The 1983 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Hong Kong from November 20 to November 29, 1983. Queen Elizabeth Stadium and Queen Elizabeth II Youth Centre were used for this tournament.

Preliminary round

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
China330344200+1446
Iran321249213+365
Indonesia312178283−1054
Pakistan303200275−753

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
South Korea330370192+1786
Hong Kong321302226+765
Thailand312216279−634
MAC303164355−1913

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Japan330245195+506
Jordan321243218+255
Malaysia312219226−74
Singapore303183251−683

Group D

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Kuwait2207257+154
India2115970−113
Philippines20204−40
  • The Philippines originally beat Kuwait 78–57 and India 90–60 and topped the group but Asian Basketball Confederation cancelled the results on November 23, 1983 and declared naturalized players Jeff Moore and Dennis Still ineligible due to lack of residency.

Second round

Classification 13th–15th

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Pakistan220196120+764
Singapore211203156+473
MAC202128251−1232

Classification 9th–12th

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Philippines330254213+416
Thailand321246224+225
Malaysia312262251+114
Indonesia303199273−743

Classification 5th–8th

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
Iran330172152+206
India312239240−14
Hong Kong303214261−473
Jordan321174146+280
  • Jordan were relegated to 8th place after their team returned home on 26 November, and subsequently failed to appear for their match against Iran.

Championship

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
China330281190+916
Japan321242239+35
South Korea312243245−24
Kuwait303154246−923

Final standings

Qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics
RankTeamRecord
China7–0
Japan5–2
South Korea5–2
4Kuwait2–4
5Iran5–1
6India2–3
7Hong Kong2–4
8Jordan4–2
9Philippines3–2
10Thailand3–3
11Malaysia2–4
12Indonesia1–5
13Pakistan2–3
14Singapore1–4
15MAC0–5

Awards

References