Basketball was one of the 14 sports disciplines held in the 1958 Asian Games

1958 Asian Games

The 3rd Asian Games were held from May 24 to June 1, 1958 in Tokyo, Japan. A total number of 1,820 athletes, coming from 16 countries, competed in thirteen events at this Asiad. Debuting sports were field hockey, table tennis, tennis, and volleyball. Tokyo would go on to host the 1964 Summer...

 in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

, Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. The Philippines

Philippines

The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...

 successfully defended their title and got their third straight Asian Games

Asian Games

The Asian Games, officially known as Asiad, is a multi-sport event held every four years among athletes from all over Asia. The Games were regulated by the Asian Games Federation from the first Games in New Delhi, India, until the 1978 Games. Since the 1982 Games they have been organised by the...

 championship. The games were held from May 28 to June 1, 1958.

Medal table

1		1	0	0	1
2		0	1	0	1
3		0	0	1	1
Total		1	1	1	3

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L

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Group B

Team	Pld	W	L

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Group C

Team	Pld	W	L

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Group 7-10

Team	Pld	W	L
	3	3	0
	3	2	1
	3	1	2
	3	0	3

Final group

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA
	5	4	1	277	266
	5	4	1	363	307
	5	4	1	232	225
	5	2	3	412	419
	5	1	4	303	348
	5	0	5	240	262

Final classification

Rank	Team
4
5
6
7
8
9
10