The 1998

Asian Junior Badminton Championships The Badminton Asia Junior Championships is a tournament organized by the Badminton Asia governing body to crown the best junior badminton players (under-19) in Asia. Championships (U19) The table below gives an overview of all host cities and count ...

is an Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton players across Asia. This tournament were held at the

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, in

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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 Gong Ruina (; born in 23 January 1981) is a badminton player from the People's Republic of China. Career Gong Ruina was one of the world's leading women's singles players, former World No. 1 in the first few years of the 21st century. She won a ...

, 11–6 and 11–2, but Gong who was partnered with

Huang Sui Huang Sui (; born 8 January 1982) is a Chinese-Australian female badminton player. Career Although Huang has won the Chinese National mixed doubles title almost all of her many international titles have come in women's doubles with Gao Ling, in ...

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 Chan Chong Ming (born 16 February 1980) is a former Malaysian badminton player and a current head coach of Malaysian national women's doubles squad. Career Chan competed in badminton at the 2004 Summer Olympics with his then partner, Chew Ch ...

and Teo Kok Seng of Malaysia.

Results

Semifinals

Finals

Medal table

References

External links

１９９８年アジアジュニアバドミントン選手権大会
{{Badminton Asia Junior Championship Badminton Asia Junior Championships

International sports competitions hosted by Malaysia 1998 in youth sport