Basketball at the 1954 Asian Games

Basketball
at the 1954 Asian Games
VenueRizal Memorial Coliseum
Date2–8 May 1954
Nations8
← 1951
1958 →

Basketball was one of the many sports which was held at the 1954 Asian Games in Manila, Philippines. It acted as the Asian qualifying tournament for the 1954 FIBA World Championship in Brazil.

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
details 		 Philippines
Bayani Amador
Florentino Bautista
Jose Maria Cacho
Napoleon Flores
Antonio Genato
Rafael Hechanova
Eduardo Lim
Carlos Loyzaga
Ramon Manulat
Lauro Mumar
Francisco Rabat
Ignacio Ramos
Ponciano Saldaña
Mariano Tolentino 		 Republic of China
Hoo Cha-pen
Lai Lam-kwong
Edward Lee
Jose Lim
Julian Lim
Ling Jing-huan
Joachim Poon
Tong Suet-fong
Tsai Bon-hua
Wang Yih-jiun
Wu Yet-an
Joachim Yao
James Yap
Yung Pi-hock 		 Japan
Hirokazu Arai
Jyunya Arai
Riichi Arai
Takashi Itoyama
Takeshi Kinoshita
Hitoshi Konno
Hisashi Nagashima
Shozo Noguchi
Hiroshi Saito
Shigeuji Saito
Shutaro Shoji
Takeo Sugiyama

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Philippines 3 3 0 271 149 +122 6 Final round
2  South Korea 3 2 1 203 197 +6 5
3  Singapore 3 1 2 249 206 +43 4
4  Cambodia 3 0 3 144 315 −171 3
Source: Results
2 May
Philippines  82–63  Singapore
Scoring by half: 47–31, 35–32
2 May
South Korea  89–48  Cambodia
Scoring by half: 34–22, 55–26
3 May
Philippines  105–41  Cambodia
Scoring by half: 47–14, 58–27
3 May
South Korea  69–65  Singapore
Scoring by half: 32–35, 37–30
4 May
Singapore  121–55  Cambodia
Scoring by half: 58–27, 63–28
4 May
Philippines  84–45  South Korea
Scoring by half: 48–20, 36–25

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Republic of China 3 3 0 231 145 +86 6 Final round
2  Japan 3 2 1 173 161 +12 5
3  Indonesia 3 1 2 175 224 −49 4
4  Thailand 3 0 3 166 215 −49 3
Source: Results
2 May
Japan  61–46  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 24–17, 37–29
3 May
Republic of China  96–54  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 44–18, 52–36
3 May
Japan  67–53  Thailand
Scoring by half: 27–21, 40–32
4 May
Republic of China  62–45  Japan
Scoring by half: 34–19, 28–26
4 May
Indonesia  75–67  Thailand
Scoring by half: 36–34, 39–33

Final round

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Philippines 3 3 0 178 119 +59 6
2  Republic of China 3 2 1 140 140 0 5
3  Japan 3 1 2 151 172 −21 4
4  South Korea 3 0 3 152 190 −38 3
Source: Results
6 May
Republic of China  56–53  South Korea
Scoring by half: 30–23, 26–30
6 May
Philippines  68–40  Japan
Scoring by half: 27–16, 41–24
7 May
Republic of China  57–53 (OT)  Japan
Scoring by half: 25–34, 26–17 Overtime: 6–2
7 May
Philippines  76–52  South Korea
Scoring by half: 39–23, 37–29
8 May
Philippines  34–27  Republic of China
Scoring by half: 26–22, 8–5

Final standing

Rank Team Pld W L
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Philippines 6 6 0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Republic of China 6 5 1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Japan 6 3 3
4  South Korea 6 2 4
5  Indonesia 3 1 2
5  Singapore 3 1 2
7  Cambodia 3 0 3
7  Thailand 3 0 3

References

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