1972 ABC Under-18 Championship

The 1972 ABC Under-18 Championship was the second edition of the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC)'s junior championship. The games were held at Manila, Philippines from December 10–December 20, 1972.

1972 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship
2nd Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Philippines
DatesDecember 10–20
Teams7 
(from all Asian federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Philippines
(2nd title)
< 1970
1974 >

The Philippines were able to retain the championship by sweeping all of their assignments, blasting Taiwan, 95-62, in the final day.[1]

Preliminary round
Team Pld W L Pts
 Philippines 66012
 Taiwan 65111
 South Korea 64210
 India 6339
 Thailand 6248
 Malaysia 6157
 Singapore 6066
December 10
Malaysia  65–108  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 33−53, 32−55
December 10
South Korea  87–54  Singapore
Scoring by half: 45−25, 42−29
December 10
India  30–117  Philippines
Scoring by half: 18−52, 12−65
December 11
Thailand  89–91 (OT)  India
December 12
South Korea  106–56  Thailand
Scoring by half: 49−30, 57−26
December 12
Singapore  57–93  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 24−55, 33−38
December 13
Malaysia  51–136  South Korea
Scoring by half: 21−67, 30−69
December 13
Philippines  121–72  Thailand
Scoring by half: 62−22, 59−50
December 13
India  85–80  Singapore
Scoring by half: 38−31, 47−49
December 14
Singapore  76–98  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 29−44, 47−54
December 14
Taiwan  118–63  India
Scoring by half: 56−30, 62−33
December 15
Thailand  76–71  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 36−43, 40−28
December 15
Philippines  73–71  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 37−39, 36−32
December 16
Singapore  48–116  Philippines
Scoring by half: 26−64, 22−52
December 17
Thailand  104–67  Singapore

Final round

Classification 5th–7th
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Thailand 220166139+274
 Singapore 211164177−133
 Malaysia 202163177−142
December 18
Malaysia  89–99  Singapore
Scoring by half: 39−46, 50−53
December 20
Thailand  78–74  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 33−31, 45−43

Championship
Team Pld W L Pts
 Philippines 3306
 Taiwan 3215
 South Korea 3124
 India 3033
December 18
India  70–88  Taiwan
December 20
South Korea  100–49  India
Scoring by half: 52−29, 48−20
December 20
Taiwan  62–95  Philippines
Scoring by half: 36−47, 26−48

Final standing
Rank Team Record
 Philippines9–0
 Taiwan7–2
 South Korea5–4
4  India3–6
5  Thailand4–4
6  Singapore1–7
7  Malaysia1–7

Awards
 1972 Asian Under-18 Champions 

Philippines
Second title

References
  1. "Filipino cagers retain Asian Youth title". NewspaperSG. 21 December 1972. Retrieved 28 March 2018.
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