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2019 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship

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2019 FIBA Under-16
Asian Championship
(Cancelled)
Tournament details
Host country Lebanon
Dates5–12 April 2020
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
2017
2022

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.

Qualification

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Each of FIBA Asia's six subzones gets one berth or two each, and FIBA Oceania gets 2 births. The remaining 4 births include one host nation and three for the subzones contributed by the top 3 Asian nations of the previous champion.

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 2 0 4
Persian Gulf 2 0 0 2
South Asia 1 0 0 1
Southeast Asia 2 1 0 3
West Asia 2 0 1 3
FIBA Oceania 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

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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).

Event Date Location Vacancies Qualified
Host nation 4 February 2020 N/A 1  Lebanon (47)
Defending champions 2–8 April 2018 China Foshan 1  Australia (10)
Central Asia Qualifiers 20–22 May 2019 Kazakhstan Taraz 1  Kazakhstan (64)
East Asia Qualifiers N/A N/A 4  China (14)
 South Korea (18)
 Japan (25)
 Chinese Taipei (34)
GBA Qualifiers 27–31 August 2018 United Arab Emirates Dubai 2  Saudi Arabia (82)
 Kuwait (69)
2018 FIBA Under-15 Oceanian Championship 4–8 December 2018 Papua New Guinea Port Moresby 1  New Zealand (28)
South Asia Qualifiers 3–5 July 2019 Bangladesh Dhaka 1  India (52)
Southeast Asia Qualifiers N/A N/A 3  Philippines (30)
 Thailand (69)
 Indonesia (72)
West Asia Qualifiers 28 July–1 August 2018 Iran Gorgan 2  Iran (26)
 Syria (72)

References

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  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.