Basketball at the 1978 Asian Games

Basketball was one of the 20 sports disciplines held in the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. China won their 1st title by beating last edition's finalist South Korea in the championship match. The games were held from December 9 to 20, 1978.

Basketball
at the 1978 Asian Games
VenueNimibutr Stadium
Date9–19 December
Nations14

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
 China
Chen Kai
He Juhua
Huang Pinjie
Kuang Lubin
Liu Jizeng
Mu Tiezhu
Wang Deli
Wang Zongxing
Xing Weining
Zhang Mingshu
Zhang Weiping
 South Korea
Cho Myung-soo
Choi Bu-young
Ha Dong-gi
Hwang Yu-ha
Kim Dong-kwang
Kim Hyung-nyun
Lee Chung-hee
Lee Moon-kyu
Lee Soo-gi
Park In-kyu
Park Soo-kyo
Shin Sun-woo
 North Korea
An Gwang-gyun
Ja Myung-sam
Jo Nae-un
Kim Jin-geun
Kim Mu-myong
Kim Myung-jun
O Heung-ryong
O Tung-sik
Ri Eui-chol
Ri Geun-gwan
Ri Jung-bok
So Won-bae
Women
 South Korea
Cho Eun-ja
Cho Young-ran
Choi Seung-hee
Chun Kyung-suk
Hong He-ran
Hong Young-soon
Jung Hee-sook
Jung Mi-ra
Kang Hyun-suk
Lee Hyang-ju
Park Chan-sook
Song Keum-soon
 China
Fan Guilan
Fan Huifang
Jiao Li
Luo Xuelian
Peng Nian
Song Xiaobo
Sun Ruiyun
Yu Aifeng
Zhang Lijun
Zhang Mingxiang
Zhao Aili
 Japan
Hiromi Amano
Keiko Araki
Mieko Fukui
Setsuko Hashizume
Rieko Itani
Tomoko Iwasaki
Hiroko Nakagawa
Chiemi Sato
Kazuko Sato
Tomoko Shibukawa
Kanoko Suzuki
Noriko Suzuki

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)1102
 South Korea (KOR)1102
3 Japan (JPN)0011
 North Korea (PRK)0011
Totals (4 nations)2226

Results

Men

Preliminary round

Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 440427293+1348
 Philippines 431347296+517
 Pakistan 422337323+146
 Saudi Arabia 413269313−445
 Bahrain 404221376−1554
9 December
Philippines  8579  Pakistan
9 December
Saudi Arabia  6945  Bahrain
10 December
South Korea  10170  Saudi Arabia
10 December
Philippines  9749  Bahrain
11 December
Pakistan  8674  Bahrain
11 December
Philippines  7895  South Korea
12 December
South Korea  10792  Pakistan
13 December
Pakistan  8057  Saudi Arabia
13 December
South Korea  12453  Bahrain
Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 North Korea 440425251+1748
 Japan 431415272+1437
 Malaysia 422413275+1386
 Hong Kong 413325367−425
 Qatar 404163576−4134
9 December
Hong Kong  11350  Qatar
9 December
Japan  8873  Malaysia
10 December
Japan  14940  Qatar
10 December
North Korea  7463  Malaysia
11 December
North Korea  15136  Qatar
11 December
Japan  10359  Hong Kong
12 December
Malaysia  11476  Hong Kong
12 December
Japan  75100  North Korea
13 December
North Korea  10077  Hong Kong
13 December
Malaysia  16337  Qatar
Group C
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 330315157+1586
 Thailand 321203264−615
 Iraq 312206237−314
 Kuwait 303176245−663
9 December
China  8857  Kuwait
10 December
Iraq  8455  Kuwait
11 December
China  10448  Iraq
11 December
Thailand  7367  Kuwait
12 December
Thailand  7874  Iraq
13 December
China  12352  Thailand

Final round

  • 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 final round.
Classification 7th–14th
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Malaysia 77014
 Pakistan 76113
 Iraq 75212
 Kuwait 74311
 Hong Kong 73410
 Saudi Arabia 7259
 Bahrain 7168
 Qatar 7077
14 December
Kuwait  11233  Qatar
14 December
Pakistan  88101  Malaysia
14 December
Iraq  vs.  Hong Kong
15 December
Iraq  14038  Qatar
15 December
Saudi Arabia  6971  Hong Kong
15 December
Pakistan  8280  Kuwait
15 December
Malaysia  vs.  Bahrain
16 December
Hong Kong  10164  Bahrain
16 December
Saudi Arabia  5961  Kuwait
16 December
Pakistan  8680  Iraq
17 December
Malaysia  vs.  Iraq
17 December
Kuwait  vs.  Bahrain
18 December
Kuwait  9177  Hong Kong
18 December
Iraq  9352  Bahrain
18 December
Pakistan  15063  Qatar
18 December
Malaysia  9488  Saudi Arabia
19 December
Malaysia  8566  Kuwait
19 December
Iraq  8964  Saudi Arabia
19 December
Bahrain  vs.  Qatar
Championship
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 55010
 South Korea 5419
 North Korea 5327
 Japan 5237
 Philippines 5146
 Thailand 5055
14 December
China  9576  Japan
15 December
South Korea  8576  Japan
15 December
North Korea  8671  Philippines
16 December
China  vs.  Philippines
17 December
North Korea  10866  Thailand
17 December
Japan  vs.  Philippines
18 December
South Korea  10866  Thailand
18 December
North Korea  80115  China
19 December
Japan  9268  Thailand
19 December
South Korea  7191  China

Final standing

Rank Team Pld W L
 China770
 South Korea871
 North Korea862
4  Japan853
5  Philippines844
6  Thailand725
7  Malaysia972
8  Pakistan963
9  Iraq954
10  Kuwait945
11  Hong Kong936
12  Saudi Arabia927
13  Bahrain918
14  Qatar909

Women

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 4408
 China 4317
 Japan 4226
 Thailand 4135
 Malaysia 4044
10 December
Thailand  6153  Malaysia
11 December
Japan  4967  China
12 December
Malaysia  20106  South Korea
13 December
China  12352  Thailand
14 December
South Korea  6348  Japan
15 December
China  vs.  Malaysia
16 December
Thailand  4997  South Korea
17 December
Japan  8529  Malaysia
18 December
Japan  vs.  Thailand
19 December
South Korea  7768  China

Final standing

Rank Team Pld W L
 South Korea440
 China431
 Japan422
4  Thailand413
5  Malaysia404

References

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