1998 ABC Under-18 Championship explained

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

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	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

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	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

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	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

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	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

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	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

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	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

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	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

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	2	2	0	135	97	+38	4
	2	1	1	109	131	−22	3
	2	0	2	113	129	−16	2

Classification 5th–14th

5th place

Final round

Final

Final standing

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Qualified for the 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team	width=60	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: Yao Ming
• Best Playmaker: Yuta Tabuse
• Best Scorer: Fumio Murayama
• Best Coach: Ma Lianbo

References

• FIBA Archive