# 1981 ABC Championship

The 1981 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Kolkata, India.

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 370 | 191 | +179 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 229 | 245 | −16 | 5 |
| Iran | 3 | 1 | 2 | 212 | 268 | −56 | 4 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 0 | 3 | 202 | 309 | −107 | 3 |
* 12 November
| China | 116–70 | Iran |
| Scoring by half: 60–37, 56–33 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 12 November
| Pakistan | 62–96 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 34–43, 28–53 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 13 November
| Iran | 85–82 | Pakistan |
| Scoring by half: 40–45, 45–37 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 13 November
| Malaysia | 63–126 | China |
| Scoring by half: 34–55, 29–71 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 14 November
| China | 128–58 | Pakistan |
| Scoring by half: 60–30, 68–28 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 14 November
| Iran | 57–70 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 29–41, 28–29 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 318 | 170 | +148 | 6 |
| India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 252 | 176 | +76 | 5 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 2 | 196 | 243 | −47 | 4 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 0 | 3 | 152 | 329 | −177 | 3 |
* 12 November
| India | 102–37 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 59–16, 43–21 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 12 November
| Japan | 104–44 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 45–30, 59–14 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 13 November
| Sri Lanka | 51–126 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 23–70, 28–56 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 13 November
| Hong Kong | 51–75 | India |
| Scoring by half: 20–39, 31–36 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 14 November
| India | 75–88 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 42–45, 33–43 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 14 November
| Sri Lanka | 64–101 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 28–40, 36–61 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 326 | 209 | +117 | 6 |
| Philippines | 3 | 2 | 1 | 235 | 201 | +34 | 5 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 214 | 261 | −47 | 4 |
| Singapore | 3 | 0 | 3 | 162 | 266 | −104 | 3 |
* 12 November
| South Korea | 109–62 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 55–32, 54–30 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 12 November
| Philippines | 81–64 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 39–38, 42–26 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 13 November
| Thailand | 85–127 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 42–58, 43–69 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 13 November
| Singapore | 47–92 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 20–47, 27–45 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 14 November
| Thailand | 65–53 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 38–29, 27–24 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 14 November
| South Korea | 90–62 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 36–31, 54–31 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

## Final round

* The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the final round.

### Classification 7th–12th

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| Thailand | 5 | 5 | 0 | 418 | 346 | +72 | 10 | |
| Iran | 5 | 3 | 2 | 441 | 380 | +61 | 8 | 1–0 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 401 | 357 | +44 | 8 | 0–1 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 2 | 3 | 411 | 421 | −10 | 7 | 1–0 |
| Singapore | 5 | 2 | 3 | 353 | 362 | −9 | 7 | 0–1 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 0 | 5 | 316 | 474 | −158 | 5 | |
* 16 November
| Pakistan | 91–53 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 51–20, 40–33 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 16 November
| Iran | 84–87 (OT) | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 38–37, 41–42 Overtime: 5–8 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 16 November
| Hong Kong | 73–69 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 36–40, 37–29 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 17 November
| Pakistan | 59–66 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 28–24, 31–42 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 17 November
| Sri Lanka | 68–85 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 29–38, 39–47 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 17 November
| Iran | 114–101 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 57–50, 57–51 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 18 November
| Thailand | 102–89 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 55–43, 47–46 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 18 November
| Hong Kong | 75–76 | Pakistan |
| Scoring by half: 41–34, 34–42 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 18 November
| Singapore | 68–63 | Iran |
| Scoring by half: 32–30, 36–33 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 19 November
| Iran | 95–42 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 46–19, 49–23 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 19 November
| Hong Kong | 61–98 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 31–54, 30–44 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 19 November
| Pakistan | 93–78 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 44–46, 49–32 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

### Championship

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| China | 5 | 5 | 0 | 482 | 308 | +174 | 10 |
| South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 466 | 393 | +73 | 9 |
| Japan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 405 | 375 | +30 | 8 |
| Philippines | 5 | 2 | 3 | 370 | 421 | −51 | 7 |
| India | 5 | 1 | 4 | 344 | 423 | −79 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 328 | 475 | −147 | 5 |
* 16 November
| Malaysia | 54–70 | India |
| Scoring by half: 19–32, 35–38 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 16 November
| China | 97–66 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 52–46, 45–20 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 16 November
| Japan | 71–91 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 34–44, 37–47 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 17 November
| Philippines | 82–70 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 47–40, 35–30 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 17 November
| South Korea | 111–79 | India |
| Scoring by half: 61–42, 50–37 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 17 November
| China | 71–60 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 32–20, 39–40 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 18 November
| Malaysia | 85–110 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 37–72, 48–38 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 18 November
| Japan | 99–82 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 51–38, 48–44 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 18 November
| India | 55–92 | China |
| Scoring by half: 25–52, 30–40 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 19 November
| Malaysia | 56–87 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 23–43, 33–44 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 20 November
| Philippines | 78–65 | India |
| Scoring by half: 40–34, 38–31 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
* 20 November
| China | 96–64 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 43–26, 53–38 |||
* Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 1982 FIBA World Championship
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | China | 7–0 |
| | South Korea | 6–1 |
| | Japan | 5–2 |
| 4 | Philippines | 4–3 |
| 5 | India | 3–4 |
| 6 | Malaysia | 2–5 |
| 7 | Thailand | 5–2 |
| 8 | Iran | 3–4 |
| 9 | Pakistan | 3–4 |
| 10 | Hong Kong | 2–5 |
| 11 | Singapore | 2–5 |
| 12 | Sri Lanka | 0–7 |

## Awards

* 1981 Asian champions
* China Fourth title