International basketball competition
1983 FIBA Asia Cup 12th Asian Basketball Championship Host country Hong Kong Dates November 20–29 Teams 15 Venue(s) 2 (in 1 host city) Champions China (5th title) MVP Guo Yonglin
The 1983 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Hong Kong from November 20 to November 29, 1983. Queen Elizabeth Stadium and Queen Elizabeth II Youth Centre were used for this tournament.
Preliminary round
Group A
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
China
3
3
0
344
200
+144
6
Iran
3
2
1
249
213
+36
5
Indonesia
3
1
2
178
283
−105
4
Pakistan
3
0
3
200
275
−75
3
Iran
74–97
China
Scoring by half: 39–52, 35–45
Group B
Group C
Group D
The Philippines originally beat Kuwait 78–57 and India 90–60 and topped the group but Asian Basketball Confederation cancelled the results on November 23, 1983 and declared naturalized players Jeff Moore and Dennis Still ineligible due to lack of residency.
Second round
Classification 13th–15th
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Pakistan
2
2
0
196
120
+76
4
Singapore
2
1
1
203
156
+47
3
Macau
2
0
2
128
251
−123
2
Classification 9th–12th
Classification 5th–8th
Team
Pld
W
L
PF
PA
PD
Pts
Iran
3
3
0
172
152
+20
6
India
3
1
2
239
240
−1
4
Hong Kong
3
0
3
214
261
−47
3
Jordan
3
2
1
174
146
+28
0
India
81–89
Iran
Scoring by half: 40–41, 41–48
Jordan were relegated to 8th place after their team returned home on 26 November, and subsequently failed to appear for their match against Iran.
Championship
Final round
3rd place
Final
Final standing
Awards
1983 Asian champions
China Fifth title
References
Formerly: FIBA Asia Championship
Tournaments Qualification Squads Awards