Basketball was one of the 13 sports disciplines held in the 1970 Asian Games again in Bangkok, Thailand. South Korea got their first Asian basketball title by outlasting the defending champions Israel in the championship round. The games were held from December 10 to 19, 1970.
Medalists
MenChoi Jong-kyuChoo Hun-geunKim In-kunKim Young-ilKwak Hyun-chaeLee In-pyoLee Ja-youngPark HanShin Dong-paShin Hyun-sooYoo Hi-hyungYoon Pyung-noDan BarzilyTanhum Cohen-MintzHillel GilboaRonald GreenHanan KerenIvan LeshinskyItamar MarzelGabi NeumarkMike SchwarzHaim StarkmanGabi TeichnerMark TurenshineShigeaki AbeYoshikuni AwanoSeiji IgarashiIsao KimuraAkira KodamaSatoshi MoriFumihiko MoroyamaKazufumi SakaiKenji SodaAtsushi SomatomoMasatomo TaniguchiKunihiko Yokoyama
Draw The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1966 Asian Games
Group A (1) (4)
Group B (2) (5)
Group C (3) (6)
Results Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Group C
Classification 7th–12th
Final round
Final standing RankTeam 871 871 8534 8445 8446 8267 8628 8629 83510 83511 81712 808
References Results