981 ABC Championship

1981 FIBA Asia Cup
11th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryIndia
Dates12–20 November
Teams12 (from all Asian federations)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions China (4th title)
← 1979
1983 →

The 1981 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Kolkata, India.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 330370191+1796
 Malaysia 321229245−165
 Iran 312212268−564
 Pakistan 303202309−1073
12 November
China  116–70  Iran
Scoring by half: 60–37, 56–33
12 November
Pakistan  62–96  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 34–43, 28–53
13 November
Iran  85–82  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 40–45, 45–37
13 November
Malaysia  63–126  China
Scoring by half: 34–55, 29–71
14 November
China  128–58  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 60–30, 68–28
14 November
Iran  57–70  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 29–41, 28–29

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Japan 330318170+1486
 India 321252176+765
 Hong Kong 312196243−474
 Sri Lanka 303152329−1773
12 November
India  102–37  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 59–16, 43–21
12 November
Japan  104–44  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 45–30, 59–14
13 November
Sri Lanka  51–126  Japan
Scoring by half: 23–70, 28–56
13 November
Hong Kong  51–75  India
Scoring by half: 20–39, 31–36
14 November
India  75–88  Japan
Scoring by half: 42–45, 33–43
14 November
Sri Lanka  64–101  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 28–40, 36–61

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 330326209+1176
 Philippines 321235201+345
 Thailand 312214261−474
 Singapore 303162266−1043
12 November
South Korea  109–62  Singapore
Scoring by half: 55–32, 54–30
12 November
Philippines  81–64  Thailand
Scoring by half: 39–38, 42–26
13 November
Thailand  85–127  South Korea
Scoring by half: 42–58, 43–69
13 November
Singapore  47–92  Philippines
Scoring by half: 20–47, 27–45
14 November
Thailand  65–53  Singapore
Scoring by half: 38–29, 27–24
14 November
South Korea  90–62  Philippines
Scoring by half: 36–31, 54–31

Final round

Classification 7th–12th

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Thailand 550418346+7210
 Iran 532441380+6181–0
 Pakistan 532401357+4480–1
 Hong Kong 523411421−1071–0
 Singapore 523353362−970–1
 Sri Lanka 505316474−1585
16 November
Pakistan  91–53  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 51–20, 40–33
16 November
Iran  84–87 (OT)  Thailand
Scoring by half: 38–37, 41–42 Overtime: 5–8
16 November
Hong Kong  73–69  Singapore
Scoring by half: 36–40, 37–29
17 November
Pakistan  59–66  Thailand
Scoring by half: 28–24, 31–42
17 November
Sri Lanka  68–85  Singapore
Scoring by half: 29–38, 39–47
17 November
Iran  114–101  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 57–50, 57–51
18 November
Thailand  102–89  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 55–43, 47–46
18 November
Hong Kong  75–76  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 41–34, 34–42
18 November
Singapore  68–63  Iran
Scoring by half: 32–30, 36–33
19 November
Iran  95–42  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 46–19, 49–23
19 November
Hong Kong  61–98  Thailand
Scoring by half: 31–54, 30–44
19 November
Pakistan  93–78  Singapore
Scoring by half: 44–46, 49–32

Championship

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 550482308+17410
 South Korea 541466393+739
 Japan 532405375+308
 Philippines 523370421−517
 India 514344423−796
 Malaysia 505328475−1475
16 November
Malaysia  54–70  India
Scoring by half: 19–32, 35–38
16 November
China  97–66  Philippines
Scoring by half: 52–46, 45–20
16 November
Japan  71–91  South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–44, 37–47
17 November
Philippines  82–70  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 47–40, 35–30
17 November
South Korea  111–79  India
Scoring by half: 61–42, 50–37
17 November
China  71–60  Japan
Scoring by half: 32–20, 39–40
18 November
Malaysia  85–110  South Korea
Scoring by half: 37–72, 48–38
18 November
Japan  99–82  Philippines
Scoring by half: 51–38, 48–44
18 November
India  55–92  China
Scoring by half: 25–52, 30–40
19 November
Malaysia  56–87  Japan
Scoring by half: 23–43, 33–44
20 November
Philippines  78–65  India
Scoring by half: 40–34, 38–31
20 November
China  96–64  South Korea
Scoring by half: 43–26, 53–38

Final standings

Qualified for the 1982 FIBA World Championship
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  China7–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea6–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan5–2
4  Philippines4–3
5  India3–4
6  Malaysia2–5
7  Thailand5–2
8  Iran3–4
9  Pakistan3–4
10  Hong Kong2–5
11  Singapore2–5
12  Sri Lanka0–7

Awards

 1981 Asian champions 

China
Fourth title

References

  1. ↑ "Men Basketball 11th Asia Championship 1981 Kolkata (IND)". todor66.com. Retrieved 16 August 2022.