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{{Short description|2nd Asian Men's Basketball Championship}}
{{Infobox FIBA tourney
| continent    = Asia
| year         = 1963
| logo         = 
| size         = 130
| caption      = Official logo of the FIBA Asia Championship 1963
| host         = Republic of China
| dates        = November 20 – December 3
| teams        = 8
| confederations  = all Asian
| venues       = 1
| cities       = 1
| champions    = Philippines
| champions-flagvar= 1936
| title_number = 2
| prevseason = [[1960 ABC Championship|1960]]
| nextseason = [[1965 ABC Championship|1965]]
}}
The '''1963 ABC Championship''' was the second edition of the [[FIBA Asian Cup|ABC Championship]], a tournament which was held by [[FIBA Asia]] since 1960. The tournament which was held in [[Taipei]], [[Taiwan]] saw eight teams compete (an expansion of one team) in a round-robin tournament with the top four teams qualifying through to the championship round where they played each other again one more time. The bottom four teams would compete in a classification round.

The tournament saw the first tie-breaker matches to be played with [[Thailand men's national basketball team|Thailand]] defeating [[Malaya men's national basketball team|Malaya]] to book a spot in the championship round. In the championship round, the [[Philippines men's national basketball team|Philippines]] and [[Chinese Taipei men's national basketball team|Taiwan]] finish level with an 8–2 record. 

This meant that a play-off to decide the champion was played on December 3. In that final match, the Philippines would claim their second title, defeating Taiwan, 91–77. Third was [[South Korea men's national basketball team|South Korea]], who had defeated the play-off teams at least once during the tournament.

==Preliminary round==
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!width=180|Team
!width=30|Pld
!width=30|W
!width=30|L
!width=30|PF
!width=30|PA
!width=30|PD
!width=30|Pts
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{Bk|PHI|1936}}
|7||6||1||649||406||+243||'''13'''
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{Bk|TWN}}
|7||6||1||695||535||+160||'''13'''
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{Bk|KOR}}
|7||5||2||649||496||+153||'''12'''
|-bgcolor="#ccffcc"
|align="left"|{{Bk|THA}}
|7||4||3||581||542||+39||'''11'''
|-
|align="left"|{{Bk|Malaya}}
|7||4||3||548||568||−20||'''11'''
|-
|align="left"|{{Bk|SIN}}
|7||2||5||516||662||−146||'''9'''
|-
|align="left"|{{Bk|HKG|1959}}
|7||1||6||479||610||−131||'''8'''
|-
|align="left"|{{Bk|South Vietnam}}
|7||0||7||538||836||−298||'''7'''
|}

{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 20
|teamA= '''{{Bk-rt|SIN}}'''|scoreA='''80'''
|teamB= {{Bk|HKG|1959}}|scoreB=73
|H1=28–35|H2=52–38
}}
{{Basketballbox|place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 21
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|South Vietnam}}|scoreA=89
|teamB= '''{{Bk|SIN}}'''|scoreB='''98'''
|H1=40–49|H2=49–49
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 21
|teamA= '''{{Bk-rt|Malaya}}'''|scoreA='''81'''
|teamB= {{Bk|KOR}}|scoreB=80
|H1=32–38|H2=49–42
}}
{{Basketballbox |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 21
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|THA}}|scoreA=60
|teamB= '''{{Bk|PHI|1936}}'''|scoreB='''83'''
|H1=26–36|H2=34–47
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee|place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 22
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|SIN}}|scoreA=65
|teamB= '''{{Bk|THA}}'''|scoreB='''74'''
|H1=32–43|H2=33–31
}}
{{Basketballbox |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 22
|teamB= '''{{Bk|PHI|1936}}'''|scoreB='''124'''
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|South Vietnam}}|scoreA=61
|H1=53–35|H2=71–26
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 22
|teamA= '''{{Bk-rt|KOR}}'''|scoreA='''90'''
|teamB= {{Bk|HKG|1959}}|scoreB=61
|H1=38–28|H2=52–33
}}
{{Basketballbox |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 22
|teamA= '''{{Bk-rt|TWN}}'''|scoreA='''100'''
|teamB= {{Bk|Malaya}}|scoreB=76
|H1=33–26|H2=67–50
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee|place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 23
|teamA= '''{{Bk-rt|HKG|1959}}'''|scoreA='''105'''
|teamB= {{Bk|South Vietnam}}|scoreB=75
|H1=49–34|H2=56–41
}}
{{Basketballbox |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 23
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|Malaya}}|scoreA=42
|teamB= '''{{Bk|PHI|1936}}'''|scoreB='''103'''
|H1=22–48|H2=20–55
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee|place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 23
|teamA= '''{{Bk-rt|KOR}}'''|scoreA='''110'''
|teamB= {{Bk|SIN}}|scoreB=55
|H1=49–25|H2=61–30
}}
{{Basketballbox |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 23
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|THA}}|scoreA=87
|teamB= '''{{Bk|TWN}}'''|scoreB='''96'''
|H1=42–45|H2=45–51
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 24
|teamA= '''{{Bk-rt|THA}}'''|scoreA='''68'''
|teamB= {{Bk|Malaya}}|scoreB=66
|H1=32–27|H2=36–39
}}
{{Basketballbox |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 24
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|SIN}}|scoreA=64
|teamB= '''{{Bk|PHI|1936}}'''|scoreB='''114'''
|H1=24–48|H2=40–66
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 24
|teamB= '''{{Bk|KOR}}'''|scoreB='''136'''
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|South Vietnam}}|scoreA=75
|H1=64–36|H2=72–39
}}
{{Basketballbox |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 24
|teamB= '''{{Bk|TWN}}'''|scoreB='''102'''
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|HKG|1959}}|scoreA=46
|H1=54–21|H2=48–25
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee|place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 25
|teamA= '''{{Bk-rt|TWN}}'''|scoreA='''145'''
|teamB= {{Bk|South Vietnam}}|scoreB=91
|H1=72–40|H2=73–51
}}
{{Basketballbox|place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 26
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|SIN}}|scoreA=72
|teamB= '''{{Bk|Malaya}}'''|scoreB='''111'''
|H1=31–54|H2=41–57
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 26
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|South Vietnam}}|scoreA=75
|teamB= '''{{Bk|THA}}'''|scoreB='''131'''
|H1=32–65|H2=43–66
}}
{{Basketballbox|place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 26
|teamA= '''{{Bk-rt|PHI|1936}}'''|scoreA='''96'''
|teamB= {{Bk|HKG|1959}}|scoreB=52
|H1=47–27|H2=49–25
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 26
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|KOR}}|scoreA=83
|teamB= '''{{Bk|TWN}}'''|scoreB='''96'''
|H1=39–42|H2=44–54
}}
{{Basketballbox |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 27
|teamA= '''{{Bk-rt|TWN}}'''|scoreA='''91'''
|teamB= {{Bk|SIN}}|scoreB=82
|H1=43–32|H2=48–50
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 27
|teamA= '''{{Bk-rt|Malaya}}'''|scoreA='''97'''
|teamB= {{Bk|South Vietnam}}|scoreB=72
|H1=45–30|H2=52–42
}}
{{Basketballbox |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 27
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|HKG|1959}}|scoreA=69
|teamB= '''{{Bk|THA}}'''|scoreB='''92'''
|H1=36–45|H2=33–47
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 27
|teamB= '''{{Bk|KOR}}'''|scoreB='''62'''
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|PHI|1936}}|scoreA=59
|H1=24–25|H2=35–37
}}
{{Basketballbox|place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 28
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|HKG|1959}}|scoreA=73
|teamB= '''{{Bk|Malaya}}'''|scoreB='''75'''
|H1=27–26|H2=46–49
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 28
|teamA= '''{{Bk-rt|KOR}}'''|scoreA='''88'''
|teamB= {{Bk|THA}}|scoreB=69
|H1=32–40|H2=56–29
}}
{{Basketballbox|place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 28
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|TWN}}|scoreA=65
|teamB= '''{{Bk|PHI|1936}}'''|scoreB='''70'''
|H1=35–31|H2=30–39
}}

* Since both Thailand and Malaya were tied on points, a play-off game was required to determine the fourth-placed team.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19631201.2.130.aspx|title=Malaya out of final round|date=1 December 1963|publisher=[[The Straits Times]]|accessdate=13 July 2011|archive-date=7 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107060932/http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19631201.2.130.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee|place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 29
|teamA= '''{{Bk-rt|THA}}'''|scoreA='''86'''
|teamB= {{Bk|Malaya}}|scoreB=81
|H1=45–41|H2=41–40
}}

==Final round==
* ''The results and the points of the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the second round.''

===Classification 5th–8th===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!width=180|Team
!width=30|Pld
!width=30|W
!width=30|L
!width=30|PF
!width=30|PA
!width=30|PD
!width=30|Pts
|-
|align="left"|{{Bk|Malaya}}
|10||6||4||823||842||−19||'''16'''
|-
|align="left"|{{Bk|HKG|1959}}
|10||4||6||744||820||−76||'''14'''
|-
|align="left"|{{Bk|SIN}}
|10||3||7||769||919||−150||'''13'''
|-
|align="left"|{{Bk|South Vietnam}}
|10||0||10||795||1145||−350||'''10'''
|}

{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 30
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|South Vietnam}}|scoreA=85
|teamB= '''{{Bk|Malaya}}'''|scoreB='''112'''
|H1=40–51|H2=45–61
}}
{{Basketballbox|place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 30
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|SIN}}|scoreA=65
|teamB= '''{{Bk|HKG|1959}}'''|scoreB='''67'''
|H1=28–27|H2=37–40
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee|place=[[Taipei]] |date=December 1
|teamB= '''{{Bk|SIN}}'''|scoreB='''91'''
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|South Vietnam}}|scoreA=87
|H1=53–45|H2=38–42
}}
{{Basketballbox|place=[[Taipei]] |date=December 1
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|Malaya}}|scoreA=60
|teamB= '''{{Bk|HKG|1959}}'''|scoreB='''92'''
|H1=29–40|H2=31–52
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee|place=[[Taipei]] |date=December 2
|teamA= '''{{Bk-rt|HKG|1959}}'''|scoreA='''105'''
|teamB= {{Bk|South Vietnam}}|scoreB=85
|H1=46–40|H2=60–45
}}
{{Basketballbox |place=[[Taipei]] |date=December 2
|teamA= '''{{Bk-rt|Malaya}}'''|scoreA='''103'''
|teamB= {{Bk|SIN}}|scoreB=97
|H1=51–45|H2=52–52
}}

===Championship===
{| class=wikitable style="text-align:center"
!width=180|Team
!width=30|Pld
!width=30|W
!width=30|L
!width=30|PF
!width=30|PA
!width=30|PD
!width=30|Pts
|-
|align="left"|{{Bk|PHI|1936}}
|10||8||2||906||636||+270||'''18'''
|-
|align="left"|{{Bk|TWN}}
|10||8||2||955||780||+175||'''18'''
|-
|align="left"|{{Bk|KOR}}
|10||7||3||894||726||+168||'''17'''
|-
|align="left"|{{Bk|THA}}
|10||4||6||791||809||−18||'''14'''
|}

{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee|place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 30
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|THA}}|scoreA=53
|teamB= '''{{Bk|PHI|1936}}'''|scoreB='''91'''
|H1=25–48|H2=28–43
}}
{{Basketballbox |place=[[Taipei]]|date=November 30
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|TWN}}|scoreA=74
|teamB= '''{{Bk|KOR}}'''|scoreB='''78'''
|H1=43–48|H2=31–30
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |place=[[Taipei]] |date=December 1
|teamA= '''{{Bk-rt|TWN}}'''|scoreA='''90'''
|teamB= {{Bk|THA}}|scoreB=86
|H1=46–49|H2=44–37
}}
{{Basketballbox |place=[[Taipei]] |date=December 1
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|KOR}}|scoreA=81
|teamB= '''{{Bk|PHI|1936}}'''|scoreB='''85'''
|H1=38–46|H2=43–39
}}
{{Basketballbox|bg=#eee |place=[[Taipei]] |date=December 2
|teamA= '''{{Bk-rt|KOR}}'''|scoreA='''86'''
|teamB= {{Bk|THA}}|scoreB=71
|H1=41–28|H2=45–43
}}
{{Basketballbox |place=[[Taipei]] |date=December 2
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|PHI|1936}}|scoreA=81
|teamB= '''{{Bk|TWN}}'''|scoreB='''96'''
|H1=44–51|H2=37–45
}}

Since Taiwan and the Philippines were level on points, a play-off game for the championship was required.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19631204.2.135.2.aspx|title=Formosa and Philippines play off for Asian title|date=4 December 1963|publisher=[[The Straits Times]]|accessdate=13 July 2011|archive-date=7 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107060944/http://newspapers.nl.sg/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19631204.2.135.2.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Championship play-off===
{{Basketballbox|date=December 3|bg=#eee |place=[[Taipei]]
|teamA= {{Bk-rt|TWN}}|scoreA=77
|teamB= '''{{Bk|PHI|1936}}'''|scoreB='''91'''
|H1=33–49|H2=44–42
}}

==Final standing==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!width=40|Rank
!width=180|Team
!width=60|Record
|-
| {{Gold1}}
|align=left|{{Bk|PHI|1936}} ||9–2
|-
| {{Silver2}}
|align=left|{{Bk|TWN}} ||8–3
|-
| {{Bronze3}}
|align=left|{{Bk|KOR}} ||7–3
|-
|4
|align=left|{{Bk|THA}} ||5–6
|-
|5
|align=left|{{Bk|Malaya}} ||6–5
|-
|6
|align=left|{{Bk|HKG|1959}} ||4–6
|-
|7
|align=left|{{Bk|SIN}} ||3–7
|-
|8
|align=left|{{Bk|South Vietnam}} ||0–10
|}

==Awards==
{{winners|bk|1963 Asian champions|PHI|variant=1936|Second}}

==See also==
* [[List of sporting events in Taiwan]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
* [http://todor66.com/basketball/Asia/Men_1963.html Results]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090505053003/http://archive.fiba.com/ archive.fiba.com]

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