1996 SEABA Under-18 Championship

1996 SEABA U-18 Championship

1st Southeast Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Philippines
Dates	July 27–30
Teams	4
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Philippines (1st title)
1998 →

The 1996 SEABA Under-18 Championship was the qualifying tournament for Southeast Asia Basketball Association at the 1996 ABC Under-18 Championship. This was the maiden tournament for SEABA Under-18 Championship and was held in Santa Cruz, Laguna, Philippines from July 27 to 30. The games were scheduled to open on July 26 but was postponed due to floods caused by Typhoon Gloria (Gloring).^[1]

The Philippines swept all of their assignments en route to their maiden title by thrashing Singapore in the finals, 93–64.^[2] Both finalists joined 1996 ABC Under-18 Championship hosts Malaysia and Thailand to represent SEABA subzone.

Round robin

July 27 14:30

Match Results

Philippines	86–75	Singapore
Scoring by half: 40–24, 44–20
Pts: Ritualo 15		Pts: Chua K.T. 26

San Luis Sports Complex, Santa Cruz

July 27 16:00

Indonesia

L–W

Malaysia

San Luis Sports Complex, Santa Cruz

July 28

Indonesia

L–W

Singapore

San Luis Sports Complex, Santa Cruz

July 28

Malaysia

L–W

Philippines

San Luis Sports Complex, Santa Cruz

July 29

Match Results

Singapore	67–62	Malaysia
Pts: Chua K.T. 33

San Luis Sports Complex, Santa Cruz

July 29

Match Results

Philippines	113–42	Indonesia
Scoring by half: 63–20, 50–22
Pts: Ritualo 22

San Luis Sports Complex, Santa Cruz

Final round

Third place match

July 30 16:30

Malaysia

?–?

Indonesia

San Luis Sports Complex, Santa Cruz

Final

July 30 18:00

Match Results

Singapore	64–93	Philippines
Pts: Wong S.Y., Koh M.K. 15		Pts: Ritualo 23

San Luis Sports Complex, Santa Cruz

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Philippines
	Singapore
	Malaysia
4	Indonesia

Awards

1996 SEABA Under-18 champions
Philippines First title

References