The 1979 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Nagoya, Japan.
Preliminary round Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330319199+1206321229233−45312259281−224303200294−943
Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330366251+1156321326264+625312252307−554303227349−1223
Group C TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts440477239+2388431389352+377422427331+966413322390−685404253556−3034
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 TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts660663479+18412651608473+13511642619500+11910633545550−59624503523−208615483536−537606430790−3606
Championship TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts550503360+14310541497384+1139532505452+538523508539−317514366467−1016505398575−1775
Final standings Qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics RankTeamRecord 7–0 7–1 5–24 4–35 3–46 3–57 6–28 5–39 4–410 3–511 2–612 1–713 0–8
Awards
References Results archive.fiba.com