Basketball at the 1951 Asian Games
Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Indian English Template:Infobox sports competition event Basketball was one of the six initial disciplines which was held at the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi, India, wherein five Asian teams—Burma, India, Iran, Japan and Philippines—participated. In the matches, round-robin format was employed and on the basis of final points table top three podium places were decided. Philippines team without losing a single match topped the points table and grabbed the gold medal, their first of their basketball supremacy in the Asian Games. (They eventually won the next three editions, until 1962.) Japanese squad finished behind it and won a silver medal, Iranian team with two wins finished third and won a bronze. Host nation India, finished fourth with only single win over Burma, which came last without winning a single match.
Medalists
Results
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5 March
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| Burma File:Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg | 19–63 | File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines |
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7 March
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| Iran File:State Flag of Iran (1925).svg | 41–65 | File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines |
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9 March
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| Japan File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg | 33–57 | File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines |
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10 March
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| India File:Flag of India.svg | 38–86 | File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines |
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Final standing
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| Script error: No such module "sort". | File:Flag of the Philippines (navy blue).svg Philippines | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Script error: No such module "sort". | File:Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg Japan | 4 | 3 | 1 |
| Script error: No such module "sort". | File:State Flag of Iran (1925).svg Iran | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | File:Flag of India.svg India | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | File:Flag of Burma (1948–1974).svg Burma | 4 | 0 | 4 |
References
External links
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