The 1998 Asian Junior Badminton Championships is an Asia continental junior championships to crown the best U-19 badminton players across Asia. This tournament were held at the Kuala Lumpur Badminton Stadium, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 15-21 June 1998.^[1]

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.^[2] 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, 11–6 and 11–2, but Gong who was partnered with Huang Sui 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 and Teo Kok Seng of Malaysia.^[3]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Boys' teams	China[4] Cai Yun Chen Yu Guo Siwei Jiang Shan Sang Yang Xiao Li Zhang Qirong Zhang Yi	Malaysia Sairul Amar Ayob Chan Chong Ming Alvin Chew Charles Khoo Ong Huck Lee Allan Tai Tan Wei Ming Teo Kok Seng Yeoh Kay Bin	Indonesia[5] Endra Feryanto Hariawan Donny Prasetyo Arif Rasidi Hendri Kurniawan Saputra Wandry Kurniawan Saputra Denny Setiawan Imam Sodikin
			Chinese Taipei Chen Chun-chi Chen Huang-ming Chien Yu-hsiu Hang Kuang-jong Lee Hsun-neng Tseng Chun-lin
Girls' teams	China[4] Dong Fang Gong Ruina Hu Ting Huang Sui Jin Beilei Rong Yi Wei Yan Xie Xingfang	South Korea Jun Jae-youn Jun Woul-sihk Lee Hyo-jung Lee Ji-sun Lee Joon-boon	Indonesia[5] Siang Chiung Puspa Dewi Eny Erlangga Ernita Vita Marissa Dwi Ratna Atu Rosalina Eny Widiowati
			Chinese Taipei Chen Hsiu-lin Chen Wan-ju Cheng Wen-hsing Chien Yu-chin Kung Ya-tzu Lin Hsiao-hui Teng Tao-chun Yang Ling-hui
Boys' singles	Chien Yu-hsiu	Endra Feryanto	Lee Hyun-il
			Shon Seung-mo
Girls' singles	Hu Ting	Gong Ruina	Rong Yi
			Dong Fang
Boys' doubles	Chan Chong Ming Teo Kok Seng	Guo Siwei Jiang Shan	Patapol Ngernsrisuk Sudket Prapakamol
			Donny Prasetyo Denny Setiawan
Girls' doubles	Gong Ruina Huang Sui	Lee Hyo-jung Jun Woul-sihk	Vita Marissa Eny Widowati
			Dong Fang Xie Xingfang
Mixed doubles	Jiang Shan Huang Sui	Chan Chong Ming Joanne Quay	Denny Setiawan Puspa Dewi
			Chen Yu Jin Beilei

Results

Semifinals

Category	Winner	Runner-up	Score
Boys' singles	Endra Feryanto	Lee Hyun-il	15–8, 15–5
	Chien Yu-hsiu	Shon Seung-mo	15–6, 15–4
Girls' singles	Hu Ting	Dong Fang	11–6, 11–3
	Gong Ruina	Rong Yi	7–5r
Boys' doubles	Chan Chong Ming Teo Kok Seng	Patapol Ngernsrisuk Sudket Prapakamol	15–11, 15–9
	Guo Siwei Jiang Shan	Denny Setiawan Donny Prasetyo	15–9, 15–8
Girls' doubles	Lee Hyo-jung Jun Woul-sihk	Dong Fang Xie Xingfang	15–3, 15–8
	Gong Ruina Huang Sui	Eny Widiowati Vita Marissa	17–16, 17–15
Mixed doubles	Jiang Shan Huang Sui	Denny Setiawan Puspa Dewi	15–1, 15–2
	Chan Chong Ming Joanne Quay	Chen Yu Jin Beilei	15–5, 15–5

Finals

Category	Winners	Runners-up	Score
Boys' singles	Chien Yu-hsiu	Endra Feryanto	15–1, 15–1
Girls' singles	Hu Ting	Gong Ruina	11–6, 11–2
Boys' doubles	Chan Chong Ming Teo Kok Seng	Guo Siwei Jiang Shan	15–7, 15–5
Girls' doubles	Gong Ruina Huang Sui	Lee Hyo-jung Jun Woul-sihk	15–13, 15–8
Mixed doubles	Jiang Shan Huang Sui	Chan Chong Ming Joanne Quay	6–15, 15–8, 15–11

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China (CHN)	5	2	4	11
2	Malaysia (MAS)	1	2	0	3
3	Chinese Taipei (TPE)	1	0	2	3
4	South Korea (KOR)	0	2	2	4
5	Indonesia (INA)	0	1	5	6
6	Thailand (THA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		7	7	14	28