Basketball at the 1974 Asian Games

Basketball was one of the 16 sports disciplines held in the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran, Iran. Israel won their 2nd title by beating the defending champions South Korea in the championship match. This is also the first time that women's edition were held, and Japan emerged as the first-ever champions after a round-robin format. The games were held from September 2 to 15, 1974.

Basketball
at the 1974 Asian Games
VenueAryamehr Basketball Hall
Date2–15 September
Nations11

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
  Israel
Motti Aroesti
Shamuel Avishar
Miki Berkovich
Tal Brody
Jacob Eisner
Hanan Keren
Itamar Marzel
Avigdor Moskowitz
Shamuel Nachmias
Shuki Schwarz
Boaz Yanai
Shmaryahu Zaslevsky		  South Korea
Cha Sung-hwan
Choi Kyung-duk
Hwang Jae-hwan
Kang Ho-seok
Kim Dong-kwang
Kim In-jin
Kim Kyung-tae
Kwak Hyun-chae
Lee Bo-sun
Lee Ja-young
Lee Kwang-joon
Yoo Hee-hyung		  China
Cai Guoqiang
Cai Weichu
Huang Pinjie
Liu Changrong
Mo Liangui
Wang Deli
Xu Zhengwen
Xuan Chengbin
Zhang Dawei
Zhang Jianshe
Zhang Weiping
Zhao Liangcai
Women
  Japan
Reiko Aonuma
Machiko Aoyama
Hisako Furuno
Kimiko Hashimoto
Kazuko Kadoya
Teruko Miyamoto
Eriko Nagai
Keiko Namai
Miyako Otsuka
Kimi Wakitashiro
Sachiyo Yamamoto		  South Korea
Cho Myung-ok
Cho Yung-soon
Kang Hyun-suk
Kim Eun-ju
Kim Jae-soon
Lee Ock-ja
Park Sung-ja
Shin In-sup
Won Young-ja
Yoo Kwae-soon
Yoon Jung-ko
Yoon Seon-ja		  China
Chen Xiushan
Du Huanwen
Fang Fengdi
Li Muzhen
Liu Yumin
Luo Xuelian
Wang Naifeng
Wang She
Wang Yuzhen
Wei Wenshan
Yang Shuying
Zhu Qihui

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Israel (ISR)1001
 Japan (JPN)1001
3 South Korea (KOR)0202
4 China (CHN)0022
Totals (4 nations)2226

Draw

The draw was held in Tehran. The men were drawn into four groups of three teams but India later withdrew, the women were played in round robin format.

Results

Men

Preliminary round
Group 1
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 11012273+492
 Philippines 10173122−491
2 September
18:30
Philippines  73–122  Israel
Group 2
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 220235192+434
 South Korea 211214192+223
 Iraq 202190255−652
2 September
17:00
South Korea  93–101  China
Scoring by half: 55–51, 38–50
4 September
16:00
Iraq  99–134  China
Scoring by half: 41–60, 58–74
6 September
16:00
South Korea  121–91  Iraq
Group 3
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Japan 220178153+254
 North Korea 211181147+343
 Kuwait 202148207−592
2 September
9:00
Japan  77–75  North Korea
Scoring by half: 46–37, 31–38
4 September
17:30
Kuwait  70–106  North Korea
Scoring by half: 29–57, 41–49
6 September
17:30
Japan  101–78  Kuwait
Scoring by half: 59–39, 42–39
Group 4
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Iran 220225148+774
 Pakistan 211197176+213
 Bahrain 202141239−982
2 September
10:30
Iran  128–62  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 57–32, 71–30
4 September
19:00
Pakistan  111–79  Bahrain
6 September
19:00
Iran  97–86  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 55–41, 42–45

Classification 9th–11th
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Iraq 220204123+814
 Kuwait 211169159+103
 Bahrain 202127218−912
9 September
16:00
Bahrain  61–111  Iraq
Scoring by half: 29–56, 32–55
September 10
15:30
Kuwait  107–66  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 54–30, 53–36
12 September
16:00
Iraq  93–62  Kuwait
Scoring by half: 43–33, 50–29

Second round
Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Israel 330216161+576
 South Korea 321336288+485
 Japan 312287293−64
 Pakistan 303175274−992
7 September
16:00
Israel  2–0  Pakistan
Walkover
7 September
19:00
Japan  86–104  South Korea
Scoring by half: 46–51, 40–53
9 September
17:30
Japan  133–89  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 73–44, 60–45
9 September
19:00
Israel  116–93  South Korea
Scoring by half: 59–50, 57–43
11 September
16:00
Pakistan  86–139  South Korea
Scoring by half: 33–66, 53–73
12 September
19:00
Japan  68–100  Israel
Scoring by half: 37–41, 31–59
Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 China 321266246+2051–1 / 1.024
 Philippines 321273268+551–1 / 1.017
 North Korea 321254240+1451–1 / 0.960
 Iran 303234273−393
7 September
17:30
China  86–77  North Korea
Scoring by half: 54–39, 32–38
8 September
17:30
Philippines  93–91  Iran
Scoring by half: 55–40, 38–51
September 10
17:00
China  86–91  Philippines
Scoring by half: 49–47, 37–44
September 10
18:30
Iran  65–86  North Korea
Scoring by half: 35–40, 30–46
12 September
17:30
Philippines  89–91  North Korea
Scoring by half: 41–46, 48–45
12 September
20:30
China  94–78  Iran
Scoring by half: 51–39, 43–39

Classification 5th–8th
 
Classification 5th–8th5th place game
 
      
 
September 13
 
 
 Japan86
 
September 14
 
 Iran89
 
 Iran74
 
September 13
 
 North Korea75
 
 Pakistan93
 
 
 North Korea107
 
7th place game
 
 
September 14
 
 
 Japan101
 
 
 Pakistan90
Semi-finals
September 13
15:30
Iran  89–86  Japan
Scoring by half: 41–44, 48–42
September 13
17:00
North Korea  107–93  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 63–58, 44–35
7th place game
September 14
16:00
Japan  101–90  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 42–44, 59–46
5th place game
September 14
17:30
Iran  74–75  North Korea
Scoring by half: 34–37, 40–38

Final round
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
September 13
 
 
 Israel123
 
September 15
 
 Philippines101
 
 Israel92
 
September 13
 
 South Korea85
 
 China114
 
 
 South Korea (OT)119
 
Bronze medal game
 
 
September 15
 
 
 Philippines89
 
 
 China102
Semifinals
September 13
18:30
Israel  123–101  Philippines
Scoring by half: 62–45, 48–43
September 13
20:00
China  114–119 (OT)  South Korea
Scoring by half: 52–57, 49–44 Overtime: 13–18
Bronze medal game
September 15
9:30
Philippines  89–102  China
Scoring by half: 44–47, 45–55
Final
September 15
15:30
Israel  92–85  South Korea
Scoring by half: 50–43, 42–42

Final standing
Rank Team
 Israel
 South Korea
 China
4  Philippines
5  North Korea
6  Iran
7  Japan
8  Pakistan
9  Iraq
10  Kuwait
11  Bahrain

Women
Rank Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Japan 440321238+838
 South Korea 431323270+537
 China 422338311+276
4  North Korea 413305292+135
5  Iran 404185361−1764
3 September
17:00
South Korea  84–71  China
Scoring by half: 38–31, 46–40
3 September
18:30
Iran  24–89  Japan
Scoring by half: 14–43, 10–46
September 5
17:00
Iran  36–95  North Korea
September 5
18:30
Japan  71–70  South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–40, 37–30
September 8
15:30
China  89–60  Iran
Scoring by half: 48–26, 41–34
September 8
18:30
North Korea  64–77  Japan
Scoring by half: 35–32, 29–45
11 September
17:30
Iran  65–88  South Korea
Scoring by half: 35–40, 30–48
11 September
19:00
China  98–83  North Korea
Scoring by half: 44–39, 54–44
September 14
19:00
South Korea  81–63  North Korea
September 14
20:30
Japan  84–80  China
Scoring by half: 45–44, 39–36
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