# 1965 ABC Championship

The 1965 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Philippines | 4 | 4 | 0 | 348 | 196 | +152 | 8 |
| Japan | 4 | 3 | 1 | 288 | 234 | +54 | 7 |
| Malaysia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 258 | 282 | −24 | 6 |
| South Vietnam | 4 | 1 | 3 | 263 | 318 | −55 | 5 |
| Singapore | 4 | 0 | 4 | 219 | 346 | −127 | 4 |
* November 28 20:00
| Philippines | 82–53 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 38–17, 44–36 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* November 29 19:30
| Singapore | 42–79 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 16–44, 26–35 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* November 29 21:00
| Malaysia | 72–65 | South Vietnam |
| Scoring by half: 35–33, 37–32 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* November 30 16:30
| Japan | 91–67 | South Vietnam |
| Scoring by half: 45–32, 46–35 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* November 30 19:30
| Philippines | 104–39 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 51–19, 53–20 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 1 18:00
| Singapore | 71–82 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 27–42, 44–40 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 1 21:00
| South Vietnam | 50–88 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 18–38, 32–50 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 2 16:30
| Singapore | 67–81 | South Vietnam |
| Scoring by half: 30–40, 37–41 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 2 19:30
| Philippines | 74–54 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 34–31, 40–23 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 4 19:30
| Japan | 64–51 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 38–28, 26–23 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Taiwan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 336 | 232 | +104 | 8 |
| South Korea | 4 | 3 | 1 | 320 | 264 | +56 | 7 |
| Thailand | 4 | 2 | 2 | 292 | 272 | +20 | 6 |
| India | 4 | 1 | 3 | 241 | 344 | −103 | 5 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 0 | 4 | 232 | 309 | −77 | 4 |
* November 29 18:00
| South Korea | 104–64 | India |
| Scoring by half: 55–30, 49–34 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* November 30 15:00
| India | 58–98 | Taiwan |
| Scoring by half: 26–54, 32–44 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* November 30 21:00
| Hong Kong | 49–85 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 26–54, 23–31 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 1 19:30
| India | 58–55 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 22–28, 36–27 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 2 15:00
| Hong Kong | 62–77 | Taiwan |
| Scoring by half: 25–35, 37–42 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 2 21:00
| Thailand | 66–69 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 39–38, 27–31 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 3 18:00
| Taiwan | 76–50 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 31–29, 45–21 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 4 18:00
| Hong Kong | 66–89 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 31–54, 35–35 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 4 21:00
| Taiwan | 85–62 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 42–29, 43–33 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 5 9:00
| Thailand | 87–61 | India |
| Scoring by half: 47–35, 40–26 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

## Final round
### Classification 7th–10th

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| India | 3 | 3 | 0 | 250 | 198 | +52 | 6 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 2 | 1 | 223 | 213 | +10 | 5 |
| Singapore | 3 | 1 | 2 | 238 | 276 | −38 | 4 |
| South Vietnam | 3 | 0 | 3 | 241 | 265 | −24 | 3 |
* December 5 18:00
| South Vietnam | 80–84 (OT) | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 42–32, 28–38 Overtime: 10–14 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 6 14:00
| Singapore | 93–85 | South Vietnam |
| Scoring by half: 40–37, 53–48 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 6 18:30
| Hong Kong | 50–60 | India |
| Scoring by half: 20–17, 30–43 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 8 14:00
| India | 102–72 | Singapore |
| Scoring by half: 45–44, 57–28 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 9 18:00
| Singapore | 73–89 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 42–45, 31–44 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 10 18:00
| South Vietnam | 76–88 | India |
| Scoring by half: 38–43, 38–45 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

### Championship

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Japan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 355 | 301 | +54 | 10 |
| Philippines | 5 | 4 | 1 | 385 | 337 | +48 | 9 |
| South Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 326 | 308 | +18 | 8 |
| Thailand | 5 | 2 | 3 | 350 | 364 | −14 | 7 |
| Taiwan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 353 | 372 | −19 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 313 | 400 | −87 | 5 |
* December 5 19:30
| Malaysia | 55–77 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 24–34, 31–43 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 5 21:00
| Philippines | 59–50 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 21–28, 38–22 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 6 15:30
| Philippines | 90–72 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 56–34, 34–38 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 6 20:00
| South Korea | 78–66 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 47–30, 31–36 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 6 21:30
| Japan | 73–58 | Taiwan |
| Scoring by half: 34–35, 39–23 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 7 18:00
| Thailand | 86–71 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 38–25, 48–46 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 7 19:30
| Taiwan | 65–67 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 33–39, 32–28 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 7 21:00
| Japan | 71–65 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 37–31, 34–34 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 8 15:30
| Thailand | 74–71 | Taiwan |
| Scoring by half: 39–39, 35–32 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 9 19:30
| South Korea | 68–49 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 26–25, 42–24 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 9 21:00
| Japan | 65–60 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 33–31, 32–29 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 10 19:30
| Taiwan | 79–66 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 38–34, 41–32 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 10 21:00
| Philippines | 79–64 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 46–29, 33–35 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 11 19:00
| South Korea | 63–69 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 22–31, 41–38 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur
* December 11 20:30
| Philippines | 92–80 | Taiwan |
| Scoring by half: 45–35, 47–45 |||
* Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 1967 FIBA World Championship
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Japan | 8–1 |
| | Philippines | 8–1 |
| | South Korea | 6–3 |
| 4 | Thailand | 4–5 |
| 5 | Taiwan | 5–4 |
| 6 | Malaysia | 2–7 |
| 7 | India | 4–3 |
| 8 | Hong Kong | 2–5 |
| 9 | Singapore | 1–6 |
| 10 | South Vietnam | 1–6 |

## Awards

* 1965 Asian champions
* Japan First title