# Basketball at the 1954 Asian Games

Basketball was one of the many sports which was held at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 1954 FIBA World Championship in Brazil.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Philippines Bayani Amador Florentino Bautista Jose Maria Cacho Napoleon Flores Antonio Genato Rafael Hechanova Eduardo Lim Carlos Loyzaga Ramon Manulat Lauro Mumar Francisco Rabat Ignacio Ramos Ponciano Saldaña Mariano Tolentino | Republic of China Hoo Cha-pen Lai Lam-kwong Edward Lee Jose Lim Julian Lim Ling Jing-huan Joachim Poon Tong Suet-fong Tsai Bon-hua Wang Yih-jiun Wu Yet-an Joachim Yao James Yap Yung Pi-hock | Japan Hirokazu Arai Jyunya Arai Riichi Arai Takashi Itoyama Takeshi Kinoshita Hitoshi Konno Hisashi Nagashima Shozo Noguchi Hiroshi Saito Shigeuji Saito Shutaro Shoji Takeo Sugiyama |

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Philippines | 3 | 3 | 0 | 271 | 149 | +122 | 6 | Final round |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 203 | 197 | +6 | 5 | Final round |
| 3 | Singapore | 3 | 1 | 2 | 249 | 206 | +43 | 4 | |
| 4 | Cambodia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 144 | 315 | −171 | 3 | |
* 2 May
| Philippines | 82–63 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 47–31, 35–32 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* 2 May
| South Korea | 89–48 | Cambodia |
| Scoring by half: 34–22, 55–26 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* 3 May
| Philippines | 105–41 | Cambodia |
| Scoring by half: 47–14, 58–27 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* 3 May
| South Korea | 69–65 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 32–35, 37–30 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* 4 May
| Singapore | 121–55 | Cambodia |
| Scoring by half: 58–27, 63–28 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* 4 May
| Philippines | 84–45 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 48–20, 36–25 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

#### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Republic of China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 231 | 145 | +86 | 6 | Final round |
| 2 | Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 173 | 161 | +12 | 5 | Final round |
| 3 | Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 175 | 224 | −49 | 4 | |
| 4 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 166 | 215 | −49 | 3 | |
* 2 May
| Japan | 61–46 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by half: 24–17, 37–29 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* 2 May
| Republic of China | 73–46 | Thailand |
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* 3 May
| Republic of China | 96–54 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by half: 44–18, 52–36 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* 3 May
| Japan | 67–53 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 27–21, 40–32 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* 4 May
| Republic of China | 62–45 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 34–19, 28–26 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* 4 May
| Indonesia | 75–67 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 36–34, 39–33 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

### Final round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Philippines | 3 | 3 | 0 | 178 | 119 | +59 | 6 |
| 2 | Republic of China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 140 | 140 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 151 | 172 | −21 | 4 |
| 4 | South Korea | 3 | 0 | 3 | 152 | 190 | −38 | 3 |
* 6 May
| Republic of China | 56–53 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 30–23, 26–30 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* 6 May
| Philippines | 68–40 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 27–16, 41–24 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* 7 May
| Republic of China | 57–53 (OT) | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 25–34, 26–17 Overtime: 6–2 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* 7 May
| Philippines | 76–52 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 39–23, 37–29 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* 8 May
| South Korea | 47–58 | Japan |
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* 8 May
| Philippines | 34–27 | Republic of China |
| Scoring by half: 26–22, 8–5 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
| | Philippines | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| | Republic of China | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| | Japan | 6 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | South Korea | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Singapore | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| 7 | Cambodia | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Thailand | 3 | 0 | 3 |