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1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
Asian Basketball Confederation Championship
The FIBA Asia Cup (formerly the FIBA Asia Championship and ABC Championship) is an international basketball tournament which takes place every four years between the men's national teams of Asia and Oceania.
Through the 2015 edition, the tourna ...
for Men were held in
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
from November 20 to November 29, 1983.
Queen Elizabeth Stadium
The Queen Elizabeth Stadium is an indoor sport facility on the Morrison Hill in Wan Chai, on the Hong Kong Island of Hong Kong. First opened in 1980, it has a 3,500-seat arena, gymnasia, squash and badminton courts, and a multi-purpose hall. ...
and
Queen Elizabeth II Youth Centre were used for this tournament.
Preliminary round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
* The Philippines originally beat Kuwait 78–57 and India 90–60 and topped the group but Asian Basketball Confederation cancelled the results on 23 November 1983 and declared naturalized players Jeff Moore and Dennis Still ineligible due to lack of residency.
Second round
Classification 13th–15th
Classification 9th–12th
Classification 5th–8th
* 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
Final round
3rd place
Final
Final standing
Awards
*Most Valuable Player:
Guo Yonglin
"Guo", written in Chinese: 郭, is one of the most common Chinese surnames and means "the wall that surrounds a city" in Chinese. It can also be transliterated into English as Cok, Gou, Quo, Quach, Quek, Que, Keh, Kuo, Kwo, Kuoch, Kok, Koc, ...
*All-Star Team:
**
Guo Yonglin
"Guo", written in Chinese: 郭, is one of the most common Chinese surnames and means "the wall that surrounds a city" in Chinese. It can also be transliterated into English as Cok, Gou, Quo, Quach, Quek, Que, Keh, Kuo, Kwo, Kuoch, Kok, Koc, ...
**
Lee Chung-hee
References
Resultsarchive.fiba.com
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Asia Championship, 1983
1983
The year 1983 saw both the official beginning of the Internet and the first mobile cellular telephone call.
Events January
* January 1 – The migration of the ARPANET to Internet protocol suite, TCP/IP is officially completed (this is consid ...
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1983 in Hong Kong sport
November 1983 sports events in Asia