Basketball at the 1966 Asian Games
Venue	Nimibutr Stadium
Date	10–19 December 1966
Nations	11
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Basketball was one of the 14 sports disciplines held in the 1966 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand. Israel won their 1st title by beating host country in the championship match. This marked the first time the Philippines wasn't able to reach the semifinals. The games were held from 10 December to 19, 1966.

Medalists

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men details	Israel Amnon Avidan Tanhum Cohen-Mintz Igal Dar Gershon Dekel Ofer Eshed Abraham Gutt David Kaminsky Zvi Lubezki Itshak Shachar Ami Shelef Haim Starkman Ilan Zohar	Thailand Viroj Cheepluesak Prakong Panturat Dusit Puatusnanan Surasak Saechua Channaronk Seriwat Tah Srirat Pracha Srisavaet Rangsan Supachitranan Somsak Tohbundit Wan Tubtawee Manu Vichitsrawong Banchong Vongwailert	South Korea Choi Jong-kyu Ha Ui-kon Kim Chul-kap Kim In-kun Kim Moo-hyun Kim Yeong-il Lee Byung-goo Lee Byung-kuk Lee In-pyo Park Han Shin Dong-pa Shin Hyun-soo

Results

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	4	4	0	326	199	+127	8	Semifinals
2	Thailand	4	3	1	327	274	+53	7
3	Republic of China	4	2	2	355	301	+54	6	Classification 5th–8th
4	Malaysia	4	1	3	259	293	−34	5
5	Ceylon	4	0	4	251	451	−200	4	Classification 9th–11th

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Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	South Korea	5	5	0	457	298	+159	10	Semifinals
2	Israel	5	4	1	417	324	+93	9
3	Philippines	5	3	2	512	357	+155	8	Classification 5th–8th
4	Iran	5	2	3	380	398	−18	7
5	South Vietnam	5	1	4	378	501	−123	6	Classification 9th–11th
6	Burma	5	0	5	283	549	−266	5

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Classification 9th–11th

	Classification 9th–11th				9th place game
	17 December
	Ceylon	107
					19 December
	Burma	82
					Ceylon	88
					South Vietnam	102

Semifinals

9th place game

Classification 5th–8th

	Classification 5th–8th				5th place game
	17 December
	Republic of China	89
					19 December
	Iran	78
					Republic of China	75
	17 December
					Philippines	72
	Philippines	113
	Malaysia	73
					7th place game
					19 December
					Iran	95
					Malaysia	88

Semifinals

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7th place game

5th place game

Final round

	Semifinals				Gold medal game
	17 December
	Japan	34
					19 December
	Israel	57
					Israel	90
	17 December
					Thailand	42
	South Korea	52
	Thailand	67
					Bronze medal game
					19 December
					Japan	60
					South Korea	72

Semifinals

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Bronze medal game

Gold medal game

Final standing

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L
	Israel	7	6	1
	Thailand	6	4	2
	South Korea	7	6	1
4	Japan	6	4	2
5	Republic of China	6	4	2
6	Philippines	7	4	3
7	Iran	7	3	4
8	Malaysia	6	1	5
9	South Vietnam	6	2	4
10	Ceylon	6	1	5
11	Burma	6	0	6

References

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