Basketball at the 1951 Asian Games
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Basketball
was one of the six initial disciplines which was held at the 1951 Asian Games
in New Delhi
, India
, wherein five Asian teams—Burma, India, Iran, Japan and Philippines—participated. In the matches, round-robin format was employed and on the basis of final points table top three podium places were decided. Philippines team without losing a single match topped the points table and grabbed the gold medal, their first of their basketball supremacy in the Asian Games. (They eventually won the next three editions, until 1962.) Japanese squad finished behind it and won a silver medal, Iranian team with two wins finished third and won a bronze. Host nation India, finished fourth with only single win over Burma, which came last without winning a single match.
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
was one of the six initial disciplines which was held at the 1951 Asian Games
1951 Asian Games
The 1951 Asian Games, officially known as the First Asian Games, was a multi-sport event celebrated in Delhi, India from 4 to 11 March 1951. The Games received names like First Asiad and 1951 Asiad by the president of the organising committee Anthony de Mello...
in New Delhi
New Delhi
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, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, wherein five Asian teams—Burma, India, Iran, Japan and Philippines—participated. In the matches, round-robin format was employed and on the basis of final points table top three podium places were decided. Philippines team without losing a single match topped the points table and grabbed the gold medal, their first of their basketball supremacy in the Asian Games. (They eventually won the next three editions, until 1962.) Japanese squad finished behind it and won a silver medal, Iranian team with two wins finished third and won a bronze. Host nation India, finished fourth with only single win over Burma, which came last without winning a single match.
Medal table
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Medalists
| Men | Antonio Martinez Carlos Loyzaga Carlos Loyzaga Carlos M. Loyzaga is a former Filipino basketball player and coach. He led the Philippine National team to a Bronze Medal finish in the 1954 FIBA World Championship. The Philippines third place finish remains the highest rank of any Asian team in the history of the tournament... Moro Lorenzo Moro Lorenzo Luis Francisco "Chitong" Lorenzo , better known as "Moro" Lorenzo and also as Luis F. Lorenzo, Sr., was a former Filipino basketball player and corporate executive. Lorenzo played college ball for the Ateneo de Manila, before moving on to play for Philippine Airlines in the Manila Industrial and... Genaro Fernandez Jose Gochangco Lauro Mumar Lauro Mumar Lauro "Larry" Mumar , is a former Filipino basketball player and later served as the national team head coach of India and the Philippines... Andres dela Cruz Ignacio Ramos Ignacio Ramos (basketball) Ignacio "Ning" Ramos is a former Filipino basketball player and head coach. He was part of the Philippine national basketball team that captured the gold medal at the 1951 Asian Games in New Delhi, India... Rafael Hechanova Meliton Santos Mariano Tolentino Francisco Calilan |
Junichi Iwao Mitsugu Hachiya Hiroshi Ikeda Shuzo Okubo Minoru Takahashi Fumio Matsuoka Mitsuhide Tsudi Kasaburo Ogura Michio Katayama Makoto Arai Shigeru Saito |
Hossein Soroudi Kamal Mashhoun Alireza Oshar Reza Masoumi Mashallah Safiyar Kambiz Mokhberi Abolfazl Solbi Hossein Soudipour Hossein Razi Hassan Khaleghpour |
Results
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 4 | 0 | 271 | 129 | 8 | |||
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 224 | 156 | 7 | |||
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 222 | 195 | 6 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 184 | 226 | −82 | 5 | |
| 5 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 123 | 278 | −155 | 4 |