Basketball was one of the 16 sports disciplines held in the 1974 Asian Games in Tehran, Iran. Israel won their 2nd title by beating the defending champions South Korea in the championship match. This is also the first time that women's edition were held, and Japan emerged as the first-ever champions after a round-robin format. The games were held from September 2 to 15, 1974.

Medalists

MenMotti AroestiMooley AvisharShmaryahu ZaslevskyShuki SchwartzHanan KerenMiki BerkovichTal BrodyAvigdor MoskowitzShamuel NachmiasItamar MarzelJacob EisnerBoaz JanayLee Kwang-joonKim Dong-kwangKwak Hyun-chaeKang Ho-seokYoo Hi-hyungCha Sung-hwanChoi Kyung-dukLee Bo-sunHwang Jae-hwanLee Ja-youngKim In-jinKim Kyung-taeZhang WeipingMo LianguiWang DeliZhang DaweiXuan ChengbinLiu ChangrongZhang JiansheCai WeichuCai GuoqiangXu ZhengwenHuang PinjieZhao LiangcaiWomenReiko AonumaMachiko AoyamaHisako FurunoKimiko HashimotoKazuko KadoyaTeruko MiyamotoEriko NagaiKeiko NamaiMiyako OtsukaKimi WakitashiroSachiyo YamamotoCho Myung-okCho Yung-soonKang Hyun-sukKim Eun-juKim Jae-soonLee Ock-jaPark Sung-jaShin In-supWon Young-jaYoo Kwae-soonYoon Jung-koYoon Seon-jaChen XiushanDu HuanwenFang FengdiLi MuzhenLiu YuminLuo XuelianWang NaifengWang SheWang YuzhenWei WenshanYang ShuyingZhu Qihui

Medal table

Draw The draw was held in Tehran. The men were drawn into four groups of three teams but India later withdrew, the women were played in round robin format.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Results Men Preliminary round Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Classification 9th–11th

Second round Group A

Group B

Classification 5th–8th

Semifinals

7th place game

5th place game

Final round

Semifinals

Bronze medal game

Final

Final standing RankTeam 660 743 7524 6245 7526 7347 7438 7169 42210 41311 404

Women

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