# 1991 ABC Championship

The 1991 Men's Asian Basketball Confederation Championship was held in Kobe, Japan.

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| China | 4 | 4 | 0 | 464 | 274 | +190 | 8 |
| Philippines | 4 | 3 | 1 | 389 | 326 | +63 | 7 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 2 | 2 | 302 | 340 | −38 | 6 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1 | 3 | 262 | 336 | −74 | 5 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 0 | 4 | 340 | 481 | −141 | 4 |
* August 22
| Kuwait | 59–77 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 29–38, 30–39 |||
* Kobe
* August 22
| Bahrain | 49–80 | China |
| Scoring by half: 19–33, 30–47 |||
* Kobe
* August 23
| Kuwait | 59–62 | Bahrain |
| Scoring by half: 37–28, 22–34 |||
* Kobe
* August 23
| China | 154–95 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 75–47, 79–48 |||
* Kobe
* August 24
| Philippines | 126–77 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 58–41, 68–36 |||
* Kobe
* August 24
| China | 123–51 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by half: 72–24, 51–27 |||
* Kobe
* August 25
| Philippines | 79–107 | China |
| Scoring by half: 40–47, 39–60 |||
* Kobe
* August 25
| Malaysia | 94–108 | Bahrain |
| Scoring by half: 45–58, 49–50 |||
* Kobe
* August 26
| Bahrain | 83–107 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 49–46, 34–61 |||
* Kobe
* August 26
| Malaysia | 74–93 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by half: 43–48, 31–45 |||
* Kobe

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| South Korea | 4 | 4 | 0 | 292 | 174 | +118 | 8 | |
| Jordan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 346 | 296 | +50 | 6 | 1–1 / 1.195 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 351 | 284 | +67 | 6 | 1–1 / 1.124 |
| Singapore | 4 | 2 | 2 | 301 | 412 | −111 | 6 | 1–1 / 0.749 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 0 | 4 | 170 | 294 | −124 | 3 | |
* August 22
| Jordan | 73–97 | Saudi Arabia |
| Scoring by half: 45–45, 28–52 |||
* Kobe
* August 22
| Sri Lanka | 0–2 | South Korea |
| Forfeit |||
* Kobe
* August 23
| Jordan | 82–33 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 37–12, 45–21 |||
* Kobe
* August 23
| Singapore | 54–123 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 20–69, 34–54 |||
* Kobe
* August 24
| Saudi Arabia | 84–88 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 36–51, 52–33 |||
* Kobe
* August 24
| South Korea | 99–68 | Jordan |
| Scoring by half: 53–32, 46–36 |||
* Kobe
* August 25
| Sri Lanka | 82–92 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 37–52, 45–40 |||
* Kobe
* August 25
| South Korea | 68–52 | Saudi Arabia |
| Scoring by half: 32–33, 36–19 |||
* Kobe
* August 26
| Saudi Arabia | 118–55 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 55–33, 63–22 |||
* Kobe
* August 26
| Singapore | 67–123 | Jordan |
| Scoring by half: 38–65, 29–58 |||
* Kobe

### Group C

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 3 | 0 | 304 | 229 | +75 | 6 |
| North Korea | 3 | 2 | 1 | 254 | 249 | +5 | 5 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1 | 2 | 221 | 251 | −30 | 4 |
| India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 258 | 308 | −50 | 3 |
* August 24
| Hong Kong | 88–71 | India |
| Scoring by half: 47–44, 41–27 |||
* Kobe
* August 24
| Chinese Taipei | 90–68 | North Korea |
| Scoring by half: 45–34, 45–34 |||
* Kobe
* August 25
| India | 88–105 | North Korea |
| Scoring by half: 47–58, 41–47 |||
* Kobe
* August 25
| Chinese Taipei | 99–62 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 44–29, 55–33 |||
* Kobe
* August 26
| North Korea | 81–71 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 45–34, 36–37 |||
* Kobe
* August 26
| India | 99–115 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 43–64, 56–51 |||
* Kobe

### Group D

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Japan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 271 | 169 | +102 | 6 |
| Iran | 3 | 2 | 1 | 291 | 208 | +83 | 5 |
| Qatar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 145 | 260 | −115 | 4 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 193 | 263 | −70 | 3 |
* August 22
| Indonesia | 80–110 | Iran |
| Scoring by half: 50–30, 60–50 |||
* Kobe
* August 22
| Japan | 95–40 | Qatar |
| Scoring by half: 55–23, 40–17 |||
* Kobe
* August 24
| Qatar | 45–107 | Iran |
| Scoring by half: 29–54, 16–53 |||
* Kobe
* August 24
| Japan | 93–55 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by half: 44–24, 49–31 |||
* Kobe
* August 25
| Qatar | 60–58 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by half: 32–34, 28–24 |||
* Kobe
* August 25
| Iran | 74–83 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 38–46, 36–37 |||
* Kobe

## Quarterfinal round
### Group I

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 292 | 174 | +118 | 6 | |
| Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 2 | 225 | 234 | −9 | 4 | 1–1 / 1.076 |
| Iran | 3 | 1 | 2 | 214 | 264 | −50 | 4 | 1–1 / 1.037 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 212 | 271 | −59 | 4 | 1–1 / 0.901 |
* August 27
| Iran | 68–82 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 37–41, 31–41 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe
| China | 99–57 | Jordan |
| Scoring by half: 51–27, 48–30 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe
| Iran | 47–103 | China |
| Scoring by half: 21–48, 26–55 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe
* August 28
| Jordan | 76–73 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 35–37, 41–36 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe
| Jordan | 79–99 | Iran |
| Scoring by half: 37–54, 42–45 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe
* August 30
| Chinese Taipei | 70–90 | China |
| Scoring by half: 26–47, 44–43 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe

### Group II

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| South Korea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 302 | 244 | +58 | 6 | |
| Japan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 270 | 257 | +13 | 4 | 1–1 / 1.158 |
| North Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 250 | 282 | −32 | 4 | 1–1 / 1.000 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1 | 2 | 253 | 292 | −39 | 4 | 1–1 / 0.867 |
* August 27
| South Korea | 114–82 | North Korea |
| Scoring by half: 57–39, 57–43 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe
* August 27
| Japan | 110–83 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 54–41, 56–42 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe
| North Korea | 82–81 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 38–40, 44–41 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe
| Philippines | 83–96 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 43–55, 40–41 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe
| Philippines | 87–86 | North Korea |
| Scoring by half: 49–42, 38–44 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe
| Japan | 79–92 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 39–47, 40–45 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe

### Group III

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| Singapore | 3 | 2 | 1 | 245 | 242 | +3 | 5 | 1–0 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 1 | 258 | 244 | +14 | 5 | 0–1 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 225 | 249 | −24 | 4 | 1–0 |
| Bahrain | 3 | 1 | 2 | 246 | 239 | +7 | 4 | 0–1 |
* August 27
| Indonesia | 70–81 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 43–52, 27–29 |||
* Kobe
| Bahrain | 81–68 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 42–39, 39–29 |||
* Kobe
| Hong Kong | 90–91 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 51–39, 39–52 |||
* Kobe
| Indonesia | 84–82 | Bahrain |
| Scoring by half: 39–37, 45–45 |||
* Kobe
| Singapore | 86–71 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by half: 45–36, 41–35 |||
* Kobe
| Bahrain | 83–87 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 47–50, 36–37 |||
* Kobe

### Group IV

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 251 | 172 | +79 | 6 |
| Kuwait | 3 | 2 | 1 | 213 | 204 | +9 | 5 |
| India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 218 | 219 | −1 | 4 |
| Qatar | 3 | 0 | 3 | 163 | 250 | −87 | 3 |
* August 27
| Qatar | 65–75 | Kuwait |
| Scoring by half: 25–30, 40–45 |||
* Kobe
* August 27
| India | 67–88 | Saudi Arabia |
| Scoring by half: 39–44, 28–44 |||
* Kobe
| India | 93–54 | Qatar |
| Scoring by half: 54–26, 39–28 |||
* Kobe
| Kuwait | 61–81 | Saudi Arabia |
| Scoring by half: 29–43, 32–38 |||
* Kobe
| Saudi Arabia | 82–44 | Qatar |
| Scoring by half: 46–21, 36–23 |||
* Kobe
* August 30
| Kuwait | 77–58 | India |
| Scoring by half: 30–24, 47–34 |||
* Kobe

## Classification 9th–18th
### 17th place

| Malaysia | 85–54 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 43–30, 42–24 |||
* Kobe

### 15th place

| Bahrain | 76–63 | Qatar |
| Scoring by half: 37–30, 39–33 |||
* Kobe

### 13th place

| Indonesia | 69–99 | India |
| Scoring by half: 28–45, 41–54 |||
* Kobe

### 11th place

| Hong Kong | 2–0 | Kuwait |
| Forfeit |||
* Kobe

### 9th place

| Singapore | 80–114 | Saudi Arabia |
| Scoring by half: 35–61, 45–53 |||
* Kobe

## Classification 5th–8th

| Semifinals | Semifinals | 5th place | 5th place |
| August 31 | August 31 |
| Iran | 91 |
| Iran | 91 | September 1 | September 1 |
| Philippines | 81 | September 1 | September 1 |
| Philippines | 81 | Iran | 84 |
| August 31 | August 31 | | Iran | 84 |
| August 31 | August 31 | North Korea | 97 |
| North Korea | 93 | North Korea | 97 |
| Jordan | 69 | | |
| Jordan | 69 | 7th place | 7th place |
| | | September 1 | September 1 |
| | | Philippines | 2 |
| | | Jordan | 0 |

### Semifinals

* August 31
| Iran | 91–81 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 48–38, 43–43 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe
* August 31
| North Korea | 93–69 | Jordan |
| Scoring by half: 46–28, 47–41 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe

### 7th place

* September 1
| Philippines | 2–0 | Jordan |
| Forfeit |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe

### 5th place

* September 1
| Iran | 84–97 | North Korea |
| Scoring by half: 39–45, 45–52 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| August 31 | August 31 |
| China | 105 |
| China | 105 | September 1 | September 1 |
| Japan | 62 | September 1 | September 1 |
| Japan | 62 | China | 104 |
| August 31 | August 31 | | China | 104 |
| August 31 | August 31 | South Korea | 88 |
| South Korea | 93 | South Korea | 88 |
| Chinese Taipei | 92 | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 92 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | September 1 | September 1 |
| | | Japan | 63 |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 60 |

### Semifinals

* August 31
| China | 105–62 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 45–35, 60–27 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe
* August 31
| South Korea | 93–92 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 40–49, 53–43 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe

### 3rd place

* September 1
| Japan | 63–60 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 26–28, 37–32 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe

### Final

* September 1
| China | 104–88 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 57–39, 47–49 |||
* Port Island Hall, Kobe

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | China | 9–0 |
| | South Korea | 8–1 |
| | Japan | 5–3 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 4–4 |
| 5 | North Korea | 5–3 |
| 6 | Iran | 4–4 |
| 7 | Philippines | 5–4 |
| 8 | Jordan | 3–6 |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | 6–2 |
| 10 | Singapore | 4–4 |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 4–3 |
| 12 | Kuwait | 3–5 |
| 13 | India | 2–5 |
| 14 | Indonesia | 1–6 |
| 15 | Bahrain | 4–4 |
| 16 | Qatar | 1–6 |
| 17 | Malaysia | 1–4 |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 0–5 |

## Awards

* 1991 Asian champions
* China Eighth title