2019 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship

The 2019 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship was originally to be the FIBA Asia's qualifying tournament for the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup. The tournament would have been held in Canberra, Australia, from 5 to 10 April 2020. The top four teams would have represented FIBA Asia at the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Romania. However, both Asian Championship and World Cup were cancelled by FIBA due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2019 FIBA Under-16 Women's
Asian Championship

(Cancelled)
Tournament details
Host country	Australia
City	Canberra
Dates	5–10 April 2020
Teams	10 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)

Qualified teams

For Division A:

• Semifinalists of the 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship:
  • Australia (Hosts)
  • Japan
  • China
  • New Zealand

• 5th-7th Placers of the 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship:
  • South Korea
  • Chinese Taipei
  • Thailand

• Division B winners at the 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship:
  • India

For Division B:

• 3rd-4th Placers of the 2018 FIBA Under-15 Women's Oceania Championship:
  • Samoa
  • Fiji
• Six (6) teams from FIBA Asia on a first-come first-registered basis, eventually were left unnamed.