2023 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship

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2023 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship
7th FIBA Under-16 Asian Basketball Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
City	Doha
Dates	17–24 September
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (3rd title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	China
Tournament statistics
MVP	Oscar Goodman
Top scorer	Ndao (26.0)
Top rebounds	Ndao (13.0)
Top assists	Jones (4.3)
PPG (Team)	Australia (108.2)
RPG (Team)	Australia (56.5)
APG (Team)	Australia (28.2)
Official website
www.fiba.basketball/history
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The 2023 FIBA U16 Asian Championship was the seventh edition of the FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Asia zone. The tournament was held at the Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall and the Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall in Doha, Qatar, from 17 to 24 September 2023.^[1]^[2] It served as a qualifier for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Turkey, where the top four teams qualified.^[3]

Australia successfully defended their U16 title against first-time semifinalists New Zealand in the thrilling final, 79–76, while China clinched the bronze medal after defeating the Philippines in the battle for third place, 87–59.^[4]

Qualification

Each of FIBA Asia's six subzones gets one berth or two each, and FIBA Oceania gets 2 berths. The remaining 4 berths 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	1	0	3
Persian Gulf	2	0	1	3
South Asia	1	1	0	2
Southeast Asia	2	0	0	2
West Asia	2	1	0	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

The following is the list of the qualified teams. FIBA Rankings as of 15 December 2022 are in parentheses.^[5]

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	27 January 2020	N/A	1	Qatar (58)
Defending champions	12–19 June 2022	Doha	1	Australia (4)
Central Asia Qualifiers	27–29 June 2023	Samarkand	1	Kazakhstan (77)
East Asia based on FIBA Boys' World Ranking^[6]	N/A	N/A	3	China (27) South Korea (29) Japan (31)
GCC U16 Basketball Championship 2023	25–31 July 2023	Jeddah	2	Bahrain (65) Saudi Arabia (NR)
FIBA U15 Oceania Championship 2022	21–26 November 2022	Mangilao	1	New Zealand (25)
SABA U16 Championship 2023	28–31 August 2023	Colombo	2	India (34) Sri Lanka (NR)
2023 SEABA Under-16 Championship	17–19 July 2023	Surabaya	2	Philippines (26) Malaysia (72)
West Asia Qualifiers	N/A	N/A	3	Iran (22) Lebanon (39) Jordan (NR)

The federation of Chinese Taipei protested the decision by the East Asia Basketball Federation Association to use FIBA rankings to determine the qualifying teams instead of holding a tournament.^[6]

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	361	119	+242	6	Quarterfinals
2	India	3	2	1	238	222	+16	5	Playoffs
3	Lebanon	3	1	2	211	232	−21	4	Playoffs
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	110	347	−237	3

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

17 September 2023
11:30

Australia	114–50	India
Scoring by quarter: 33–14, 36–10, 22–10, 23–16
Pts: Cotton 16 Rebs: Cotton 9 Asts: Beauchamp, Dickeson 6		Pts: Joby 10 Rebs: L. Sharma 6 Asts: Lavish 5

Lebanon	99–45	Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 30–13, 26–12, 16–6
Pts: El Dekss 32 Rebs: Iskandar 9 Asts: Hachem 7		Pts: Herath 18 Rebs: Herath 8 Asts: Bernard 4

Australia	136–26	Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 37–8, 31–3, 35–6, 33–9
Pts: Pilimai 20 Rebs: Pilimai 7 Asts: three players 5		Pts: Samarawickrama 9 Rebs: three players 2 Asts: Bernard, Samarawickrama 3

India	76–69	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 19–12, 16–21, 14–20
Pts: L. Sharma 24 Rebs: three players 10 Asts: Dhanasekar 4		Pts: El Dekss 22 Rebs: El Dekss 15 Asts: three players 4

Sri Lanka	39–112	India
Scoring by quarter: 4–33, 17–35, 10–25, 8–19
Pts: Herath 22 Rebs: Mudianselage 18 Asts: Annakkarge, Bernard 3		Pts: Ankush 27 Rebs: A. Sharma 9 Asts: Dhanasekar 5

Lebanon	43–111	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 5–27, 18–27, 11–33, 9–24
Pts: Iskandar 9 Rebs: El Dekss 12 Asts: Iskandar, El Boustani 2		Pts: Daniels 21 Rebs: Sewell 10 Asts: four players 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	257	173	+84	6	Quarterfinals
2	Iran	3	2	1	254	175	+79	5	Playoffs
3	Qatar (H)	3	1	2	224	261	−37	4	Playoffs
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	170	296	−126	3

Iran	62–65	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 22–14, 15–8, 7–16
Pts: Valizadeh 17 Rebs: Jalali 10 Asts: Obeidi 4		Pts: Takata 21 Rebs: Shiratani 12 Asts: Shingo 4

Qatar	91–82	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 21–17, 27–22, 19–20
Pts: I M Mousa 28 Rebs: Ndao 18 Asts: Ndao 6		Pts: Almatroud 24 Rebs: Toukhi 11 Asts: M Ateek 7

Iran	106–45	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 29–9, 37–18, 18–9, 22–9
Pts: Mohammadi 23 Rebs: Jalali 15 Asts: Edalatfar 7		Pts: M Ateek, Almatroud 13 Rebs: Khafaji, Almatroud 6 Asts: M Ateek 4

Japan	93–68	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 37–15, 18–14, 25–21, 13–18
Pts: Takata 18 Rebs: Benedict 11 Asts: Nakamura 6		Pts: Ndao 32 Rebs: Ndao 15 Asts: I M Mousa

Saudi Arabia	43–99	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 11–28, 11–20, 8–26, 13–25
Pts: M Ateek, Alzawad 12 Rebs: Alzawad 6 Asts: Alamrad, Alzayer 3		Pts: Takata, Benedict 18 Rebs: Benedict 11 Asts: Shingo 7

Qatar	65–86	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 10–29, 19–14, 15–19
Pts: Ndao 24 Rebs: Ndao 10 Asts: Abuissa, Ndao 4		Pts: Mohammadi 26 Rebs: Jalali 10 Asts: Mohammadi 4

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	319	169	+150	6	Quarterfinals
2	Jordan	3	2	1	192	222	−30	5	Playoffs
3	South Korea	3	1	2	229	207	+22	4	Playoffs
4	Bahrain	3	0	3	149	291	−142	3

New Zealand	83–81	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 23–17, 18–17, 17–23
Pts: Crate, Jones 14 Rebs: Goodman 12 Asts: Goodman, Jones 4		Pts: Yang, Yoon 19 Rebs: Edi 7 Asts: Yang 6

Bahrain	44–85	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 10–23, 6–22, 16–18, 12–22
Pts: Mohsen 12 Rebs: Abdulkarim 7 Asts: Mohsen, Esam 2		Pts: Hijazi 18 Rebs: Hijazi 13 Asts: Basheer 7

New Zealand	119–45	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 33–8, 30–10, 23–15, 33–12
Pts: Ball 15 Rebs: Plumtree 10 Asts: Jones 5		Pts: Ibrahem 11 Rebs: Kassem 5 Asts: Basheer 3

South Korea	89–62	Bahrain
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 23–7, 22–13, 23–22
Pts: Heo, Yoon 12 Rebs: Kim M.G. 16 Asts: Edi, Kim M.J. 4		Pts: Ali, Mohsen 17 Rebs: Ali 8 Asts: Ali 4

Bahrain	43–117	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 14–27, 10–26, 7–31, 12–33
Pts: Mohsen 13 Rebs: Ali, Mohsen 4 Asts: Mohamed 2		Pts: Plumtree 22 Rebs: Cate, Crate 9 Asts: Jones 9

Jordan	62–59	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 25–16, 4–11, 14–11
Pts: Hijazi 25 Rebs: Hijazi 12 Asts: Shaaban 6		Pts: Kim 14 Rebs: Edi 7 Asts: Edi, Yang 4

Qualification

Qualified teams

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final round

Bracket

Qualification to Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals

5th–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final standings

Awards

All-Tournament Team

References

External links

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	298	157	+141	6	Quarterfinals
2	Philippines	3	2	1	208	178	+30	5	Playoffs
3	Malaysia	3	1	2	164	241	−77	4	Playoffs
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	170	264	−94	3

Malaysia	79–71	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 37–13, 6–19, 24–20
Pts: Hoo 20 Rebs: five players 4 Asts: three players 2		Pts: Remezov 20 Rebs: Tau 14 Asts: Tau 3

Philippines	67–84	China
Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 19–19, 16–24, 8–16
Pts: Alas 20 Rebs: Alas 8 Asts: Alas 3		Pts: Zhang 18 Rebs: Fu 10 Asts: Huang 4

China	95–33	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 21–6, 27–13, 21–0
Pts: Zhang 17 Rebs: Luo 8 Asts: Huang 5		Pts: Khoo 16 Rebs: Kho 6 Asts: four players 1

Philippines	66–42	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 8–14, 22–3, 19–9
Pts: Alas 18 Rebs: Alas 10 Asts: Morales, Velasquez 3		Pts: Muratuly 15 Rebs: Remezov 11 Asts: Muratuly, Talgatov 2

Kazakhstan	57–119	China
Scoring by quarter: 10–29, 21–29, 5–30, 21–31
Pts: Muratuly, Pestov 12 Rebs: three players 4 Asts: Issabayev, Muratuly 3		Pts: Zhang 24 Rebs: Huan 8 Asts: Luo 6

Malaysia	52–75	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 8–29, 15–16, 13–15, 16–15
Pts: three players 7 Rebs: Tan J.W. 11 Asts: three players 2		Pts: Alas 15 Rebs: Alas 13 Asts: Williams 9

Classification semifinals		Fifth place game

23 September

Jordan	58
		24 September
Japan	72
		Japan	73
23 September
		Iran	71
Qatar	56

Iran	83
		Seventh place game

		24 September

		Jordan	75

		Qatar	97

Jordan	70–64	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 20–15, 14–19, 17–16
Pts: Hijazi 16 Rebs: Shaaban 9 Asts: Basheer 5		Pts: Chua 15 Rebs: Chia 8 Asts: Tan J.W. 4

Iran	83–53	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 20–10, 23–16, 23–18
Pts: Mohammadi 18 Rebs: Jalali 12 Asts: Obeidi 6		Pts: Iskandar 16 Rebs: Batri 6 Asts: El Boustani 5