# 1979 ABC Championship

The 1979 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Nagoya, Japan.

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 319 | 199 | +120 | 6 |
| India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 229 | 233 | −4 | 5 |
| Iraq | 3 | 1 | 2 | 259 | 281 | −22 | 4 |
| Bahrain | 3 | 0 | 3 | 200 | 294 | −94 | 3 |
* December 1
| China | 96–56 | India |
| Scoring by half: 52–26, 44–30 |||
* Nagoya
* December 2
| Bahrain | 63–80 | India |
| Scoring by half: 30–38, 33–42 |||
* Nagoya
* December 2
| China | 105–89 | Iraq |
| Scoring by half: 57–41, 48–48 |||
* Nagoya
* December 3
| Bahrain | 83–96 | Iraq |
| Scoring by half: 57–41, 26–55 |||
* Nagoya
* December 4
| China | 118–54 | Bahrain |
| Scoring by half: 57–34, 61–20 |||
* Nagoya
* December 5
| Iraq | 74–93 | India |
| Scoring by half: 36–48, 38–45 |||
* Nagoya

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 366 | 251 | +115 | 6 |
| Philippines | 3 | 2 | 1 | 326 | 264 | +62 | 5 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 252 | 307 | −55 | 4 |
| Singapore | 3 | 0 | 3 | 227 | 349 | −122 | 3 |
* December 1
| South Korea | 130–68 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 73–44, 57–24 |||
* Nagoya
* December 2
| Singapore | 65–128 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 32–66, 33–62 |||
* Nagoya
* December 3
| Thailand | 103–86 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 54–22, 49–34 |||
* Nagoya
* December 3
| South Korea | 118–107 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 62–58, 56–49 |||
* Nagoya
* December 4
| South Korea | 118–76 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 61–36, 57–40 |||
* Nagoya
* December 5
| Thailand | 81–91 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 36–43, 45–48 |||
* Nagoya

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 477 | 239 | +238 | 8 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 389 | 352 | +37 | 7 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 427 | 331 | +96 | 6 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1 | 3 | 322 | 390 | −68 | 5 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 0 | 4 | 253 | 556 | −303 | 4 |
* November 30
| Japan | 121–80 | Pakistan |
| Scoring by half: 61–45, 60–35 |||
* Nagoya
* December 1
| Hong Kong | 114–73 | Bangladesh |
| Scoring by half: 57–41, 57–32 |||
* Nagoya
* December 1
| Malaysia | 72–84 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 24–46, 48–38 |||
* Nagoya
* December 2
| Malaysia | 87–90 | Pakistan |
| Scoring by half: 48–57, 39–33 |||
* Nagoya
* December 2
| Hong Kong | 45–121 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 31–61, 14–60 |||
* Nagoya
* December 3
| Pakistan | 120–67 | Bangladesh |
| Scoring by half: 63–29, 57–38 |||
* Nagoya
* December 4
| Hong Kong | 86–97 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 43–59, 43–38 |||
* Nagoya
* December 4
| Bangladesh | 42–151 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 23–89, 19–62 |||
* Nagoya
* December 5
| Bangladesh | 71–171 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 38–71, 33–100 |||
* Nagoya
* December 5
| Hong Kong | 77–99 | Pakistan |
| Scoring by half: 46–53, 31–46 |||
* Nagoya

## 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–13th

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Malaysia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 663 | 479 | +184 | 12 |
| Iraq | 6 | 5 | 1 | 608 | 473 | +135 | 11 |
| Thailand | 6 | 4 | 2 | 619 | 500 | +119 | 10 |
| Singapore | 6 | 3 | 3 | 545 | 550 | −5 | 9 |
| Hong Kong | 6 | 2 | 4 | 503 | 523 | −20 | 8 |
| Bahrain | 6 | 1 | 5 | 483 | 536 | −53 | 7 |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 0 | 6 | 430 | 790 | −360 | 6 |
* December 7
| Thailand | 109–76 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 49–48, 60–28 |||
* Nagoya
* December 7
| Bahrain | 114–66 | Bangladesh |
| Scoring by half: 64–26, 50–40 |||
* Nagoya
* December 7
| Malaysia | 123–90 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 62–42, 61–48 |||
* Nagoya
* December 8
| Iraq | 139–76 | Bangladesh |
| Scoring by half: 72–38, 67–38 |||
* Nagoya
* December 8
| Hong Kong | 78–86 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 43–51, 35–35 |||
* Nagoya
* December 8
| Thailand | 112–90 | Bahrain |
| Scoring by half: 55–42, 57–48 |||
* Nagoya
* December 9
| Iraq | 100–72 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 60–41, 40–31 |||
* Nagoya
* December 9
| Malaysia | 89–82 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 47–45, 42–37 |||
* Nagoya
* December 9
| Singapore | 86–71 | Bahrain |
| Scoring by half: 47–36, 39–35 |||
* Nagoya
* December 10
| Thailand | 145–74 | Bangladesh |
| Scoring by half: 52–29, 93–45 |||
* Nagoya
* December 10
| Singapore | 90–105 | Iraq |
| Scoring by half: 48–57, 42–48 |||
* Nagoya
* December 10
| Malaysia | 99–67 | Bahrain |
| Scoring by half: 59–29, 40–38 |||
* Nagoya
* December 11
| Hong Kong | 77–58 | Bahrain |
| Scoring by half: 29–38, 48–20 |||
* Nagoya
* December 11
| Singapore | 107–70 | Bangladesh |
| Scoring by half: 65–36, 42–34 |||
* Nagoya
* December 11
| Iraq | 83–84 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 38–45, 45–39 |||
* Nagoya
* December 12
| Iraq | 85–68 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 50–30, 35–38 |||
* Nagoya

### Championship

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| China | 5 | 5 | 0 | 503 | 360 | +143 | 10 |
| Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 497 | 384 | +113 | 9 |
| South Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 505 | 452 | +53 | 8 |
| Philippines | 5 | 2 | 3 | 508 | 539 | −31 | 7 |
| India | 5 | 1 | 4 | 366 | 467 | −101 | 6 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 398 | 575 | −177 | 5 |
* December 7
| India | 78–93 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 30–56, 48–37 |||
* Nagoya
* December 7
| Japan | 111–94 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 54–42, 57–52 |||
* Nagoya
* December 8
| China | 124–89 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 66–44, 58–45 |||
* Nagoya
* December 8
| South Korea | 121–73 | Pakistan |
| Scoring by half: 59–45, 62–28 |||
* Nagoya
* December 9
| Japan | 97–55 | India |
| Scoring by half: 49–24, 48–31 |||
* Nagoya
* December 9
| China | 119–59 | Pakistan |
| Scoring by half: 56–32, 63–27 |||
* Nagoya
* December 9
| India | 86–95 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 44–54, 42–41 |||
* Nagoya
* December 10
| South Korea | 85–100 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 39–62, 46–38 |||
* Nagoya
* December 10
| Philippines | 123–100 | Pakistan |
| Scoring by half: 69–45, 54–55 |||
* Nagoya
* December 11
| Japan | 68–70 (OT) | China |
| Scoring by half: 33–38, 31–26 Overtime: 4–6 |||
* Nagoya
* December 12
| South Korea | 88–94 | China |
| Scoring by half: 48–45, 40–49 |||
* Nagoya
* December 12
| India | 91–86 | Pakistan |
| Scoring by half: 48–43, 43–43 |||
* Nagoya

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | China | 7–0 |
| | Japan | 7–1 |
| | South Korea | 5–2 |
| 4 | Philippines | 4–3 |
| 5 | India | 3–4 |
| 6 | Pakistan | 3–5 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 6–2 |
| 8 | Iraq | 5–3 |
| 9 | Thailand | 4–4 |
| 10 | Singapore | 3–5 |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 2–6 |
| 12 | Bahrain | 1–7 |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 0–8 |

## Awards

* 1979 Asian champions
* China Third title