# Basketball at the 1970 Asian Games

Basketball was one of the 13 sports disciplines held in the 1970 Asian Games again in Bangkok, Thailand. South Korea got their first Asian basketball title by outlasting the defending champions Israel in the championship round. The games were held from December 10 to 19, 1970.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | South Korea Choi Jong-kyu Choo Hun-geun Kim In-kun Kim Yeong-il Kwak Hyun-chae Lee In-pyo Lee Ja-young Park Han Shin Dong-pa Shin Hyun-soo Yoo Hi-hyung Yoon Pyung-no | Israel Dan Barzily Tanhum Cohen-Mintz Hillel Gilboa Ronald Green Hanan Keren Ivan Leshinsky Itamar Marzel Gabi Neumark Mike Schwarz Haim Starkman Gabi Teichner Mark Turenshine | Japan Shigeaki Abe Yoshikuni Awano Seiji Igarashi Isao Kimura Akira Kodama Satoshi Mori Fumihiko Moroyama Kazufumi Sakai Kenji Soda Atsushi Somatomo Masatomo Taniguchi Kunihiko Yokoyama |

## Draw

The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1966 Asian Games

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 288 | 181 | +107 | 6 | Final round |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 243 | 185 | +58 | 5 | Final round |
| 3 | Singapore | 3 | 1 | 2 | 203 | 284 | −81 | 4 | Classification 7th–12th |
| 4 | South Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 3 | 202 | 286 | −84 | 3 | Classification 7th–12th |
* 10 December
| Israel | 108–59 | South Vietnam |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 10 December
| Japan | 99–47 | Singapore |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 11 December
| South Vietnam | 56–80 | Japan |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 11 December
| Israel | 98–58 | Singapore |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 12 December
| Israel | 82–64 | Japan |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 12 December
| South Vietnam | 87–98 | Singapore |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 218 | 210 | +8 | 5 | Final round |
| 2 | Republic of China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 210 | 190 | +20 | 5 | Final round |
| 3 | Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 201 | 189 | +12 | 5 | Classification 7th–12th |
| 4 | Malaysia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 199 | 239 | −40 | 3 | Classification 7th–12th |
* 1 2 3 Tied on head-to-head wins (1). Head-to-head game points average: IND 1.022, ROC 1.000, THA 0.976.
* 10 December
| Republic of China | 74–71 | India |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 10 December
| Thailand | 80–65 | Malaysia |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 11 December
| Malaysia | 62–82 | Republic of China |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 11 December
| Thailand | 64–70 | India |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 12 December
| Malaysia | 72–77 | India |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 12 December
| Thailand | 57–54 | Republic of China |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

#### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 303 | 203 | +100 | 6 | Final round |
| 2 | Philippines | 3 | 2 | 1 | 280 | 221 | +59 | 5 | Final round |
| 3 | Iran | 3 | 1 | 2 | 264 | 271 | −7 | 4 | Classification 7th–12th |
| 4 | Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 | 174 | 326 | −152 | 3 | Classification 7th–12th |
* 10 December
| Philippines | 113–54 | Hong Kong |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 10 December
| South Korea | 110–77 | Iran |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 11 December
| Iran | 90–92 | Philippines |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 11 December
| South Korea | 116–51 | Hong Kong |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 12 December
| Iran | 97–69 | Hong Kong |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 12 December
| South Korea | 77–75 | Philippines |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

### Classification 7th–12th

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Iran | 5 | 5 | 0 | 476 | 397 | +79 | 10 |
| 2 | Thailand | 5 | 4 | 1 | 466 | 430 | +36 | 9 |
| 3 | Malaysia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 419 | 380 | +39 | 8 |
| 4 | Singapore | 5 | 2 | 3 | 422 | 432 | −10 | 7 |
| 5 | South Vietnam | 5 | 1 | 4 | 450 | 531 | −81 | 6 |
| 6 | Hong Kong | 5 | 0 | 5 | 374 | 437 | −63 | 5 |
* 14 December
| Singapore | 86–72 | Hong Kong |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 14 December
| Iran | 104–97 | South Vietnam |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 14 December
| Thailand | 83–79 | Malaysia |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 15 December
| Hong Kong | 78–79 | South Vietnam |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 15 December
| Thailand | 69–107 | Iran |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 15 December
| Malaysia | 76–69 | Singapore |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 16 December
| Hong Kong | 72–95 | Thailand |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 16 December
| Malaysia | 79–82 | Iran |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 16 December
| South Vietnam | 101–122 | Singapore |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 18 December
| Iran | 88–64 | Singapore |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 18 December
| Thailand | 124–91 | South Vietnam |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 18 December
| Hong Kong | 64–82 | Malaysia |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 19 December
| Hong Kong | 88–95 | Iran |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 19 December
| Singapore | 81–95 | Thailand |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 19 December
| Malaysia | 103–82 | South Vietnam |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

### Final round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 393 | 320 | +73 | 9 |
| 2 | Israel | 5 | 4 | 1 | 429 | 373 | +56 | 9 |
| 3 | Japan | 5 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 8 |
| 4 | Republic of China | 5 | 2 | 3 | 364 | 386 | −22 | 7 |
| 5 | Philippines | 5 | 2 | 3 | 381 | 378 | +3 | 7 |
| 6 | India | 5 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | 5 |
* 1 2 Head-to-head result: KOR 81–67 ISR.
* 1 2 Head-to-head result: ROC 75–64 PHI.
* 14 December
| Israel | 83–67 | Japan |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 14 December
| Philippines | 97–79 | India |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 14 December
| South Korea | 74–72 | Republic of China |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 15 December
| Republic of China | 73–114 | Israel |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 15 December
| Japan | vs. | India |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 15 December
| Philippines | 70–65 | South Korea |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 16 December
| Philippines | 64–75 | Republic of China |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 16 December
| South Korea | 80–57 | Japan |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 16 December
| Israel | 82–74 | India |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 18 December
| Japan | 81–66 | Republic of China |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 18 December
| Philippines | 78–83 | Israel |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 18 December
| South Korea | 93–54 | India |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 19 December
| Philippines | 72–76 | Japan |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 19 December
| India | 53–78 | Republic of China |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok
* 19 December
| Israel | 67–81 | South Korea |
* Kittikachorn Stadium, Bangkok

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
| | South Korea | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| | Israel | 8 | 7 | 1 |
| | Japan | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| 4 | Republic of China | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 5 | Philippines | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | India | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | Iran | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 8 | Thailand | 8 | 6 | 2 |
| 9 | Malaysia | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 10 | Singapore | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 11 | South Vietnam | 8 | 1 | 7 |
| 12 | Hong Kong | 8 | 0 | 8 |