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1998 FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup

th FIBA Under-18 Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	India
Dates	5–13 November
Teams	15
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (6th title)
Tournament statistics
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 5–13 November 1998.

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

Hong Kong	76–66	Lebanon
Scoring by half: 30–28, 36–48

China	81–58	Iran
Scoring by half: 44–19, 37–39

Lebanon	59–54	China
Scoring by half: 28–27, 31–27

Iran	73–47	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 35–29, 38–18

China	115–42	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 51–24, 64–18

Iran	97–63	Lebanon
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

India	76–87	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 44–48, 32–39

Qatar	87–32	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 29–14, 58–18

Malaysia	52–87	Qatar
Scoring by half: 32–48, 20–39

Pakistan	57–94	India
Scoring by half: 35–42, 22–52

Qatar	79–58	India
Scoring by half: 31–22, 48–36

Pakistan	57–72	Malaysia
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

Bangladesh	21–67	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 11–33, 10–34

Japan	81–65	Philippines
Scoring by half: 45–35, 36–30

Bangladesh	30–147	Japan
Scoring by half: 15–68, 15–79

Kuwait	43–90	Philippines
Scoring by half: 20–45, 23–45

Japan	82–36	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 34–16, 48–20

Philippines	108–38	Bangladesh
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
South Korea	2	0	2	173	175	−2	2

Chinese Taipei	106–76	Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 58–38, 48–38

South Korea	95–96	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 53–49, 42–47

Kazakhstan	79–78 (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
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

Malaysia	55–97	Japan
Scoring by half: 34–47, 21–50

China	83–49	Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 33–25, 50–24

Japan	97–89	Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 61–48, 36–41

China	97–48	Malaysia
Scoring by half: 52–29, 45–19

Malaysia	80–104	Kazakhstan
Scoring by half: 42–48, 38–56

China	91–81	Japan
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

Iran	79–96	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 39–61, 40–35

Qatar	84–57	Philippines
Scoring by half: 40–31, 44–26

Iran	53–68	Qatar
Scoring by half: 28–33, 25–35

Philippines	83–92	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 50–43, 33–49

Iran	64–56	Philippines
Scoring by half: 31–29, 33–27

Qatar	68–54	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 31–24, 37–30

Group III

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South 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

Lebanon	60–85	South Korea
Scoring by half: 25–46, 35–39

India	102–58	Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 47–25, 55–33

Bangladesh	48–148	South Korea
Scoring by half: 28–67, 20–81

Lebanon	58–90	India
Scoring by half: 29–37, 29–53

Lebanon	115–50	Bangladesh
Scoring by half: 59–22, 56–28

South Korea	122–69	India
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

Hong Kong	69–46	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 34–19, 35–27

Hong Kong	66–51	Pakistan
Scoring by half: 33–24, 33–27

Pakistan	62–63	Kuwait
Scoring by half: 36–36, 26–27

Classification 5th–14th

13th place

Pakistan	45–73	Lebanon
Scoring by half: 27–42, 18–31

11th place

Kuwait	77–94	India
Scoring by half: 43–53, 34–41

9th place

Hong Kong	64–103	South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–54, 37–49

7th place

Malaysia	50–95	Philippines
Scoring by half: 18–37, 32–58

5th place

Kazakhstan	67–83	Iran
Scoring by half: 38–41, 29–42

Final round

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

Semifinals

China	95–73	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 48–29, 47–44

Japan	66–78	Qatar
Scoring by half: 34–46, 32–32

3rd place

Chinese Taipei	94–110	Japan
Scoring by half: 55–64, 39–46

Final

China	59–45	Qatar
Scoring by half: 26–21, 33–24

Final standing

Rank	Team	Record
	China	7–1
	Qatar	7–1
	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	South 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

v t e International men's youth basketball
FIBA Youth Olympics World Ranking U-17 World Cup U-19 World Cup U-21 World Cup (defunct) U-16 TBF International U-18 DBB International
Africa	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Americas	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Asia	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Europe	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Oceania	U-15 U-17 U-20 (defunct)
Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.

• FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
• 1998–99 in Asian basketball
• International basketball competitions hosted by India
• 1998 in Indian sport
• November 1998 sports events in Asia