# 1963 ABC Championship

The 1963 ABC Championship was the second edition of the ABC Championship, a tournament which was held by FIBA Asia since 1960. The tournament which was held in Taipei, Taiwan saw eight teams compete (an expansion of one team) in a round-robin tournament with the top four teams qualifying through to the championship round where they played each other again one more time. The bottom four teams would compete in a classification round.
The tournament saw the first tie-breaker matches to be played with Thailand defeating Malaya to book a spot in the championship round. In the championship round, the Philippines and Taiwan finish level with an 8–2 record.
This meant that a play-off to decide the champion was played on December 3. In that final match, the Philippines would claim their second title, defeating Taiwan, 91–77. Third was South Korea, who had defeated the play-off teams at least once during the tournament.

## Preliminary round

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Philippines | 7 | 6 | 1 | 649 | 406 | +243 | 13 |
| Taiwan | 7 | 6 | 1 | 695 | 535 | +160 | 13 |
| South Korea | 7 | 5 | 2 | 649 | 496 | +153 | 12 |
| Thailand | 7 | 4 | 3 | 581 | 542 | +39 | 11 |
| Malaya | 7 | 4 | 3 | 548 | 568 | −20 | 11 |
| Singapore | 7 | 2 | 5 | 516 | 662 | −146 | 9 |
| Hong Kong | 7 | 1 | 6 | 479 | 610 | −131 | 8 |
| South Vietnam | 7 | 0 | 7 | 538 | 836 | −298 | 7 |
* November 20
| Singapore | 80–73 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 28–35, 52–38 |||
* Taipei
* November 21
| South Vietnam | 89–98 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 40–49, 49–49 |||
* Taipei
* November 21
| Malaya | 81–80 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 32–38, 49–42 |||
* Taipei
* November 21
| Thailand | 60–83 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 26–36, 34–47 |||
* Taipei
* November 22
| Singapore | 65–74 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 32–43, 33–31 |||
* Taipei
* November 22
| South Vietnam | 61–124 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 53–35, 71–26 |||
* Taipei
* November 22
| South Korea | 90–61 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 38–28, 52–33 |||
* Taipei
* November 22
| Taiwan | 100–76 | Malaya |
| Scoring by half: 33–26, 67–50 |||
* Taipei
* November 23
| Hong Kong | 105–75 | South Vietnam |
| Scoring by half: 49–34, 56–41 |||
* Taipei
* November 23
| Malaya | 42–103 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 22–48, 20–55 |||
* Taipei
* November 23
| South Korea | 110–55 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 49–25, 61–30 |||
* Taipei
* November 23
| Thailand | 87–96 | Taiwan |
| Scoring by half: 42–45, 45–51 |||
* Taipei
* November 24
| Thailand | 68–66 | Malaya |
| Scoring by half: 32–27, 36–39 |||
* Taipei
* November 24
| Singapore | 64–114 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 24–48, 40–66 |||
* Taipei
* November 24
| South Vietnam | 75–136 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 64–36, 72–39 |||
* Taipei
* November 24
| Hong Kong | 46–102 | Taiwan |
| Scoring by half: 54–21, 48–25 |||
* Taipei
* November 25
| Taiwan | 145–91 | South Vietnam |
| Scoring by half: 72–40, 73–51 |||
* Taipei
* November 26
| Singapore | 72–111 | Malaya |
| Scoring by half: 31–54, 41–57 |||
* Taipei
* November 26
| South Vietnam | 75–131 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 32–65, 43–66 |||
* Taipei
* November 26
| Philippines | 96–52 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 47–27, 49–25 |||
* Taipei
* November 26
| South Korea | 83–96 | Taiwan |
| Scoring by half: 39–42, 44–54 |||
* Taipei
* November 27
| Taiwan | 91–82 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 43–32, 48–50 |||
* Taipei
* November 27
| Malaya | 97–72 | South Vietnam |
| Scoring by half: 45–30, 52–42 |||
* Taipei
* November 27
| Hong Kong | 69–92 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 36–45, 33–47 |||
* Taipei
* November 27
| Philippines | 59–62 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 24–25, 35–37 |||
* Taipei
* November 28
| Hong Kong | 73–75 | Malaya |
| Scoring by half: 27–26, 46–49 |||
* Taipei
* November 28
| South Korea | 88–69 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 32–40, 56–29 |||
* Taipei
* November 28
| Taiwan | 65–70 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 35–31, 30–39 |||
* Taipei
* Since both Thailand and Malaya were tied on points, a play-off game was required to determine the fourth-placed team.
* November 29
| Thailand | 86–81 | Malaya |
| Scoring by half: 45–41, 41–40 |||
* Taipei

## Final round

* The results and the points of the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the second round.

### Classification 5th–8th

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Malaya | 10 | 6 | 4 | 823 | 842 | −19 | 16 |
| Hong Kong | 10 | 4 | 6 | 744 | 820 | −76 | 14 |
| Singapore | 10 | 3 | 7 | 769 | 919 | −150 | 13 |
| South Vietnam | 10 | 0 | 10 | 795 | 1145 | −350 | 10 |
* November 30
| South Vietnam | 85–112 | Malaya |
| Scoring by half: 40–51, 45–61 |||
* Taipei
* November 30
| Singapore | 65–67 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 28–27, 37–40 |||
* Taipei
* December 1
| South Vietnam | 87–91 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 53–45, 38–42 |||
* Taipei
* December 1
| Malaya | 60–92 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 29–40, 31–52 |||
* Taipei
* December 2
| Hong Kong | 105–85 | South Vietnam |
| Scoring by half: 46–40, 60–45 |||
* Taipei
* December 2
| Malaya | 103–97 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 51–45, 52–52 |||
* Taipei

### Championship

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Philippines | 10 | 8 | 2 | 906 | 636 | +270 | 18 |
| Taiwan | 10 | 8 | 2 | 955 | 780 | +175 | 18 |
| South Korea | 10 | 7 | 3 | 894 | 726 | +168 | 17 |
| Thailand | 10 | 4 | 6 | 791 | 809 | −18 | 14 |
* November 30
| Thailand | 53–91 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 25–48, 28–43 |||
* Taipei
* November 30
| Taiwan | 74–78 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 43–48, 31–30 |||
* Taipei
* December 1
| Taiwan | 90–86 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 46–49, 44–37 |||
* Taipei
* December 1
| South Korea | 81–85 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 38–46, 43–39 |||
* Taipei
* December 2
| South Korea | 86–71 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 41–28, 45–43 |||
* Taipei
* December 2
| Philippines | 81–96 | Taiwan |
| Scoring by half: 44–51, 37–45 |||
* Taipei
Since Taiwan and the Philippines were level on points, a play-off game for the championship was required.

### Championship play-off

* December 3
| Taiwan | 77–91 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 33–49, 44–42 |||
* Taipei

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Philippines | 9–2 |
| | Taiwan | 8–3 |
| | South Korea | 7–3 |
| 4 | Thailand | 5–6 |
| 5 | Malaya | 6–5 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 4–6 |
| 7 | Singapore | 3–7 |
| 8 | South Vietnam | 0–10 |

## Awards

* 1963 Asian champions
* Philippines Second title