The 1963 ABC Championship was the second edition of the ABC Championship, a tournament which was held by

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since 1960. The tournament which was held in

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saw eight teams compete (an expansion of one team) in a round-robin tournament with the top four teams qualifying through to the championship round where they played each other again one more time. The bottom four teams would compete in a classification round. The tournament saw the first tie-breaker matches to be played with

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defeating

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to book a spot in the championship round. In the championship round, the

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and

finish level with an 8–2 record. This meant that a play-off to decide the champion was played on December 3. In that final match, the Philippines would claim their second title, defeating Taiwan, 91–77. Third was

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, who had defeated the play-off teams at least once during the tournament.

Preliminary round

* Since both Thailand and Malaya were tied on points, a play-off game was required to determine the fourth-placed team.

Final round

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

Classification 5th–8th

Championship

Since Taiwan and the Philippines were level on points, a play-off game for the championship was required.

Championship play-off

Final standing

Awards

References

Results

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