| Gender: | women |
| Continent: | Asia |
| Year: | 1978 |
| Size: | 130 |
| Host: | Malaysia |
| Dates: | July 25 – August 5 |
| Teams: | 9 |
| Federations: | all Asian |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | KOR |
| Title Number: | 5 |
| Prevseason: | 1976 |
| Nextseason: | 1980 |
The 1978 Asian Basketball Confederation Championship for Women were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
| width=180 | Team | width=30 | Pld | width=30 | W | width=30 | L | width=30 | PF | width=30 | PA | width=30 | PD | width=30 | Pts | width=80 | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 8 | 0 | 711 | 247 | +464 | 16 | |||||||||||
| 8 | 7 | 1 | 913 | 407 | +506 | 15 | |||||||||||
| 8 | 6 | 2 | 727 | 323 | +404 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 8 | 5 | 3 | 542 | 524 | +18 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 8 | 3 | 5 | 384 | 651 | −267 | 11 | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 3 | 5 | 393 | 604 | −211 | 11 | 0–1 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 2 | 6 | 324 | 641 | −317 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 8 | 2 | 6 | 325 | 535 | −210 | 8 | 1–0 | ||||||||||
| 8 | 0 | 8 | 364 | 751 | −387 | 8 | 0–1 |
| width=10px bgcolor="#00BFFF" | Qualified for the 1979 FIBA World Championship for Women as hosts and Asian Champions. | ||
| width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Qualified for the 1979 FIBA World Championship for Women |
| width=40 | Rank | width=180 | Team | width=60 | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8–0 | |||||
| 7–1 | |||||
| 6–2 | |||||
| 4 | 5–3 | ||||
| 5 | 3–5 | ||||
| 6 | 3–5 | ||||
| 7 | 2–6 | ||||
| 8 | 2–6 | ||||
| 9 | 0–8 |