1998 ABC Champions Cup

1998 FIBA Asia Champions Cup

9th Asia Champions Cup
Official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Malaysia
Dates	25 April–2 May
Teams	10
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	China (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Michael Cumberland
← 1997 1999 →

The ABC Champions Cup 1998 was the 9th staging of the ABC Champions Cup, the basketball club tournament of Asian Basketball Confederation. The tournament was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, between April 25 to May 2, 1998.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts	Tiebreaker
Regal	4	3	1	7	1–1 / 1.062
Al-Riyadi Beirut	4	3	1	7	1–1 / 0.987
Toshiba Red Thunders	4	3	1	7	1–1 / 0.950
Beeper 150	4	1	3	5
Bangkok Club	4	0	4	4

Toshiba Red Thunders

70–66

Al-Riyadi Beirut

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Beeper 150

vs.

Bangkok Club

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Bangkok Club

vs.

Al-Riyadi Beirut

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Regal

vs.

Beeper 150

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

April 27

Beeper 150

86–88

Toshiba Red Thunders

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

April 27

Bangkok Club

61–72

Regal

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

April 28

Regal

75–64

Toshiba Red Thunders

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

April 28

Al-Riyadi Beirut

99–77

Beeper 150

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

April 29

Toshiba Red Thunders

74–69

Bangkok Club

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

April 29

Al-Riyadi Beirut

82–80

Regal

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	Pts
Beijing Hanwei	4	4	0	8
Hyundai Dynat	4	3	1	7
Petronas	4	2	2	6
MHSK Tashkent	4	1	3	5
PanAsia Indosyntec	4	0	4	4

April 25

Hyundai Dynat

vs.

MHSK Tashkent

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

April 25

PanAsia Indosyntec

vs.

Petronas

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

April 26

Hyundai Dynat

vs.

PanAsia Indosyntec

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

April 26

MHSK Tashkent

81–90

Beijing Hanwei

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

April 27

Beijing Hanwei

83–66

Hyundai Dynat

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

April 27

Petronas

74–71

MHSK Tashkent

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

April 28

MHSK Tashkent

89–77

PanAsia Indosyntec

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

April 28

Beijing Hanwei

93–60

Petronas

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

April 29

PanAsia Indosyntec

80–102

Beijing Hanwei

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

April 29

Petronas

70–80

Hyundai Dynat

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Classification 5th–10th

9th place

May 1

Bangkok Club

68–72 (OT)

PanAsia Indosyntec

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

7th place

May 1

Beeper 150

84–88

MHSK Tashkent

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

5th place

May 2 17:30

Toshiba Red Thunders	91–70	Petronas
Scoring by half: 47–37, 44–33

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	May 1
	Regal	77
					May 2
	Hyundai	63
					Regal	70
	May 1
					Hanwei	71
	Hanwei	85
	Al-Riyadi	80
					3rd place
					May 2
					Hyundai	77
					Al-Riyadi	87

Semifinals

May 1 19:30

Regal	77–60	Hyundai Dynat
Scoring by half: 47–29, 30–31

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

May 1 21:15

Beijing Hanwei

85–80

Al-Riyadi

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

3rd place

May 2 19:00

Hyundai Dynat

77–87

Al-Riyadi

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Final

May 2 21:00

Regal	70–71	Beijing Hanwei
Scoring by half: 34–36, 36–35

Stadium Negara, Kuala Lumpur

Final standing

Rank	Team	Record
	Beijing Hanwei	6–0
	Regal	4–2
	Al-Riyadi Beirut	4–2
4	Hyundai Dynat	3–3
5	Toshiba Red Thunders	4–1
6	Petronas	2–3
7	MHSK Tashkent	2–3
8	Beeper 150	1–4
9	PanAsia Indosyntec	1–4
10	Bangkok Club	0–5

Awards

• Most Valuable Player: Michael Cumberland (Al-Riyadi)
• Best Scorer: Bobby Parks (Beeper 150)
• Best Playmaker: Wayman Strickland (Regal)
• Sixth Man Award: Elie Nasr (Al-Riyadi)
• Best Coach: Li Xin (Hanwei) and Felton Sealey (Bangkok)
• Sportsmanship Award: Teh Choon Yean (Petronas)

References

• Results^{[dead link]}
• FIBA Asia

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