2024 FIBA U18 Asia Cup explained

Continent:Asia U-18
Year:2024
2024 FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup
Size:250px
City:Amman
Dates:2−9 September
Teams:16
Confederations:2
Venues:2
Cities:2
Champions:AUS
Title Number:2
Second:NZL
Third:CHN
Mvp: Emmet Adair
Ppg P: Ndao (22.8)
Ppg T: (93.8)
Rpg P: Ndao (11.5)
Rpg T: (61.2)
Apg P: Isaac (5.7)
Apg T: (23.8)
Website:Official Website
Prevseason:2022
Nextseason:2026

The 2024 FIBA U18 Asia Cup was an international under-18 basketball competition that was held in Amman, Jordan from 2 to 9 September 2024.[1] The tournament was the 27th edition of the biennial FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup, previously known as the FIBA U18 Asian Championship. The top four teams qualified for and will represent FIBA Asia at the 2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Switzerland.

Australia defeated New Zealand in the final, with a score of 96–33, to annex their second championship overall.[2]

Venues

Jordan
Prince Hamza Sports Hall
As-Salt
Arena Complex

Qualification

Allocation of Berths
Subzone Automatic Qualifier Berths as top 3 Asian teams from last championship Host Total
Central Asia 1 0 0 1
East Asia 2 3 0 5
Persian Gulf 2 0 0 2
South Asia 1 0 0 1
Southeast Asia 2 0 0 2
West Asia 2 0 1 3
2 2
Total 12 3 1 16

The host nation and the defending champion are qualified automatically and take one berth from their own subzones.

Qualified teams

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

Means of qualification Date Venue Berths Qualifiers
Host Nation 5 March 2024 1
2022 FIBA U18 Asian Championship winners 21−28 August 2022 1
2024 U18 CABA Qualifier 10–12 July 2024[3] 1
EABA entrants N/A N/A 4


2024 U18 GBA Qualifier 29 July – 2 August 2024 2
2024 U18 SEABA Qualifier 19–24 July 2024[4] [5] 2
2024 U18 SABA Qualifier 10–13 July 2024[6] 1
2024 U18 WABA Qualifier 11–15 July 2024[7] [8] 2
2023 FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championship[9] 2–7 October 2023 2
Total 16

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3:00). The groups were determined after the qualifiers.[10]

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

Playoffs

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Quarter-finals

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5th–8th place semi-finals

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Semi-finals

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Final

Final standings

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Rankwidth=150pxTeamRecord
6–0
5–1
5–1
44–3
55–1
64–3
74–3
82–5
92–2
101–3
111–3
121–3
130–3
140–3
150–3
160–3

Awards

All-Tournament Team

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amman, Shenzhen confirmed as hosts for Youth Asia Cups in 2024 . FIBA . 17 July 2024 . en . 5 March 2024.
  2. News: Australia win second FIBA U18 Asia Cup title . FIBA . 10 September 2024 . 10 September 2024 . en.
  3. News: Kazakhstan bound for FIBA U18 Asia Cup 2024 after sweep of CABA Qualifiers . 17 July 2024 . FIBA . 15 July 2024 . en.
  4. News: Li . Matthew . Andy Gemao, Wacky Ludovice lead Gilas Boys in FIBA U18 Asia qualis . 17 July 2024 . Tiebreaker Times . 17 July 2024.
  5. News: Terrado . Reuben . Gilas U18 clinches FIBA Asia Cup slot as Indonesia beats Malaysia . 21 July 2024 . Sports Interactive Network Philippines . 20 July 2024 . en.
  6. Web site: India rule SABA Qualifiers, sweep way into FIBA U18 Asia Cup 2024 . FIBA . 17 July 2024 . en . 15 July 2024.
  7. https://reports.fiba.basketball/reports/2024/FIBA%20U18%20Asia%20Cup%20WABA%20Qualifiers/competition-schedule.pdf FIBA U18 Asia Cup WABA Qualifiers 2024 competition results
  8. Web site: WABA Qualifiers finalists Lebanon, Iran reach FIBA U18 Asia Cup 2024 . FIBA . 17 July 2024 . en . 15 July 2024.
  9. https://www.fiba.basketball/oceania/u17/2023 2023 FIBA Under-17 Oceania Championship official website
  10. Web site: Teams, groupings all set for FIBA U18 Asia Cup 2024. FIBA. 4 August 2024.
  11. Web site: Emmett Adair named MVP, headlines All-Star Five. FIBA. 10 September 2024.