2019 FIBA U16 Asian Championship

2019 FIBA U16 Asian Championship
(Cancelled)
Tournament details
Host country Lebanon
CityBeirut
Dates5–12 April 2020
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue1 (in 1 host city)

The 2019 FIBA U16 Asian Championship was originally to be the FIBA Asia's qualifying tournament for the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup. The tournament would have been held in Beirut, Lebanon, from 5 to 12 April 2020.[1] The top four teams would have represented FIBA Asia at the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Bulgaria. However, both Asian Championship and World Cup were cancelled by FIBA due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qualification

Allocation of berths

According to FIBA Asia rules, the number of participating teams in the FIBA U16 Asian Championship was set at 16. The hosts and the defending champions qualified automatically. All FIBA Asia subzones got two berths each, except for the Central and South Asian subzones, which got one berth each. FIBA Oceania also got one berth. The last three berths were allocated to Asian subzones based on their teams' results in the 2017 FIBA U16 Asian Championship.

Allocation of berths
SubzoneAutomatic qualifiersDefault berthsAdditional berths as top 3 Asian teams from last championshipTotal
HostsDefending champions
Central Asia00101
East Asia00224
Gulf00202
South Asia00101
Southeast Asia00213
West Asia10203
FIBA Oceania011N/a2
Total1111316

Qualified teams

Here are the list of the qualified teams:[2][3][4][5][6]

Included are the teams' FIBA World Rankings prior to the tournament (as of 7 December 2018).

Means of qualificationDateVenueVacanciesQualifiers
Host nation4 February 2020N/A1 Lebanon (47)
Defending champions2–8 April 2018China Foshan1 Australia (10)
Central Asia qualifiers20–22 May 2019Kazakhstan Taraz1 Kazakhstan (64)
East Asia qualifiersN/AN/A4 China (14)
 South Korea (18)
 Japan (25)
 Chinese Taipei (34)
GBA qualifiers27–31 August 2018United Arab Emirates Dubai2 Saudi Arabia (82)
 Kuwait (69)
South Asia qualifiers3–5 July 2019Bangladesh Dhaka1 India (52)
Southeast Asia qualifiersN/AN/A3 Philippines (30)
 Thailand (69)
 Indonesia (72)
West Asia qualifiers28 July – 1 August 2018Iran Gorgan2 Iran (26)
 Syria (72)
2018 FIBA Under-15 Oceania Championship4–8 December 2018Papua New Guinea Port Moresby1 New Zealand (28)

References

  1. ↑ "Australia and Lebanon confirmed as hosts of the FIBA U16 Asian Championships". FIBA Asia. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. ↑ "Saudi Arabia, Bahrain to represent the Gulf at FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2019". FIBA Asia. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Australia crowned 2018 FIBA U15 Oceania champions". FIBA Oceania. 8 December 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. ↑ FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2019 CABA Qualifier playlist on YouTube
  5. ↑ "India win 2019 U16 SABA Basketball Championship; qualify for next month's FIBA U16 Asia Cup". NBA India. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  6. ↑ "Iran runner-up at WABA U16 C'ships". Mehr News Agency. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2020.


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