2012 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship explained

2012 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
Continent:	Asia U-18
Year:	2012
Size:	200
City:	Ulan Bator
Dates:	August 17–26
Teams:	16
Confederations:	1
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Champions:	CHN
Title Number:	10
Second:	KOR
Third:	IRN
Mvp:	Wang Zhelin
Ppg P:	Wang Z.L. (22.3)
Ppg T:	(109.6)
Rpg P:	Shukralla (12.3)
Rpg T:	(50.2)
Apg P:	Cheon G.B. (6.0)
Apg T:	(22.2)
Website:	2012 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship
Prevseason:	2010
Nextseason:	2014

The 2012 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship was the 2012 edition of the FIBA Asia's youth basketball championship. The games were played in Ulan Bator, Mongolia between 17 and 26 August 2012. China defeated Korea in the championship to clinch their tenth title. The two finalists, together with third-place Iran, were qualified for the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Qualification

See main article: 2012 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship qualification. According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (Mongolia) and holders (China) were automatically qualified. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2010 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.^[1]

Draw

The draw was held at the Sports Committee Central Office of the Mongolian Olympic Association on Friday July 27.^[2]

width=25%	Group A	width=25%	Group B	width=25%	Group C	width=25%	Group D

Preliminary round

Group A

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts
	3	3	0	368	175	+193	6
	3	2	1	252	227	+25	5
	3	1	2	192	252	−60	4
	3	0	3	185	343	−158	3

Group B

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts
	3	3	0	280	163	+117	6
	3	2	1	213	197	+16	5
	3	1	2	250	217	+33	4
	3	0	3	132	298	−166	3

Group C

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts	width=80	Tiebreaker
	3	3	0	300	147	+153	6
	3	1	2	223	240	−17	4	1–1 / 1.110
	3	1	2	183	239	−56	4	1–1 / 0.993
	3	1	2	189	269	−80	4	1–1 / 0.907

Group D

Second round

• The results and the points of the matches between the same teams that were already played during the preliminary round shall be taken into account for the second round.

Group E

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts	width=80	Tiebreaker
	5	5	0	561	374	+187	10
	5	4	1	490	374	+116	9
	5	2	3	407	455	−48	7	1–1 / 1.065
	5	2	3	375	418	−43	7	1–1 / 1.042
	5	2	3	347	399	−52	7	1–1 / 0.895
	5	0	5	316	476	−160	5

Group F

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts	width=80	Tiebreaker
	5	4	1	440	306	+134	9	1–1 / 1.133
	5	4	1	436	311	+125	9	1–1 / 0.976
	5	4	1	442	362	+80	9	1–1 / 0.909
	5	1	4	292	405	−113	6	1–1 / 1.021
	5	1	4	271	424	−153	6	1–1 / 0.993
	5	1	4	351	424	−73	6	1–1 / 0.986

Classification 13th–16th

13th place

Classification 9th–12th

9th place

Final round

Final

Final standing

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Qualified for the 2013 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team	width=60	Record
		9–0
		7–2
		7–2
4		4–5
5		7–2
6		6–3
7		4–5
8		2–7
9		5–3
10		2–6
11		2–6
12		2–6
13		2–3
14		2–3
15		1–4
16		0–5

Awards

All-Star Team:^[3]

• PG – Luo Hanchen
• SG – Choi Jun-Yong
• SF – Vahid Dalirzahan
• PF – Wang Zhelin
• C – Lee Jong-Hyun

External links

• Official website
• Fiba Asia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kazakhstan book ticket to Mongolia. 26 June 2012. FIBA Asia. 27 June 2012.
2. Web site: Draw completed for 22nd FIBA Asia U18 Championship. 27 July 2012. FIBA Asia. 27 July 2012.
3. Web site: FAU18: All Stars line-up announced. 26 August 2012. FIBA Asia. 10 September 2012.