# 1972 ABC Under-18 Championship

The 1972 ABC Under-18 Championship was the second edition of the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC)'s junior championship. The games were held at Manila, Philippines from December 10–December 20, 1972.
The Philippines were able to retain the championship by sweeping all of their assignments, blasting Taiwan, 95-62, in the final day.

## Preliminary round

| Team | Pld | W | L | Pts |
| Philippines | 6 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Taiwan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| South Korea | 6 | 4 | 2 | 10 |
| India | 6 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| Thailand | 6 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Singapore | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
* December 10
* Report
| Malaysia | 65–108 | Taiwan |
| Scoring by half: 33−53, 32−55 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 10
* Report
| South Korea | 87–54 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 45−25, 42−29 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 10
* Report
| India | 30–117 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 18−52, 12−65 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 11
* Report1 Report2
| Philippines | 113–51 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 58-10, 55-32 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 11
* Report1 Report2
| Taiwan | 95–85 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 46-37, 49-48 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 11
* Report1 Report2
| Thailand | 89–91 (OT) | India |
| Scoring by half: 35-40, 44-39 Overtime: 10-12 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 12
* Report
| South Korea | 106–56 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 49−30, 57−26 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 12
* Report
| Singapore | 57–93 | Taiwan |
| Scoring by half: 24−55, 33−38 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 13
* Report
| Malaysia | 51–136 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 21−67, 30−69 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 13
* Report
| Philippines | 121–72 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 62−22, 59−50 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 13
* Report
| India | 85–80 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 38−31, 47−49 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 14
* Report
| Singapore | 76–98 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 29−44, 47−54 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 14
* Report
| Taiwan | 118–63 | India |
| Scoring by half: 56−30, 62−33 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 15
* Report
| Thailand | 76–71 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 36−43, 40−28 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 15
* Report
| Philippines | 73–71 | Taiwan |
| Scoring by half: 37−39, 36−32 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 15
* Report
| India | 56–116 | South Korea |
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 16
* Report
| Singapore | 48–116 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 26−64, 22−52 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 16
* Report1 Report2
| Malaysia | 66–69 | India |
| Scoring by half: 28-30, 38-39 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 16
* Report
| Taiwan | 108–82 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 51-45, 57-37 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 17
* Report
| Thailand | 104–67 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 48-30, 56-37 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 17
* Report
| South Korea | 76–79 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 37-39, 39-40 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

## Final round
### Classification 5th–7th

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Thailand | 2 | 2 | 0 | 166 | 139 | +27 | 4 |
| Singapore | 2 | 1 | 1 | 164 | 177 | −13 | 3 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 163 | 177 | −14 | 2 |
* December 18
* Report
| Malaysia | 89–99 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 39−46, 50−53 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 19
* Report1 Report2
| Singapore | 65–88 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 32-49, 33-39 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 20
* Report
| Thailand | 78–74 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 33−31, 45−43 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

### Championship

| Team | Pld | W | L | Pts |
| Philippines | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
* December 18
* Report1 Report2
| Philippines | 82–70 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 48-31, 34-39 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 18
* Report1 Report2
| India | 70–88 | Taiwan |
| Scoring by half: 31-48, 39-34 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 19
* Report
| Philippines | 128–43 | India |
| Scoring by half: 60-21, 68-22 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 19
* Report
| South Korea | 82–84 | Taiwan |
| Scoring by half: 40-47, 42-37 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 20
* Report
| South Korea | 100–49 | India |
| Scoring by half: 52−29, 48−20 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila
* December 20
* Report
| Taiwan | 62–95 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 36−47, 26−48 |||
* Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Philippines | 9–0 |
| | Taiwan | 7–2 |
| | South Korea | 5–4 |
| 4 | India | 3–6 |
| 5 | Thailand | 4–4 |
| 6 | Singapore | 1–7 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 1–7 |

## Awards

* 1972 Asian Under-18 champions
* Philippines Second title