Basketball at the 1954 Asian Games

Basketball was one of the many sports which was held at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 1954 FIBA World Championship in Brazil.

Basketball
at the 1954 Asian Games
VenueRizal Memorial Coliseum
Date2–8 May 1954
Nations8
← 1951
1958 →

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
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  Philippines
Bayani Amador
Florentino Bautista
Jose Maria Cacho
Napoleon Flores
Antonio Genato
Rafael Hechanova
Eduardo Lim
Carlos Loyzaga
Ramon Manulat
Lauro Mumar
Francisco Rabat
Ignacio Ramos
Ponciano Saldaña
Mariano Tolentino
  Republic of China
Hoo Cha-pen
Lai Lam-kwong
Edward Lee
Jose Lim
Julian Lim
Ling Jing-huan
Joachim Poon
Tong Suet-fong
Tsai Bon-hua
Wang Yih-jiun
Wu Yet-an
Joachim Yao
James Yap
Yung Pi-hock
  Japan
Hirokazu Arai
Jyunya Arai
Riichi Arai
Takashi Itoyama
Takeshi Kinoshita
Hitoshi Konno
Hisashi Nagashima
Shozo Noguchi
Hiroshi Saito
Shigeuji Saito
Shutaro Shoji
Takeo Sugiyama

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
1   Philippines 3 3 0 271 149 +122 6 Final round
2   South Korea 3 2 1 203 197 +6 5
3   Singapore 3 1 2 249 206 +43 4
4   Cambodia 3 0 3 144 315 −171 3
Source: Results
2 May
Philippines   82–63   Singapore
Scoring by half: 47–31, 35–32

2 May
South Korea   89–48   Cambodia
Scoring by half: 34–22, 55–26

3 May
Philippines   105–41   Cambodia
Scoring by half: 47–14, 58–27

3 May
South Korea   69–65   Singapore
Scoring by half: 32–35, 37–30

4 May
Singapore   121–55   Cambodia
Scoring by half: 58–27, 63–28

4 May
Philippines   84–45   South Korea
Scoring by half: 48–20, 36–25

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Republic of China 3 3 0 231 145 +86 6 Final round
2   Japan 3 2 1 173 161 +12 5
3   Indonesia 3 1 2 175 224 −49 4
4   Thailand 3 0 3 166 215 −49 3
Source: Results
2 May
Japan   61–46   Indonesia
Scoring by half: 24–17, 37–29


3 May
Republic of China   96–54   Indonesia
Scoring by half: 44–18, 52–36

3 May
Japan   67–53   Thailand
Scoring by half: 27–21, 40–32

4 May
Republic of China   62–45   Japan
Scoring by half: 34–19, 28–26

4 May
Indonesia   75–67   Thailand
Scoring by half: 36–34, 39–33

Final round

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Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1   Philippines 3 3 0 178 119 +59 6
2   Republic of China 3 2 1 140 140 0 5
3   Japan 3 1 2 151 172 −21 4
4   South Korea 3 0 3 152 190 −38 3
Source: Results
6 May
Republic of China   56–53   South Korea
Scoring by half: 30–23, 26–30

6 May
Philippines   68–40   Japan
Scoring by half: 27–16, 41–24

7 May
Republic of China   57–53 (OT)   Japan
Scoring by half: 25–34, 26–17 Overtime: 6–2

7 May
Philippines   76–52   South Korea
Scoring by half: 39–23, 37–29


8 May
Philippines   34–27   Republic of China
Scoring by half: 26–22, 8–5

Final standing

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Rank Team Pld W L
    Philippines 6 6 0
    Republic of China 6 5 1
    Japan 6 3 3
4   South Korea 6 2 4
5   Indonesia 3 1 2
5   Singapore 3 1 2
7   Cambodia 3 0 3
7   Thailand 3 0 3

References

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