FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women

FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship

Most recent season or competition: 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship
Formerly	FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2009; 13 years ago (2009)
Founder	FIBA Asia
Inaugural season	2009
No. of teams	16
Countries	FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania member nations
Continent	FIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent champion(s)	Australia (1st title)
Most titles	China (3 titles)
Qualification	FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup
Related competitions	FIBA Under-18 Women's Asian Championship
Official website	FIBA Asia

The FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women is an international under-16 basketball championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Asia zone. The event started in 2009 and is held bi-annually since then, with the winners competing in the FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup.

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[]

Year	Host		Final				Third place game
			Champion	Score	Second place		Third place	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 coronavirus pandemic
2021[a]	TBD

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	3	0	2	5
2	Japan	1	4	0	5
3	Australia	1	0	0	1
4	South Korea	0	1	2	3
5	Chinese Taipei	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		5	5	5	15

Participating nations[]

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
			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[]

Nation	2017		Years
Australia	1st		1
China	3rd		1
Chinese Taipei	6th		1
Hong Kong	8th		1
India
Japan	2nd		1
New Zealand	4th		1
South Korea	5th		1
Thailand	7th		1
Nations	8	8

Division B[]

Nation	2017		Years
Hong Kong
India	1st		1
Iran	4th		1
Kazakhstan	3rd		1
Malaysia	2nd		1
Maldives	7th		1
Nepal	6th		1
Sri Lanka	5th		1
Nations	7	8

References[]

External links[]

• FIBA Asia official website
• FIBA Asia Archive