# 1990 ABC Under-18 Championship

The 1990 ABC Under-18 Championship was the eleventh edition of the Asian Championship for Junior Men. The tournament took place in Nagoya, Japan from August to 2 September 1990. Top three teams from this competition were qualified for the World Junior Basketball Championship held in Edmonton, Canada from July 26 to August 4 of 1991.
Japan won their first-ever championship after breezing past Syria in the championship match, 82-63. Defending champions China, edged out the Philippines, 96-93 in the battle for third place.
The top three teams represented Asia to the 1991 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

## Preliminary round

Top two teams from each group advance to the final round.

### Draw

* Group A: China, Malaysia, India, Kuwait
* Group B: Taiwan, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Japan
* Group C: Philippines, Iran, Hong Kong
* Group D: South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria

### Group D

* 26 August 1990
| Saudi Arabia | 83–79 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 49-44, 34-35 |||
* Nagoya Civic General Gymnasium, Nagoya
* 2? August 1990
| Syria | vs. | Saudi Arabia |
* Nagoya Civic General Gymnasium, Nagoya
* 27 August 1990
| Syria | 102–100 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 51-50, 51-50 |||
* Nagoya Civic General Gymnasium, Nagoya

## Championship round

* 30 August 1990
| China | 100–71 | Philippines |
* Nagoya Civic General Gymnasium, Nagoya
* 30 August 1990
| Japan | 70–61 | Syria |
* Nagoya Civic General Gymnasium, Nagoya

## Classification round
### 9th-12th place match

* 31 August 1990
| South Korea | 128–73 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by half: 52-34, 76-39 |||
* Nagoya Civic General Gymnasium, Nagoya

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 1 September | 1 September |
| Philippines | 76 |
| Philippines | 76 | 2 September | 2 September |
| Japan | 78 | 2 September | 2 September |
| Japan | 78 | Japan | 82 |
| 1 September | 1 September | | Japan | 82 |
| 1 September | 1 September | Syria | 63 |
| China | 60 | Syria | 63 |
| Syria | 61 | | |
| Syria | 61 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | 2 September | 2 September |
| | | Philippines | 93 |
| | | China | 96 |

### Semifinals

* 1 September
* Report
| Philippines | 76–78 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: –, – |||
| Pts: Limpot 22 | | Pts: Sekiguchi 30 |
* Nagoya Sports Center, Nagoya Referees: Estabros Doubis (GRE), Hamid Kian-ersi (IRI)
* 1 September
* Report
| China | 60–61 | Syria |
| Scoring by half: –, – |||
* Nagoya Sports Center, Nagoya

### 9th place

* 2 September
* Report
| South Korea | 119–54 | Iran |
| Scoring by half: 62–30, 57–24 |||
* Nagoya Sports Center, Nagoya

### 3rd place

* 2 September
* Report
| Philippines | 93–96 | China |
| Scoring by half: 47–53, 46–43 |||
| Pts: Limpot 26 | | Pts: Liu 35 |
* Nagoya Sports Center, Nagoya

### Final

* 2 September
* Report
| Japan | 82–63 | Syria |
| Scoring by half: –, – |||
* Nagoya Sports Center, Nagoya

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 1991 FIBA Under-19 World Championship
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Japan | – |
| | Syria | – |
| | China | – |
| 4 | Philippines | – |
| 5 | Saudi Arabia | – |
| 6 | Malaysia | – |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | – |
| 8 | Hong Kong | – |
| 9 | South Korea | – |
| 10 | Iran | – |
| 11 | India | – |
| 12 | Indonesia | – |
| 13 | Sri Lanka | – |

## Awards

* 1990 Asian Under-18 champions
* Japan First title