1998 ABC Under-18 Championship

1998 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship
15th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	India
Dates	November 5–13
Teams	15 (from 44 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	China (6th title)
MVP	Yao Ming

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.

Contents 1 Preliminary round 1.1 Group A 1.2 Group B 1.3 Group C 1.4 Group D 2 Quarterfinal round 2.1 Group I 2.2 Group II 2.3 Group III 2.4 Group IV 3 Classification 5th–14th 3.1 13th place 3.2 11th place 3.3 9th place 3.4 7th place 3.5 5th place 4 Final round 4.1 Semifinals 4.2 3rd place 4.3 Final 5 Final standing 6 Awards 7 References

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
China	3	2	1	250	159	+91	5	1–0
Iran	3	2	1	228	191	+37	5	0–1
Hong Kong	3	1	2	155	264	−109	4	1–0
Lebanon	3	1	2	198	217	−19	4	0–1

November 5 18:00		Hong Kong	76–66	Lebanon		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 30–28, 36–48

November 5 19:30		China	81–58	Iran		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 44–19, 37–39

November 6 17:00		Lebanon	59–54	China		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 28–27, 31–27

November 6 18:30		Iran	73–47	Hong Kong		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 35–29, 38–18

November 7 11:00		China	115–42	Hong Kong		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 51–24, 64–18

November 8 15:30		Iran	97–63	Lebanon		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 44–26, 53–37

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Qatar	3	3	0	253	142	+111	6
Malaysia	3	2	1	211	220	−9	5
India	3	1	2	228	223	+5	4
Pakistan	3	0	3	146	253	−107	3

November 5 16:30		India	76–87	Malaysia		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 44–48, 32–39

November 6 14:00		Qatar	87–32	Pakistan		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 29–14, 58–18

November 7 9:30		Malaysia	52–87	Qatar		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 32–48, 20–39

November 7 15:30		Pakistan	57–94	India		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 35–42, 22–52

November 8 14:00		Qatar	79–58	India		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 31–22, 48–36

November 8 17:00		Pakistan	57–72	Malaysia		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 31–40, 26–32

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Japan	3	3	0	310	131	+179	6
Philippines	3	2	1	263	162	+101	5
Kuwait	3	1	2	146	193	−47	4
Bangladesh	3	0	3	89	322	−233	3

November 6 9:30		Bangladesh	21–67	Kuwait		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 11–33, 10–34

November 6 15:30		Japan	81–65	Philippines		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 45–35, 36–30

November 7 12:30		Bangladesh	30–147	Japan		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 15–68, 15–79

November 7 14:00		Kuwait	43–90	Philippines		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 20–45, 23–45

November 8 9:30		Japan	82–36	Kuwait		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 34–16, 48–20

November 8 11:00		Philippines	108–38	Bangladesh		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 60–20, 48–18

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	202	171	+31	4
Kazakhstan	2	1	1	155	184	−29	3
Korea	2	0	2	173	175	−2	2

November 6 11:00		Chinese Taipei	106–76	Kazakhstan		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 58–38, 48–38

November 7 17:00		Korea	95–96	Chinese Taipei		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 53–49, 42–47

November 8 12:30		Kazakhstan	79–78	Korea	OT	Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 39–33, 30–36 OT: 10–9

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	271	178	+93	6
Japan	3	2	1	275	235	+40	5
Kazakhstan	3	1	2	242	260	−18	4
Malaysia	3	0	3	183	298	−115	3

November 9 16:30		Malaysia	55–97	Japan		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 34–47, 21–50

November 9 18:00		China	83–49	Kazakhstan		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 33–25, 50–24

November 10 17:00		Japan	97–89	Kazakhstan		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 61–48, 36–41

November 10 18:30		China	97–48	Malaysia		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 52–29, 45–19

November 11 12:00		Malaysia	80–104	Kazakhstan		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 42–48, 38–56

November 11 18:30		China	91–81	Japan		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 40–40, 51–41

Group II

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Qatar	3	3	0	220	164	+56	6
Chinese Taipei	3	2	1	242	230	+12	5
Iran	3	1	2	196	220	−24	4
Philippines	3	0	3	196	240	−44	3

November 9 13:30		Iran	79–96	Chinese Taipei		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 39–61, 40–35

November 9 15:00		Qatar	84–57	Philippines		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 40–31, 44–26

November 10 12:00		Iran	53–68	Qatar		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 28–33, 25–35

November 10 13:30		Philippines	83–92	Chinese Taipei		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 50–43, 33–49

November 11 13:30		Iran	64–56	Philippines		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 31–29, 33–27

November 11 17:00		Qatar	68–54	Chinese Taipei		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 31–24, 37–30

Group III

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Korea	3	3	0	355	177	+178	6
India	3	2	1	261	238	+23	5
Lebanon	3	1	2	233	225	+8	4
Bangladesh	3	0	3	156	365	−209	3

November 9 10:30		Lebanon	60–85	Korea		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 25–46, 35–39

November 9 12:00		India	102–58	Bangladesh		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 47–25, 55–33

November 10 10:30		Bangladesh	48–148	Korea		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 28–67, 20–81

November 10 15:15		Lebanon	58–90	India		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 29–37, 29–53

November 11 10:30		Lebanon	115–50	Bangladesh		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 59–22, 56–28

November 11 15:15		Korea	122–69	India		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 60–33, 62–36

Group IV

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Hong Kong	2	2	0	135	97	+38	4
Kuwait	2	1	1	109	131	−22	3
Pakistan	2	0	2	113	129	−16	2

November 9 9:00		Hong Kong	69–46	Kuwait		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 34–19, 35–27

November 10 9:00		Hong Kong	66–51	Pakistan		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 33–24, 33–27

November 11 9:00		Pakistan	62–63	Kuwait		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 36–36, 26–27

Classification 5th–14th

13th place

November 12 8:00		Pakistan	45–73	Lebanon		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 27–42, 18–31

11th place

November 12 9:30		Kuwait	77–94	India		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 43–53, 34–41

9th place

November 12 11:00		Hong Kong	64–103	Korea		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 27–54, 37–49

7th place

November 13 9:00		Malaysia	50–95	Philippines		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 18–37, 32–58

5th place

November 13 10:30		Kazakhstan	67–83	Iran		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 38–41, 29–42

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	November 12
	China	95
	Chinese Taipei	73
					November 13
					China	59
					Qatar	45
					3rd place
	November 12			November 13
	Japan	66		Chinese Taipei	94
	Qatar	78			Japan	110

Semifinals

November 12 15:00		China	95–73	Chinese Taipei		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 48–29, 47–44

November 12 16:45		Japan	66–78	Qatar		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 34–46, 32–32

3rd place

November 13 12:00		Chinese Taipei	94–110	Japan		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 55–64, 39–46

Final

November 13 15:00		China	59–45	Qatar		Netaji Indoor Stadium, Kolkata
		Scoring by half: 26–21, 33–24

Final standing

Qualified for the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

Rank	Team	Record
1 !	China	7–1
2 !	Qatar	7–1
3 !	Japan	6–2
4	Chinese Taipei	4–3
5	Iran	4–3
6	Kazakhstan	2–4
7	Philippines	3–4
8	Malaysia	2–5
9	Korea	4–2
10	Hong Kong	3–3
11	India	4–3
12	Kuwait	2–4
13	Lebanon	3–4
14	Pakistan	0–6
15	Bangladesh	0–6

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

• FIBA Archive

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