# 1998 ABC Under-18 Championship for Women

The ABC Under-18 Championship for Women 1998 is the 14th edition of the ABC's junior championship for basketball. The games were held at Tokushima, Japan from September 13–20, 1998.

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
| China | 5 | 5 | 0 | 519 | 142 | +377 | 10 | |
| Chinese Taipei | 5 | 4 | 1 | 464 | 290 | +174 | 9 | |
| Uzbekistan | 5 | 3 | 2 | 278 | 304 | −26 | 7 | 1–0 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 2 | 3 | 240 | 370 | −130 | 7 | 0–1 |
| India | 5 | 1 | 4 | 278 | 435 | −157 | 6 | |
| Philippines | 5 | 0 | 5 | 207 | 445 | −238 | 5 | |
* September 13
| Hong Kong | 54–53 | India |
| Scoring by half: 28–25, 26–28 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 13
| Philippines | 45–101 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 24–55, 21–46 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 13
| China | 20–0 | Uzbekistan |
| Walkover |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 14
| China | 119–30 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by half: 60–16, 59–14 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 14
| India | 49–96 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 20–54, 29–42 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 14
| Uzbekistan | 84–46 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 39–26, 45–20 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 15
| Chinese Taipei | 112–48 | Uzbekistan |
| Scoring by half: 55–20, 57–28 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 15
| India | 26–152 | China |
| Scoring by half: 19–83, 7–69 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 15
| Hong Kong | 56–38 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 30–22, 26–16 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 17
| Hong Kong | 41–98 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 23–56, 18–42 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 17
| Philippines | 29–121 | China |
| Scoring by half: 19–58, 10–63 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 17
| Uzbekistan | 84–67 | India |
| Scoring by half: 29–29, 55–38 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 18
| India | 83–49 | Philippines |
| Scoring by half: 39–24, 44–25 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 18
| Hong Kong | 59–62 | Uzbekistan |
| Scoring by half: 32–29, 27–33 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 18
| Chinese Taipei | 57–107 | China |
| Scoring by half: 27–59, 30–48 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima

### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Japan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 534 | 133 | +401 | 10 |
| South Korea | 5 | 4 | 1 | 595 | 156 | +439 | 9 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 286 | 255 | +31 | 8 |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 2 | 3 | 170 | 360 | −190 | 7 |
| Macau | 5 | 1 | 4 | 219 | 458 | −239 | 6 |
| Laos | 5 | 0 | 5 | 91 | 533 | −442 | 5 |
* September 13
| Malaysia | 68–25 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 33–14, 35–11 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 13
| Japan | 141–30 | Macau |
| Scoring by half: 70–15, 71–15 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 13
| South Korea | 166–18 | Laos |
| Scoring by half: 88–5, 78–13 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 14
| Sri Lanka | 21–121 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 17–61, 4–60 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 14
| Laos | 7–131 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 6–65, 1–66 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 14
| Macau | 39–75 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 20–26, 19–49 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 15
| Laos | 16–56 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 13–18, 3–38 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 15
| Macau | 20–157 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 13–78, 7–79 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 15
| Japan | 81–22 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 43–9, 38–13 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 17
| Malaysia | 91–21 | Laos |
| Scoring by half: 57–15, 34–6 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 17
| South Korea | 62–67 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 40–35, 22–32 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 17
| Sri Lanka | 56–41 | Macau |
| Scoring by half: 25–18, 31–23 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 18
| Macau | 89–29 | Laos |
| Scoring by half: 48–22, 41–7 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 18
| Sri Lanka | 12–114 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 8–49, 4–65 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 18
| South Korea | 89–30 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 49–15, 40–15 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima

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

* September 19
| Philippines | 102–31 | Laos |
| Scoring by half: 38–19, 64–12 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima

### 9th place

* September 19
| India | 80–36 | Macau |
| Scoring by half: 49–18, 31–18 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima

### 7th place

* September 19
| Hong Kong | 57–49 | Sri Lanka |
| Scoring by half: 22–29, 35–20 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima

### 5th place

* September 19
| Uzbekistan | 57–68 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by half: 33–36, 24–32 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| September 19 | September 19 |
| China | 70 |
| China | 70 | September 20 | September 20 |
| South Korea | 59 | September 20 | September 20 |
| South Korea | 59 | China | 81 |
| September 19 | September 19 | | China | 81 |
| September 19 | September 19 | Chinese Taipei | 40 |
| Chinese Taipei | 74 | Chinese Taipei | 40 |
| Japan | 66 | | |
| Japan | 66 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | September 20 | September 20 |
| | | South Korea | 46 |
| | | Japan | 43 |

### Semifinals

* September 19
| China | 70–59 | South Korea |
| Scoring by half: 43–28, 27–31 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima
* September 19
| Chinese Taipei | 74–66 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 29–29, 45–37 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima

### 3rd place

* September 20
| South Korea | 46–43 | Japan |
| Scoring by half: 25–23, 21–20 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima

### Final

* September 20
| China | 81–40 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by half: 39–28, 42–12 |||
* Asty Tokushima, Tokushima

## Final standing

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | China | 7–0 |
| | Chinese Taipei | 5–2 |
| | South Korea | 5–2 |
| 4 | Japan | 5–2 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 4–2 |
| 6 | Uzbekistan | 3–3 |
| 7 | Hong Kong | 3–3 |
| 8 | Sri Lanka | 2–4 |
| 9 | India | 2–4 |
| 10 | Macau | 1–5 |
| 11 | Philippines | 1–5 |
| 12 | Laos | 0–6 |

## Awards

* 1998 Asian Under-18 champions
* China Seventh title