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
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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

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

Classification 5th–10th

9th place

7th place

5th place

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

3rd place

Final

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