2019 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship explained

2019 FIBA Under-16
Asian Championship
Subtitle:(Cancelled)
Continent:Asia U-16
Year:2019
Dates:5–12 April 2020
Teams:16
Confederations:1
Venues:1
Cities:1
Prevseason:2017
Nextseason: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

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
width=40%Subzone !width=20%Automatic qualifier !width=20%Additional berths from the previous championship!width=20%Total
Host nation 1 1
Defending FIBA Under-16 Asian champions 1 1
Central Asia 1 0 1
East Asia 2 2 4
Persian Gulf 2 0 2
South Asia 1 0 1
Southeast Asia 1 1 2
West Asia 2 1 3
1 0 1
Total 12 4 16

Qualified teams

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

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 (47)
Defending champions 2–8 April 2018 1 (10)
Central Asia Qualifiers 20–22 May 2019 1 (64)
East Asia Qualifiers N/A N/A 4 (14)
(18)
(25)
(34)
GBA Qualifiers 27–31 August 2018 2 (82)
(69)
2018 FIBA Under-15 Oceanian Championship 4–8 December 2018 1 (28)
South Asia Qualifiers 3–5 July 2019 1 (52)
Southeast Asia Qualifiers N/A N/A 3 (30)
(69)
(72)
West Asia Qualifiers 28 July–1 August 2018 2 (26)
(72)

Notes and References

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