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{{Infobox International Ice Hockey Competition
| tourney_name = IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship
| year = 1998
| other_titles =
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = China
| dates = 15 – 21 March
| num_teams = 6
| venues =
| cities =
| winners_other = {{ih18|KOR}}
| count = 1
| second_other = {{ih18|JPN}}
| third_other = {{ih18|CHN}}
| games = 15
| goals = 406
| attendance =
| scoring_leader = {{flagicon|KOR}} Song Dong-hwan
| prevseason = [[1997 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship|1997]]
| nextseason = [[1999 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship|1999]]
}}

The '''1998 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship''' was the 15th edition of the [[IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship]]. It took place between 15 and 21 March 1998 in [[Harbin]], [[China]]. The tournament was won by [[South Korea men's national under-18 ice hockey team|South Korea]], who claimed their first title by finishing first in the standings. [[Japan men's national under-18 ice hockey team|Japan]] and [[China men's national under-18 ice hockey team|China]] finished second and third respectively.

==Overview==
The 1998 IIHF Asian Oceanic Junior U18 Championship began on 15 March 1998 in [[Harbin]], [[China]].<ref name="IIHE19042005">{{cite book |title=International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia 1904–2005 |last=Müller |first=Stephan |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2005 |publisher=Books on Demand |location=Germany |isbn=3-8334-4189-5 |page= |pages=389–393 |url= |accessdate=}}</ref> The under-18 teams of [[New Zealand men's national under-18 ice hockey team|New Zealand]] and [[Thailand men's national under-18 ice hockey team|Thailand]] made their debut appearance at the Championships and in international competition. [[South Korea men's national under-18 ice hockey team|South Korea]] won the tournament after winning four of their five games and drawing their game against [[Japan men's national under-18 ice hockey team|Japan]]. South Korea won their first title having previously finished second on four other occasions.<ref name="IIHE19042005"/> Japan finished second behind South Korea on goal difference and [[China men's national under-18 ice hockey team|China]] finished third after losing to South Korea and Japan.<ref name="IIHE19042005"/> Thailand who finished last also suffered the largest defeat of the tournament against South Korea, losing 0 – 92.<ref name="IIHE19042005"/>

Song Dong-hwan of South Korea finished as the top scorer for the tournament with 56 points including 44 goals and 12 assists.<ref name="IIHE19042005"/>

==Standings==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=40|{{Tooltip|Rk|Ranking}}
!width=165|Team
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GP|Games played}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|W|Wins}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|T|Ties}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|L|Losses}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GF|Goals for}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GA|Goals against}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|GDF|Goal difference}}
!width=40|{{Tooltip|PTS|Points}}
|-style="background:#ffd700;"
|[[Image:gold medal icon.png]] ||style="text-align:left;"| {{ih18|KOR}} || 5 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 148 || 4 || +144 || '''9'''
|-style="background:#c0c0c0;"
|[[Image:silver medal icon.png]] ||style="text-align:left;"| {{ih18|JPN}} || 5 || 4 || 1 || 0 || 130 || 3 || +127 || '''9'''
|-style="background:#cc9966;"
|[[Image:bronze medal icon.png]] ||style="text-align:left;"| {{ih18|CHN}} || 5 || 3 || 0 || 2 || 69 || 12 || +57 || '''6'''
|-
|4 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{ih18|AUS}} || 5 || 2 || 0 || 3 || 42 || 60 || –18 || '''4'''
|-
|5 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{ih18|NZL}} || 5 || 1 || 0 || 4 || 14 || 110 || –96 || '''2'''
|-
|6 ||style="text-align:left;"| {{ih18|THA}} || 5 || 0 || 0 || 5 || 3 || 217 || –214 || '''0'''
|}

==Fixtures==
<small>''Reference''<ref name="IIHE19042005"/></small>
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|NZL}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|CHN}}'''
| score = 0 – 26
| stadium = [[Harbin]]
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|JPN}}'''
| score = 0 – 25
| stadium = [[Harbin]]
| bg = #eeffff
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|KOR}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|THA}}
| score = 92 – 0
| stadium = [[Harbin]]
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|JPN}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|NZL}}
| score = 38 – 0
| stadium = [[Harbin]]
| bg = #eeffff
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|KOR}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|AUS}}
| score = 22 – 1
| stadium = [[Harbin]]
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|CHN}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|THA}}
| score = 31 – 0
| stadium = [[Harbin]]
| bg = #eeffff
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|KOR}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|NZL}}
| score = 28 – 0
| stadium = [[Harbin]]
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|JPN}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|CHN}}
| score = 7 – 1
| stadium = [[Harbin]]
| bg = #eeffff
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|THA}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|AUS}}'''
| score = 1 – 24
| stadium = [[Harbin]]
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|CHN}}
| team2 = '''{{ih18|KOR}}'''
| score = 1 – 4
| stadium = [[Harbin]]
| bg = #eeffff
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|AUS}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|NZL}}
| score = 16 – 2
| stadium = [[Harbin]]
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|JPN}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|THA}}
| score = 58 – 0
| stadium = [[Harbin]]
| bg = #eeffff
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|NZL}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|THA}}
| score = 12 – 2
| stadium = [[Harbin]]
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = '''{{ih18-rt|CHN}}'''
| team2 = {{ih18|AUS}}
| score = 10 – 1
| stadium = [[Harbin]]
| bg = #eeffff
}}
{{IceHockeybox
| date =
| team1 = {{ih18-rt|KOR}}
| team2 = {{ih18|JPN}}
| score = 2 – 2
| stadium = [[Harbin]]
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.iihf.com International Ice Hockey Federation]

[[Category:IIHF Asian Oceanic U18 Championships]]

{{Wikipedia}}

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