2022 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship explained

Continent:	Asia U-16
Year:	2022
2022 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship
Size:	250px
City:	Doha
Dates:	12–19 June 2022
Teams:	13
Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	AUS
Title Number:	2
Second:	JPN
Third:	NZL
Mvp:	Yuto Kawashima
Ppg P:	Yuto Kawashima (26.6)
Ppg T:	(95.8)
Rpg P:	Lokendra Singh (12.6)
Rpg T:	(59.8)
Apg P:	Jaideep Rathore (5.7)
Apg T:	(20.2)
Website:	2022 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship
Prevseason:	2019
Nextseason:	2023

The 2022 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship was the sixth edition of the under-16 basketball championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Asia zone. The tournament was held in Doha, Qatar from 12 to 19 June 2022. This marked the return of the Under-16 competition which was last held five years ago in China.^{[1] [2]}

successfully defended their U16 title against in the final, 94–63, while retained the bronze medal after defeating first-time semifinalists in the battle for third place, 89–62.^[3] All four of the semifinalists were qualified to the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Spain as Asian representatives.

Participating teams

The following are the list of teams that entered the tournament.

Includes current ranking prior to the start of the tournament (in parentheses).

• Host nation (1)
  • (NR)
• Defending champions (1)
  • (8)
• Central Asia (1)
  • (80)
• East Asia (2)
  • (32)
  • (27)
• Persian Gulf (2)
  • (43)
  • (69)

• South Asia (1)
  • (50)
• Southeast Asia (2)
  • (66)
  • (24)
• West Asia (2)
  • (17)
  • (35)
• FIBA Oceania (1)
  • (30)

Withdraw

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).^[4]

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Final round

Bracket

Classification 5th–8th

Qualification to Quarterfinals

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Quarterfinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Qualified teams for FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup

The following four teams from FIBA Asia qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.

Team	Qualified on	data-sort-type="number"	Previous appearances in FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup^1
		5 (2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018)
		1 (2014)
		1 (2018)
		0 (debut)

Final ranking

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Qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.

width=50	Rank	width=175	Team	width=50	Record
		6–0
		4–1
		4–2
4		3–3
5		5–2
6		3–2
7		3–3
8		2–3
9		1–3
10		0–3
11		0–3
12		0–3
13		0–3

Awards

All-Tournament Team

• C Rocco Zikarsky
• F Kushal Singh
• F Yuto Kawashima (MVP)
• G Nic Book
• G Suguru Ishiguchi

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Mark your calendars for jam-packed basketball scheduled in Asia for 2022. FIBA Asia. 13 January 2022. 29 January 2022.
2. Web site: Iran to meet Indonesia at 2022 FIBA U16 Asian C'ship opener. Mehr News. 7 July 2022.
3. Web site: Australia claim second consecutive FIBA U16 Asian Championship. FIBA Asia. 19 June 2022. 21 June 2022.
4. Web site: FIBA U16 Asian Championship schedule. FIBA Asia. 17 May 2022. 17 May 2022.
5. Web site: Yuto Kawashima named MVP to headline All-Star Five of Zikarsky, Book, Singh, Ishiguchi. FIBA Asia. 19 June 2022. 21 June 2022.