# 1983 ABC Championship

The 1983 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Hong Kong from November 20 to November 29, 1983. Queen Elizabeth Stadium and Queen Elizabeth II Youth Centre were used for this tournament.

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 344 | 200 | +144 | 6 |
| Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 249 | 213 | +36 | 5 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 178 | 283 | −105 | 4 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 200 | 275 | −75 | 3 |
* November 20
| Iran | 90–69 | Pakistan |
| Scoring by half: 39–32, 51–37 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 20
| China | 135–58 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by half: 76–24, 59–34 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 21
| Indonesia | 47–85 | Iran |
| Scoring by half: 23–41, 24–44 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 21
| Pakistan | 68–112 | China |
| Scoring by half: 34–62, 34–50 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 22
| Iran | 74–97 | China |
| Scoring by half: 39–52, 35–45 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 22
| Pakistan | 63–73 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by half: 32–40, 31–33 |||
* Hong Kong

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 370 | 192 | +178 | 6 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 1 | 302 | 226 | +76 | 5 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 216 | 279 | −63 | 4 |
| Macau | 3 | 0 | 3 | 164 | 355 | −191 | 3 |
* November 20
| Hong Kong | 116–50 | Macau |
| Scoring by half: 57–29, 59–21 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 20
| South Korea | 121–50 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 61–25, 60–25 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 21
| Macau | 46–133 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 23–75, 23–58 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 21
| Thailand | 60–90 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 33–43, 27–47 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 22
| South Korea | 116–96 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 63–42, 53–54 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 22
| Thailand | 106–68 | Macau |
| Scoring by half: 52–38, 54–30 |||
* Hong Kong

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 245 | 195 | +50 | 6 |
| Jordan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 243 | 218 | +25 | 5 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 219 | 226 | −7 | 4 |
| Singapore | 3 | 0 | 3 | 183 | 251 | −68 | 3 |
* November 20
| Malaysia | 74–82 | Jordan |
| Scoring by half: 46–32, 28–50 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 20
| Japan | 88–52 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 37–22, 51–30 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 21
| Singapore | 66–76 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 32–43, 34–33 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 21
| Jordan | 74–79 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 40–33, 34–46 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 22
| Malaysia | 69–78 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 42–39, 27–39 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 22
| Singapore | 65–87 | Jordan |
| Scoring by half: 34–44, 31–43 |||
* Hong Kong

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Kuwait | 2 | 2 | 0 | 72 | 57 | +15 | 4 |
| India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 59 | 70 | −11 | 3 |
| Philippines | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 0 |
* November 20
| Philippines | 0–2 | Kuwait |
| Forfeit |||
* Hong Kong
* November 21
| Kuwait | 70–57 | India |
| Scoring by half: 24–29, 46–28 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 22
| India | 2–0 | Philippines |
| Forfeit |||
* Hong Kong
* The Philippines originally beat Kuwait 78–57 and India 90–60 and topped the group but Asian Basketball Confederation cancelled the results on November 23, 1983 and declared naturalized players Jeff Moore and Dennis Still ineligible due to lack of residency.

## Second round
### Classification 13th–15th

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Pakistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 196 | 120 | +76 | 4 |
| Singapore | 2 | 1 | 1 | 203 | 156 | +47 | 3 |
| Macau | 2 | 0 | 2 | 128 | 251 | −123 | 2 |
* November 25
| Macau | 74–137 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 31–68, 43–69 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 26
| Pakistan | 114–54 | Macau |
| Scoring by half: 58–27, 56–27 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 29
| Pakistan | 82–66 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 46–38, 36–28 |||
* Hong Kong

### Classification 9th–12th

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Philippines | 3 | 3 | 0 | 254 | 213 | +41 | 6 |
| Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 246 | 224 | +22 | 5 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 262 | 251 | +11 | 4 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 199 | 273 | −74 | 3 |
* November 24
| Indonesia | 65–81 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 39–39, 26–42 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 24
| Malaysia | 80–85 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 36–40, 44–45 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 25
| Philippines | 95–64 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by half: 46–23, 49–41 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 25
| Thailand | 96–85 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 44–39, 52–46 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 28
| Indonesia | 70–97 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 36–56, 34–41 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 28
| Thailand | 69–74 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 27–43, 42–31 |||
* Hong Kong

### Classification 5th–8th

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Iran | 3 | 3 | 0 | 172 | 152 | +20 | 6 |
| India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 239 | 240 | −1 | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 | 214 | 261 | −47 | 3 |
| Jordan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 174 | 146 | +28 | 0 |
* November 25
| Iran | 81–71 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 34–27, 47–44 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 25
| Jordan | 80–72 | India |
| Scoring by half: 42–29, 38–43 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 26
| India | 81–89 | Iran |
| Scoring by half: 40–41, 41–48 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 26
| Hong Kong | 72–94 | Jordan |
| Scoring by half: 34–42, 38–52 |||
* Hong Kong
* November 29
| Iran | 2–0 | Jordan |
| Walkover |||
* Hong Kong
* November 29
| Hong Kong | 71–86 | India |
| Scoring by half: 41–50, 30–36 |||
* Hong Kong
* Jordan were relegated to 8th place after their team returned home on 26 November, and subsequently failed to appear for their match against Iran.

### Championship

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 281 | 190 | +91 | 6 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 242 | 239 | +3 | 5 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 243 | 245 | −2 | 4 |
| Kuwait | 3 | 0 | 3 | 154 | 246 | −92 | 3 |
* November 24
| South Korea | 88–93 (OT) | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 46–44, 34–36 Overtime: 8–13 |||
* Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong
* November 24
| China | 84–48 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by half: 41–27, 43–21 |||
* Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong
* November 26
| Japan | 70–46 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by half: 38–24, 32–22 |||
* Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong
* November 26
| China | 92–63 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 50–34, 42–29 |||
* Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong
* November 28
| South Korea | 92–60 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by half: 51–34, 41–26 |||
* Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong
* November 28
| Japan | 79–105 | China |
| Scoring by half: 31–61, 48–44 |||
* Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

## Final round
### 3rd place

* November 29
| Kuwait | 60–83 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 36–45, 24–38 |||
* Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

### Final

* November 29
| China | 95–71 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 49–32, 46–39 |||
* Queen Elizabeth Stadium, Hong Kong

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | China | 7–0 |
| | Japan | 5–2 |
| | South Korea | 5–2 |
| 4 | Kuwait | 2–4 |
| 5 | Iran | 5–1 |
| 6 | India | 2–3 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 2–4 |
| 8 | Jordan | 4–2 |
| 9 | Philippines | 3–2 |
| 10 | Thailand | 3–3 |
| 11 | Malaysia | 2–4 |
| 12 | Indonesia | 1–5 |
| 13 | Pakistan | 2–3 |
| 14 | Singapore | 1–4 |
| 15 | Macau | 0–5 |

## Awards

* 1983 Asian champions
* China Fifth title
* Most Valuable Player: Guo Yonglin
* All-Star Team:
** Guo Yonglin
** Lee Chung-hee