The 1960 ABC Championship was the first edition of the

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, a tournament which was held by

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. The tournament which was held in

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saw seven teams compete in a round-robin tournament with the top four teams qualifying through to the final round where they played each other again one more time. In the final round, the

took out the title as they won all nine of their games to come out the winners.

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finished as the runner-up with the only two losses being against the champions.

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rounded out the podium in third.

Preliminary round

Final round

* ''The results and the points of the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the final round.''

Final standing

Awards

References

Results

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