# 1978 ABC Championship for Women

The 1978 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Women were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

## Results

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| South Korea | 8 | 8 | 0 | 711 | 247 | +464 | 16 | |
| China | 8 | 7 | 1 | 913 | 407 | +506 | 15 | |
| Japan | 8 | 6 | 2 | 727 | 323 | +404 | 14 | |
| Malaysia | 8 | 5 | 3 | 542 | 524 | +18 | 13 | |
| Hong Kong | 8 | 3 | 5 | 384 | 651 | −267 | 11 | 1–0 |
| Singapore | 8 | 3 | 5 | 393 | 604 | −211 | 11 | 0–1 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 2 | 6 | 324 | 641 | −317 | 10 | |
| Philippines | 8 | 2 | 6 | 325 | 535 | −210 | 8 | 1–0 |
| Sri Lanka | 8 | 0 | 8 | 364 | 751 | −387 | 8 | 0–1 |
* July 25
| Malaysia | 94–43 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 60–16, 34–27 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* July 25
| China | 122–55 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 64–25, 58–30 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* July 26
| South Korea | 105–25 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 47–10, 58–15 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* July 26
| Indonesia | 26–127 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 16–62, 10–65 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* July 26
| Singapore | 37–58 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 19–29, 18–29 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* July 27
| Sri Lanka | 52–127 | China |
| Scoring by half: 16–67, 36–60 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* July 27
| Indonesia | 23–109 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 12–56, 11–53 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* July 27
| Japan | 125–40 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 61–19, 64–21 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* July 28 14:00
| Singapore | 30–86 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 14–45, 16–41 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* July 28 15:30
| Hong Kong | 84–54 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 32–24, 52–30 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* July 28 19:30
| China | 114–56 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 52–26, 62–30 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* July 28 21:00
| South Korea | 2–0 | Philippines |
| Walkover |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* July 29
| Hong Kong | 53–51 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 22–30, 31–21 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* July 29
| Philippines | 0–2 | Indonesia |
| Walkover |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* July 30
| South Korea | 142–32 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 70–10, 72–22 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* July 30
| Sri Lanka | 37–93 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 20–50, 17–43 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* July 30
| Malaysia | 101–54 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 51–21, 50–33 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* July 30
| China | 137–60 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by half: 77–32, 60–28 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* August 1
| Malaysia | 92–45 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by half: 39–20, 53–25 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* August 1
| Philippines | 60–62 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 28–31, 32–31 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* August 1
| Hong Kong | 24–141 | China |
| Scoring by half: 12–70, 12–71 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* August 1
| Japan | 50–64 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 26–36, 24–28 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* August 2
| Singapore | 71–36 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 39–19, 32–17 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* August 2
| China | 139–56 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 74–18, 65–38 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* August 2
| Indonesia | 47–57 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 24–26, 23–31 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* August 2
| South Korea | 93–39 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 46–18, 47–21 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* August 3
| Sri Lanka | 17–133 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 13–63, 4–70 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* August 3
| Malaysia | 76–51 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 39–26, 37–25 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* August 3
| Philippines | 28–118 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 11–67, 17–51 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* August 4
| Philippines | 75–61 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 45–35, 30–26 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* August 4
| Indonesia | 47–55 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 30–32, 17–23 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* August 4
| Japan | 41–72 | China |
| Scoring by half: 21–33, 20–39 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* August 5
| Hong Kong | 50–52 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 23–25, 27–27 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* August 5
| Sri Lanka | 64–74 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by half: 27–40, 37–34 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* August 5
| Malaysia | 26–87 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 16–45, 10–42 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* August 5
| China | 61–63 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 23–28, 38–35 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 1979 FIBA World Championship for Women as hosts and Asian Champions.
* Qualified for the 1979 FIBA World Championship for Women
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | South Korea | 8–0 |
| | China | 7–1 |
| | Japan | 6–2 |
| 4 | Malaysia | 5–3 |
| 5 | Hong Kong | 3–5 |
| 6 | Singapore | 3–5 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 2–6 |
| 8 | Philippines | 2–6 |
| 9 | Sri Lanka | 0–8 |

## Awards

* 1978 Asian champions
* South Korea Fifth title