# 1987 ABC Championship

The 1987 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Bangkok, Thailand.

## Draw

| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
| Philippines  Iran *  Jordan  India | South Korea  Thailand  Indonesia  Macau | China  Chinese Taipei  Singapore  Iraq | Malaysia  Japan  Hong Kong  Bahrain |
* Withdrew

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Philippines | 2 | 2 | 0 | 184 | 170 | +14 | 4 |
| India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 168 | 159 | +9 | 3 |
| Jordan | 2 | 0 | 2 | 163 | 186 | −23 | 2 |
* November 14 17:30
| Philippines | 97–91 | Jordan |
| Scoring by half: 47–58, 50–33 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 17 17:30
| Jordan | 72–89 | India |
| Scoring by half: 29–37, 43–52 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 19 19:00
| India | 79–87 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 39–38, 40–49 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 323 | 149 | +174 | 6 |
| Thailand | 3 | 2 | 1 | 276 | 222 | +54 | 5 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 188 | 256 | −68 | 4 |
| Macau | 3 | 0 | 3 | 158 | 318 | −160 | 3 |
* November 14 16:00
| Thailand | 85–68 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by half: 48–35, 37–33 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 15 16:00
| South Korea | 114–42 | Macau |
| Scoring by half: 56–17, 58–25 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 16 17:30
| Indonesia | 40–120 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 17–59, 23–61 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 17 14:30
| Macau | 51–80 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by half: 19–50, 32–30 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 17 19:00
| South Korea | 89–67 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 51–37, 38–30 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 19 16:00
| Thailand | 124–65 | Macau |
| Scoring by half: 64–29, 60–36 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 289 | 213 | +76 | 6 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 1 | 287 | 239 | +48 | 5 |
| Iraq | 3 | 1 | 2 | 259 | 251 | +8 | 4 |
| Singapore | 3 | 0 | 3 | 198 | 330 | −132 | 3 |
* November 15 14:30
| Iraq | 84–86 | China |
| Scoring by half: 42–42, 42–44 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 15 19:00
| Chinese Taipei | 114–77 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 56–35, 58–42 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 16 16:00
| China | 85–73 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 37–39, 48–34 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 17 16:00
| Singapore | 65–98 | Iraq |
| Scoring by half: 37–51, 28–47 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 18 16:00
| China | 118–56 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 61–30, 57–26 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 18 17:30
| Iraq | 77–100 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 38–43, 39–57 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 277 | 191 | +86 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 255 | 208 | +47 | 5 |
| Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 191 | 229 | −38 | 4 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 0 | 3 | 210 | 305 | −95 | 3 |
* November 14 19:00
| Malaysia | 118–81 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 60–40, 58–41 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 15 17:30
| Japan | 94–60 | Bahrain |
| Scoring by half: 52–32, 42–28 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 16 19:00
| Bahrain | 79–68 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 47–32, 32–36 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 18 14:30
| Hong Kong | 61–108 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 26–54, 35–54 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 18 19:00
| Bahrain | 52–67 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 38–31, 29–21 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 19 17:30
| Japan | 75–70 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 46–35, 29–35 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

## Quarterfinal round
### Group I

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 295 | 235 | +60 | 6 |
| Philippines | 3 | 2 | 1 | 289 | 277 | +12 | 5 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 261 | 254 | +7 | 4 |
| Thailand | 3 | 0 | 3 | 223 | 302 | −79 | 3 |
* November 21 17:30
| Malaysia | 95–68 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 49–34, 46–34 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 21 19:00
| China | 97–94 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 55–42, 42–52 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 22 16:00
| Philippines | 97–94 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 53–46, 44–48 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 22 17:30
| Thailand | 69–109 | China |
| Scoring by half: 32–63, 37–46 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 23 14:30
| China | 89–72 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 42–38, 47–34 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 23 17:30
| Philippines | 98–86 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 52–44, 46–42 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

### Group II

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 287 | 205 | +82 | 6 |
| Japan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 223 | 221 | +2 | 5 |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 242 | 246 | −4 | 4 |
| India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 206 | 286 | −80 | 3 |
* November 21 14:30
| South Korea | 85–52 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 40–31, 45–21 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 21 16:00
| India | 67–92 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 42–33, 25–59 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 22 14:30
| Japan | 90–67 | India |
| Scoring by half: 42–32, 48–35 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 22 19:00
| Chinese Taipei | 81–98 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 39–51, 42–47 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 23 16:00
| Japan | 81–69 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 34–24, 47–45 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 23 19:00
| South Korea | 104–72 | India |
| Scoring by half: 61–32, 43–40 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

### Group III

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Jordan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 327 | 224 | +103 | 6 |
| Iraq | 3 | 2 | 1 | 350 | 227 | +123 | 5 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 2 | 299 | 302 | −3 | 4 |
| Macau | 3 | 0 | 3 | 208 | 431 | −223 | 3 |
* November 21 10:00
| Hong Kong | 135–76 | Macau |
| Scoring by half: 61–30, 74–46 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 21 11:30
| Iraq | 76–79 | Jordan |
| Scoring by half: 38–38, 38–41 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 22 10:00
| Macau | 69–136 | Iraq |
| Scoring by half: 29–67, 40–69 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 22 13:00
| Jordan | 88–85 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 46–37, 42–48 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 23 10:00
| Iraq | 138–79 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 72–43, 66–36 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 23 11:30
| Jordan | 160–63 | Macau |
| Scoring by half: 70–36, 90–27 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

### Group IV

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| Singapore | 2 | 1 | 1 | 147 | 145 | +2 | 3 | 1–1 / 1.014 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1 | 1 | 133 | 133 | 0 | 3 | 1–1 / 1.000 |
| Bahrain | 2 | 1 | 1 | 139 | 141 | −2 | 3 | 1–1 / 0.986 |
* November 21 13:00
| Indonesia | 63–64 | Bahrain |
| Scoring by half: 24–38, 39–26 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 22 11:30
| Bahrain | 75–78 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 34–49, 41–29 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 23 13:00
| Indonesia | 70–69 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 46–33, 24–36 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

## Classification 13th–15th

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 13th place | 13th place |
| November 24 | November 24 |
| Hong Kong | |
| Hong Kong | | November 25 | November 25 |
| Bye | | November 25 | November 25 |
| Bye | | Hong Kong | 0 |
| November 24 | November 24 | | Hong Kong | 0 |
| November 24 | November 24 | Bahrain | 2 |
| Bahrain | 103 | Bahrain | 2 |
| Macau | 49 | | |

### Semifinals

* November 24 10:00
| Bahrain | 103–49 | Macau |
| Scoring by half: 55–34, 48–15 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

### 13th place

* November 25 16:00
| Hong Kong | 0–2 | Bahrain |
| Game abandoned in the first half with Bahrain leading 26–20 after Hong Kong walked off the court to protest the officiating; Bahrain were awarded the game on forfeit. |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

## Classification 9th–12th

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 9th place | 9th place |
| November 24 | November 24 |
| Jordan | 108 |
| Jordan | 108 | November 25 | November 25 |
| Indonesia | 65 | November 25 | November 25 |
| Indonesia | 65 | Jordan | 65 |
| November 24 | November 24 | | Jordan | 65 |
| November 24 | November 24 | Iraq | 92 |
| Singapore | 59 | Iraq | 92 |
| Iraq | 114 | | |
| Iraq | 114 | 11th place | 11th place |
| | | November 25 | November 25 |
| | | Indonesia | 73 |
| | | Singapore | 75 |

### Semifinals

* November 24 11:30
| Jordan | 108–65 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by half: 54–32, 54–33 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 24 13:00
| Singapore | 59–114 | Iraq |
| Scoring by half: 25–60, 34–54 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

### 11th place

* November 25 17:30
| Indonesia | 73–75 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 46–50, 27–25 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

### 9th place

* November 25 19:00
| Jordan | 65–92 | Iraq |
| Scoring by half: 32–39, 33–53 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

## Classification 5th–8th

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 5th place | 5th place |
| November 24 | November 24 |
| Malaysia | 84 |
| Malaysia | 84 | November 26 | November 26 |
| India | 85 | November 26 | November 26 |
| India | 85 | India | 59 |
| November 24 | November 24 | | India | 59 |
| November 24 | November 24 | Chinese Taipei | 79 |
| Chinese Taipei | 89 | Chinese Taipei | 79 |
| Thailand | 76 | | |
| Thailand | 76 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | November 26 | November 26 |
| | | Malaysia | 90 |
| | | Thailand | 68 |

### Semifinals

* November 24 14:30
| Malaysia | 84–85 | India |
| Scoring by half: 52–44, 32–41 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 24 16:00
| Chinese Taipei | 89–76 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 47–46, 42–30 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

### 7th place

* November 26 17:30
| Malaysia | 90–68 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 46–35, 44–33 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

### 5th place

* November 26 19:00
| India | 59–79 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 26–49, 33–30 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| November 24 | November 24 |
| China | 85 |
| China | 85 | November 27 | November 27 |
| Japan | 69 | November 27 | November 27 |
| Japan | 69 | China (OT) | 86 |
| November 24 | November 24 | | China (OT) | 86 |
| November 24 | November 24 | South Korea | 79 |
| South Korea | 105 | South Korea | 79 |
| Philippines | 88 | | |
| Philippines | 88 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | November 27 | November 27 |
| | | Japan | 89 |
| | | Philippines | 75 |

### Semifinals

* November 24 17:30
| China | 85–69 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 41–36, 44–33 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok
* November 24 19:00
| South Korea | 105–88 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 49–30, 56–58 |||
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

### 3rd place

* November 27 16:45
| Japan | 89–75 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 46–32, 43–43 |||
| Pts: Ikeuchi 19 | | Pts: Magsanoc 18 |
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

### Final

* November 27 17:30
| China | 86–79 (OT) | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 42–36, 34–40 Overtime: 10–3 |||
| Pts: Wang L.B. 26 | | Pts: Lee C.H., Hur J. 33 |
* National Gymnasium, Bangkok

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | China | 8–0 |
| | South Korea | 7–1 |
| | Japan | 6–2 |
| 4 | Philippines | 4–3 |
| 5 | Chinese Taipei | 5–3 |
| 6 | India | 2–5 |
| 7 | Malaysia | 4–4 |
| 8 | Thailand | 2–6 |
| 9 | Iraq | 5–3 |
| 10 | Jordan | 3–3 |
| 11 | Singapore | 2–5 |
| 12 | Indonesia | 2–4 |
| 13 | Bahrain | 4–3 |
| 14 | Hong Kong | 1–6 |
| 15 | Macau | 0–7 |

## Awards

* 1987 Asian champions
* China Sixth title
* Most Valuable Player: Lee Chung-Hee
* All-Star Team:
** Zhang Bin
** Sun Fengwu
** Hur Jae
** Lee Chung-Hee
** Alvin Patrimonio