2019 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship

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.

2019 FIBA Under-16
Asian Championship

(Cancelled)
Tournament details
Host country	Lebanon
Dates	5–12 April 2020
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
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Qualification

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

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	Foshan	1	Australia (10)
Central Asia Qualifiers	20–22 May 2019	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	Dubai	2	Saudi Arabia (82)  Kuwait (69)
2018 FIBA Under-15 Oceanian Championship	4–8 December 2018	Port Moresby	1	New Zealand (28)
South Asia Qualifiers	3–5 July 2019	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	Gorgan	2	Iran (26)  Syria (72)