2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship explained

2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
Continent:	Asia U-18
Year:	2014
Size:	200
City:	Doha
Dates:	August 19–28
Teams:	16
Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	CHN
Title Number:	11
Second:	IRN
Third:	KOR
Ppg P:	Saad (27.0)
Ppg T:	(90.8)
Rpg P:	Abuaboud (11.7)
Rpg T:	(61.9)
Apg P:	Tsuyama (5.1)
Apg T:	(26.3)
Website:	2014 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship
Prevseason:	2012
Nextseason:	2016

The 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship was the 23rd edition of the FIBA Asia's youth basketball championship. The games were played in Doha, Qatar on August 19–28, 2014.^[1]

Qualification

See main article: 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship qualification. According to the FIBA Asia rules, the number of participating teams in the FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship is sixteen. Each of the six FIBA Asia Sub-Zones had two places, and the hosts (Qatar) and holders (China) were automatically qualified. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2012 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.^{[2] [3] [4]}

Allocation

Zone	Automatic berths		Berth as host	Berth as defending champion	Total
Central Asia	1	0	0	0	1
East Asia	2	3	0	1	6
Gulf	2	0	1	0	3
South Asia	1	0	0	0	1
Southeast Asia	2	0	0	0	2
West Asia	2	1	0	0	3
Total	10	4	1	1	16

Teams

* Only 5 teams registered from East Asia.

Draw

The draw and schedule of games for the preliminary round competition has been announced. Al-Gharafa Stadium was named as the main venue for the duration of the tournament, with six out of eight games will be played there.^[5] The FIBA Boys' World Ranking are shown within the parenthesis.

width=25%	Group A	width=25%	Group B	width=25%	Group C	width=25%	Group D
(13) (48) (51) (86)	(16) (34) (55) -	(23) (33) * (57) (65)	(28) (31) (76) (60)

• withdraw

Preliminary round

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Qualified for the second round

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Second round

width=10px bgcolor=#CFC		Advance to the final round
bgcolor=#FFC		Relegated to the 9th-12th place classification playoffs

Group E

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Group F

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Classification 9th–12th

9th place

Final round

Final

Final standing

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Qualified for the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2014 FIBA Asia Events. FIBA Asia. 3 February 2014.
2. http://fibaasia.net/FIBA%20ASIA%20Internal%20Regulations.pdf FIBA Internal Rules
3. Web site: SEABA U18: Philippines qualify; Malaysia, Indonesia face off for second spot. 6 May 2013. FIBA Asia. 7 May 2014.
4. Web site: SEABA U18: Malaysia join Philippines on SEABA plane to Doha. 8 May 2013. FIBA Asia. 14 May 2014.
5. Web site: Draw, Schedule announced for 23rd FIBA Asia U18 Championship. 4 August 2014. FIBA Asia. 4 August 2014.