2023 SEABA Under-16 Championship explained

Continent:SEABA U-16
Year:2023
Subtitle:5th Southeast Asian Basketball Championship
Size:75px
Dates:17–19 July
Teams:4
Federations:11
Venues:1
Cities:1
Champions:Philippines
Title Number:5
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason:TBA

The 2023 SEABA Under-16 Championship was the qualifying tournament for Southeast Asia Basketball Association at the 2023 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship. The tournament was held in Surabaya, Indonesia from July 17 to 19. GOR Kertajaya Surabaya served as the venue of the four-team competition.[1]

The Philippines won their fifth straight title, their first since the 2017 edition, after completing a three-game sweep in the tournament. Malaysia, hosts Indonesia and Thailand finished the tournament with identical 1-2 records, however, due to superior quotient, Malaysia clinched second place, followed by Indonesia and Thailand.[2]

Philippines and Malaysia will represent SEABA in the U16 Asian tournament to be held in September 2023 in Doha, Qatar.

Results

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Notes and References

  1. News: Ramadhan. Aditya. Indonesia diapresiasi gelar FIBA U-16 Asian Championship Qualifiers (in Indonesian). 20 July 2023. antaranews.com. 18 July 2023.
  2. News: Li. Matthew. FIBA: Gilas Boys complete sweep of SEABA. 20 July 2023. Tiebreaker Times. 19 July 2023.