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2023 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship

7th FIBA Under-16 Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Qatar
City	Doha
Dates	17–24 September
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (3rd title)
Runners-up	New Zealand
Third place	China
Tournament statistics
MVP	Oscar Goodman
Top scorer	Ndao (26.0)
Top rebounds	Ndao (13.0)
Top assists	Jones (4.3)
PPG (Team)	Australia (108.2)
RPG (Team)	Australia (56.5)
APG (Team)	Australia (28.2)
Official website
www.fiba.basketball/history
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The 2023 FIBA U16 Asian Championship was the seventh edition of the FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Asia zone. The tournament was held at the Al-Gharafa Indoor Hall and the Al-Rayyan Indoor Hall in Doha, Qatar, from 17 to 24 September 2023. It served as a qualifier for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Turkey, where the top four teams qualified.

Australia successfully defended their U16 title against first-time semifinalists New Zealand in the thrilling final, 79–76, while China clinched the bronze medal after defeating the Philippines in the battle for third place, 87–59.

Qualification

Each of FIBA Asia's six subzones gets one berth or two each, and FIBA Oceania gets 2 berths. The remaining 4 berths include one host nation and three for the subzones contributed by the top 3 Asian nations of the previous champion.

The host nation and the defending champion are qualified automatically and take one berth from their own subzones.

Qualified teams

The following is the list of the qualified teams. FIBA Rankings as of 15 December 2022 are in parentheses.

Event	Date	Location	Vacancies	Qualified
Host nation	27 January 2020	N/A	1	Qatar (58)
Defending champions	12–19 June 2022	Doha	1	Australia (4)
Central Asia Qualifiers	27–29 June 2023	Samarkand	1	Kazakhstan (77)
East Asia based on FIBA Boys' World Ranking	N/A	N/A	3	China (27)  South Korea (29)  Japan (31)
GCC U16 Basketball Championship 2023	25–31 July 2023	Jeddah	2	Bahrain (65)  Saudi Arabia (NR)
FIBA U15 Oceania Championship 2022	21–26 November 2022	Mangilao	1	New Zealand (25)
SABA U16 Championship 2023	28–31 August 2023	Colombo	2	India (34)  Sri Lanka (NR)
2023 SEABA Under-16 Championship	17–19 July 2023	Surabaya	2	Philippines (26)  Malaysia (72)
West Asia Qualifiers	N/A	N/A	3	Iran (22)  Lebanon (39)  Jordan (NR)

• The federation of Chinese Taipei protested the decision by the East Asia Basketball Federation Association to use FIBA rankings to determine the qualifying teams instead of holding a tournament.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	361	119	+242	6	Quarterfinals
2	India	3	2	1	238	222	+16	5	Playoffs
3	Lebanon	3	1	2	211	232	−21	4
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	3	110	347	−237	3

Australia	114–50	India
Scoring by quarter: 33–14, 36–10, 22–10, 23–16
Pts: Cotton 16 Rebs: Cotton 9 Asts: Beauchamp, Dickeson 6		Pts: Joby 10 Rebs: L. Sharma 6 Asts: Lavish 5

Lebanon	99–45	Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 27–14, 30–13, 26–12, 16–6
Pts: El Dekss 32 Rebs: Iskandar 9 Asts: Hachem 7		Pts: Herath 18 Rebs: Herath 8 Asts: Bernard 4

Australia	136–26	Sri Lanka
Scoring by quarter: 37–8, 31–3, 35–6, 33–9
Pts: Pilimai 20 Rebs: Pilimai 7 Asts: three players 5		Pts: Samarawickrama 9 Rebs: three players 2 Asts: Bernard, Samarawickrama 3

India	76–69	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 19–12, 16–21, 14–20
Pts: L. Sharma 24 Rebs: three players 10 Asts: Dhanasekar 4		Pts: El Dekss 22 Rebs: El Dekss 15 Asts: three players 4

Sri Lanka	39–112	India
Scoring by quarter: 4–33, 17–35, 10–25, 8–19
Pts: Herath 22 Rebs: Mudianselage 18 Asts: Annakkarge, Bernard 3		Pts: Ankush 27 Rebs: A. Sharma 9 Asts: Dhanasekar 5

Lebanon	43–111	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 5–27, 18–27, 11–33, 9–24
Pts: Iskandar 9 Rebs: El Dekss 12 Asts: Iskandar, El Boustani 2		Pts: Daniels 21 Rebs: Sewell 10 Asts: four players 4

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	257	173	+84	6	Quarterfinals
2	Iran	3	2	1	254	175	+79	5	Playoffs
3	Qatar (H)	3	1	2	224	261	−37	4
4	Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	170	296	−126	3

Iran	62–65	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 18–27, 22–14, 15–8, 7–16
Pts: Valizadeh 17 Rebs: Jalali 10 Asts: Obeidi 4		Pts: Takata 21 Rebs: Shiratani 12 Asts: Shingo 4

Qatar	91–82	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 21–17, 27–22, 19–20
Pts: I M Mousa 28 Rebs: Ndao 18 Asts: Ndao 6		Pts: Almatroud 24 Rebs: Toukhi 11 Asts: M Ateek 7

Iran	106–45	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 29–9, 37–18, 18–9, 22–9
Pts: Mohammadi 23 Rebs: Jalali 15 Asts: Edalatfar 7		Pts: M Ateek, Almatroud 13 Rebs: Khafaji, Almatroud 6 Asts: M Ateek 4

Japan	93–68	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 37–15, 18–14, 25–21, 13–18
Pts: Takata 18 Rebs: Benedict 11 Asts: Nakamura 6		Pts: Ndao 32 Rebs: Ndao 15 Asts: I M Mousa

Saudi Arabia	43–99	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 11–28, 11–20, 8–26, 13–25
Pts: M Ateek, Alzawad 12 Rebs: Alzawad 6 Asts: Alamrad, Alzayer 3		Pts: Takata, Benedict 18 Rebs: Benedict 11 Asts: Shingo 7

Qatar	65–86	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 10–29, 19–14, 15–19
Pts: Ndao 24 Rebs: Ndao 10 Asts: Abuissa, Ndao 4		Pts: Mohammadi 26 Rebs: Jalali 10 Asts: Mohammadi 4

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	New Zealand	3	3	0	319	169	+150	6	Quarterfinals
2	Jordan	3	2	1	192	222	−30	5	Playoffs
3	South Korea	3	1	2	229	207	+22	4
4	Bahrain	3	0	3	149	291	−142	3

New Zealand	83–81	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 25–24, 23–17, 18–17, 17–23
Pts: Crate, Jones 14 Rebs: Goodman 12 Asts: Goodman, Jones 4		Pts: Yang, Yoon 19 Rebs: Edi 7 Asts: Yang 6

Bahrain	44–85	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 10–23, 6–22, 16–18, 12–22
Pts: Mohsen 12 Rebs: Abdulkarim 7 Asts: Mohsen, Esam 2		Pts: Hijazi 18 Rebs: Hijazi 13 Asts: Basheer 7

New Zealand	119–45	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 33–8, 30–10, 23–15, 33–12
Pts: Ball 15 Rebs: Plumtree 10 Asts: Jones 5		Pts: Ibrahem 11 Rebs: Kassem 5 Asts: Basheer 3

South Korea	89–62	Bahrain
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 23–7, 22–13, 23–22
Pts: Heo, Yoon 12 Rebs: Kim M.G. 16 Asts: Edi, Kim M.J. 4		Pts: Ali, Mohsen 17 Rebs: Ali 8 Asts: Ali 4

Bahrain	43–117	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 14–27, 10–26, 7–31, 12–33
Pts: Mohsen 13 Rebs: Ali, Mohsen 4 Asts: Mohamed 2		Pts: Plumtree 22 Rebs: Cate, Crate 9 Asts: Jones 9

Jordan	62–59	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 25–16, 4–11, 14–11
Pts: Hijazi 25 Rebs: Hijazi 12 Asts: Shaaban 6		Pts: Kim 14 Rebs: Edi 7 Asts: Edi, Yang 4

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	298	157	+141	6	Quarterfinals
2	Philippines	3	2	1	208	178	+30	5	Playoffs
3	Malaysia	3	1	2	164	241	−77	4
4	Kazakhstan	3	0	3	170	264	−94	3

Malaysia	79–71	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 37–13, 6–19, 24–20
Pts: Hoo 20 Rebs: five players 4 Asts: three players 2		Pts: Remezov 20 Rebs: Tau 14 Asts: Tau 3

Philippines	67–84	China
Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 19–19, 16–24, 8–16
Pts: Alas 20 Rebs: Alas 8 Asts: Alas 3		Pts: Zhang 18 Rebs: Fu 10 Asts: Huang 4

China	95–33	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 26–14, 21–6, 27–13, 21–0
Pts: Zhang 17 Rebs: Luo 8 Asts: Huang 5		Pts: Khoo 16 Rebs: Kho 6 Asts: four players 1

Philippines	66–42	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 17–16, 8–14, 22–3, 19–9
Pts: Alas 18 Rebs: Alas 10 Asts: Morales, Velasquez 3		Pts: Muratuly 15 Rebs: Remezov 11 Asts: Muratuly, Talgatov 2

Kazakhstan	57–119	China
Scoring by quarter: 10–29, 21–29, 5–30, 21–31
Pts: Muratuly, Pestov 12 Rebs: three players 4 Asts: Issabayev, Muratuly 3		Pts: Zhang 24 Rebs: Huan 8 Asts: Luo 6

Malaysia	52–75	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 8–29, 15–16, 13–15, 16–15
Pts: three players 7 Rebs: Tan J.W. 11 Asts: three players 2		Pts: Alas 15 Rebs: Alas 13 Asts: Williams 9

Final round

Bracket

Playoffs

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

22 September

Australia

117

21 September

Jordan

50

Jordan

70

23 September

Malaysia

64

Australia

92

Philippines

36

22 September

Japan

59

21 September

Philippines

64

Philippines

95

24 September

South Korea

71

Australia

79

New Zealand

76

22 September

New Zealand

110

21 September

Qatar

33

India

84

23 September

Qatar

87

New Zealand

86

China

69

Third place

22 September

24 September

China

62

Philippines

59

21 September

Iran

56

China

87

Iran

83

Lebanon

53

Classification 5th–8th

	Classification semifinals				Fifth place game
	23 September
	Jordan	58
					24 September
	Japan	72
					Japan	73
	23 September
					Iran	71
	Qatar	56
	Iran	83
					Seventh place game
					24 September
					Jordan	75
					Qatar	97

Qualification to Quarterfinals

Jordan	70–64	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 20–15, 14–19, 17–16
Pts: Hijazi 16 Rebs: Shaaban 9 Asts: Basheer 5		Pts: Chua 15 Rebs: Chia 8 Asts: Tan J.W. 4

Iran	83–53	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 20–10, 23–16, 23–18
Pts: Mohammadi 18 Rebs: Jalali 12 Asts: Obeidi 6		Pts: Iskandar 16 Rebs: Batri 6 Asts: El Boustani 5

India	84–87	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 25–20, 15–32, 24–20, 20–15
Pts: L. Sharma, Lavish 23 Rebs: L. Sharma, Lavish 8 Asts: Lavish 6		Pts: I M Mousa 31 Rebs: Ndao 11 Asts: Ndao 6

Philippines	95–71	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 28–18, 32–20, 20–16, 15–17
Pts: Ludovice 25 Rebs: Alas 13 Asts: Velasquez 7		Pts: Edi 18 Rebs: Edi 12 Asts: Edi 4

Quarterfinals

Australia	117–50	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 34–5, 26–18, 26–11, 31–16
Pts: Sewell 18 Rebs: Sewell 13 Asts: Cotton, Dickeson 6		Pts: Aljaibat, Kassem 10 Rebs: Hijazi 4 Asts: six players 1

China	62–56	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 16–12, 17–13, 12–11
Pts: Zhang 22 Rebs: Zhang 6 Asts: Huang 3		Pts: Valizadeh 12 Rebs: Jalali 12 Asts: Edalatfar, Obeidi 3

New Zealand	110–33	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 30–14, 29–5, 23–7, 28–7
Pts: Goodman 23 Rebs: Plumtree 17 Asts: Teratana 5		Pts: Ndao 16 Rebs: Ndao 11 Asts: Amah 4

Japan	59–64	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 19–9, 10–21, 14–18
Pts: Takata 12 Rebs: Benedict, Shiratani 14 Asts: Nakamura 4		Pts: Alas 29 Rebs: Alas 9 Asts: Alas 3

5th–8th place semifinals

Qatar	56–83	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 9–27, 13–17, 18–19, 16–20
Pts: Ndao 23 Rebs: Ndao 15 Asts: I M Mousa, Ndao 2		Pts: Khosroshahi 25 Rebs: GharaPazokiKheil 8 Asts: Mohammadi 6

Jordan	58–72	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 11–20, 8–18, 18–22, 21–12
Pts: Hijazi 21 Rebs: Aljaibat, Ghazal 7 Asts: Shaaban 3		Pts: Sembo 12 Rebs: Wakano 7 Asts: Wakano, Takata 6

Semifinals

New Zealand	86–69	China
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 22–14, 22–21, 18–19
Pts: Crate 23 Rebs: Jones 9 Asts: Teratana 4		Pts: Huan 11 Rebs: Huan 7 Asts: six players 2

Australia	92–36	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 22–7, 23–3, 26–10, 21–16
Pts: Daniels 12 Rebs: Daniels 11 Asts: Sewell 4		Pts: Amos, Chua 6 Rebs: Daja 4 Asts: Ludovice 2

Seventh place game

Jordan	75–97	Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 21–26, 19–26, 16–23
Pts: Hijazi 20 Rebs: Hijazi 13 Asts: Fanous, Hijazi 5		Pts: Ndao 33 Rebs: Ndao 11 Asts: I M Mousa 8

Fifth place game

Japan	73–71	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 21–22, 16–17, 18–11, 18–21
Pts: Sembo 24 Rebs: Benedict 8 Asts: Nakamura 6		Pts: Valizadeh 24 Rebs: Dadvand, Mohammadi 8 Asts: Edalatfar 3

Third place game

Philippines	59–87	China
Scoring by quarter: 17–20, 12–24, 8–26, 22–17
Pts: Ludovice 15 Rebs: Alas 5 Asts: Ludovice, Williams 3		Pts: Zhang 34 Rebs: Huan 11 Asts: He 7

Final

Australia	79–76	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 18–18, 20–23, 24–21, 17–14
Pts: Daniels 17 Rebs: Cheesman, Daniels 6 Asts: Daniels 5		Pts: Jones 31 Rebs: Goodman 13 Asts: Crate 3

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Australia	6–0
	New Zealand	5–1
	China	5–1
4	Philippines	4–3
5	Japan	5–1
6	Iran	4–3
7	Qatar	3–4
8	Jordan	3–4
9	India	2–2
10	South Korea	1–3
11	Lebanon	1–3
12	Malaysia	1–3
13	Kazakhstan	0–3
14	Saudi Arabia	0–3
15	Bahrain	0–3
16	Sri Lanka	0–3

Awards

2023 Asian Under-16 champions
Australia Third title

All-Tournament Team

• C Henry Sewell
• F Oscar Goodman (MVP)
• F Lachlan Crate
• G Zhang Boyuan
• G Kiefer Alas

References

1. "FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2023". Qatar Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 June 2023.
2. "Stage set for FIBA U16 Asian Basketball Championship 2023". The Peninsula. 17 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
3. "Australia, China, New Zealand, and the Philippines claim last spots at FIBA U17 World Cup". FIBA. 22 September 2023. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
4. "Australia complete FIBA U16 Asian Championship three-peat after exciting Final win". FIBA. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
5. FIBA World Ranking Presented by NIKE - Boys, www.fiba.basketball
6. ^ Huang, Chiao-wen; Lee, Hsin-Yin (6 September 2023). "Officials blame Yao Ming after Taiwan misses out on FIBA Asia U16 Championship". Focus Taiwan. Central News Agency. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
7. "Goodman named MVP to headline All-Star Five of Sewell, Crate, Zhang, Alas". FIBA. 24 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.

External links

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