Basketball at the 1978 Asian Games

Basketball was one of the 20 sports disciplines held in the 1978 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. China won their 1st title by beating last edition's finalist South Korea in the championship match. The games were held from December 9 to 20, 1978.

Basketball
at the 1978 Asian Games
VenueNimibutr Stadium
Date9–19 December
Nations14

Medalists
Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
  China
Chen Kai
He Juhua
Huang Pinjie
Kuang Lubin
Liu Jizeng
Mu Tiezhu
Wang Deli
Wang Zongxing
Xing Weining
Zhang Mingshu
Zhang Weiping		  South Korea
Cho Myung-soo
Choi Bu-young
Ha Dong-gi
Hwang Yu-ha
Kim Dong-kwang
Kim Hyung-nyun
Lee Chung-hee
Lee Moon-kyu
Lee Soo-gi
Park In-kyu
Park Soo-kyo
Shin Sun-woo		  North Korea
An Gwang-gyun
Ja Myung-sam
Jo Nae-un
Kim Jin-geun
Kim Mu-myong
Kim Myung-jun
O Heung-ryong
O Tung-sik
Ri Eui-chol
Ri Geun-gwan
Ri Jung-bok
So Won-bae
Women
  South Korea
Cho Eun-ja
Cho Young-ran
Choi Seung-hee
Chun Kyung-suk
Hong He-ran
Hong Young-soon
Jung Hee-sook
Jung Mi-ra
Kang Hyun-suk
Lee Hyang-ju
Park Chan-sook
Song Keum-soon		  China
Fan Guilan
Fan Huifang
Jiao Li
Luo Xuelian
Peng Nian
Song Xiaobo
Sun Ruiyun
Yu Aifeng
Zhang Lijun
Zhang Mingxiang
Zhao Aili		  Japan
Hiromi Amano
Keiko Araki
Mieko Fukui
Setsuko Hashizume
Rieko Itani
Tomoko Iwasaki
Hiroko Nakagawa
Chiemi Sato
Kazuko Sato
Tomoko Shibukawa
Kanoko Suzuki
Noriko Suzuki

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 China (CHN)1102
 South Korea (KOR)1102
3 Japan (JPN)0011
 North Korea (PRK)0011
Totals (4 nations)2226

Results
Group A
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  South Korea 4 4 0 427 293 +134 8
2  Philippines 4 3 1 347 296 +51 7
3  Pakistan 4 2 2 337 323 +14 6
4  Saudi Arabia 4 1 3 269 313 −44 5
5  Bahrain 4 0 4 221 376 −155 4
Source: Results
9 December
Philippines  85–79  Pakistan
9 December
Saudi Arabia  69–45  Bahrain
10 December
South Korea  101–70  Saudi Arabia
10 December
Philippines  97–49  Bahrain
11 December
Pakistan  86–74  Bahrain
11 December
Philippines  78–95  South Korea
12 December
South Korea  107–92  Pakistan
13 December
Pakistan  80–57  Saudi Arabia
13 December
South Korea  124–53  Bahrain
Group B
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  North Korea 4 4 0 425 251 +174 8
2  Japan 4 3 1 415 272 +143 7
3  Malaysia 4 2 2 413 275 +138 6
4  Hong Kong 4 1 3 325 367 −42 5
5  Qatar 4 0 4 163 576 −413 4
Source: Results
9 December
Hong Kong  113–50  Qatar
9 December
Japan  88–73  Malaysia
10 December
Japan  149–40  Qatar
10 December
North Korea  74–63  Malaysia
11 December
North Korea  151–36  Qatar
11 December
Japan  103–59  Hong Kong
12 December
Malaysia  114–76  Hong Kong
12 December
Japan  75–100  North Korea
13 December
North Korea  100–77  Hong Kong
13 December
Malaysia  163–37  Qatar
Group C
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  China 3 3 0 315 157 +158 6
2  Thailand 3 2 1 203 264 −61 5
3  Iraq 3 1 2 206 237 −31 4
4  Kuwait 3 0 3 179 245 −66 3
Source: Results
9 December
China  88–57  Kuwait
10 December
Iraq  84–55  Kuwait
11 December
China  104–48  Iraq
11 December
Thailand  73–67  Kuwait
12 December
Thailand  78–74  Iraq
13 December
China  123–52  Thailand

Classification 7th–14th
  • 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 classification round.
Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1  Malaysia 7 7 0 14
2  Pakistan 7 6 1 13
3  Iraq 7 5 2 12
4  Kuwait 7 4 3 11
5  Hong Kong 7 3 4 10
6  Saudi Arabia 7 2 5 9
7  Bahrain 7 1 6 8
8  Qatar 7 0 7 7
Source: Results
14 December
Kuwait  112–33  Qatar
14 December
Pakistan  88–101  Malaysia
14 December
Iraq  vs.  Hong Kong
15 December
Iraq  140–38  Qatar
15 December
Saudi Arabia  69–71  Hong Kong
15 December
Pakistan  82–80  Kuwait
15 December
Malaysia  vs.  Bahrain
16 December
Hong Kong  101–64  Bahrain
16 December
Saudi Arabia  59–61  Kuwait
16 December
Pakistan  86–80  Iraq
17 December
Malaysia  vs.  Iraq
17 December
Kuwait  vs.  Bahrain
18 December
Kuwait  91–77  Hong Kong
18 December
Iraq  93–52  Bahrain
18 December
Pakistan  150–63  Qatar
18 December
Malaysia  94–88  Saudi Arabia
19 December
Malaysia  85–66  Kuwait
19 December
Iraq  89–64  Saudi Arabia
19 December
Bahrain  vs.  Qatar

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.
Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1  China 5 5 0 10
2  South Korea 5 4 1 9
3  North Korea 5 3 2 7
4  Japan 5 2 3 7
5  Philippines 5 1 4 6
6  Thailand 5 0 5 5
Source: Results
14 December
China  95–76  Japan
15 December
South Korea  85–76  Japan
15 December
North Korea  86–71  Philippines
16 December
China  vs.  Philippines
17 December
North Korea  108–66  Thailand
17 December
Japan  vs.  Philippines
18 December
South Korea  108–66  Thailand
18 December
North Korea  80–115  China
19 December
Japan  92–68  Thailand
19 December
South Korea  71–91  China

Final standing
Rank Team Pld W L
 China770
 South Korea871
 North Korea862
4  Japan853
5  Philippines844
6  Thailand725
7  Malaysia972
8  Pakistan963
9  Iraq954
10  Kuwait945
11  Hong Kong936
12  Saudi Arabia927
13  Bahrain918
14  Qatar909

Women
Pos Team Pld W L Pts
1  South Korea 4 4 0 8
2  China 4 3 1 7
3  Japan 4 2 2 6
4  Thailand 4 1 3 5
5  Malaysia 4 0 4 4
Source: Results
10 December
Thailand  61–53  Malaysia
11 December
Japan  49–67  China
12 December
Malaysia  20–106  South Korea
13 December
China  123–52  Thailand
14 December
South Korea  63–48  Japan
15 December
China  vs.  Malaysia
16 December
Thailand  49–97  South Korea
17 December
Japan  85–29  Malaysia
18 December
Japan  vs.  Thailand
19 December
South Korea  77–68  China

Final standing
Rank Team Pld W L
 South Korea440
 China431
 Japan422
4  Thailand413
5  Malaysia404

References
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