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

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Israel Motti Aroesti Mooley Avishar Miki Berkovich Tal Brody Jacob Eisner Boaz Janay Hanan Keren Itamar Marzel Avigdor Moskowitz Shamuel Nachmias Shuki Schwartz Shmaryahu Zaslevsky	South Korea Cha Sung-hwan Choi Kyung-duk Hwang Jae-hwan Kang Ho-seok Kim Dong-kwang Kim In-jin Kim Kyung-tae Kwak Hyun-chae Lee Bo-sun Lee Ja-young Lee Kwang-joon Yoo Hi-hyung	China Cai Guoqiang Cai Weichu Huang Pinjie Liu Changrong Mo Liangui Wang Deli Xu Zhengwen Xuan Chengbin Zhang Dawei Zhang Jianshe Zhang Weiping 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.

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

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

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

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

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

South Korea

121–91

Iraq

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

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

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

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

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

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

Pakistan

111–79

Bahrain

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

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

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

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

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

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

Israel	2–0	Pakistan
Walkover

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

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

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

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

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

Group B

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

7th place game

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

5th place game

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

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

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

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

Bronze medal game

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

Final

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

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

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

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

Iran

36–95

North Korea

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

References

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