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)
← 2017 2022 →

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)

References

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