2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship explained

2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
Continent:	Asia U-18
Year:	2008
Size:	200
City:	Tehran
Dates:	August 28 – September 5
Teams:	15
Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	IRN
Title Number:	2
Second:	KAZ
Third:	SYR
Website:	2008 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship
Prevseason:	2006
Nextseason:	2010

The 2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship was the 20th edition of the FIBA Asia's youth basketball championship. The games were played in Tehran, Iran, from August 28 to September 5, 2008.

The top three teams qualified for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Qualification

According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone 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 2006 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.

Draw

width=25%	Group A	width=25%	Group B	width=25%	Group C	width=25%	Group D
			*

* Turkey withdrew from the tournament; their replacements, Kyrgyzstan, withdrew too after the plane carrying their team crashed, Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895 killed all of their team.

Preliminary round

Group A

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	3	3	0	332	169	+163	6
	3	2	1	257	250	+7	5
	3	1	2	230	258	−28	4
	3	0	3	185	327	−142	3

Group B

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts
	3	3	0	246	228	+18	6
	3	2	1	264	216	+48	5
	3	1	2	258	262	−4	4
	3	0	3	252	314	−62	3

Group C

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts
	3	3	0	258	225	+33	6
	3	2	1	263	246	+17	5
	3	1	2	274	255	+19	4
	3	0	3	169	238	−69	3

Group D

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts
	2	2	0	202	134	+68	4
	2	1	1	173	163	+10	3
	2	0	2	124	202	−78	2

Quarterfinal round

Group I

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts	width=80	Tiebreaker
	3	2	1	253	281	−28	5
	3	1	2	181	173	+8	4	1–1 / 1.111
	3	2	1	198	158	+40	4	1–1 / 1.074
	3	1	2	267	287	−20	4	1–1 / 0.906

• China forfeited the game against Syria after they walked out while leading 46–41 in the 3rd quarter.

Group II

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts	width=80	Tiebreaker
	3	2	1	280	255	+25	5	1–0
	3	2	1	258	264	−6	5	0–1
	3	1	2	252	246	+6	4	1–0
	3	1	2	243	268	−25	4	0–1

Group III

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts
	2	2	0	204	178	+26	4
	2	1	1	171	186	−15	3
	2	0	2	163	174	−11	2

Group IV

width=180	Team	width=30	Pld	width=30	W	width=30	L	width=30	PF	width=30	PA	width=30	PD	width=30	Pts
	3	3	0	246	174	+72	6
	3	2	1	210	226	−16	5
	3	1	2	204	239	−35	4
	3	0	3	233	254	−21	3

Classification 9th–14th

9th place

Classification 5th–8th

5th place

Final round

Final

Final standing

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Qualified for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team	width=60	Record
		6–1
		5–3
		3–4
4		4–4
5		7–1
6		5–3
7		4–4
8		4–4
9		4–2
10		4–3
11		2–4
12		2–5
13		2–4
14		1–6
15		0–5

External links

• Official website
• Fiba Asia