# 1998 Asian Junior Badminton Championships

The 1998 Asian Junior Badminton Championships is an Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton players across Asia. This tournament were held at the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 15-21 June 1998.

## Medalists

China boys' and girls' team sweep the title after beat Malaysia 3–2 and South Korea 5–0 respectively. The Indonesian and Taiwanese boys' and girls' finished in third place. In the individuals event, Chien Yu-hsiu surprised the competition when he captured the boys' singles gold. China led by top-seed Zhang Yi, Indonesia, Korea and Malaysia were among the favourites to go home with the coveted title. In the girls' singles, China dominated event from the quarterfinals. Hu Ting won the girls' singles title after beat her teammate Gong Ruina, 11–6 and 11–2, but Gong who was partnered with Huang Sui won the girls' doubles title after defeat the Korean pair Lee Hyo-jung and Jun Woul-sihk, 15–13 and 15–8. Huang completes her success by winning her second title in the mixed doubles event with Jiang Shan. The boys' doubles gold goes to Chan Chong Ming and Teo Kok Seng of Malaysia.
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Boys' teams details | China Cai Yun Chen Yu Guo Siwei Jiang Shan Sang Yang Xiao Li Zhang Qirong Zhang Yi | Malaysia Sairul Amar Ayob Chan Chong Ming Alvin Chew Charles Khoo Ong Huck Lee Allan Tai Tan Wei Ming Teo Kok Seng Yeoh Kay Bin | Indonesia Endra Feryanto Hariawan Donny Prasetyo Arif Rasidi Hendri Kurniawan Saputra Wandry Kurniawan Saputra Denny Setiawan Imam Sodikin |
| Boys' teams details | China Cai Yun Chen Yu Guo Siwei Jiang Shan Sang Yang Xiao Li Zhang Qirong Zhang Yi | Malaysia Sairul Amar Ayob Chan Chong Ming Alvin Chew Charles Khoo Ong Huck Lee Allan Tai Tan Wei Ming Teo Kok Seng Yeoh Kay Bin | Chinese Taipei Chen Chun-chi Chen Huang-ming Chien Yu-hsiu Hang Kuang-jong Lee Hsun-neng Tseng Chun-lin |
| Girls' teams details | China Dong Fang Gong Ruina Hu Ting Huang Sui Jin Beilei Rong Yi Wei Yan Xie Xingfang | South Korea Jun Jae-youn Jun Woul-sihk Lee Hyo-jung Lee Ji-sun Lee Joon-boon | Indonesia Siang Chiung Puspa Dewi Eny Erlangga Ernita Vita Marissa Dwi Ratna Atu Rosalina Eny Widiowati |
| Girls' teams details | China Dong Fang Gong Ruina Hu Ting Huang Sui Jin Beilei Rong Yi Wei Yan Xie Xingfang | South Korea Jun Jae-youn Jun Woul-sihk Lee Hyo-jung Lee Ji-sun Lee Joon-boon | Chinese Taipei Chen Hsiu-lin Chen Wan-ju Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin Kung Ya-tzu Lin Hsiao-hui Teng Tao-chun Yang Ling-hui |
| Boys' singles | Chien Yu-hsiu | Endra Feryanto | Lee Hyun-il |
| Boys' singles | Chien Yu-hsiu | Endra Feryanto | Shon Seung-mo |
| Girls' singles | Hu Ting | Gong Ruina | Rong Yi |
| Girls' singles | Hu Ting | Gong Ruina | Dong Fang |
| Boys' doubles | Chan Chong Ming Teo Kok Seng | Guo Siwei Jiang Shan | Patapol Ngernsrisuk Sudket Prapakamol |
| Boys' doubles | Chan Chong Ming Teo Kok Seng | Guo Siwei Jiang Shan | Donny Prasetyo Denny Setiawan |
| Girls' doubles | Gong Ruina Huang Sui | Lee Hyo-jung Jun Woul-sihk | Vita Marissa Eny Widowati |
| Girls' doubles | Gong Ruina Huang Sui | Lee Hyo-jung Jun Woul-sihk | Dong Fang Xie Xingfang |
| Mixed doubles | Jiang Shan Huang Sui | Chan Chong Ming Joanne Quay | Denny Setiawan Puspa Dewi |
| Mixed doubles | Jiang Shan Huang Sui | Chan Chong Ming Joanne Quay | Chen Yu Jin Beilei |

## Results
### Semifinals

| Category | Winner | Runner-up | Score |
| Boys' singles | Endra Feryanto | Lee Hyun-il | 15–8, 15–5 |
| Boys' singles | Chien Yu-hsiu | Shon Seung-mo | 15–6, 15–4 |
| Girls' singles | Hu Ting | Dong Fang | 11–6, 11–3 |
| Girls' singles | Gong Ruina | Rong Yi | 7–5$^r$ |
| Boys' doubles | Chan Chong Ming Teo Kok Seng | Patapol Ngernsrisuk Sudket Prapakamol | 15–11, 15–9 |
| Boys' doubles | Guo Siwei Jiang Shan | Denny Setiawan Donny Prasetyo | 15–9, 15–8 |
| Girls' doubles | Lee Hyo-jung Jun Woul-sihk | Dong Fang Xie Xingfang | 15–3, 15–8 |
| Girls' doubles | Gong Ruina Huang Sui | Eny Widiowati Vita Marissa | 17–16, 17–15 |
| Mixed doubles | Jiang Shan Huang Sui | Denny Setiawan Puspa Dewi | 15–1, 15–2 |
| Mixed doubles | Chan Chong Ming Joanne Quay | Chen Yu Jin Beilei | 15–5, 15–5 |

### Finals

| Category | Winners | Runners-up | Score |
| Boys' singles | Chien Yu-hsiu | Endra Feryanto | 15–1, 15–1 |
| Girls' singles | Hu Ting | Gong Ruina | 11–6, 11–2 |
| Boys' doubles | Chan Chong Ming Teo Kok Seng | Guo Siwei Jiang Shan | 15–7, 15–5 |
| Girls' doubles | Gong Ruina Huang Sui | Lee Hyo-jung Jun Woul-sihk | 15–13, 15–8 |
| Mixed doubles | Jiang Shan Huang Sui | Chan Chong Ming Joanne Quay | 6–15, 15–8, 15–11 |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | China (CHN) | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | Malaysia (MAS) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei (TPE) | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | South Korea (KOR) | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 5 | Indonesia (INA) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Thailand (THA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (6 entries) | Totals (6 entries) | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |