FIBA Under-16 Women's Asia Cup

The FIBA Under-16 Women's Asia Cup 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.

FIBA Under-16 Women's Asia Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship
FormerlyFIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship
SportBasketball
Founded2009; 15 years ago (2009)
First season2009
No. of teams16
CountriesFIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania member nations
ContinentFIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Australia (3rd title)
Most titles Australia,  China
(3 titles each)
QualificationFIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup
Related
competitions
FIBA Under-18 Women's Asia Cup
Official websiteFIBA Asia

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

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Division A

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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
  1. ^ Postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Division B

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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
  1. ^ Postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China3025
2  Australia3003
3  Japan1607
4  South Korea0134
5  Chinese Taipei0011
  New Zealand0011
Totals (6 entries)77721

Participating nations

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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

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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

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Nation  
2017
 
2022
 
2023
Years
  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

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Team  
2010
 
2012
 
2014
 
2016
 
2018
 
2022
 
2024
 
2026
Total
  Australia As part of FIBA Oceania 3rd 5th 5th 3
  China 3rd 11th 4th 11th 4
  Chinese Taipei 10th 1
  Japan 5th 4th 7th 9th 7th 8th 6th 7
  New Zealand As part of FIBA Oceania 12th 12th 12th 3
  South Korea 9th 10th 15th 14th 4
Total 2 2 3 3 4 4 4 4

See also

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References

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