1998 Asian Junior Badminton Championships

1998 Asian Junior Badminton Championships
Tournament details
Dates 15-21 June 1998
Edition 2
Venue Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium
Location Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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The 1998 Asian Junior Badminton Championships is an Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton players across Asia. This tournament were held at the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 15-21 June 1998.[1]

Medalists

China boys' and girls' team sweep the title after beat Malaysia 3–2 and South Korea 5–0 respectively. The Indonesian and Taiwanese boys' and girls' finished in third place.[2] In the individuals event, Chien Yu-hsiu surprised the competition when he captured the boys' singles gold. China led by top-seed Zhang Yi, Indonesia, Korea and Malaysia were among the favourites to go home with the coveted title. In the girls' singles, China dominated event from the quarterfinals. Hu Ting won the girls' singles title after beat her teammate Gong Ruina, 11–6 and 11–2, but Gong who was partnered with Huang Sui won the girls' doubles title after defeat the Korean pair Lee Hyo-jung and Jun Woul-sihk, 15–13 and 15–8. Huang completes her success by winning her second title in the mixed doubles event with Jiang Shan. The boys' doubles gold goes to Chan Chong Ming and Teo Kok Seng of Malaysia.[3]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Boys' teams  China  Malaysia  Indonesia
 Chinese Taipei
Girls' teams  China  South Korea  Indonesia
 Chinese Taipei
Boys' singles Chinese Taipei Chien Yu-hsiu Indonesia Endra Feryanto South Korea Lee Hyun-il
South Korea Shon Seung-mo
Girls' singles China Hu Ting China Gong Ruina China Rong Yi
China Dong Fang
Boys' doubles Malaysia Chan Chong Ming
Malaysia Teo Kok Seng		 China Guo Siwei
China Jiang Shan		 Thailand Patapol Ngernsrisuk
Thailand Sudket Prapakamol
Indonesia Donny Prasetyo
Indonesia Denny Setiawan
Girls' doubles China Gong Ruina
China Huang Sui		 South Korea Lee Hyo-jung
South Korea Jun Woul-sihk		 Indonesia Eny Widowati
Indonesia Vita Marissa
China Xie Xingfang
China Dong Fang
Mixed doubles China Jiang Shan
China Huang Sui		 Malaysia Chan Chong Ming
Malaysia Joanne Quay		 Indonesia Denny Setiawan
Indonesia Puspa Dewi
China Chen Yu
China Jin Beilei

References

  1. ↑ "Lelaki mara wanita tersekat" (in Malay). Utusan. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Asian Juniors: Chinese Depth Sinks Malaysian Boys and Korean Girls". worldbadminton.com. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
  3. ↑ "Asian Juniors: Taiwan's Chien a Golden Surprise". worldbadminton.com. Retrieved 10 July 2017.
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