1979 ABC Championship explained

Continent:	Asia
Year:	1979
Size:	130
Host:	Japan
Dates:	November 30 – December 12
Teams:	13
Federations:	all Asian
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	China
Title Number:	3
Prevseason:	1977
Nextseason:	1981

The 1979 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Nagoya, Japan.

Preliminary round

Group A

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	3	3	0	319	199	+120	6
	3	2	1	229	233	−4	5
	3	1	2	259	281	−22	4
	3	0	3	200	294	−94	3

Group B

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	3	3	0	366	251	+115	6
	3	2	1	326	264	+62	5
	3	1	2	252	307	−55	4
	3	0	3	227	349	−122	3

Group C

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	4	4	0	477	239	+238	8
	4	3	1	389	352	+37	7
	4	2	2	427	331	+96	6
	4	1	3	322	390	−68	5
	4	0	4	253	556	−303	4

Final round

• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the final round.

Classification 7th–13th

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	6	6	0	663	479	+184	12
	6	5	1	608	473	+135	11
	6	4	2	619	500	+119	10
	6	3	3	545	550	−5	9
	6	2	4	503	523	−20	8
	6	1	5	483	536	−53	7
	6	0	6	430	790	−360	6

Championship

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	5	5	0	503	360	+143	10
	5	4	1	497	384	+113	9
	5	3	2	505	452	+53	8
	5	2	3	508	539	−31	7
	5	1	4	366	467	−101	6
	5	0	5	398	575	−177	5

Final standing

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Qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team	width=60	Record
		7–0
		7–1
		5–2
4		4–3
5		3–4
6		3–5
7		6–2
8		5–3
9		4–4
10		3–5
11		2–6
12		1–7
13		0–8

References

• Results
• archive.fiba.com