1989 ABC Under-18 Championship for Women

1989 FIBA U18 Women's Asia Cup

10th FIBA Under-18 Women's Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Philippines
Dates	January 24–February 1
Teams	11
Venue	(in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (5th title)
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The 1989 ABC Under-18 Championship was the tenth edition of the Asian basketball championship for junior women. The tournament took place in Manila, Philippines from January 24 to February 1, 1989. This competition served as a qualifying tournament for 1989 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women.

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 South Korea in the championship match.

Format

11 teams took place in this competition. They were divided to Group A of five teams and Group B of six teams. After a round-robin tournament within each group, the first place in Group A faces the second place in Group B in the semi-final and similarly the first place in Group B faces the second place in Group A.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	5	0	0	0	0	0
Japan	5	0	0	0	0	0
	5	0	0	0	0	0
	5	0	0	0	0	0
	5	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	5	5	0	0	0	0
Taiwan	5	0	0	0	0	0
	5	0	0	0	0	0
	5	0	0	0	0	0
	5	0	0	0	0	0
	5	0	0	0	0	0

24 January 1989

South Korea	139–33	Singapore
Scoring by half: 78-18, 61-15

Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

25 January 1989

South Korea	141–47	India
Scoring by half: 72-24, 69-23

Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

26 January 1989

South Korea	77–63	Taiwan
Scoring by half: 40-37, 37-26

Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

28 January 1989

South Korea	128–18	Hong Kong
Scoring by half: 78-12, 50-6

Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

29 January 1989

South Korea	137–30	Philippines
Scoring by half: 78-8, 59-22

Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

Final round

Semi-final

31 January 1989

South Korea	99–76	Japan
Scoring by half: 53-44, 46-32

Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

31 January 1989

China

96–76

Taiwan

Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

Final

2 February 1989

China	82–74	South Korea
Scoring by half: 37-37, 45-37

Rizal Memorial Coliseum, Manila

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	China	Qualified for the 1989 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women
	South Korea
	Japan
4th	Taiwan
5th	India
6th	Thailand
7th	Malaysia
8th	Singapore
9th	Philippines
10th	Sri Lanka
11th	Hong Kong

Awards

1989 Asian Under-18 champions
China Fifth title

See also

• 1989 ABC Under-18 Championship
• 1989 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women

References

1. "Asian Youth caging here". Manila Standard. 19 July 1988. Retrieved 19 August 2016.

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2. "Match Result for 25 January". The Hankyoreh. 26 January 1989. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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