| Continent: | Asia |
| Year: | 1971 |
| Size: | 130 |
| Host: | Japan |
| Dates: | October 30 – November 10 |
| Teams: | 9 |
| Federations: | all Asian |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | Japan |
| Title Number: | 2 |
| Prevseason: | 1969 |
| Nextseason: | 1973 |
The 1971 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Tokyo, Japan.
| width=180 | Team | width=30 | Pld | width=30 | W | width=30 | L | width=30 | PF | width=30 | PA | width=30 | PD | width=30 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 8 | 0 | 734 | 427 | +307 | 16 | |||||||||
| 8 | 7 | 1 | 808 | 572 | +236 | 15 | |||||||||
| 8 | 6 | 2 | 784 | 523 | +261 | 14 | |||||||||
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 654 | 577 | +77 | 13 | |||||||||
| 8 | 4 | 4 | 588 | 613 | −25 | 12 | |||||||||
| 8 | 3 | 5 | 563 | 632 | −69 | 11 | |||||||||
| 8 | 2 | 6 | 544 | 692 | −148 | 10 | |||||||||
| 8 | 1 | 7 | 548 | 806 | −258 | 9 | |||||||||
| 8 | 0 | 8 | 493 | 874 | −381 | 8 |
| width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Qualified for the 1972 Summer Olympics |
| width=40 | Rank | width=180 | Team | width=60 | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8–0 | |||||
| 7–1 | |||||
| 6–2 | |||||
| 4 | 5–3 | ||||
| 5 | 4–4 | ||||
| 6 | 3–5 | ||||
| 7 | 2–6 | ||||
| 8 | 1–7 | ||||
| 9 | 0–8 |