1974 ABC Under-18 Championship
International basketball competition
1974 FIBA U18 Asia Cup
3rd FIBA Under-18 Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Philippines
DatesDecember 1–15
Teams9 (from all Asian federations)
Venues2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Philippines (3rd title)
← 1972
1977 →

The 1974 ABC Under-18 Championship was the third edition of the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC)'s junior championship. The games were held at Manila, Philippines from December 1–15, 1974.

The Philippines successfully defended their championship by sweeping all of their assignments, blasting South Korea, 89-79, in the final day, en route to their third title.[1][2]

Preliminary round

Team Pld W L Pts
 Philippines 7 7 0 14
 South Korea 7 5 2 12
 Taiwan 7 5 2 12
 Thailand 7 5 2 12
 Malaysia 7 3 4 10
 Hong Kong 7 2 5 9
 Iran 7 1 6 8
 Singapore 7 0 7 7
 Khmer Republic 0 0 0 0
December 1
Report
South Korea  118–49  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 50−19, 68−30
December 1
Report
Iran  40–108  Philippines
Scoring by half: 16−67, 24−41
December 2
Report
Iran  51–126  South Korea
Scoring by half: 21−51, 30−75
December 2
Report
Thailand  87–86  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 41−46, 46−40
December 2
Report
Hong Kong  58–99  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 31−46, 27−53
December 3
Report
Hong Kong  70–126  Thailand
Scoring by half: 29−65, 41−61
December 3
Report
South Korea  84–92  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 41−49, 43−43
December 3
Report
Philippines  118–89  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 76−50, 42−39
December 4
Report
Singapore  60–71  Iran
Scoring by half: 25−34, 35−37
December 4
Report
Malaysia  84–94  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 38−55, 46−39
December 4
Report
Thailand  70–85  Philippines
Scoring by half: 31−39, 39−46
December 5
Report
Iran  63–79  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 30−43, 33−36
December 5
Report
Singapore  54–124  South Korea
Scoring by half: 22−57, 32−67
December 6
Thailand  100–79  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 50−40, 50−39
December 6
Report
Hong Kong  80–67  Singapore
Scoring by half: 35−33, 45−34
December 6
Taiwan  113–83  Iran
Scoring by half: 48−35, 65−48
December 6
South Korea  80–86  Philippines
Scoring by half: 45−38, 35−48
December 7
Report
Malaysia  72–84  South Korea
December 7
Hong Kong  65–112  Taiwan
December 7
Report
Philippines  137–63  Singapore
Scoring by half: 62−29, 75−34
December 8
Report
Singapore  69–103  Thailand
Scoring by half: 23−55, 46−48
December 8
Report
Taiwan  87–98  Philippines
Scoring by half: 41−42, 46−56
December 9
Report
Malaysia  95–30  Singapore
Scoring by half: 46−18, 49−12
December 9
Report
Thailand  94–81  Iran
Scoring by half: 43−38, 51−43
December 9
Report
Philippines  146–63  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 65−32, 81−31
December 10
Report
Iran  63–102  Malaysia
December 10
Report
Singapore  70–113  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 35−60, 35−53
December 10
Report
South Korea  100–77  Thailand
Scoring by half: 51−35, 49−42

Final round

Classification 5th–9th

Team Pld W L Pts
 Malaysia 4 4 0 8
 Khmer Republic 4 3 1 7
 Iran 4 2 2 6
 Hong Kong 4 1 3 5
 Singapore 4 0 4 4
December 8
Report
Khmer Republic  85–79  Iran
Scoring by half: 49−26, 36−53
December 11
Report
Iran  71–61  Singapore
Scoring by half: 38−24, 33−37
December 12
Report
Iran  72–63  Hong Kong
December 12
Report
Malaysia  123–82  Khmer Republic
December 13
Report
Khmer Republic  90–89  Singapore
Scoring by half: 41−38, 49−51
December 13
Report
Malaysia  96–52  Iran
December 14
Report
Singapore  57–81  Malaysia
December 14
Report
Hong Kong  68–82  Khmer Republic
Scoring by half: 30−42, 38−40
December 15
Report
Singapore  60–70  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 23−44, 37−26

Championship

Team Pld W L Pts
 Philippines 3 3 0 6
 South Korea 3 2 1 5
 Taiwan 3 1 2 4
 Thailand 3 0 3 3
December 12
South Korea  86–79  Taiwan
Scoring by half: 49−31, 37−48
December 12
Report
Philippines  105–74  Thailand
Scoring by half: 52−43, 53−31
December 13
Report
Thailand  54–73  South Korea
Scoring by half: 29−39, 25−34
December 13
Report
Taiwan  75–77  Philippines
Scoring by half: 42−38, 33−39
December 14
Report
Taiwan  111–75  Thailand
December 15
Report
Philippines  89–79  South Korea
Scoring by half: 47−47, 42−32

Final standing

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Philippines 10–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  South Korea 7–3
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Taiwan 6–4
4  Thailand 5–5
5  Malaysia 7–4
6  Khmer Republic 3–1
7  Iran 3–8
8  Hong Kong 3–8
9  Singapore 0–11

Awards

 1974 Asian Under-18 champions 

Philippines
Third title

References

  1. ^ "Unbeaten PI are champs". NewspaperSG. 16 December 1974. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
  2. ^ "Filipinos retain ABC basketball title". NewspaperSG. 18 December 1974. Retrieved 5 April 2018.
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