1960 ABC Championship

1960 FIBA Asia Championship
1st Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryPhilippines
DatesJanuary 16–28
Teams7
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Philippines (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPPhilippines Carlos Badion
1963
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The 1960 ABC Championship was the first edition of the ABC Championship, a tournament which was held by FIBA Asia. The tournament which was held in Manila, Philippines saw seven teams compete in a round-robin tournament with the top four teams qualifying through to the final round where they played each other again one more time.

In the final round, the Philippines took out the title as they won all nine of their games to come out the winners. Taiwan finished as the runner-up with the only two losses being against the champions. Japan rounded out the podium in third.


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