Recalling when China ended PH’s Asian Youth Basketball Championship reign
![The Philippines ruled Asian youth basketball for 10 years, but China broke the streak in 1980 with a hard-fought finals victory. [photo credit: PH Sports Bureau Facebook]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/196586132_946422879487739_2563068651815666081_n-400x200.jpg)
China ended the Philippines’ decade-long dominance at the 1980 Asian Youth Basketball Championships with a 94-84 win in the final, halting the Filipinos’ impressive youth basketball reign.