2016 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship explained

2016 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
Continent:Asia U-18
Year:2016
Size:200
City:Tehran
Dates:July 22–31
Teams:12
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champions:IRN
Title Number:3
Second:JPN
Third:KOR
Ppg P: Al-Zuhairi (32.0)
Ppg T: (87.6)
Rpg P: Al-Zuhairi (18.5)
Rpg T: (58.6)
Apg P: Park (5.2)
Apg T: (17.9)
Website:2016 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship
Prevseason:2014
Nextseason:2018

The 2016 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship was the 24th edition of the Asian Championship for Junior Men aged 18 years old and below. The tournament was held in Tehran, Iran from July 22 to 31, 2016. The top three teams will qualify and will represent FIBA Asia the 2017 FIBA Under-19 World Championship in Egypt.[1] This will be the second time the country will host the tournament after successfully staging the 20th edition eight years ago.

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 (Iran) and holders (China) were automatically qualified. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2014 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 0 0 2*
South Asia 1 0 0 0 1
Southeast Asia 2 1 0 0 3
West Asia 2 0 1 0 3
Total 10 4 1 1 16

Only 12 teams registered to participate in this tournament. No teams from the Persian Gulf region entered despite being allocated two automatic berths.

Teams

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None

Draw

Only 12 teams participate in this tournament.[5] The FIBA Boys' World Ranking are shown within the parenthesis.[6]

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(12)
(27)
(28)
(52)
(62)
(67)
(24)
(18)
(26)
(37)
(70)
(54)

Venue

This year's tournament was held at the Twelve Thousand People Sport Hall, located in the north & south of the main street of the Azadi Sport Complex.

Preliminary round

All times are in Iran Standard Time

Group B

Final round

Final

Referees

The following referees were selected for the tournament.[7]

Final rankings

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Position Team Record
6–2
5–3
6–2
4th 5–3
5th 7–1
6th 5–3
7th 3–5
8th 2–6
9th 1–4
10th 1–4
11th 1–4
12th 0–5

Notes and References

  1. Web site: FIBA Asia Central Board finalises 2016 calendar, sets road map for national federations leading up to region's 2017 flagship competition. https://web.archive.org/web/20181001174110/http://www.fiba.basketball/news/fiba-asia-central-board-finalises-2016-calendar-sets-road-map-for-national-federations-leading-up-to-region-s. live. October 1, 2018. 2 February 2016. FIBA Asia. 26 February 2016.
  2. http://fibaasia.net/FIBA%20ASIA%20Internal%20Regulations.pdf FIBA Internal Rules
  3. Web site: Batang Gilas bag Seaba Under-18 title after 37-point romp over Thailand. 28 April 2016. Spin.ph. 4 June 2016.
  4. Web site: India's U18 Basketball Team sweep South Asian opponents, qualify for FIBA Asia U18 Championship. 2 June 2016. hoopistani.blogspot.com. 4 June 2016.
  5. Web site: Groups. https://web.archive.org/web/20180228042128/http://www.fiba.basketball/asia/u18/2016/groups. live. February 28, 2018. 2 July 2016. fiba.com. 2 July 2016.
  6. Web site: Ranking Youth Men after all 2015 FIBA & FIBA Zones Championships. https://web.archive.org/web/20170621104832/http://www.fiba.basketball/rankingboys#tab=fiba. live. June 21, 2017. 7 November 2015. fiba.com. 2 July 2016.
  7. https://www.fiba.basketball/asia/u18/2016/referees Referees