The 1983 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Men were held in Hong Kong from November 20 to November 29, 1983. Queen Elizabeth Stadium and Queen Elizabeth II Youth Centre were used for this tournament.
Preliminary round
Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330344200+1446321249213+365312178283−1054303200275−753
Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330370192+1786321302226+765312216279−634303164355−1913
Group C TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330245195+506321243218+255312219226−74303183251−683
Group D TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts2207257+1542115970−11320204−40
The Philippines originally beat Kuwait 78–57 and India 90–60 and topped the group but Asian Basketball Confederation cancelled the results on November 23, 1983 and declared naturalized players Jeff Moore and Dennis Still ineligible due to lack of residency.
Second round
Classification 13th–15th TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts220196120+764211203156+473202128251−1232
Classification 9th–12th TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330254213+416321246224+225312262251+114303199273−743
Classification 5th–8th TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330172152+206312239240−14303214261−473321174146+280
Jordan were relegated to 8th place after their team returned home on 26 November, and subsequently failed to appear for their match against Iran.
Championship TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts330281190+916321242239+35312243245−24303154246−923
Final round
3rd place
Final
Final standings Qualified for the 1984 Summer Olympics RankTeamRecord 7–0 5–2 5–24 2–45 5–16 2–37 2–48 4–29 3–210 3–311 2–412 1–513 2–314 1–415 0–5
Awards
Most Valuable Player: Guo Yonglin All-Star Team: Guo Yonglin Lee Chung-hee
References Results archive.fiba.com