2019 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship

The 2019 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship was originally to be the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup. The tournament would have been held in Beirut, Lebanon from 5 to 12 April 2020.[1] The top four teams would have represented FIBA Asia at the Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Bulgaria. However it was cancelled by FIBA due to the coronavirus pandemic in China. Instead it was determined by FIBA rankings.

2019 FIBA Asia U-16 Championship 
6th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Lebanon
Dates5–12 April 2020
Teams16 
(from 45 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Official website
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Qualification
Main article: 2017 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship

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.

Allocation of Berths
SubzoneAutomatic qualifierAdditional berths from the previous championshipTotal
Host nation1N/A1
Defending FIBA Under-16 Asian champions1N/A1
Central Asia101
East Asia224
Persian Gulf202
South Asia101
Southeast Asia112
West Asia213
FIBA Oceania101
Total12416

Qualified teams

Here are the list of the qualified teams:[2][3][4][5][6]

Included are the teams' FIBA World Rankings prior to the tournament (as of 7 December 2018).

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host nation4 February 2020N/A1 Lebanon (47)
Defending champions2–8 April 2018 Foshan1 Australia (10)
Central Asia Qualifiers20–22 May 2019 Taraz1 Kazakhstan (64)
East Asia QualifiersN/AN/A4 China (14)
 South Korea (18)
 Japan (25)
 Chinese Taipei (34)
GBA Qualifiers27–31 August 2018 Dubai2 Saudi Arabia (82)
 Kuwait (69)
2018 FIBA Under-15 Oceanian Championship4–8 December 2018 Port Moresby1 New Zealand (28)
South Asia Qualifiers3–5 July 2019 Dhaka1 India (52)
Southeast Asia QualifiersN/AN/A3 Philippines (30)
 Thailand (69)
 Indonesia (72)
West Asia Qualifiers28 July–1 August 2018 Gorgan2 Iran (26)
 Syria (72)

References
  1. "Australia and Lebanon confirmed as hosts of the FIBA U16 Asian Championships". FIBA Asia. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  2. "Saudi Arabia, Bahrain to represent the Gulf at FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2019". FIBA Asia. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  3. "Australia crowned 2018 FIBA U15 Oceania champions". FIBA Oceania. 8 December 2018. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  4. FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2019 CABA Qualifier playlist on YouTube
  5. "India win 2019 U16 SABA Basketball Championship; qualify for next month's FIBA U16 Asia Cup". NBA India. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2020.
  6. "Iran runner-up at WABA U16 C'ships". Mehr News Agency. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2020.


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