Basketball at the 1970 Asian Games

Basketball was one of the 13 sports disciplines held in the 1970 Asian Games again in Bangkok, Thailand. South Korea got their first Asian basketball title by outlasting the defending champions Israel in the championship round. The games were held from December 10 to 19, 1970.

Draw
The teams were seeded based on their final ranking at the 1966 Asian Games


 * Group A
 * (1)
 * (4)


 * Group B
 * (2)
 * (5)


 * Group C
 * (3)
 * (6)