1991 ABC Championship

The 1991 Men's Asian Basketball Confederation Championship was held in Kobe, Japan.

1991 FIBA Asia Cup

16th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Japan
Dates	August 22 – September 1
Teams	18
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (8th title)
← 1989 1993 →

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	4	4	0	464	274	+190	8
Philippines	4	3	1	389	326	+63	7
Bahrain	4	2	2	302	340	−38	6
Kuwait	4	1	3	262	336	−74	5
Malaysia	4	0	4	340	481	−141	4

August 22

Kuwait	59–77	Philippines
Scoring by half: 29–38, 30–39

Kobe

August 22

Bahrain	49–80	China
Scoring by half: 19–33, 30–47

Kobe

August 23

Kuwait	59–62	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 37–28, 22–34

Kobe

August 23

China	154–95	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 75–47, 79–48

Kobe

August 24

Philippines	126–77	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 58–41, 68–36

Kobe

August 24

China	123–51	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 72–24, 51–27

Kobe

August 25

Philippines	79–107	China
Scoring by half: 40–47, 39–60

Kobe

August 25

Malaysia	94–108	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 45–58, 49–50

Kobe

August 26

Bahrain	83–107	Philippines
Scoring by half: 49–46, 34–61

Kobe

August 26

Malaysia	74–93	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 43–48, 31–45

Kobe

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
South Korea	4	4	0	292	174	+118	8
Jordan	4	2	2	346	296	+50	6	1–1 / 1.195
Saudi Arabia	4	2	2	351	284	+67	6	1–1 / 1.124
Singapore	4	2	2	301	412	−111	6	1–1 / 0.749
Sri Lanka	4	0	4	170	294	−124	3

August 22

Jordan	73–97	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 45–45, 28–52

Kobe

August 22

Sri Lanka	0–2	South Korea
Forfeit

Kobe

August 23

Jordan	82–33	Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 37–12, 45–21

Kobe

August 23

Singapore	54–123	South Korea
Scoring by half: 20–69, 34–54

Kobe

August 24

Saudi Arabia	84–88	Singapore
Scoring by half: 36–51, 52–33

Kobe

August 24

South Korea	99–68	Jordan
Scoring by half: 53–32, 46–36

Kobe

August 25

Sri Lanka	82–92	Singapore
Scoring by half: 37–52, 45–40

Kobe

August 25

South Korea	68–52	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 32–33, 36–19

Kobe

August 26

Saudi Arabia	118–55	Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 55–33, 63–22

Kobe

August 26

Singapore	67–123	Jordan
Scoring by half: 38–65, 29–58

Kobe

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	304	229	+75	6
North Korea	3	2	1	254	249	+5	5
Hong Kong	3	1	2	221	251	−30	4
India	3	0	3	258	308	−50	3

August 24

Hong Kong	88–71	India
Scoring by half: 47–44, 41–27

Kobe

August 24

Chinese Taipei	90–68	North Korea
Scoring by half: 45–34, 45–34

Kobe

August 25

India	88–105	North Korea
Scoring by half: 47–58, 41–47

Kobe

August 25

Chinese Taipei	99–62	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 44–29, 55–33

Kobe

August 26

North Korea	81–71	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 45–34, 36–37

Kobe

August 26

India	99–115	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 43–64, 56–51

Kobe

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	271	169	+102	6
Iran	3	2	1	291	208	+83	5
Qatar	3	1	2	145	260	−115	4
Indonesia	3	0	3	193	263	−70	3

August 22

Indonesia	80–110	Iran
Scoring by half: 50–30, 60–50

Kobe

August 22

Japan	95–40	Qatar
Scoring by half: 55–23, 40–17

Kobe

August 24

Qatar	45–107	Iran
Scoring by half: 29–54, 16–53

Kobe

August 24

Japan	93–55	Indonesia
Scoring by half: 44–24, 49–31

Kobe

August 25

Qatar	60–58	Indonesia
Scoring by half: 32–34, 28–24

Kobe

August 25

Iran	74–83	Japan
Scoring by half: 38–46, 36–37

Kobe

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
China	3	3	0	292	174	+118	6
Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	225	234	−9	4	1–1 / 1.076
Iran	3	1	2	214	264	−50	4	1–1 / 1.037
Jordan	3	1	2	212	271	−59	4	1–1 / 0.901

August 27

Iran	68–82	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 37–41, 31–41

Port Island Hall, Kobe

China	99–57	Jordan
Scoring by half: 51–27, 48–30

Port Island Hall, Kobe

Iran	47–103	China
Scoring by half: 21–48, 26–55

Port Island Hall, Kobe

August 28[1]

Jordan	76–73	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 35–37, 41–36

Port Island Hall, Kobe

Jordan	79–99	Iran
Scoring by half: 37–54, 42–45

Port Island Hall, Kobe

August 30

Chinese Taipei	70–90	China
Scoring by half: 26–47, 44–43

Port Island Hall, Kobe

Group II

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
South Korea	3	3	0	302	244	+58	6
Japan	3	1	2	270	257	+13	4	1–1 / 1.158
North Korea	3	1	2	250	282	−32	4	1–1 / 1.000
Philippines	3	1	2	253	292	−39	4	1–1 / 0.867

August 27

South Korea	114–82	North Korea
Scoring by half: 57–39, 57–43

Port Island Hall, Kobe

August 27

Japan	110–83	Philippines
Scoring by half: 54–41, 56–42

Port Island Hall, Kobe

North Korea	82–81	Japan
Scoring by half: 38–40, 44–41

Port Island Hall, Kobe

Philippines	83–96	South Korea
Scoring by half: 43–55, 40–41

Port Island Hall, Kobe

Philippines	87–86	North Korea
Scoring by half: 49–42, 38–44

Port Island Hall, Kobe

Japan	79–92	South Korea
Scoring by half: 39–47, 40–45

Port Island Hall, Kobe

Group III

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
Singapore	3	2	1	245	242	+3	5	1–0
Hong Kong	3	2	1	258	244	+14	5	0–1
Indonesia	3	1	2	225	249	−24	4	1–0
Bahrain	3	1	2	246	239	+7	4	0–1

August 27

Indonesia	70–81	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 43–52, 27–29

Kobe

Bahrain	81–68	Singapore
Scoring by half: 42–39, 39–29

Kobe

Hong Kong	90–91	Singapore
Scoring by half: 51–39, 39–52

Kobe

Indonesia	84–82	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 39–37, 45–45

Kobe

Singapore	86–71	Indonesia
Scoring by half: 45–36, 41–35

Kobe

Bahrain	83–87	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 47–50, 36–37

Kobe

Group IV

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Saudi Arabia	3	3	0	251	172	+79	6
Kuwait	3	2	1	213	204	+9	5
India	3	1	2	218	219	−1	4
Qatar	3	0	3	163	250	−87	3

August 27

Qatar	65–75	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 25–30, 40–45

Kobe

August 27

India	67–88	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 39–44, 28–44

Kobe

India	93–54	Qatar
Scoring by half: 54–26, 39–28

Kobe

Kuwait	61–81	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 29–43, 32–38

Kobe

Saudi Arabia	82–44	Qatar
Scoring by half: 46–21, 36–23

Kobe

August 30

Kuwait	77–58	India
Scoring by half: 30–24, 47–34

Kobe

Classification 9th–18th

17th place

Malaysia	85–54	Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 43–30, 42–24

Kobe

15th place

Bahrain	76–63	Qatar
Scoring by half: 37–30, 39–33

Kobe

13th place

Indonesia	69–99	India
Scoring by half: 28–45, 41–54

Kobe

11th place

Hong Kong	2–0	Kuwait
Forfeit

Kobe

9th place

Singapore	80–114	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 35–61, 45–53

Kobe

Classification 5th–8th

	Semifinals				5th place
	August 31
	Iran	91
					September 1
	Philippines	81
					Iran	84
	August 31
					North Korea	97
	North Korea	93
	Jordan	69
					7th place
					September 1
					Philippines	2
					Jordan	0

Semifinals

August 31

Iran	91–81	Philippines
Scoring by half: 48–38, 43–43

Port Island Hall, Kobe

August 31

North Korea	93–69	Jordan
Scoring by half: 46–28, 47–41

Port Island Hall, Kobe

7th place

September 1

Philippines	2–0	Jordan
Forfeit

Port Island Hall, Kobe

5th place

September 1

Iran	84–97	North Korea
Scoring by half: 39–45, 45–52

Port Island Hall, Kobe

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	August 31
	China	105
					September 1
	Japan	62
					China	104
	August 31
					South Korea	88
	South Korea	93
	Chinese Taipei	92
					3rd place
					September 1
					Japan	63
					Chinese Taipei	60

Semifinals

August 31

China	105–62	Japan
Scoring by half: 45–35, 60–27

Port Island Hall, Kobe

August 31

South Korea	93–92	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 40–49, 53–43

Port Island Hall, Kobe

3rd place

September 1

Japan	63–60	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 26–28, 37–32

Port Island Hall, Kobe

Final

September 1

China	104–88	South Korea
Scoring by half: 57–39, 47–49

Port Island Hall, Kobe

Final standing

Qualified for the 1992 Summer Olympics

Rank	Team	Record
	China	9–0
	South Korea	8–1
	Japan	5–3
4	Chinese Taipei	4–4
5	North Korea	5–3
6	Iran	4–4
7	Philippines	5–4
8	Jordan	3–6
9	Saudi Arabia	6–2
10	Singapore	4–4
11	Hong Kong	4–3
12	Kuwait	3–5
13	India	2–5
14	Indonesia	1–6
15	Bahrain	4–4
16	Qatar	1–6
17	Malaysia	1–4
18	Sri Lanka	0–5

Awards

1991 Asian champions
China Eighth title