1987 ABC Championship

1987 FIBA Asia Championship
14th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Thailand
Dates	November 14–27
Teams	15 (from all Asian federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (6th title)
MVP	Lee Chung-Hee

The 1987 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Bangkok, Thailand.

Contents 1 Draw 2 Preliminary round 2.1 Group A 2.2 Group B 2.3 Group C 2.4 Group D 3 Quarterfinal round 3.1 Group I 3.2 Group II 3.3 Group III 3.4 Group IV 4 Classification 13th–15th 4.1 Semifinals 4.2 13th place 5 Classification 9th–12th 5.1 Semifinals 5.2 11th place 5.3 9th place 6 Classification 5th–8th 6.1 Semifinals 6.2 7th place 6.3 5th place 7 Final round 7.1 Semifinals 7.2 3rd place 7.3 Final 8 Final standing 9 Awards 10 References

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Philippines  Iran *  Jordan  India	Korea  Thailand  Indonesia  Macau	China  Chinese Taipei  Singapore  Iraq	Malaysia  Japan  Hong Kong  Bahrain

* Withdrew

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Philippines	2	2	0	184	170	+14	4
India	2	1	1	168	159	+9	3
Jordan	2	0	2	163	186	−23	2

November 14 17:30		Philippines	97–91	Jordan		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 47–58, 50–33

November 17 17:30		Jordan	72–89	India		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 29–37, 43–52

November 19 19:00		India	79–87	Philippines		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 39–38, 40–49

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Korea	3	3	0	323	149	+174	6
Thailand	3	2	1	276	222	+54	5
Indonesia	3	1	2	188	256	−68	4
Macau	3	0	3	158	318	−160	3

November 14 16:00		Thailand	85–68	Indonesia		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 48–35, 37–33

November 15 16:00		Korea	114–42	Macau		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 56–17, 58–25

November 16 17:30		Indonesia	40–120	Korea		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 17–59, 23–61

November 17 14:30		Macau	51–80	Indonesia		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 19–50, 32–30

November 17 19:00		Korea	89–67	Thailand		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 51–37, 38–30

November 19 16:00		Thailand	124–65	Macau		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 64–29, 60–36

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	289	213	+76	6
Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	287	239	+48	5
Iraq	3	1	2	259	251	+8	4
Singapore	3	0	3	198	330	−132	3

November 15 14:30		Iraq	84–86	China		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 42–42, 42–44

November 15 19:00		Chinese Taipei	114–77	Singapore		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 56–35, 58–42

November 16 16:00		China	85–73	Chinese Taipei		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 37–39, 48–34

November 17 16:00		Singapore	65–98	Iraq		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 37–51, 28–47

November 18 16:00		China	118–56	Singapore		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 61–30, 57–26

November 18 17:30		Iraq	77–100	Chinese Taipei		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 38–43, 39–57

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	277	191	+86	6
Malaysia	3	2	1	255	208	+47	5
Bahrain	3	1	2	191	229	−38	4
Hong Kong	3	0	3	210	305	−95	3

November 14 19:00		Malaysia	118–81	Hong Kong		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 60–40, 58–41

November 15 17:30		Japan	94–60	Bahrain		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 52–32, 42–28

November 16 19:00		Bahrain	79–68	Hong Kong		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 47–32, 32–36

November 18 14:30		Hong Kong	61–108	Japan		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 26–54, 35–54

November 18 19:00		Bahrain	52–67	Malaysia		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 38–31, 29–21

November 19 17:30		Japan	75–70	Malaysia		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 46–35, 29–35

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	295	235	+60	6
Philippines	3	2	1	289	277	+12	5
Malaysia	3	1	2	261	254	+7	4
Thailand	3	0	3	223	302	−79	3

November 21 17:30		Malaysia	95–68	Thailand		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 49–34, 46–34

November 21 19:00		China	97–94	Philippines		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 55–42, 42–52

November 22 16:00		Philippines	97–94	Malaysia		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 53–46, 44–48

November 22 17:30		Thailand	69–109	China		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 32–63, 37–46

November 23 14:30		China	89–72	Malaysia		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 42–38, 47–34

November 23 17:30		Philippines	98–86	Thailand		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 52–44, 46–42

Group II

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Korea	3	3	0	287	205	+82	6
Japan	3	2	1	223	221	+2	5
Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	242	246	−4	4
India	3	0	3	206	286	−80	3

November 21 14:30		Korea	85–52	Japan		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 40–31, 45–21

November 21 16:00		India	67–92	Chinese Taipei		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 42–33, 25–59

November 22 14:30		Japan	90–67	India		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 42–32, 48–35

November 22 19:00		Chinese Taipei	81–98	Korea		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 39–51, 42–47

November 23 16:00		Japan	81–69	Chinese Taipei		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 34–24, 47–45

November 23 19:00		Korea	104–72	India		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 61–32, 43–40

Group III

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Jordan	3	3	0	327	224	+103	6
Iraq	3	2	1	350	227	+123	5
Hong Kong	3	1	2	299	302	−3	4
Macau	3	0	3	208	431	−223	3

November 21 10:00		Hong Kong	135–76	Macau		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 61–30, 74–46

November 21 11:30		Iraq	76–79	Jordan		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 38–38, 38–41

November 22 10:00		Macau	69–136	Iraq		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 29–67, 40–69

November 22 13:00		Jordan	88–85	Hong Kong		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 46–37, 42–48

November 23 10:00		Iraq	138–79	Hong Kong		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 72–43, 66–36

November 23 11:30		Jordan	160–63	Macau		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 70–36, 90–27

Group IV

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
Singapore	2	1	1	147	145	+2	3	1–1 / 1.014
Indonesia	2	1	1	133	133	0	3	1–1 / 1.000
Bahrain	2	1	1	139	141	−2	3	1–1 / 0.986

November 21 13:00		Indonesia	63–64	Bahrain		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 24–38, 39–26

November 22 11:30		Bahrain	75–78	Singapore		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 34–49, 41–29

November 23 13:00		Indonesia	70–69	Singapore		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 46–33, 24–36

Classification 13th–15th

	Semifinals				13th place
	November 24
	Hong Kong
	Bye
					November 25
					Hong Kong	0
					Bahrain	2
	November 24
	Bahrain	103
	Macau	49

Semifinals

November 24 10:00		Bahrain	103–49	Macau		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 55–34, 48–15

13th place

November 25 16:00		Hong Kong	0–2	Bahrain		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Hong Kong forfeited the game after they walked out while trailing 26–20 in the 1st half.

Classification 9th–12th

	Semifinals				9th place
	November 24
	Jordan	108
	Indonesia	65
					November 25
					Jordan	65
					Iraq	92
					11th place
	November 24			November 25
	Singapore	59		Indonesia	73
	Iraq	114			Singapore	75

Semifinals

November 24 11:30		Jordan	108–65	Indonesia		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 54–32, 54–33

November 24 13:00		Singapore	59–114	Iraq		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 25–60, 34–54

11th place

November 25 17:30		Indonesia	73–75	Singapore		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 46–50, 27–25

9th place

November 25 19:00		Jordan	65–92	Iraq		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 32–39, 33–53

Classification 5th–8th

	Semifinals				5th place
	November 24
	Malaysia	84
	India	85
					November 26
					India	59
					Chinese Taipei	79
					7th place
	November 24			November 26
	Chinese Taipei	89		Malaysia	90
	Thailand	76			Thailand	68

Semifinals

November 24 14:30		Malaysia	84–85	India		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 52–44, 32–41

November 24 16:00		Chinese Taipei	89–76	Thailand		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 47–46, 42–30

7th place

November 26 17:30		Malaysia	90–68	Thailand		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 46–35, 44–33

5th place

November 26 19:00		India	59–79	Chinese Taipei		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 26–49, 33–30

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	November 24
	China	85
	Japan	69
					November 27
					China (OT)	86
					Korea	79
					3rd place
	November 24			November 27
	Korea	105		Japan	89
	Philippines	88			Philippines	75

Semifinals

November 24 17:30		China	85–69	Japan		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 41–36, 44–33

November 24 19:00		Korea	105–88	Philippines		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 49–30, 56–58

3rd place

November 27 16:45		Japan	89–75	Philippines		National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 46–32, 43–43
		Pts: Ikeuchi 19		Pts: Magsanoc 18

Final

November 27 17:30		China	86–79	Korea	OT	National Gymnasium, Bangkok
		Scoring by half: 42–36, 34–40 OT: 10–3
		Pts: Wang L.B. 26		Pts: Lee C.H., Hur J. 33

Final standing

Qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics

Rank	Team	Record
1 !	China	8–0
2 !	Korea	7–1
3 !	Japan	6–2
4	Philippines	4–3
5	Chinese Taipei	5–3
6	India	2–5
7	Malaysia	4–4
8	Thailand	2–6
9	Iraq	5–3
10	Jordan	3–3
11	Singapore	2–5
12	Indonesia	2–4
13	Bahrain	4–3
14	Hong Kong	1–6
15	Macau	0–7

Awards

1987 Asian Champions
China Sixth title

• Most Valuable Player: Lee Chung-Hee

All-Star Team:

• Zhang Bin
• Sun Fengwu
• Hur Jae
• Lee Chung-Hee
• Alvin Patrimonio

References

• Results
• archive.fiba.com

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