# Basketball at the 1974 Asian Games

Basketball was one of the 16 sports disciplines held in the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran, Iran. Israel won their 2nd title by beating the defending champions South Korea in the championship match. This is also the first time that women's edition were held, and Japan emerged as the first-ever champions after a round-robin format. The games were held from September 2 to 15, 1974.

## Medalists

| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Men details | Israel Motti Aroesti Mooley Avishar Miki Berkovich Tal Brody Jacob Eisner Boaz Janay Hanan Keren Itamar Marzel Avigdor Moskowitz Shamuel Nachmias Shuki Schwartz Shmaryahu Zaslevsky | South Korea Cha Sung-hwan Choi Kyung-duk Hwang Jae-hwan Kang Ho-seok Kim Dong-kwang Kim In-jin Kim Kyung-tae Kwak Hyun-chae Lee Bo-sun Lee Ja-young Lee Kwang-joon Yoo Hi-hyung | China Cai Guoqiang Cai Weichu Huang Pinjie Liu Changrong Mo Liangui Wang Deli Xu Zhengwen Xuan Chengbin Zhang Dawei Zhang Jianshe Zhang Weiping Zhao Liangcai |
| Women details | Japan Reiko Aonuma Machiko Aoyama Hisako Furuno Kimiko Hashimoto Kazuko Kadoya Teruko Miyamoto Eriko Nagai Keiko Namai Miyako Otsuka Kimi Wakitashiro Sachiyo Yamamoto | South Korea Cho Myung-ok Cho Yung-soon Kang Hyun-suk Kim Eun-ju Kim Jae-soon Lee Ock-ja Park Sung-ja Shin In-sup Won Young-ja Yoo Kwae-soon Yoon Jung-ko Yoon Seon-ja | China Chen Xiushan Du Huanwen Fang Fengdi Li Muzhen Liu Yumin Luo Xuelian Wang Naifeng Wang She Wang Yuzhen Wei Wenshan Yang Shuying Zhu Qihui |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Israel (ISR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | China (CHN) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |

## Draw

The draw was held in Tehran. The men were drawn into four groups of three teams but India later withdrew, the women were played in round robin format.

## Results
### Men
#### Preliminary round
##### Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Israel | 1 | 1 | 0 | 122 | 73 | +49 | 2 | Second round |
| 2 | Philippines | 1 | 0 | 1 | 73 | 122 | −49 | 1 | Second round |
* 2 September 18:30
| Philippines | 73–122 | Israel |
| Scoring by half: 40–59, 33–63 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

##### Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 235 | 192 | +43 | 4 | Second round |
| 2 | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 214 | 192 | +22 | 3 | Second round |
| 3 | Iraq | 2 | 0 | 2 | 190 | 255 | −65 | 2 | Classification 9th–11th |
* 2 September 17:00
| South Korea | 93–101 | China |
| Scoring by half: 55–51, 38–50 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* 4 September 16:00
| Iraq | 99–134 | China |
| Scoring by half: 41–60, 58–74 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* 6 September 16:00
| South Korea | 121–91 | Iraq |
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

##### Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 178 | 153 | +25 | 4 | Second round |
| 2 | North Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 181 | 147 | +34 | 3 | Second round |
| 3 | Kuwait | 2 | 0 | 2 | 148 | 207 | −59 | 2 | Classification 9th–11th |
* 2 September 9:00
| Japan | 77–75 | North Korea |
| Scoring by half: 46–37, 31–38 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* 4 September 17:30
| Kuwait | 70–106 | North Korea |
| Scoring by half: 29–57, 41–49 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* 6 September 17:30
| Japan | 101–78 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by half: 59–39, 42–39 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

##### Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iran | 2 | 2 | 0 | 225 | 148 | +77 | 4 | Second round |
| 2 | Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 197 | 176 | +21 | 3 | Second round |
| 3 | Bahrain | 2 | 0 | 2 | 141 | 239 | −98 | 2 | Classification 9th–11th |
* 2 September 10:30
| Iran | 128–62 | Bahrain |
| Scoring by half: 57–32, 71–30 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* 4 September 19:00
| Pakistan | 111–79 | Bahrain |
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* 6 September 19:00
| Iran | 97–86 | Pakistan |
| Scoring by half: 55–41, 42–45 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

#### Classification 9th–11th

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Iraq | 2 | 2 | 0 | 204 | 123 | +81 | 4 |
| 2 | Kuwait | 2 | 1 | 1 | 169 | 159 | +10 | 3 |
| 3 | Bahrain | 2 | 0 | 2 | 127 | 218 | −91 | 2 |
* 9 September 16:00
| Bahrain | 61–111 | Iraq |
| Scoring by half: 29–56, 32–55 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* September 10 15:30
| Kuwait | 107–66 | Bahrain |
| Scoring by half: 54–30, 53–36 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* 12 September 16:00
| Iraq | 93–62 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by half: 43–33, 50–29 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

#### Second round
##### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Israel | 3 | 3 | 0 | 218 | 161 | +57 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 336 | 288 | +48 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 287 | 293 | −6 | 4 | Classification 5th–8th |
| 4 | Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 175 | 274 | −99 | 2 | Classification 5th–8th |
* 7 September 16:00
| Israel | 2–0 | Pakistan |
| Walkover |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* 7 September 19:00
| Japan | 86–104 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 46–51, 40–53 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* 9 September 17:30
| Japan | 133–89 | Pakistan |
| Scoring by half: 73–44, 60–45 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* 9 September 19:00
| Israel | 116–93 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 59–50, 57–43 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* 11 September 16:00
| Pakistan | 86–139 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 33–66, 53–73 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* 12 September 19:00
| Japan | 68–100 | Israel |
| Scoring by half: 37–41, 31–59 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

##### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 3 | 2 | 1 | 266 | 246 | +20 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Philippines | 3 | 2 | 1 | 273 | 268 | +5 | 5 | Semifinals |
| 3 | North Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 254 | 240 | +14 | 5 | Classification 5th–8th |
| 4 | Iran | 3 | 0 | 3 | 234 | 273 | −39 | 3 | Classification 5th–8th |
* 1 2 3 Tied on head-to-head wins (1). Head-to-head game points average: CHN 1.024, PHI 1.017, PRK 0.960.
* 7 September 17:30
| China | 86–77 | North Korea |
| Scoring by half: 54–39, 32–38 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* 8 September 17:30
| Philippines | 93–91 | Iran |
| Scoring by half: 55–40, 38–51 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* September 10 17:00
| China | 86–91 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 49–47, 37–44 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* September 10 18:30
| Iran | 65–86 | North Korea |
| Scoring by half: 35–40, 30–46 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* 12 September 17:30
| Philippines | 89–91 | North Korea |
| Scoring by half: 41–46, 48–45 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* 12 September 20:30
| China | 94–78 | Iran |
| Scoring by half: 51–39, 43–39 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

#### Classification 5th–8th

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 5th place game | 5th place game |
| 13 September | 13 September |
| Japan | 86 |
| Japan | 86 | 14 September | 14 September |
| Iran | 89 | 14 September | 14 September |
| Iran | 89 | Iran | 74 |
| 13 September | 13 September | | Iran | 74 |
| 13 September | 13 September | North Korea | 75 |
| Pakistan | 93 | North Korea | 75 |
| North Korea | 107 | | |
| North Korea | 107 | 7th place game | 7th place game |
| | | 14 September | 14 September |
| | | Japan | 101 |
| | | Pakistan | 90 |

##### Semifinals

* September 13 15:30
| Iran | 89–86 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 41–44, 48–42 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* September 13 17:00
| North Korea | 107–93 | Pakistan |
| Scoring by half: 63–58, 44–35 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

##### 7th place game

* September 14 16:00
| Japan | 101–90 | Pakistan |
| Scoring by half: 42–44, 59–46 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

##### 5th place game

* September 14 17:30
| Iran | 74–75 | North Korea |
| Scoring by half: 34–37, 40–38 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

#### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 13 September | 13 September |
| Israel | 123 |
| Israel | 123 | 15 September | 15 September |
| Philippines | 101 | 15 September | 15 September |
| Philippines | 101 | Israel | 92 |
| 13 September | 13 September | | Israel | 92 |
| 13 September | 13 September | South Korea | 85 |
| China | 114 | South Korea | 85 |
| South Korea (OT) | 119 | | |
| South Korea (OT) | 119 | Bronze medal game | Bronze medal game |
| | | 15 September | 15 September |
| | | Philippines | 89 |
| | | China | 102 |

##### Semifinals

* September 13 18:30
| Israel | 123–101 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 62–45, 48–43 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* September 13 20:00
| China | 114–119 (OT) | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 52–57, 49–44 Overtime: 13–18 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

##### Bronze medal game

* September 15 9:30
| Philippines | 89–102 | China |
| Scoring by half: 44–47, 45–55 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

##### Final

* September 15 15:30
| Israel | 92–85 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 50–43, 42–42 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

#### Final standing

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
| | Israel | 6 | 6 | 0 |
| | South Korea | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| | China | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 4 | Philippines | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | North Korea | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| 6 | Iran | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 7 | Japan | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 8 | Pakistan | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Iraq | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 10 | Kuwait | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Bahrain | 4 | 0 | 4 |

### Women

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Japan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 321 | 238 | +83 | 8 |
| 2 | South Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 309 | 248 | +61 | 7 |
| 3 | China | 4 | 2 | 2 | 338 | 311 | +27 | 6 |
| 4 | Iran | 4 | 0 | 4 | 163 | 347 | −184 | 4 |
| — | North Korea | 4 | 1 | 3 | 305 | 292 | +13 | 5 |
* 3 September 17:00
| South Korea | 84–71 | China |
| Scoring by half: 38–31, 46–40 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* 3 September 18:30
| Iran | 24–89 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 14–43, 10–46 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* September 5 17:00
| Iran | 36–95 | North Korea |
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* September 5 18:30
| Japan | 71–70 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 34–40, 37–30 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* September 8 15:30
| China | 89–60 | Iran |
| Scoring by half: 48–26, 41–34 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* September 8 18:30
| North Korea | 64–77 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 35–32, 29–45 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* 11 September 17:30
| Iran | 43–74 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 22–48, 21–26 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* 11 September 19:00
| China | 98–83 | North Korea |
| Scoring by half: 44–39, 54–44 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* September 14 19:00
| South Korea | 81–63 | North Korea |
| Game was abandoned after North Korea walked off the court to protest the officiating. |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran
* September 14 20:30
| Japan | 84–80 | China |
| Scoring by half: 45–44, 39–36 |||
* Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran