1973 ABC Championship explained

Continent:	Asia
Year:	1973
Size:	130
Host:	Philippines
Host-Flagvar:	1936
Dates:	December 1–15
Teams:	12
Federations:	all Asian
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	Philippines
Champions-Flagvar:	1936
Title Number:	4
Mvp:	William Adornado
Prevseason:	1971
Nextseason:	1975

The 1973 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Manila, Philippines.

Preliminary round

Group A

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	5	5	0	567	346	+221	10
	5	4	1	452	319	+133	9
	5	3	2	384	436	−52	8
	5	2	3	370	431	−61	7
	5	1	4	386	469	−83	6
	5	0	5	373	531	−158	5

Group B

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	5	5	0	568	335	+233	10
	5	4	1	455	364	+91	9
	5	3	2	375	413	−38	8
	5	2	3	379	392	−13	7
	5	1	4	329	474	−145	6
	5	0	5	334	462	−128	5

Final round

Classification 7th–12th

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts	width=80	Tiebreaker
	5	4	1	482	380	+102	9	1–0
	5	4	1	464	415	+49	9	0–1
	5	2	3	435	450	−15	7	2–0
	5	2	3	398	456	−58	7	1–1
	5	2	3	417	441	−24	7	0–2
	5	1	4	401	455	−54	6

Championship

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	5	5	0	478	374	+104	10
	5	4	1	465	400	+65	9
	5	3	2	394	388	+6	8
	5	2	3	403	409	−6	7
	5	1	4	414	463	−49	6
	5	0	5	369	489	−120	5

Final standing

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Qualified for the 1974 FIBA World Championship

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team	width=60	Record
		10–0
		9–1
		7–3
4		6–4
5		4–6
6		3–7
7		6–4
8		6–4
9		3–7
10		3–7
11		2–8
12		1–9

References

• Results
• archive.fiba.com