Basketball at the 1966 Asian Games
Basketball was one of the 14 sports disciplines held in the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. Israel won their 1st title by beating host country in the championship match. This marked the first time the Philippines wasn't able to reach the semifinals. The games were held from 10 December to 19, 1966.
Medalists
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men |
 Israel (ISR)Amnon Avidan Tanhum Cohen-Mintz Igal Dar Gershon Dekel Offer Eshed Abraham Gutt David Kaminsky Zvi Lubezki Itshak Shachar Ami Shelef Haim Starkman Ilan Zohar |
 Thailand (THA)Viroj Cheepluesak Prakong Panturat Dusit Puatusnanan Surasak Saechua Channaronk Seriwat Tah Srirat Pracha Srisavaet Rangsan Supachitranan Somsak Tohbundit Wan Tubtawee Manu Vichitsrawong Banchong Vongwailert |
 South Korea (KOR)Choi Jong-kyu Ha Ui-kon Kim Chul-kap Kim In-kun Kim Moo-hyun Kim Young-il Lee Byung-goo Lee Byung-kuk Lee In-pyo Park Han Shin Dong-pa Shin Hyun-soo |
Results
Preliminary round
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Japan |
4 | 4 | 0 | 326 | 199 | +127 | 8 |
| Thailand |
4 | 3 | 1 | 327 | 274 | +53 | 7 |
 Republic of China |
4 | 2 | 2 | 355 | 301 | +54 | 6 |
 Malaysia |
4 | 1 | 3 | 259 | 293 | −34 | 5 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Ceylon |
4 | 0 | 4 | 251 | 451 | −200 | 4 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Korea |
5 | 5 | 0 | 457 | 298 | +159 | 10 |
| Israel |
5 | 4 | 1 | 417 | 324 | +93 | 9 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Philippines |
5 | 3 | 2 | 512 | 357 | +155 | 8 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Iran |
5 | 2 | 3 | 380 | 398 | −18 | 7 |
 South Vietnam |
5 | 1 | 4 | 378 | 501 | −123 | 6 |
.svg.png){kind=small} Burma |
5 | 0 | 5 | 283 | 549 | −266 | 5 |
Final round
Classification 9th–11th
| Classification 9th–11th | 9th place game | ||||||
| 17 December | |||||||
| Ceylon |
107 | ||||||
| Burma |
82 | ||||||
| 19 December | |||||||
| Ceylon |
88 | ||||||
| South Vietnam |
102 | ||||||
| 17 December | |||||||
| South Vietnam |
|||||||
| Bye | |||||||
Semifinals
9th place game
Classification 5th–8th
| Classification 5th–8th | 5th place game | ||||||
| 17 December | |||||||
| Republic of China |
89 | ||||||
| Iran |
78 | ||||||
| 19 December | |||||||
| Republic of China |
75 | ||||||
| Philippines |
72 | ||||||
| 7th place game | |||||||
| 17 December | 19 December | ||||||
| Philippines |
113 | Iran |
95 | ||||
| Malaysia |
73 | Malaysia |
88 | ||||
Semifinals
7th place game
5th place game
Championship
| Semifinals | Gold medal game | ||||||
| 17 December | |||||||
| Japan |
34 | ||||||
| Israel |
57 | ||||||
| 19 December | |||||||
| Israel |
90 | ||||||
| Thailand |
42 | ||||||
| Bronze medal game | |||||||
| 17 December | 19 December | ||||||
| South Korea |
52 | Japan |
60 | ||||
| Thailand |
67 | South Korea |
72 | ||||
Semifinals
Bronze medal game
Gold medal game
Final standing
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Israel | 7 | 6 | 1 |
 |
Thailand | 6 | 4 | 2 |
 |
South Korea | 7 | 6 | 1 |
| 4 | Japan | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 5 | Republic of China | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| 6 | Philippines | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Iran | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| 8 | Malaysia | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | South Vietnam | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Ceylon | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Burma | 6 | 0 | 6 |
References
| ||||||
| |||||||||||||
