1974 ABC Under-18 Championship

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.

1974 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship
3rd 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)
1972
1977

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 edit

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 3
Hong Kong   70–126   Thailand

December 4
Singapore   60–71   Iran
Scoring by half: 25−34, 35−37
December 4
Malaysia   84–94   Taiwan

December 5
Iran   63–79   Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 30−43, 33−36
December 5
Thailand   W–L   Malaysia

December 6
Hong Kong   80–67   Singapore
Scoring by half: 33−35, 47−32
December 6
Taiwan   W–L   Iran

December 7
Hong Kong   L–W   Taiwan
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
December 10
South Korea   100–77   Thailand

Final round edit

Classification 5th–9th edit

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 11
Hong Kong   L–W   Malaysia

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
Singapore   57–81   Malaysia
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 edit

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 12
South Korea   vs.   Taiwan
December 12
Philippines   105–74   Thailand

December 13
Thailand   54–73   South Korea
December 13
Taiwan   75–77   Philippines

December 14
Taiwan   111–75   Thailand

December 15
Philippines   89–79   South Korea
Scoring by half: 47−47, 42−32

Final standing edit

Rank Team Record
    Philippines 10–0
    South Korea 7–3
    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 edit

 1974 Asian Under-18 champions 
 
Philippines
Third title

References edit

  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.