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1998 ABC Under-18 Championship

Junior championship for basketball

Summary

Junior championship for basketball

Field	Value
continent	Asia U-18
year	1998
size	180
caption	Official logo of the 1998 ABC Under-18 Championship
host	India
dates	5–13 November
teams	15
federations	44
venues	1
cities	1
champions	China
title_number	6
mvp	CHN 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

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

Group B

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

Group C

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

Group D

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

Quarterfinal round

Group I

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

Group II

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

Group III

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

Group IV

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

Classification 5th–14th

13th place

11th place

9th place

7th place

5th place

Final round

|November 12|**** |95||73 |November 12||66|**** |78 |November 13|**** |59||45 |November 13||94|****|110

Semifinals

3rd place

Final

Final standing

	Qualified for the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

Rank	Team	Record
		7–1
		7–1
		6–2
4		4–3
5		4–3
6		2–4
7		3–4
8		2–5
9		4–2
10		3–3
11		4–3
12		2–4
13		3–4
14		0–6
15		0–6

Awards

Most Valuable Player: CHN Yao Ming
Best Playmaker: JPN Yuta Tabuse
Best Scorer: JPN Fumio Murayama
Best Coach: CHN Ma Lianbo

References

FIBA Archive

Wikipedia Source

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