1989 ABC Under-18 Championship

The 1989 ABC Under-18 Championship was the tenth edition of the Asian Championship for Junior Men. The tournament took place in Manila, Philippines from January 24 to February 1, 1989.

1989 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship
10th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryPhilippines Philippines
DatesJanuary 24–February 1
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions China (3rd title)
1986
1990

On July 19, 1988, the Basketball Association of the Philippines announced that the Philippines was given hosting rights for the tournament after the country bested bids by Malaysia, Jordan and Thailand for the hosting rights.[1]

China successfully defended their title they won three years ago also held in Manila, this time after defeating Chinese Taipei in the championship match. The tournament host, the Philippines, avenged their quarterfinal loss to Japan by defeating them in the battle for third place.

Preliminary round

All times are in Philippine Standard Time (UTC+08:00)

Group A

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 China33020590+1156
 Iraq32110171+305
 Thailand312113142−194
 Pakistan30394180−863
24 January
09:00
Pakistan  45–112  China
Scoring by half: 22–52, 23–60
Pts: Manzoor 10Pts: Ma 26
24 January
20:30
[Box Scores]
Iraq  W–L  Thailand
25 January
14:30
Thailand  68–49  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 36–26, 32–23
Pts: Sirapol 19Pts: Muhammad 16
25 January
19:00
[Box Scores]
China  W–L  Iraq
26 January
14:30
Iraq  101–71  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 42–37, 59–34
Pts: Yahya 18Pts: Hussain 19
26 January
17:30
China  93–45  Thailand
Scoring by half: 37–22, 56–23
Pts: Jun 19Pts: Pitipong 13

Group B

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Philippines330275172+1036
 Iran321170201−315
 India312191199−84
 Singapore303167231−643
24 January
13:30
India  52–53  Iran
Scoring by half: 30–26, 22–27
Pts: Hurmadi 13Pts: Sha ali 19
24 January
17:30
Singapore  55–92  Philippines
Scoring by half: 32–43, 23–49
Pts: Huan J.S. 17Pts: Cardel 16
25 January
13:00
Iran  61–55  Singapore
Scoring by half: 34–26, 32–23
Pts: Alemzad 13Pts: Waihao 17
25 January
17:30
Philippines  89–61  India
Scoring by half: 43–26, 46–35
Pts: Meneses 19Pts: Shahid 14
26 January
10:30
India  78–57  Singapore
Scoring by half: 37–32, 41–25
Pts: Tripathi 20Pts: Waihao 11
26 January
17:30
Iran  56–94  Philippines
Scoring by half: 19–46, 37–48
Pts: Alemzad 24Pts: Cardel 20

Group C

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Chinese Taipei330273164+1096
 Saudi Arabia321224185+395
 Malaysia312181234−534
 Hong Kong303169264−953
24 January
10:30
Malaysia  69–66  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 36–34, 33–32
Pts: Chen H.K. 18Pts: Ma K.W. 14
24 January
19:00
Chinese Taipei  77–57  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 41–23, 36–34
Pts: Chou C.S. 22Pts: Marzoug 15
25 January
10:30
Saudi Arabia  67–59  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 36–34, 31–25
Pts: Marzoug 17Pts: Ong K.S. 18
25 January
16:00
Hong Kong  54–95  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 29–49, 25–46
Pts: Lam 16Pts: Wu 24
26 January
14:30
Saudi Arabia  100–49  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 53–28, 47–21
Pts: Ialfahil 24Pts: Lam 13
26 January
16:00
Chinese Taipei  101–53  Malaysia
Pts: Lung 22Pts: Ong 11

Group D

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Japan330179*113*+66*6
 South Korea321271206+655
 Indonesia312171*188*−17*4
 Sri Lanka303166280−1143

*: Points based on two games only

24 January
12:00
Japan  89–35  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 46–22, 43–13
Pts: Miura, Sako 15Pts: Fernando 10
24 January
12:00
South Korea  101–72  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 51-27, 41-17
Pts: Oh, Moon, Chung 17Pts: David 24
25 January
09:00
Sri Lanka  44–92  South Korea
Scoring by half: 27–51, 17–41
Pts: Da Silva, Jagath 12Pts: Chung I.K. 20
25 January
20:30
[Box Scores]
Indonesia  L–W  Japan
26 January
09:00
Sri Lanka  87–99  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 42–57, 45–42
Pts: Jagath 25Pts: David 34
26 January
19:00
Japan  90–78  South Korea
Scoring by half: 40-27, 50-51

Quarterfinal round

Group I

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 China330281156+1256
 Chinese Taipei321279234+455
 South Korea312264280−164
 Iran303155309−1543
27 January
14:30
China  103–37  Iran
Scoring by half: 57–14, 46–23
Pts: Ma Y. 16Pts: Alimsad 20
27 January
16:00
Chinese Taipei  120–98  South Korea
Scoring by half: 63–57, 57–41
Pts: Ching 41Pts: Moon 23
28 January
14:30
Chinese Taipei  103–50  Iran
Scoring by half: 59–27, 44–23
Pts: Lo 21Pts: Alemzad 12
28 January
16:00
China  92–63  South Korea
Scoring by half: 52–27, 40–36
Pts: Ma 32Pts: Oh 16
29 January
China  86–56  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: 43–27, 43–29
Pts: Jian 30Pts: Ching 20
29 January
South Korea  103–68  Iran
Scoring by half: 56–32, 47–36
Pts: Sung Shik 19Pts: Alemzad 12

Group II

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Japan321229231−45
 Philippines321287249+385
 Saudi Arabia312219234−154
 Iraq312243264−214
27 January
17:30
Philippines  101–79  Iraq
Scoring by half: 58–38, 43–41
Pts: Cardel 23Pts: Yahya 25
27 January
19:00
Japan  60–55  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 32–34, 28–21
Pts: Miyura 13Pts: Ialfahail 23
28 January
17:30
Philippines  98–80  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by half: 48–40, 50–40
Pts: Pablo 19Pts: Marzoug 23
28 January
19:00
Japan  79–88  Iraq
29 January
17:30
Philippines  88–90  Japan
Scoring by half: 48–45, 40–45
Pts: Meneses 26Pts: Sako 24
29 January
19:00
Saudi Arabia  84–76  Iraq
Scoring by half: 48–36, 36–40

Group III

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Thailand330293185+1086
 Malaysia321237216+215
 Singapore312206238−324
 Sri Lanka303194270−763
27 January
14:30
Thailand  93–69  Singapore
Scoring by half: 55–34, 38–35
Pts: Veeraphapol 19Pts: Chan, Guan 11
27 January
16:00
Malaysia  87–48  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 63–57, 57–41
Pts: Chai C.H. 23Pts: de Silva 9
28 January
14:30
Thailand  97–45  Sri Lanka
Pts: Sheeraphong, Songphob 15Pts: Fernando 16
28 January
16:00
Malaysia  79–65  Singapore
Scoring by half: 42–33, 37–32
Pts: Cheah 19Pts: Seow 15
29 January
Singapore  72–70  Sri Lanka
Scoring by half: 39–29, 33–41
Pts: Sheng 19Pts: Namasivayan 27
29 January
Thailand  103–71  Malaysia
Scoring by half: 54–32, 49–39
Pts: Tetitong 24Pts: Wah 15

Group IV

TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
 Indonesia330205200+56
 India321189176+135
 Pakistan312183169+144
 Hong Kong303179211−323
27 January
17:30
India  50–47  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 32–27, 18–23
Pts: Shahid 24Pts: Haider, Hussain 11
27 January
19:00
Indonesia  69–67  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 41–38, 28–29
Pts: David 22Pts: Wai 26
28 January
17:30
India  69–58  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 30–40, 39–18
Pts: Tripathi 14Pts: Lam 17
28 January
19:00
Indonesia  65–63  Pakistan
Scoring by half: 30–29, 35–34
Pts: Gunawan 31Pts: Ahmed 15
29 January
Pakistan  73–54  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 37–30, 36–24
Pts: Hussais 20Pts: Chan 14
29 January
Indonesia  71–70  India
Scoring by half: 34–36, 37–34
Pts: David 29Pts: Shahind 20

Classification 5th–16th

15th place

30 January
14:30
Sri Lanka  72–70  Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 41–35, 31–35
Pts: Fernando 27Pts: Chan C.K. 25

13th place

30 January
16:00
Pakistan  73–72  Singapore
Scoring by half: 44–42, 29–30
Pts: Haider, Ahmed 17Pts: Singh 22

11th place

30 January
17:30
Malaysia  97–87  India
Scoring by half: 49–40, 48–47
Pts: Hwa C.C. 29Pts: Shahid 22

9th place

30 January
19:00
Thailand  68–53  Indonesia
Scoring by half: 27–20, 41–33
Pts: Theerqyute 17Pts: David, Ferry 13

7th place

31 January
19:00
Iran  L–W  Iraq
Scoring by half: –, –

5th place

31 January
13:00
Saudi Arabia  L–W  South Korea
Scoring by half: –, –

Final round

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
31 January
 
 
 Philippines57
 
1 February
 
 China80
 
 China82
 
31 January
 
 Chinese Taipei61
 
 Japan68
 
 
 Chinese Taipei94
 
3rd place
 
 
1 February
 
 
 Philippines
 
 
 Japan

Semifinals

31 January
17:30
Philippines  57–80  China
Scoring by half: –, –
31 January
19:00
Japan  68–94  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: –, –

3rd place

1 February
Philippines  W–L  Japan
Scoring by half: –, –

Final

1 February
China  82–61  Chinese Taipei
Scoring by half: –, –

Final standing

RankTeamRecord
 China8–0
 Chinese Taipei6–2
 Philippines6–2
4  Japan5–3
5  South Korea4–3
6  Saudi Arabia3–4
7  Iraq4–3
8  Iran2–5
9  Thailand5–2
10  Indonesia4–3
11  Malaysia4–3
12  India3–4
13  Pakistan2–5
14  Singapore1–6
15  Sri Lanka1–6
16  Hong Kong0–7

Awards

 1989 Asian Under-18 champions 

China
Third title

See also

References