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 South Korea Lee Chung-Hee

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

Draw

Group A Group B Group C Group D

 Philippines
 Iran *
 Jordan
 India

 South 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 220184170+144
 India 211168159+93
 Jordan 202163186−232
November 14
17:30
Philippines  97–91  Jordan
Scoring by half: 47–58, 50–33
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 17
17:30
Jordan  72–89  India
Scoring by half: 29–37, 43–52
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 19
19:00
India  79–87  Philippines
Scoring by half: 39–38, 40–49
National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 330323149+1746
 Thailand 321276222+545
 Indonesia 312188256−684
 Macau 303158318−1603
November 14
16:00
Thailand  85–68  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 48–35, 37–33
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 15
16:00
South Korea  114–42  Macau
Scoring by half: 56–17, 58–25
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 16
17:30
Indonesia  40–120  South Korea
Scoring by half: 17–59, 23–61
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 17
14:30
Macau  51–80  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 19–50, 32–30
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 17
19:00
South Korea  89–67  Thailand
Scoring by half: 51–37, 38–30
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 19
16:00
Thailand  124–65  Macau
Scoring by half: 64–29, 60–36
National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 330289213+766
 Chinese Taipei 321287239+485
 Iraq 312259251+84
 Singapore 303198330−1323
November 15
14:30
Iraq  84–86  China
Scoring by half: 42–42, 42–44
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 15
19:00
Chinese Taipei  114–77  Singapore
Scoring by half: 56–35, 58–42
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 16
16:00
China  85–73  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 37–39, 48–34
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 17
16:00
Singapore  65–98  Iraq
Scoring by half: 37–51, 28–47
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 18
16:00
China  118–56  Singapore
Scoring by half: 61–30, 57–26
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 18
17:30
Iraq  77–100  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 38–43, 39–57
National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Japan 330277191+866
 Malaysia 321255208+475
 Bahrain 312191229−384
 Hong Kong 303210305−953
November 14
19:00
Malaysia  118–81  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 60–40, 58–41
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 15
17:30
Japan  94–60  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 52–32, 42–28
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 16
19:00
Bahrain  79–68  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 47–32, 32–36
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 18
14:30
Hong Kong  61–108  Japan
Scoring by half: 26–54, 35–54
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 18
19:00
Bahrain  52–67  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 38–31, 29–21
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 19
17:30
Japan  75–70  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 46–35, 29–35
National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China 330295235+606
 Philippines 321289277+125
 Malaysia 312261254+74
 Thailand 303223302−793
November 21
17:30
Malaysia  95–68  Thailand
Scoring by half: 49–34, 46–34
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 21
19:00
China  97–94  Philippines
Scoring by half: 55–42, 42–52
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 22
16:00
Philippines  97–94  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 53–46, 44–48
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 22
17:30
Thailand  69–109  China
Scoring by half: 32–63, 37–46
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 23
14:30
China  89–72  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 42–38, 47–34
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 23
17:30
Philippines  98–86  Thailand
Scoring by half: 52–44, 46–42
National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Group II

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea 330287205+826
 Japan 321223221+25
 Chinese Taipei 312242246−44
 India 303206286−803
November 21
14:30
South Korea  85–52  Japan
Scoring by half: 40–31, 45–21
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 21
16:00
India  67–92  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 42–33, 25–59
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 22
14:30
Japan  90–67  India
Scoring by half: 42–32, 48–35
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 22
19:00
Chinese Taipei  81–98  South Korea
Scoring by half: 39–51, 42–47
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 23
16:00
Japan  81–69  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 34–24, 47–45
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 23
19:00
South Korea  104–72  India
Scoring by half: 61–32, 43–40
National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Group III

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Jordan 330327224+1036
 Iraq 321350227+1235
 Hong Kong 312299302−34
 Macau 303208431−2233
November 21
10:00
Hong Kong  135–76  Macau
Scoring by half: 61–30, 74–46
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 21
11:30
Iraq  76–79  Jordan
Scoring by half: 38–38, 38–41
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 22
10:00
Macau  69–136  Iraq
Scoring by half: 29–67, 40–69
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 22
13:00
Jordan  88–85  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 46–37, 42–48
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 23
10:00
Iraq  138–79  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 72–43, 66–36
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 23
11:30
Jordan  160–63  Macau
Scoring by half: 70–36, 90–27
National Gymnasium, Bangkok

Group IV

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Singapore 211147145+231–1 / 1.014
 Indonesia 211133133031–1 / 1.000
 Bahrain 211139141−231–1 / 0.986
November 21
13:00
Indonesia  63–64  Bahrain
Scoring by half: 24–38, 39–26
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 22
11:30
Bahrain  75–78  Singapore
Scoring by half: 34–49, 41–29
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 23
13:00
Indonesia  70–69  Singapore
Scoring by half: 46–33, 24–36
National Gymnasium, Bangkok

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
Scoring by half: 55–34, 48–15
National Gymnasium, Bangkok

13th place

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

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
Scoring by half: 54–32, 54–33
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 24
13:00
Singapore  59–114  Iraq
Scoring by half: 25–60, 34–54
National Gymnasium, Bangkok

11th place

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

9th place

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

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
Scoring by half: 52–44, 32–41
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 24
16:00
Chinese Taipei  89–76  Thailand
Scoring by half: 47–46, 42–30
National Gymnasium, Bangkok

7th place

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

5th place

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

Final round

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

Semifinals

November 24
17:30
China  85–69  Japan
Scoring by half: 41–36, 44–33
National Gymnasium, Bangkok
November 24
19:00
South Korea  105–88  Philippines
Scoring by half: 49–30, 56–58
National Gymnasium, Bangkok

3rd place

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

Final

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

Final standing

Qualified for the 1988 Summer Olympics
Rank Team Record
1st  China 8–0
2nd  South Korea 7–1
3rd  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

All-Star Team:

References