1977 ABC Championship
# 1977 ABC Championship

The 1977 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

## Preliminary round

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| China | 4 | 4 | 0 | 432 | 193 | +239 | 8 |
| Iraq | 4 | 3 | 1 | 279 | 298 | −19 | 7 |
| Thailand | 4 | 2 | 2 | 286 | 335 | −49 | 6 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1 | 3 | 273 | 314 | −41 | 5 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 0 | 4 | 222 | 352 | −130 | 4 |

* November 28

| China | 106–33 | Bahrain |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 19–23, 87–10 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* November 29

| Thailand | 85–74 | Singapore |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 44–38, 41–36 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* November 29

| Iraq | 80–72 | Bahrain |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 40–29, 40–43 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* November 30

| Singapore | 54–99 | China |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 21–49, 33–50 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* November 30

| Iraq | 67–63 | Thailand |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 31–38, 36–25 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 1

| China | 96–56 | Iraq |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 37–23, 59–33 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 2

| Thailand | 50–131 | China |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 26–54, 24–77 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 2

| Bahrain | 54–78 | Singapore |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 31–34, 23–44 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 3

| Iraq | 76–67 | Singapore |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 38–27, 38–40 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 3

| Thailand | 88–63 | Bahrain |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 42–35, 46–28 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 391 | 228 | +163 | 8 |
| Philippines | 4 | 3 | 1 | 408 | 284 | +124 | 7 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 365 | 333 | +32 | 6 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 277 | 410 | −133 | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 0 | 4 | 276 | 462 | −186 | 4 |

* November 29

| Japan | 118–57 | Sri Lanka |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 65–33, 53–24 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* November 29

| Philippines | 103–87 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 50–41, 53–46 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* November 30

| Indonesia | 49–118 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 17–64, 32–54 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* November 30

| Pakistan | 128–71 | Sri Lanka |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 59–39, 69–32 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 1

| Sri Lanka | 70–119 | Philippines |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 26–58, 44–61 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 1

| Pakistan | 94–75 | Indonesia |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 52–32, 42–43 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 2

| Indonesia | 97–78 | Sri Lanka |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 47–41, 50–37 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 2

| Japan | 71–66 | Philippines |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 31–31, 40–35 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 3

| Philippines | 120–56 | Indonesia |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 68–32, 52–24 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 3

| Japan | 84–56 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 48–28, 36–28 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 331 | 216 | +115 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 304 | 252 | +52 | 5 |
| India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 264 | 279 | −15 | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 358 | −152 | 3 |

* November 28

| Hong Kong | 66–125 | Malaysia |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 39–60, 27–65 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* November 29

| South Korea | 103–73 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 42–43, 61–30 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* November 30

| India | 86–98 | Malaysia |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 38–46, 48–52 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 1

| South Korea | 128–62 | Hong Kong |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 60–32, 68–30 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 2

| South Korea | 100–81 | Malaysia |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 60–43, 40–38 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 3

| India | 105–78 | Hong Kong |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 65–40, 40–38 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

## Final round

### Classification 7th–14th

* The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the classification round.

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| India | 7 | 7 | 0 | 798 | 575 | +223 | 14 | |
| Thailand | 7 | 6 | 1 | 635 | 509 | +126 | 13 | |
| Pakistan | 7 | 4 | 3 | 629 | 565 | +64 | 11 | 1–1 / 1.070 |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 4 | 3 | 533 | 575 | −42 | 11 | 1–1 / 0.974 |
| Singapore | 7 | 4 | 3 | 603 | 557 | +46 | 11 | 1–1 / 0.963 |
| Bahrain | 7 | 2 | 5 | 503 | 587 | −84 | 9 | |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1 | 6 | 520 | 631 | −111 | 8 | |
| Sri Lanka | 7 | 0 | 7 | 486 | 708 | −222 | 7 | |

* December 4

| Indonesia | 54–83 | Thailand |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 36–42, 18–41 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 4

| Pakistan | 88–72 | Bahrain |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 28–30, 60–42 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 4

| Sri Lanka | 78–114 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 45–51, 33–63 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 4

| Singapore | 78–86 | Hong Kong |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 37–46, 41–40 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 6

| Sri Lanka | 59–73 | Bahrain |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 33–34, 26–39 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 6

| Hong Kong | 93–77 | Indonesia |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 42–36, 51–41 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 6

| India | 112–83 | Singapore |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 58–41, 54–42 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 6

| Pakistan | 70–83 | Thailand |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 45–40, 25–43 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 7

| Bahrain | 75–77 | Hong Kong |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 42–39, 33–38 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 7

| Thailand | 117–66 | Sri Lanka |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 61–26, 56–40 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 7

| Indonesia | 64–104 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 28–50, 36–54 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 7

| Singapore | 77–75 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 41–32, 36–43 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 8

| Hong Kong | 70–68 | Sri Lanka |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 40–30, 30–38 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 8

| Indonesia | 79–104 | Singapore |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 41–47, 38–57 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 8

| India | 119–85 | Thailand |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 52–37, 67–48 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 9

| Bahrain | 75–74 | Indonesia |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 42–40, 33–34 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 9

| Sri Lanka | 66–109 | Singapore |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 33–53, 33–56 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 9

| Thailand | 94–63 | Hong Kong |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 46–34, 48–29 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 9

| Pakistan | 96–121 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 49–60, 47–61 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 10

| India | 123–91 | Bahrain |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 62–41, 61–50 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 10

| Hong Kong | 66–78 | Pakistan |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 38–40, 28–38 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

### Championship

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| China | 5 | 5 | 0 | 605 | 385 | +220 | 10 |
| South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 538 | 437 | +101 | 9 |
| Japan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 472 | 458 | +14 | 8 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 462 | 527 | −65 | 7 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1 | 4 | 454 | 545 | −91 | 6 |
| Iraq | 5 | 0 | 5 | 404 | 583 | −179 | 5 |

* December 4

| Philippines | 60–117 | China |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 27–54, 33–63 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 4

| Iraq | 76–97 | Malaysia |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 44–51, 32–46 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 6

| Japan | 66–50 | Iraq |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 25–24, 41–26 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 6

| Malaysia | 67–102 | China |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 25–52, 42–50 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 6

| South Korea | 96–82 | Philippines |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 44–39, 52–43 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 7

| Iraq | 69–114 | South Korea |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 31–56, 38–58 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 7

| Japan | 83–71 | Philippines |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 45–34, 38–37 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 8

| China | 119–63 | Iraq |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 62–25, 57–38 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 8

| Philippines | 84–88 | Malaysia |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 39–38, 45–50 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 8

| South Korea | 90–86 (OT) | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 45–36, 31–40 Overtime: 14–10 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 9

| Malaysia | 58–80 | South Korea |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 33–38, 25–42 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 9

| Iraq | 90–91 | Philippines |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 44–50, 46–41 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 9

| China | 110–81 | Japan |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 55–34, 55–47 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 10

| Japan | 85–71 | Malaysia |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 38–34, 47–37 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 10

| South Korea | 58–61 | China |
| - | - | - |
| Scoring by half: 34–32, 24–29 |||

* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 1978 FIBA World Championship

| Rank | Team | Record |
| - | - | - |
| | China | 9–0 |
| | South Korea | 7–1 |
| | Japan | 7–2 |
| 4 | Malaysia | 4–4 |
| 5 | Philippines | 4–5 |
| 6 | Iraq | 3–6 |
| 7 | India | 7–2 |
| 8 | Thailand | 6–3 |
| 9 | Pakistan | 4–5 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 4–5 |
| 11 | Singapore | 4–5 |
| 12 | Bahrain | 2–7 |
| 13 | Indonesia | 1–8 |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 0–9 |

## Awards

* 1977 Asian champions
* China Second title
