# Soft tennis at the 1998 Asian Games – Men's team

The men's team soft tennis event was part of the soft tennis programme and took place between 11 and 13 December 1998, at the Thammasat Tennis Field.

## Schedule

All times are Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)
| Date | Time | Event |
| Friday, 11 December 1998 | 08:30 | Round robin |
| Saturday, 12 December 1998 | 08:30 | Round robin |
| Sunday, 13 December 1998 | 09:00 | Semifinals |
| Sunday, 13 December 1998 | 13:00 | Finals |

## Results
### Round robin
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Qualification |
| 1 | South Korea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Japan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Philippines | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 5th–6th semifinals |
| 4 | Mongolia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5th–6th semifinals |
| 5 | Kazakhstan | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | −11 | |
| 6 | Nepal | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 15 | −12 | |
| 11 December | South Korea | 3–2 | Japan |
| Jun In-soo / Kim Hee-soo | Jun In-soo / Kim Hee-soo | 5–2 | Hideyuki Kitamoto / Tsuneo Takagawa | 5–3, 5–3, 5–3, 0–4, 4–2, 3–5, 5–3 |
| Kim Kyung-han | Kim Kyung-han | 3–4 | Shigeo Nakahori | 4–1, 4–1, 5–3, 3–5, 2–4, 2–4, 5–7 |
| Choi Ji-hun / You Young-dong | Choi Ji-hun / You Young-dong | 4–5 | Takahisa Hirayama / Hironobu Saito | 5–3, 4–1, 4–1, 3–5, 4–1, 3–5, 2–4, 3–5, 6–8 |
| Kim Hee-soo | Kim Hee-soo | 4–3 | Tsuneo Takagawa | 1–4, 1–4, 4–0, 5–3, 5–3, 0–4, 7–5 |
| Jun In-soo / You Young-dong | Jun In-soo / You Young-dong | 5–3 | Hideyuki Kitamoto / Hironobu Saito | 4–0, 4–2, 0–4, 4–1, 1–4, 4–1, 3–5, 4–1 |
| 11 December | Philippines | 3–0 | Nepal |
| Richmond Paguyo / Ali Serquina | Richmond Paguyo / Ali Serquina | 5–0 | Manoj Subba / Ashok Singh |
| Samuel Noguit | Samuel Noguit | 4–1 | Bikash Pandya |
| Wenifredo de Leon / Samuel Noguit | Wenifredo de Leon / Samuel Noguit | 5–1 | Bikash Pandya / Nirmal Kaji Sthapit |
| 11 December | Kazakhstan | 0–3 | Mongolia |
| Askhad Sydykov / Rustem Milushev | Askhad Sydykov / Rustem Milushev | 1–5 | Damdinbazaryn Erdenesaikhan / Yondongiin Khuyagbaatar |
| Rustem Milushev | Rustem Milushev | 0–4 | Yondongiin Khuyagbaatar |
| Olzhas Doskarayev / Dias Doskarayev | Olzhas Doskarayev / Dias Doskarayev | 3–5 | Naranbaataryn Mandakhnaran / Erdene-Ochiryn Enkhmönkh |
| 11 December | Nepal | 1–3 | Mongolia |
| Nirmal Kaji Sthapit / Dushyanta Thapa | Nirmal Kaji Sthapit / Dushyanta Thapa | 2–5 | Yondongiin Khuyagbaatar / Damdinbazaryn Erdenesaikhan |
| Manoj Subba | Manoj Subba | 4–2 | Erdene-Ochiryn Enkhmönkh |
| Bikash Pandya / Ashok Singh | Bikash Pandya / Ashok Singh | 2–5 | Erdene-Ochiryn Enkhmönkh / Naranbaataryn Mandakhnaran |
| Bikash Pandya | Bikash Pandya | 1–4 | Yondongiin Khuyagbaatar |
| 11 December | Japan | 3–0 | Kazakhstan |
| Hideyuki Kitamoto / Tsuneo Takagawa | Hideyuki Kitamoto / Tsuneo Takagawa | 5–1 | Olzhas Doskarayev / Rustem Milushev |
| Shigeo Nakahori | Shigeo Nakahori | 4–0 | Olzhas Doskarayev |
| Takahisa Hirayama / Hironobu Saito | Takahisa Hirayama / Hironobu Saito | 5–0 | Askhad Sydykov / Dias Doskarayev |
| 11 December | South Korea | 3–0 | Philippines |
| Jun In-soo / Kim Kyung-han | Jun In-soo / Kim Kyung-han | 5–0 | Wenifredo de Leon / Samuel Noguit |
| Kim Hee-soo | Kim Hee-soo | 4–0 | Wenifredo de Leon |
| Choi Ji-hun / You Young-dong | Choi Ji-hun / You Young-dong | 5–1 | Richmond Paguyo / Orlando Silvoza |
| 11 December | Japan | 3–0 | Mongolia |
| Hideyuki Kitamoto / Tsuneo Takagawa | Hideyuki Kitamoto / Tsuneo Takagawa | 5–0 | Yondongiin Khuyagbaatar / Damdinbazaryn Erdenesaikhan |
| Shigeo Nakahori | Shigeo Nakahori | 4–2 | Yondongiin Khuyagbaatar |
| Takahisa Hirayama / Hironobu Saito | Takahisa Hirayama / Hironobu Saito | 5–1 | Erdene-Ochiryn Enkhmönkh / Naranbaataryn Mandakhnaran |
| 11 December | Philippines | 3–0 | Kazakhstan |
| Richmond Paguyo / Orlando Silvoza | Richmond Paguyo / Orlando Silvoza | 5–1 | Dias Doskarayev / Olzhas Doskarayev |
| Richmond Paguyo | Richmond Paguyo | 4–1 | Dias Doskarayev |
| Wenifredo de Leon / Samuel Noguit | Wenifredo de Leon / Samuel Noguit | 5–0 | Rustem Milushev / Askhad Sydykov |
| 11 December | South Korea | 3–0 | Nepal |
| Choi Ji-hun / Kim Kyung-han | Choi Ji-hun / Kim Kyung-han | 5–0 | Dushyanta Thapa / Manoj Subba |
| You Young-dong | You Young-dong | 4–1 | Ashok Singh |
| Jun In-soo / Kim Hee-soo | Jun In-soo / Kim Hee-soo | 5–0 | Bikash Pandya / Nirmal Kaji Sthapit |
| 12 December | South Korea | 3–0 | Kazakhstan |
| Choi Ji-hun / Kim Hee-soo | Choi Ji-hun / Kim Hee-soo | 5–0 | Dias Doskarayev / Olzhas Doskarayev |
| Kim Kyung-han | Kim Kyung-han | 4–3 | Olzhas Doskarayev |
| Jun In-soo / You Young-dong | Jun In-soo / You Young-dong | 5–0 | Rustem Milushev / Askhad Sydykov |
| 12 December | Philippines | 3–2 | Mongolia |
| Richmond Paguyo / Wenifredo de Leon | Richmond Paguyo / Wenifredo de Leon | 5–3 | Yondongiin Khuyagbaatar / Damdinbazaryn Erdenesaikhan |
| Richmond Paguyo | Richmond Paguyo | 4–1 | Erdene-Ochiryn Enkhmönkh |
| Samuel Noguit / Orlando Silvoza | Samuel Noguit / Orlando Silvoza | 3–5 | Naranbaataryn Mandakhnaran / Erdene-Ochiryn Enkhmönkh |
| Wenifredo de Leon | Wenifredo de Leon | 1–4 | Yondongiin Khuyagbaatar |
| Samuel Noguit / Ali Serquina | Samuel Noguit / Ali Serquina | 5–2 | Damdinbazaryn Erdenesaikhan / Naranbaataryn Mandakhnaran |
| 12 December | Japan | 3–0 | Nepal |
| Shigeo Nakahori / Hironobu Saito | Shigeo Nakahori / Hironobu Saito | 5–1 | Bikash Pandya / Ashok Singh |
| Tsuneo Takagawa | Tsuneo Takagawa | 4–0 | Dushyanta Thapa |
| Takahisa Hirayama / Hideyuki Kitamoto | Takahisa Hirayama / Hideyuki Kitamoto | 5–1 | Manoj Subba / Nirmal Kaji Sthapit |
| 12 December | Nepal | 2–3 | Kazakhstan |
| Bikash Pandya / Nirmal Kaji Sthapit | Bikash Pandya / Nirmal Kaji Sthapit | 4–5 | Olzhas Doskarayev / Dias Doskarayev |
| Manoj Subba | Manoj Subba | 2–4 | Olzhas Doskarayev |
| Ashok Singh / Manoj Subba | Ashok Singh / Manoj Subba | 5–2 | Rustem Milushev / Askhad Sydykov |
| Bikash Pandya | Bikash Pandya | 4–1 | Askhad Sydykov |
| Nirmal Kaji Sthapit / Dushyanta Thapa | Nirmal Kaji Sthapit / Dushyanta Thapa | 4–5 | Rustem Milushev / Dias Doskarayev |
| 12 December | South Korea | 3–0 | Mongolia |
| Jun In-soo / Kim Hee-soo | Jun In-soo / Kim Hee-soo | 5–1 | Yondongiin Khuyagbaatar / Damdinbazaryn Erdenesaikhan |
| Kim Kyung-han | Kim Kyung-han | 4–2 | Yondongiin Khuyagbaatar |
| Choi Ji-hun / You Young-dong | Choi Ji-hun / You Young-dong | 5–0 | Erdene-Ochiryn Enkhmönkh / Naranbaataryn Mandakhnaran |
| 12 December | Japan | 3–0 | Philippines |
| Takahisa Hirayama / Tsuneo Takagawa | Takahisa Hirayama / Tsuneo Takagawa | 5–0 | Samuel Noguit / Orlando Silvoza |
| Shigeo Nakahori | Shigeo Nakahori | 4–0 | Richmond Paguyo |
| Hideyuki Kitamoto / Hironobu Saito | Hideyuki Kitamoto / Hironobu Saito | 5–1 | Richmond Paguyo / Wenifredo de Leon |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | MF | MA | MD | Qualification |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | Semifinals |
| 2 | China | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 3 | +8 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Thailand | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 5th–6th semifinals |
| 4 | Maldives | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 5th–6th semifinals |
| 5 | Vietnam | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | −11 | |
| 11 December | Vietnam | 1–3 | Maldives |
| Nguyễn Hữu Đức / Lê Minh Sơn | Nguyễn Hữu Đức / Lê Minh Sơn | 0–5 | Amir Mansoor / Ibrahim Fareeh |
| Trần Duy Hưng | Trần Duy Hưng | 4–2 | Ibrahim Fareeh |
| Lý Đức Trung / Trần Duy Hưng | Lý Đức Trung / Trần Duy Hưng | | Ignaz Mansoor / Hassan Shaam |
| Lê Minh Sơn | Lê Minh Sơn | 0–4 | Mohamed Fazeeh |
| 11 December | Chinese Taipei | 3–2 | China |
| Liao Nan-kai / Yeh I-ming | Liao Nan-kai / Yeh I-ming | 2–5 | Wang Dazhi / Zhang Binbing | 4–2, 3–5, 5–3, 0–4, 0–4, 2–4, 3–5 |
| Sie Shun-feng | Sie Shun-feng | 1–4 | Chen Yadong | 0–4, 5–3, 1–4, 1–4, 3–5 |
| Fang Tung-hsien / Kuo Hsu-tung | Fang Tung-hsien / Kuo Hsu-tung | 5–0 | Chen Yadong / Jiang Bin | 4–2, 4–2, 4–2, 5–3, 4–1 |
| Liao Nan-kai | Liao Nan-kai | 4–1 | Zhang Zhuo | 4–1, 5–3, 3–5, 4–0, 4–0 |
| Sie Shun-feng / Yeh I-ming | Sie Shun-feng / Yeh I-ming | 5–0 | Wang Dazhi / Jiang Bin | 4–2, 4–1, 4–1, 4–1, 4–2 |
| 11 December | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Vietnam |
| Yeh I-ming / Liao Nan-kai | Yeh I-ming / Liao Nan-kai | 5–0 | Lê Minh Sơn / Trần Duy Hưng |
| Sie Shun-feng | Sie Shun-feng | 4–0 | Lê Minh Sơn |
| Fang Tung-hsien / Kuo Hsu-tung | Fang Tung-hsien / Kuo Hsu-tung | 5–0 | Nguyễn Hữu Đức / Lý Đức Trung |
| 11 December | China | 3–0 | Thailand |
| Chen Yadong / Jiang Bin | Chen Yadong / Jiang Bin | 5–2 | Chanapong Sirisap / Vichapan Tepkasikul |
| Chen Yadong | Chen Yadong | 4–2 | Akkasit Tepkasikul |
| Wang Dazhi / Zhang Binbing | Wang Dazhi / Zhang Binbing | 5–2 | Wachirachai Suwannaseri / Akkasit Tepkasikul |
| 11 December | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Maldives |
| Sie Shun-feng / Fang Tung-hsien | Sie Shun-feng / Fang Tung-hsien | 5–0 | Amir Mansoor / Mohamed Fazeeh |
| Kuo Hsu-tung | Kuo Hsu-tung | 4–0 | Mohamed Fazeeh |
| Yeh I-ming / Liao Nan-kai | Yeh I-ming / Liao Nan-kai | 5–1 | Ignaz Mansoor / Hassan Shaam |
| 11 December | Vietnam | 0–3 | Thailand |
| Lê Minh Sơn / Trần Duy Hưng | Lê Minh Sơn / Trần Duy Hưng | 0–5 | Chanapong Sirisap / Vichapan Tepkasikul |
| Trần Duy Hưng | Trần Duy Hưng | 0–4 | Akkasit Tepkasikul |
| Nguyễn Hữu Đức / Lý Đức Trung | Nguyễn Hữu Đức / Lý Đức Trung | 0–5 | Wachirachai Suwannaseri / Akkasit Tepkasikul |
| 12 December | Chinese Taipei | 3–0 | Thailand |
| Kuo Hsu-tung / Fang Tung-hsien | Kuo Hsu-tung / Fang Tung-hsien | 5–0 | Chanapong Sirisap / Akkasit Tepkasikul |
| Liao Nan-kai | Liao Nan-kai | 4–0 | Akkasit Tepkasikul |
| Sie Shun-feng / Yeh I-ming | Sie Shun-feng / Yeh I-ming | 5–2 | Wachirachai Suwannaseri / Vichapan Tepkasikul |
| 12 December | China | 3–0 | Maldives |
| Chen Yadong / Jiang Bin | Chen Yadong / Jiang Bin | 5–2 | Amir Mansoor / Mohamed Fazeeh |
| Wang Dazhi | Wang Dazhi | 4–1 | Ibrahim Fareeh |
| Zhang Zhuo / Zhang Binbing | Zhang Zhuo / Zhang Binbing | 5–2 | Ignaz Mansoor / Hassan Shaam |
| 12 December | China | 3–0 | Vietnam |
| Chen Yadong / Jiang Bin | Chen Yadong / Jiang Bin | 5–0 | Trần Duy Hưng / Nguyễn Hữu Đức |
| Wang Dazhi | Wang Dazhi | 4–1 | Trần Duy Hưng |
| Zhang Zhuo / Zhang Binbing | Zhang Zhuo / Zhang Binbing | 5–0 | Lê Minh Sơn / Lý Đức Trung |
| 12 December | Maldives | 0–3 | Thailand |
| Amir Mansoor / Mohamed Fazeeh | Amir Mansoor / Mohamed Fazeeh | 0–5 | Chanapong Sirisap / Vichapan Tepkasikul |
| Ibrahim Fareeh | Ibrahim Fareeh | 2–4 | Akkasit Tepkasikul |
| Ignaz Mansoor / Hassan Shaam | Ignaz Mansoor / Hassan Shaam | 0–5 | Wachirachai Suwannaseri / Akkasit Tepkasikul |

### 5th–6th place

| 5th–6th semifinals | 5th–6th semifinals | 5th–6th semifinals | 5th–6th final | 5th–6th final | 5th–6th final |
| A3 | Philippines | 3 | | | |
| B4 | Maldives | 0 | A3 | Philippines | 0 |
| B3 | Thailand | 3 | B3 | Thailand | 3 |
| A4 | Mongolia | 0 | | | |

#### 5th–6th semifinals

| 13 December | Philippines | 3–0 | Maldives |
| Wenifredo de Leon / Richmond Paguyo | Wenifredo de Leon / Richmond Paguyo | Amir Mansoor / Mohamed Fazeeh |
| Richmond Paguyo | Richmond Paguyo | Ibrahim Fareeh |
| Samuel Noguit / Orlando Silvoza | Samuel Noguit / Orlando Silvoza | Hassan Shaam / Ignaz Mansoor |
| 13 December | Thailand | 3–0 | Mongolia |
| Chanapong Sirisap / Vichapan Tepkasikul | Chanapong Sirisap / Vichapan Tepkasikul | Yondongiin Khuyagbaatar / Damdinbazaryn Erdenesaikhan |
| Akkasit Tepkasikul | Akkasit Tepkasikul | Yondongiin Khuyagbaatar |
| Wachirachai Suwannaseri / Akkasit Tepkasikul | Wachirachai Suwannaseri / Akkasit Tepkasikul | Naranbaataryn Mandakhnaran / Erdene-Ochiryn Enkhmönkh |

#### 5th–6th final

| 13 December | Philippines | 0–3 | Thailand |
| Wenifredo de Leon / Samuel Noguit | Wenifredo de Leon / Samuel Noguit | Chanapong Sirisap / Vichapan Tepkasikul |
| Richmond Paguyo | Richmond Paguyo | Akkasit Tepkasikul |
| Richmond Paguyo / Orlando Silvoza | Richmond Paguyo / Orlando Silvoza | Wachirachai Suwannaseri / Akkasit Tepkasikul |

### Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| A1 | South Korea | 3 | | | |
| B2 | China | 0 | A1 | South Korea | 3 |
| B1 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | B1 | Chinese Taipei | 2 |
| A2 | Japan | 2 |
| | | | 3rd–4th place | 3rd–4th place | 3rd–4th place |
| | | | B2 | China | 1 |
| | | | A2 | Japan | 3 |

#### Semifinals

| 13 December | South Korea | 3–0 | China |
| Jun In-soo / You Young-dong | Jun In-soo / You Young-dong | 5–1 | Chen Yadong / Jiang Bin |
| Kim Hee-soo | Kim Hee-soo | 4–0 | Zhang Zhuo |
| Choi Ji-hun / Kim Kyung-han | Choi Ji-hun / Kim Kyung-han | 5–2 | Wang Dazhi / Zhang Binbing |
| 13 December | Chinese Taipei | 3–2 | Japan |
| Liao Nan-kai / Yeh I-ming | Liao Nan-kai / Yeh I-ming | 5–4 | Hideyuki Kitamoto / Tsuneo Takagawa |
| Fang Tung-hsien | Fang Tung-hsien | 2–4 | Shigeo Nakahori |
| Fang Tung-hsien / Kuo Hsu-tung | Fang Tung-hsien / Kuo Hsu-tung | 3–5 | Takahisa Hirayama / Hironobu Saito |
| Liao Nan-kai | Liao Nan-kai | 4–1 | Tsuneo Takagawa |
| Sie Shun-feng / Yeh I-ming | Sie Shun-feng / Yeh I-ming | 5–3 | Hideyuki Kitamoto / Hironobu Saito |

#### 3rd–4th place

| 13 December | China | 1–3 | Japan |
| Wang Dazhi / Zhang Binbing | Wang Dazhi / Zhang Binbing | Takahisa Hirayama / Tsuneo Takagawa |
| Chen Yadong | Chen Yadong | Shigeo Nakahori |
| Chen Yadong / Jiang Bin | Chen Yadong / Jiang Bin | Hideyuki Kitamoto / Hironobu Saito |
| Zhang Binbing | Zhang Binbing | Tsuneo Takagawa |

#### Final

| 13 December | South Korea | 3–2 | Chinese Taipei |
| Jun In-soo / Kim Hee-soo | Jun In-soo / Kim Hee-soo | 2–5 | Liao Nan-kai / Yeh I-ming | 2–4, 1–4, 4–2, 4–1, 1–4, 2–4, 2–4 |
| Kim Kyung-han | Kim Kyung-han | 4–3 | Sie Shun-feng | 3–5, 5–3, 1–4, 4–2, 1–4, 4–1, 7–2 |
| Choi Ji-hun / You Young-dong | Choi Ji-hun / You Young-dong | 2–5 | Fang Tung-hsien / Kuo Hsu-tung | 3–5, 1–4, 4–1, 0–4, 2–4, 4–2, 2–4 |
| Kim Hee-soo | Kim Hee-soo | 4–3 | Liao Nan-kai | 5–3, 2–4, 3–5, 3–5, 5–3, 4–2, 7–5 |
| Jun In-soo / You Young-dong | Jun In-soo / You Young-dong | 5–1 | Sie Shun-feng / Yeh I-ming | 5–3, 4–1, 2–4, 4–2, 4–1, 4–2 |

## Non-participating athletes

* Wachira Bunsiri (THA)