1960 ABC Championship

1960 FIBA Asia Cup
1st Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Philippines
Dates	January 16–28
Teams	7
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Philippines (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Carlos Badion
	1963 →

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.

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

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Philippines	6	6	0	623	405	+218	12
Taiwan	6	5	1	517	432	+85	11
Japan	6	4	2	448	443	+5	10
South Korea	6	3	3	520	461	+59	9
Hong Kong	6	2	4	516	542	−26	8
Indonesia	6	1	5	404	522	−118	7
Malaya	6	0	6	435	658	−223	6

January 16

South Korea	93–78	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 53–39, 40–39

Indonesia	46–92	Philippines
Scoring by half: 29–40, 17–52

Philippines	115–66	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 61–40, 54–26

Indonesia	67–74	Japan
Scoring by half: 34–40, 33–34

South Korea	71–78	Taiwan
Scoring by half: 30–42, 41–36

Hong Kong	96–72	Indonesia
Scoring by half: 47–32, 49–40

Malaya	58–126	Philippines
Scoring by half: 25–54, 33–72

Taiwan	110–74	Malaya
Scoring by half: 60–27, 50–47

Hong Kong	73–81	Japan
Scoring by half: 28–45, 45–36

South Korea	79–97	Philippines
Scoring by half: 42–45, 37–52

Malaya	76–98	Indonesia
Scoring by half: 35–46, 41–52

Taiwan	87–81	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 38–38, 49–43

South Korea	67–73	Japan
Scoring by half: 35–36, 32–37

Taiwan	88–51	Indonesia
Scoring by half: 52–25, 36–26

Japan	73–97	Philippines
Scoring by half: 34–49, 39–48

Malaya	65–114	South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–47, 38–67

Malaya	94–122	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 48–59, 46–63

Indonesia	70–96	South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–40, 36–56

Taiwan	83–96	Philippines
Scoring by half: 39–45, 44–51

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Philippines	9	9	0	910	645	+265	18
Taiwan	9	7	2	774	685	+89	16
Japan	9	5	4	683	703	−20	14
South Korea	9	3	6	771	738	+33	12

South Korea	82–96	Philippines
Scoring by half: 44–48, 38–48

1960 ABC Championship

Preliminary round

Final round

Final standing

Awards

References

Taiwan	95–85	South Korea
Scoring by half: 45–41, 50–44

Philippines	92–80	Japan
Scoring by half: 43–25, 49–55

Japan	86–84	South Korea
Scoring by half: 55–51, 31–33

Philippines	99–78	Taiwan
Scoring by half: 46–34, 53–44

Rank	Team	Record
	Philippines	9–0
	Taiwan	7–2
	Japan	5–4
4	South Korea	3–6
5	Hong Kong	2–4
6	Indonesia	1–5
7	Malaya	0–6