| Continent: | Asia U-16 |
| Year: | 2023 |
| 2023 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship | |
| Size: | 250px |
| City: | Doha |
| Dates: | 17–24 September |
| Teams: | 16 |
| Confederations: | 1 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | AUS |
| Title Number: | 3 |
| Second: | NZL |
| Third: | CHN |
| Mvp: |  Oscar Goodman |
| Ppg P: |  Ndao (26.0) |
| Ppg T: | (108.2) |
| Rpg P: | Ndao (13.0) |
| Rpg T: | (56.5) |
| Apg P: | Jones (4.3) |
| Apg T: | (28.2) |
| Website: | 2023 FIBA U16 Asian Championship |
| Prevseason: | 2022 |
| Nextseason: | 2025 |
The 2023 FIBA U16 Asian Championship was the seventh edition of the FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Asia zone. The tournament was held at the Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall and the Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall in Doha, Qatar, from September 17 to September 24, 2023.[1] [2] It served as a qualifier for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Turkey, where the top four teams qualified.[3]
successfully defended their U16 title against first-time semifinalists in the thrilling final, 79–76, while clinched the bronze medal after defeating the in the battle for third place, 87–59.[4]
Aside from the host nation and the defending champions, each of FIBA Asia's six subzones also gets one berth each, except for the Persian Gulf, East Asia and West Asian subzones, which were allocated two berths each. Rounding out the 16-team tournament are the four berths that would be added to each subzone, depending on its teams' performance in the previous championship.
| width=40% | Subzone ! | width=20% | Automatic qualifier ! | width=20% | Additional berths from the previous championship! | width=20% | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Defending FIBA Under-16 Asian champions | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Central Asia | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||
| East Asia | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| Persian Gulf | 2 | 0 | 2 | ||||
| South Asia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Southeast Asia | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| West Asia | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||
| 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Total | 12 | 4 | 16 |
Here are the list of the qualified teams (FIBA Rankings in parentheses prior to the tournament):
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 27 January 2020 | N/A | 1 | (58) | |
| Defending champions | 12–19 June 2022 | 1 | (4) | ||
| Central Asia Qualifiers | 27–29 June 2023 | 1 | |||
| East Asia based on FIBA Boys' World Ranking[5] | N/A | N/A | 3 | (27) (29) (31) | |
| GCC U16 Basketball Championship 2023 | 25–31 July 2023 | 2 | (65) (NR) | ||
| FIBA U15 Oceania Championship 2022 | 21–26 November 2022 | 1 | (25) | ||
| SABA U16 Championship 2023 | 28–31 August 2023 | 2 | (34) (NR) | ||
| 17–19 July 2023 | 2 | (26) (72) | |||
| West Asia Qualifiers | N/A | N/A | 3 | (22) (39) (NR) |
All times are local (UTC+3).
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| width=10px bgcolor="#ccffcc" | Qualified for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup. |
| width=50 | Rank | width=175 | Team | width=50 | Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6–0 | |||||
| 5–1 | |||||
| 5–1 | |||||
| 4 | 4–3 | ||||
| 5 | 5–1 | ||||
| 6 | 4–3 | ||||
| 7 | 3–4 | ||||
| 8 | 3–4 | ||||
| 9 | 2–2 | ||||
| 10 | 1–3 | ||||
| 11 | 1–3 | ||||
| 12 | 1–3 | ||||
| 13 | 0–3 | ||||
| 14 | 0–3 | ||||
| 15 | 0–3 | ||||
| 16 | 0–3 | ||||
Henry Sewell Oscar Goodman (MVP) Lachlan Crate G 
Zhang Boyuan