Basketball at the 1974 Asian Games

Basketball was one of the 16 sports disciplines held in the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran, Iran. Israel won their 2nd title by beating the defending champions South Korea in the championship match. This is also the first time that women's edition were held, and Japan emerged as the first-ever champions after a round-robin format. The games were held from September 2 to 15, 1974.

Basketball at the 1974 Asian Games
Venue	Aryamehr Basketball Hall
Date	2–15 September 1974
Nations	11
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Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Israel Motti Aroesti Mooley Avishar Shmaryahu Zaslevsky Shuki Schwartz Hanan Keren Miki Berkovich Tal Brody Avigdor Moskowitz Shamuel Nachmias Itamar Marzel Jacob Eisner Boaz Janay	South Korea Lee Kwang-joon Kim Dong-kwang Kwak Hyun-chae Kang Ho-seok Yoo Hi-hyung Cha Sung-hwan Choi Kyung-duk Lee Bo-sun Hwang Jae-hwan Lee Ja-young Kim In-jin Kim Kyung-tae	China Zhang Weiping Mo Liangui Wang Deli Zhang Dawei Xuan Chengbin Liu Changrong Zhang Jianshe Cai Weichu Cai Guoqiang Xu Zhengwen Huang Pinjie Zhao Liangcai
Women details	Japan Reiko Aonuma Machiko Aoyama Hisako Furuno Kimiko Hashimoto Kazuko Kadoya Teruko Miyamoto Eriko Nagai Keiko Namai Miyako Otsuka Kimi Wakitashiro Sachiyo Yamamoto	South Korea Cho Myung-ok Cho Yung-soon Kang Hyun-suk Kim Eun-ju Kim Jae-soon Lee Ock-ja Park Sung-ja Shin In-sup Won Young-ja Yoo Kwae-soon Yoon Jung-ko Yoon Seon-ja	China Chen Xiushan Du Huanwen Fang Fengdi Li Muzhen Liu Yumin Luo Xuelian Wang Naifeng Wang She Wang Yuzhen Wei Wenshan Yang Shuying Zhu Qihui

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Israel (ISR)	1	0	0	1
	Japan (JPN)	1	0	0	1
3	South Korea (KOR)	0	2	0	2
4	China (CHN)	0	0	2	2
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

Draw

The draw was held in Tehran. The men were drawn into four groups of three teams but India later withdrew, the women were played in round robin format.

Group 1  Philippines  India  Israel

Group 2  South Korea  Iraq  China

Group 3  Japan  Kuwait  North Korea

Group 4  Iran  Pakistan  Bahrain

Results

Men

Preliminary round

Group 1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	1	1	0	122	73	+49	2	Second round
2	Philippines	1	0	1	73	122	−49	1

Source: Results

2 September 18:30

Philippines	73–122	Israel
Scoring by half: 40–59, 33–63

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

Group 2

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	235	192	+43	4	Second round
2	South Korea	2	1	1	214	192	+22	3
3	Iraq	2	0	2	190	255	−65	2	Classification 9th–11th

Source: Results

2 September 17:00

South Korea	93–101	China
Scoring by half: 55–51, 38–50

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4 September 16:00

Iraq	99–134	China
Scoring by half: 41–60, 58–74

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6 September 16:00

South Korea	121–91	Iraq
Scoring by half: 66–44, 55–47

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

Group 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	2	2	0	178	153	+25	4	Second round
2	North Korea	2	1	1	181	147	+34	3
3	Kuwait	2	0	2	148	207	−59	2	Classification 9th–11th

Source: Results

2 September 9:00

Japan	77–75	North Korea
Scoring by half: 46–37, 31–38

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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4 September 17:30

Kuwait	70–106	North Korea
Scoring by half: 29–57, 41–49

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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6 September 17:30

Japan	101–78	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 59–39, 42–39

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

Group 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	2	2	0	225	148	+77	4	Second round
2	Pakistan	2	1	1	197	176	+21	3
3	Bahrain	2	0	2	141	239	−98	2	Classification 9th–11th

Source: Results

2 September 10:30

Iran	128–62	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 57–32, 71–30

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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4 September 19:00

Pakistan

111–79

Bahrain

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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6 September 19:00

Iran	97–86	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 55–41, 42–45

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

Classification 9th–11th

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Iraq	2	2	0	204	123	+81	4
2	Kuwait	2	1	1	169	159	+10	3
3	Bahrain	2	0	2	127	218	−91	2

Source: Results

9 September 16:00

Bahrain	61–111	Iraq
Scoring by half: 29–56, 32–55

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September 10 15:30

Kuwait	107–66	Bahrain
Scoring by half: 54–30, 53–36

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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12 September 16:00

Iraq	93–62	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 43–33, 50–29

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

Second round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Israel	3	3	0	218	161	+57	6	Semifinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	336	288	+48	5
3	Japan	3	1	2	287	293	−6	4	Classification 5th–8th
4	Pakistan	3	0	3	175	274	−99	2

Source: Results

7 September 16:00

Israel	2–0	Pakistan
Walkover

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7 September 19:00

Japan	86–104	South Korea
Scoring by half: 46–51, 40–53

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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9 September 17:30

Japan	133–89	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 73–44, 60–45

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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9 September 19:00

Israel	116–93	South Korea
Scoring by half: 59–50, 57–43

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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11 September 16:00

Pakistan	86–139	South Korea
Scoring by half: 33–66, 53–73

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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12 September 19:00

Japan	68–100	Israel
Scoring by half: 37–41, 31–59

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	2	1	266	246	+20	5[a]	Semifinals
2	Philippines	3	2	1	273	268	+5	5[a]
3	North Korea	3	2	1	254	240	+14	5[a]	Classification 5th–8th
4	Iran	3	0	3	234	273	−39	3

Source: Results
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head wins (1). Head-to-head game points average: CHN 1.024, PHI 1.017, PRK 0.960.

7 September 17:30

China	86–77	North Korea
Scoring by half: 54–39, 32–38

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8 September 17:30

Philippines	93–91	Iran
Scoring by half: 55–40, 38–51

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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September 10 17:00

China	86–91	Philippines
Scoring by half: 49–47, 37–44

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September 10 18:30

Iran	65–86	North Korea
Scoring by half: 35–40, 30–46

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12 September 17:30

Philippines	89–91	North Korea
Scoring by half: 41–46, 48–45

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12 September 20:30

China	94–78	Iran
Scoring by half: 51–39, 43–39

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Classification 5th–8th

	Semifinals				5th place game
	13 September
	Japan	86
					14 September
	Iran	89
					Iran	74
	13 September
					North Korea	75
	Pakistan	93
	North Korea	107
					7th place game
					14 September
					Japan	101
					Pakistan	90

Semifinals

September 13 15:30

Iran	89–86	Japan
Scoring by half: 41–44, 48–42

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September 13 17:00

North Korea	107–93	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 63–58, 44–35

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

7th place game

September 14 16:00

Japan	101–90	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 42–44, 59–46

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

5th place game

September 14 17:30

Iran	74–75	North Korea
Scoring by half: 34–37, 40–38

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	13 September
	Israel	123
					15 September
	Philippines	101
					Israel	92
	13 September
					South Korea	85
	China	114
	South Korea (OT)	119
					Bronze medal game
					15 September
					Philippines	89
					China	102

Semifinals

September 13 18:30

Israel	123–101	Philippines
Scoring by half: 62–45, 48–43

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September 13 20:00

China	114–119 (OT)	South Korea
Scoring by half: 52–57, 49–44 Overtime: 13–18

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

Bronze medal game

September 15 9:30

Philippines	89–102	China
Scoring by half: 44–47, 45–55

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

Final

September 15 15:30

Israel	92–85	South Korea
Scoring by half: 50–43, 42–42

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

Final standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L
	Israel	6	6	0
	South Korea	7	4	3
	China	7	5	2
4	Philippines	6	2	4
5	North Korea	7	5	2
6	Iran	7	3	4
7	Japan	7	4	3
8	Pakistan	7	1	6
9	Iraq	4	2	2
10	Kuwait	4	1	3
11	Bahrain	4	0	4

Women

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Japan	4	4	0	321	238	+83	8
2	South Korea	4	3	1	309	248	+61	7
3	China	4	2	2	338	311	+27	6
4	Iran	4	0	4	163	347	−184	4
—	North Korea	4	1	3	305	292	+13	5

Source: Results

3 September 17:00

South Korea	84–71	China
Scoring by half: 38–31, 46–40

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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3 September 18:30

Iran	24–89	Japan
Scoring by half: 14–43, 10–46

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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September 5 17:00

Iran

36–95

North Korea

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September 5 18:30

Japan	71–70	South Korea
Scoring by half: 34–40, 37–30

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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September 8 15:30

China	89–60	Iran
Scoring by half: 48–26, 41–34

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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September 8 18:30

North Korea	64–77	Japan
Scoring by half: 35–32, 29–45

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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11 September 17:30

Iran	43–74	South Korea
Scoring by half: 22–48, 21–26

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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11 September 19:00

China	98–83	North Korea
Scoring by half: 44–39, 54–44

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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September 14 19:00

South Korea	81–63	North Korea
Game was abandoned after North Korea walked off the court to protest the officiating.

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

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September 14 20:30

Japan	84–80	China
Scoring by half: 45–44, 39–36

Aryamehr Basketball Hall, Tehran

References

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