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1972 FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup

2nd FIBA Under-18 Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Philippines
Dates	December 10–20
Teams	7
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Philippines (2nd title)
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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.

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

Preliminary round

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
Philippines	6	6	0	12
Taiwan	6	5	1	11
South Korea	6	4	2	10
India	6	3	3	9
Thailand	6	2	4	8
Malaysia	6	1	5	7
Singapore	6	0	6	6

Malaysia	65–108	Taiwan
Scoring by half: 33−53, 32−55

South Korea	87–54	Singapore
Scoring by half: 45−25, 42−29

India	30–117	Philippines
Scoring by half: 18−52, 12−65

Philippines	113–51	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 58-10, 55-32

Taiwan	95–85	South Korea
Scoring by half: 46-37, 49-48

Thailand	89–91 (OT)	India
Scoring by half: 35-40, 44-39 Overtime: 10-12

South Korea	106–56	Thailand
Scoring by half: 49−30, 57−26

Singapore	57–93	Taiwan
Scoring by half: 24−55, 33−38

Malaysia	51–136	South Korea
Scoring by half: 21−67, 30−69

Philippines	121–72	Thailand
Scoring by half: 62−22, 59−50

India	85–80	Singapore
Scoring by half: 38−31, 47−49

Singapore	76–98	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 29−44, 47−54

Taiwan	118–63	India
Scoring by half: 56−30, 62−33

Thailand	76–71	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 36−43, 40−28

Philippines	73–71	Taiwan
Scoring by half: 37−39, 36−32

India

56–116

South Korea

Singapore	48–116	Philippines
Scoring by half: 26−64, 22−52

Malaysia	66–69	India
Scoring by half: 28-30, 38-39

Taiwan	108–82	Thailand
Scoring by half: 51-45, 57-37

Thailand	104–67	Singapore
Scoring by half: 48-30, 56-37

South Korea	76–79	Philippines
Scoring by half: 37-39, 39-40

Final round

Classification 5th–7th

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Thailand	2	2	0	166	139	+27	4
Singapore	2	1	1	164	177	−13	3
Malaysia	2	0	2	163	177	−14	2

Malaysia	89–99	Singapore
Scoring by half: 39−46, 50−53

Singapore	65–88	Thailand
Scoring by half: 32-49, 33-39

Thailand	78–74	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 33−31, 45−43

Championship

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
Philippines	3	3	0	6
Taiwan	3	2	1	5
South Korea	3	1	2	4
India	3	0	3	3

Philippines	82–70	South Korea
Scoring by half: 48-31, 34-39

India	70–88	Taiwan
Scoring by half: 31-48, 39-34

Philippines	128–43	India
Scoring by half: 60-21, 68-22

South Korea	82–84	Taiwan
Scoring by half: 40-47, 42-37

South Korea	100–49	India
Scoring by half: 52−29, 48−20

Taiwan	62–95	Philippines
Scoring by half: 36−47, 26−48

Final standing

Rank	Team	Record
	Philippines	9–0
	Taiwan	7–2
	South Korea	5–4
4	India	3–6
5	Thailand	4–4
6	Singapore	1–7
7	Malaysia	1–7

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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