1998 ABC Under-18 Championship

The ABC Under-18 Championship 1998 is the 15th edition of the ABC's junior championship for basketball. The games were held at Kolkata, India from November 5–13, 1998.

1998 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship
15th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nationIndia
DatesNovember 5–13
Teams15 
(from 44 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions China
(6th title)
MVP Yao Ming

Preliminary round

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 China321250159+9151–0
 Iran321228191+3750–1
 Hong Kong312155264−10941–0
 Lebanon312198217−1940–1
November 5
18:00
Hong Kong  7666  Lebanon
Scoring by half: 30–28, 36–48
November 5
19:30
China  8158  Iran
Scoring by half: 44–19, 37–39
November 6
17:00
Lebanon  5954  China
Scoring by half: 28–27, 31–27
November 6
18:30
Iran  7347  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 35–29, 38–18
November 7
11:00
China  11542  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 51–24, 64–18
November 8
15:30
Iran  9763  Lebanon
Scoring by half: 44–26, 53–37

Group B

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Qatar330253142+1116
 Malaysia321211220−95
 India312228223+54
 Pakistan303146253−1073
November 5
16:30
India  7687  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 44–48, 32–39
November 6
14:00
Qatar  8732  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 29–14, 58–18
November 7
9:30
Malaysia  5287  Qatar
Scoring by half: 32–48, 20–39
November 7
15:30
Pakistan  5794  India
Scoring by half: 35–42, 22–52
November 8
14:00
Qatar  7958  India
Scoring by half: 31–22, 48–36
November 8
17:00
Pakistan  5772  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 31–40, 26–32

Group C

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Japan330310131+1796
 Philippines321263162+1015
 Kuwait312146193−474
 Bangladesh30389322−2333
November 6
9:30
Bangladesh  2167  Kuwait
Scoring by half: 11–33, 10–34
November 6
15:30
Japan  8165  Philippines
Scoring by half: 45–35, 36–30
November 7
12:30
Bangladesh  30147  Japan
Scoring by half: 15–68, 15–79
November 7
14:00
Kuwait  4390  Philippines
Scoring by half: 20–45, 23–45
November 8
9:30
Japan  8236  Kuwait
Scoring by half: 34–16, 48–20
November 8
11:00
Philippines  10838  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 60–20, 48–18

Group D

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Chinese Taipei220202171+314
 Kazakhstan211155184−293
 South Korea202173175−22
November 6
11:00
Chinese Taipei  10676  Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 58–38, 48–38
November 7
17:00
South Korea  9596  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 53–49, 42–47
November 8
12:30
Kazakhstan  7978 (OT)  South Korea
Scoring by half: 39–33, 30–36 Overtime: 10–9

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 China330271178+936
 Japan321275235+405
 Kazakhstan312242260−184
 Malaysia303183298−1153
November 9
16:30
Malaysia  5597  Japan
Scoring by half: 34–47, 21–50
November 9
18:00
China  8349  Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 33–25, 50–24
November 10
17:00
Japan  9789  Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 61–48, 36–41
November 10
18:30
China  9748  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 52–29, 45–19
November 11
12:00
Malaysia  80104  Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 42–48, 38–56
November 11
18:30
China  9181  Japan
Scoring by half: 40–40, 51–41

Group II

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Qatar330220164+566
 Chinese Taipei321242230+125
 Iran312196220−244
 Philippines303196240−443
November 9
13:30
Iran  7996  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 39–61, 40–35
November 9
15:00
Qatar  8457  Philippines
Scoring by half: 40–31, 44–26
November 10
12:00
Iran  5368  Qatar
Scoring by half: 28–33, 25–35
November 10
13:30
Philippines  8392  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 50–43, 33–49
November 11
13:30
Iran  6456  Philippines
Scoring by half: 31–29, 33–27
November 11
17:00
Qatar  6854  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 31–24, 37–30

Group III

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 South Korea330355177+1786
 India321261238+235
 Lebanon312233225+84
 Bangladesh303156365−2093
November 9
10:30
Lebanon  6085  South Korea
Scoring by half: 25–46, 35–39
November 9
12:00
India  10258  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 47–25, 55–33
November 10
10:30
Bangladesh  48148  South Korea
Scoring by half: 28–67, 20–81
November 10
15:15
Lebanon  5890  India
Scoring by half: 29–37, 29–53
November 11
10:30
Lebanon  11550  Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 59–22, 56–28
November 11
15:15
South Korea  12269  India
Scoring by half: 60–33, 62–36

Group IV

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Hong Kong22013597+384
 Kuwait211109131−223
 Pakistan202113129−162
November 9
9:00
Hong Kong  6946  Kuwait
Scoring by half: 34–19, 35–27
November 10
9:00
Hong Kong  6651  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 33–24, 33–27
November 11
9:00
Pakistan  6263  Kuwait
Scoring by half: 36–36, 26–27

Classification 5th–14th

13th place

November 12
8:00
Pakistan  4573  Lebanon
Scoring by half: 27–42, 18–31

11th place

November 12
9:30
Kuwait  7794  India
Scoring by half: 43–53, 34–41

9th place

November 12
11:00
Hong Kong  64103  South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–54, 37–49

7th place

November 13
9:00
Malaysia  5095  Philippines
Scoring by half: 18–37, 32–58

5th place

November 13
10:30
Kazakhstan  6783  Iran
Scoring by half: 38–41, 29–42

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
November 12
 
 
 China 95
 
November 13
 
 Chinese Taipei73
 
 China 59
 
November 12
 
 Qatar45
 
 Japan66
 
 
 Qatar 78
 
3rd place
 
 
November 13
 
 
 Chinese Taipei94
 
 
 Japan110

Semifinals

November 12
15:00
China  9573  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 48–29, 47–44
November 12
16:45
Japan  6678  Qatar
Scoring by half: 34–46, 32–32

3rd place

November 13
12:00
Chinese Taipei  94110  Japan
Scoring by half: 55–64, 39–46

Final

November 13
15:00
China  5945  Qatar
Scoring by half: 26–21, 33–24

Final standing

Qualified for the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
Rank Team Record
 China7–1
 Qatar7–1
 Japan6–2
4  Chinese Taipei4–3
5  Iran4–3
6  Kazakhstan2–4
7  Philippines3–4
8  Malaysia2–5
9  South Korea4–2
10  Hong Kong3–3
11  India4–3
12  Kuwait2–4
13  Lebanon3–4
14  Pakistan0–6
15  Bangladesh0–6

Awards

 1998 Asian Under-18 Champions 

China
Sixth title
  • Most Valuable Player: Yao Ming
  • Best Playmaker: Yuta Tabuse
  • Best Scorer: Fumio Murayama
  • Best Coach: Ma Lianbo

References

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