# 1996 ABC Under-18 Championship for Women

The ABC Under-18 Championship for Women 1996 is the 13th edition of the ABC's junior championship for basketball. The games were held at Bangkok, Thailand from April 21–28, 1996.

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| South Korea | 5 | 5 | 0 | 592 | 215 | +377 | 10 |
| Chinese Taipei | 5 | 4 | 1 | 507 | 213 | +294 | 9 |
| Thailand | 5 | 3 | 2 | 398 | 274 | +124 | 8 |
| Jordan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 186 | 454 | −268 | 7 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 1 | 4 | 177 | 405 | −228 | 6 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 0 | 5 | 147 | 446 | −299 | 5 |
| Sri Lanka | 17–97 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 6–45, 11–52 |||
* Bangkok
| Jordan | 39–135 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 22–71, 17–64 |||
* Bangkok
| Thailand | 93–23 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 42–11, 51–12 |||
* Bangkok
| South Korea | 134–25 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 65–12, 69–13 |||
* Bangkok
| Chinese Taipei | 137–30 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 79–18, 58–12 |||
* Bangkok
| Thailand | 92–21 | Jordan |
| Scoring by half: 49–13, 43–8 |||
* Bangkok
| Hong Kong | 42–47 | Jordan |
| Scoring by half: 22–24, 20–23 |||
* Bangkok
| Sri Lanka | 39–83 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 20–42, 19–41 |||
* Bangkok
| Chinese Taipei | 67–80 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 31–39, 36–41 |||
* Bangkok
| Jordan | 58–57 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 28–33, 30–24 |||
* Bangkok
| South Korea | 130–19 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 71–12, 59–7 |||
* Bangkok
| Thailand | 65–78 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 20–42, 45–36 |||
* Bangkok
| Chinese Taipei | 128–21 | Jordan |
| Scoring by half: 63–8, 65–13 |||
* Bangkok
| Hong Kong | 33–39 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 16–15, 17–24 |||
* Bangkok
| South Korea | 113–65 | Thailand |
| Scoring by half: 54–28, 59–37 |||
* Bangkok

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Japan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 501 | 208 | +293 | 10 |
| China | 5 | 4 | 1 | 491 | 188 | +303 | 9 |
| India | 5 | 3 | 2 | 290 | 314 | −24 | 8 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 5 | 2 | 3 | 280 | 390 | −110 | 7 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 239 | 354 | −115 | 6 |
| Philippines | 5 | 0 | 5 | 189 | 536 | −347 | 5 |
| Japan | 162–32 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 85–16, 77–16 |||
* Bangkok
| Malaysia | 62–67 | Kyrgyzstan |
| Scoring by half: 30–32, 32–35 |||
* Bangkok
| China | 84–31 | India |
| Scoring by half: 44–16, 40–15 |||
* Bangkok
| India | 70–49 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 30–28, 40–21 |||
* Bangkok
| Philippines | 25–132 | China |
| Scoring by half: 10–67, 15–65 |||
* Bangkok
| Kyrgyzstan | 33–102 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 18–57, 15–45 |||
* Bangkok
| Philippines | 41–68 | India |
| Scoring by half: 18–37, 23–31 |||
* Bangkok
| Malaysia | 25–74 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 19–45, 6–29 |||
* Bangkok
| China | 99–33 | Kyrgyzstan |
| Scoring by half: 50–16, 49–17 |||
* Bangkok
| China | 94–16 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 52–11, 42–5 |||
* Bangkok
| Kyrgyzstan | 87–42 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 43–15, 44–27 |||
* Bangkok
| Japan | 80–36 | India |
| Scoring by half: 47–24, 33–12 |||
* Bangkok
| India | 85–60 | Kyrgyzstan |
| Scoring by half: 44–26, 41–34 |||
* Bangkok
| Philippines | 49–87 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 21–42, 28–45 |||
* Bangkok
| Japan | 83–82 | China |
| Scoring by half: 30–42, 53–40 |||
* Bangkok

## Classification 5th–12th
### 11th place

| Hong Kong | 52–58 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 27–36, 25–22 |||
* Bangkok

### 9th place

| Sri Lanka | 65–79 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 25–43, 40–36 |||
* Bangkok

### 7th place

| Jordan | 38–71 | Kyrgyzstan |
| Scoring by half: 20–42, 18–29 |||
* Bangkok

### 5th place

| Thailand | 84–76 | India |
| Scoring by half: 44–42, 40–34 |||
* Bangkok

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| April 27 | April 27 |
| South Korea | 62 |
| South Korea | 62 | April 28 | April 28 |
| China | 73 | April 28 | April 28 |
| China | 73 | China | 66 |
| April 27 | April 27 | | China | 66 |
| April 27 | April 27 | Japan | 63 |
| Japan | 76 | Japan | 63 |
| Chinese Taipei | 64 | | |
| Chinese Taipei | 64 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | April 28 | April 28 |
| | | South Korea | 77 |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 76 |

### Semifinals

* April 27
| South Korea | 62–73 | China |
| Scoring by half: 36–43, 26–30 |||
* Bangkok
* April 27
| Japan | 76–64 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 52–39, 24–25 |||
* Bangkok

### 3rd place

* April 28
| South Korea | 77–76 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 47–37, 30–39 |||
* Bangkok

### Final

* April 28
| China | 66–63 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 29–33, 37–30 |||
* Bangkok

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 1997 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | China | 6–1 |
| | Japan | 6–1 |
| | South Korea | 6–1 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 4–3 |
| 5 | Thailand | 4–2 |
| 6 | India | 3–3 |
| 7 | Kyrgyzstan | 3–3 |
| 8 | Jordan | 2–4 |
| 9 | Malaysia | 2–4 |
| 10 | Sri Lanka | 1–5 |
| 11 | Philippines | 1–5 |
| 12 | Hong Kong | 0–6 |

## Awards

* 1996 Asian Under-18 champions
* China Sixth title