1964 pre-Olympic basketball tournament
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International basketball competition
| 2nd pre-Olympic basketball tournament | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Japan |
| Dates | 25 September–3 October |
| Venue(s) | (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Mexico (1st title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top scorer | Indonesia Siong Liem Siem |
| PPG (Team) | Mexico (88) |
← 1960 1968 → | |
| Basketball at the 1964 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| Tournament | |
| men | |
| Squads | |
| men | |
| Qualification | |
| men | |
The 1964 pre-Olympic basketball tournament was an international FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournament that was basketball tournament held in Yokohama, Japan from 25 September to 3 October 1964. It served as the final qualification tournament for the 1964 Summer Olympics. The top two teams qualified for the Olympics. After the withdrawal of United Arab Republic (FIBA Africa Championship 1964 winners) and Czechoslovakia (5th placers at the 1960 Olympics) two qualifying berths were added to the qualification tournament thus Canada and South Korea qualified to the Olympics.[1]
Team standings
[edit ]| Team | MP | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mexico | 9 | 8 | 1 | 792 | 665 | +127 | 17 |
| Australia | 9 | 8 | 1 | 624 | 534 | +90 | 17 |
| Canada | 9 | 7 | 2 | 641 | 565 | +76 | 16 |
| South Korea | 9 | 5 | 4 | 706 | 669 | +37 | 14 |
| Cuba | 9 | 5 | 4 | 698 | 637 | +61 | 14 |
| Philippines | 9 | 4 | 5 | 741 | 666 | +75 | 13 |
| Thailand | 9 | 3 | 6 | 580 | 675 | −95 | 12 |
| Taiwan | 9 | 3 | 6 | 620 | 653 | −33 | 12 |
| Malaysia | 9 | 1 | 8 | 512 | 750 | −238 | 10 |
| Indonesia | 9 | 1 | 8 | 541 | 641 | −100 | 8 |
References
[edit ]- ^ Velasco, Santiago. "VI Olympic Basketball Tournament (Tokyo 1964)". Lingua Sports. Archived from the original on April 5, 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
