FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship

FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2023 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship
Formerly	FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2009; 15 years ago (2009)
Founder	FIBA Asia
First season	2009
No. of teams	16
Countries	FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania member nations
Continent	FIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent champion(s)	Australia (3rd title)
Most titles	Australia,  China (3 titles each)
Qualification	FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup
Related competitions	FIBA Under-18 Women's Asian Championship
Official website	FIBA Asia

The FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship is an international under-16 basketball championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Asia zone. The tournament started in 2009, and is held biennially. The top four teams qualify toward the FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup.

Because of the recent change in the FIBA Calendar and the inclusion of Australia and New Zealand in all Asian tournaments, a new competition format was introduced at the start of the 2017 edition. Aside from renaming the tournament to FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship, it is now composed of two divisions (namely Divisions A and B) with a maximum of eight teams each to participate.

Division A teams now contest for the four slots allocated for the FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup, meaning the semifinalists are assured of a seat in the U17 Worlds. Meanwhile, the team that places eighth and last in the division is relegated to Division B in the next tournament. The remaining top seven or eight teams are retained up to the next tournament as well.

Division B teams use the same format as that of Division A, but unlike the previous setup wherein there were qualifying matches for the top two teams of the division, only the Division Champions are promoted to Division A in the next tournament.

Summary

Division A

Year	Host		Final				Third place game
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth place
2009 Details	Pune		China	99–86	Japan		Chinese Taipei	66–63	South Korea
2011 Details	Jinan		Japan	102–56	South Korea		China	105–69	Chinese Taipei
2013 Details	Colombo		China	62–50	Japan		South Korea	86–64	Chinese Taipei
2015 Details	Medan		China	92–75	Japan		South Korea	60–52	Chinese Taipei
2017 Details	Bangalore		Australia	61–60	Japan		China	60–43	New Zealand
2019 Details	Canberra		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022[a] Details	Amman		Australia	59–58	Japan		South Korea	78–59	New Zealand
2023 Details	Amman		Australia	80–74	Japan		New Zealand	66–63	Chinese Taipei

Division B

Year	Host		Final				Third place game
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth place
2017 Details	Bangalore		India	64–48	Malaysia		Kazakhstan	61–47	Iran
2019 Details	Canberra		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022[a] Details	Amman		Samoa	79–76	Syria		Philippines	90–68	Lebanon
2023 Details	Amman		Philippines	83–60	Iran		Malaysia	52–46	Hong Kong

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	3	0	2	5
2	Australia	3	0	0	3
3	Japan	1	6	0	7
4	South Korea	0	1	3	4
5	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
	New Zealand	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		7	7	7	21

Participating nations

Nation	2009	2011	2013	2015	Years
China	1st	3rd	1st	1st	4
Chinese Taipei	3rd	4th	4th	4th	4
Hong Kong	9th	8th	9th	7th	4
India	6th	5th	5th	6th	4
Indonesia			10th	8th	2
Japan	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	4
Jordan			11th		1
Kazakhstan	10th		8th	11th	3
Macau		12th			1
Malaysia	8th	7th	6th	10th	4
Philippines	7th	6th			2
Singapore	11th	9th		9th	3
South Korea	4th	2nd	3rd	3rd	4
Sri Lanka	12th	10th	12th		3
Thailand	5th		7th	5th	3
Uzbekistan		11th		12th	2
Nations	12	12	12	12

• Starting in 2017, a new tournament format was introduced; two divisions were created: Division A and Division B.

Division A

Nation	2017	2022	2023	Years
Australia	1st	1st	1st	3
China	3rd		6th	2
Chinese Taipei	6th		4th	2
Hong Kong	8th			1
India		5th		1
Japan	2nd	2nd	2nd	3
New Zealand	4th	4th	3rd	3
Samoa			7th	1
South Korea	5th	3rd	5th	3
Syria			8th	1
Thailand	7th		9th	2
Nations	8	5	9

Division B

Nation	2017	2022	2023	Years
Fiji
Guam			7th	1
Hong Kong			4th	1
India	1st			1
Indonesia		7th		1
Iran	4th	5th	2nd	3
Jordan		8th	5th	2
Kazakhstan	3rd	6th		2
Lebanon		4th		1
Malaysia	2nd		3rd	2
Maldives	7th		8th	2
Nepal	6th			1
Philippines		3rd	1st	2
Samoa		1st		1
Singapore			6th	1
Sri Lanka	5th			1
Syria		2nd		1
Nations	7	8	8

Under-17 World Cup record

Team	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	2022	2024	2026	Total
Australia	As part of FIBA Oceania				3rd	5th	Q		7
China	3rd	–	11th	4th	11th	–	–		4
Chinese Taipei	–	–	–	–	–	–	Q		1
Japan	5th	4th	7th	9th	7th	8th	Q		7
New Zealand	As part of FIBA Oceania				12th	12th	Q		3
South Korea	–	9th	10th	15th	–	14th	–		4
Total	2	2	3	3	4	4	4	4

See also

• FIBA Under-18 Women's Asian Championship
• FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup
• FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship

References

External links

• FIBA Asia official website
• FIBA Asia Archive