1974 ABC Under-18 Championship

The 1974 ABC Under-18 Championship was the third edition of the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC)'s junior championship. The games were held at Manila, Philippines from December 1–15, 1974.

1974 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship
3rd Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Philippines
DatesDecember 1–15
Teams9 (from all Asian federations)
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Champions Philippines (3rd title)
< 1972
1977 >

The Philippines successfully defended their championship by sweeping all of their assignments, blasting South Korea, 89-79, in the final day, en route to their third title.[1][2]

Preliminary round
Team Pld W L Pts
 Philippines 77014
 South Korea 75212
 Taiwan 75212
 Thailand 75212
 Malaysia 73410
 Hong Kong 7259
 Iran 7168
 Singapore 7077
 Khmer Republic 0000
December 1
Iran  40–108  Philippines
Scoring by half: 16−67, 24−41
December 2
Iran  51–126  South Korea
Scoring by half: 21−54, 30−72
December 2
Thailand  87–86  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 41−46, 46−40
December 2
Hong Kong  58–99  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 31−46, 27−53
December 4
Singapore  60–71  Iran
Scoring by half: 25−34, 35−37
December 5
Iran  63–79  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 30−43, 33−36
December 6
Hong Kong  80–67  Singapore
Scoring by half: 33−35, 47−32
December 6
Taiwan  W–L  Iran
December 7
Philippines  137–63  Singapore
Scoring by half: 62−29, 75−34
December 8
Singapore  69–103  Thailand
Scoring by half: 23−55, 46−48
December 8
Taiwan  87–98  Philippines
Scoring by half: 41−43, 46−55
December 9
Malaysia  95–30  Singapore
Scoring by half: 46−18, 49−12
December 9
Thailand  94–81  Iran
Scoring by half: 43−38, 51−43
December 9
Philippines  146–63  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 62−29, 75−34
December 10
Iran  63–102  Malaysia
December 10
Singapore  70–113  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 35−60, 35−53

Final round

Classification 5th–9th
Team Pld W L Pts
 Malaysia 4408
 Khmer Republic 4317
 Iran 4226
 Hong Kong 4135
 Singapore 4044
December 8
Khmer Republic  85–79  Iran
Scoring by half: 49−26, 36−53
December 11
Iran  71–61  Singapore
Scoring by half: 38−24, 33−37
December 12
Iran  72–63  Hong Kong
December 12
Malaysia  123–82  Khmer Republic
December 13
Khmer Republic  90–89  Singapore
Scoring by half: 41−38, 49−51
December 13
Malaysia  96–52  Iran
December 14
Hong Kong  68–82  Khmer Republic
Scoring by half: 30−42, 38−40
December 15
Singapore  60–70  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 23−44, 37−26

Championship
Team Pld W L Pts
 Philippines 3306
 Taiwan 2113
 South Korea 2113
 Thailand 0033
December 14
Taiwan  111–75  Thailand
December 15
Philippines  89–79  South Korea
Scoring by half: 47−47, 42−32

Final standing
Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Philippines10–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea7–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Taiwan6–4
4  Thailand5–5
5  Malaysia7–4
6  Khmer Republic3–1
7  Iran3–8
8  Hong Kong3–8
9  Singapore0–11

Awards
 1974 Asian Under-18 champions 

Philippines
Third title

References
  1. "Unbeaten PI are champs". NewspaperSG. 16 December 1974. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  2. "Filipinos retain ABC basketball title". NewspaperSG. 18 December 1974. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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