2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship

2015 FIBA Asia U-16 Championship

4th Asian Basketball Championship

Tournament details

Host nation

Indonesia

Dates

29 October – 7 November

Teams

15 (from 45 federations)

Venues

2 (in 1 host city)

Champions

South Korea (1st title)

Tournament leaders

	Players	Teams
Points	Abdullah (24.3)	China (87.7)
Rebounds	Yip Y.P. (11.6)	Chinese Taipei (55.0)
Assists	Kim D.J. (7.0)	South Korea (24.7)

Official website

2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship

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The 2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship. The tournament was supposed to be held in Bangalore, India from July 2 to 12,^[1] but according to FIBA's official tournament website, it is scheduled to be played in Jakarta, Indonesia from October 29 to November 7.^[2]

South Korea defeated Chinese Taipei in the Finals, 78–69 to capture their first FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship after finishing second in the first two installments of the competition.^[3] Three-time defending champions China on the other hand managed to capture bronze against Japan, 80–58. The top three teams will represent FIBA Asia in the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship in Spain.

Qualification

Main article: 2013 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship

Aside from the hosts and defending champion, each FIBA Asia subzone gets two berths each, except for the Central and South Asian zones that shall get one berth each. Rounding out the 16-team tournament are four berths that would be added to each subzone, depending on its teams' performance n the 2013 championship.

Berths
Zone	Automatic	Additional berths from the 2013 championship	Total
Defending FIBA Asia Under-16 champions	1	N/A	1
Host team	1	N/A	1
Central Asia	1	0	1
East Asia	2	3	5
Persian Gulf	2	0	2
South Asia	1	0	1
Southeast Asia	2	1	3
West Asia	2	0	2
Total	12	4	16

Defending champion (1):
- China
Host country (1):
- Indonesia
East Asia (5):
- Chinese Taipei
- ~~North Korea~~ *
- Hong Kong
- Japan
- South Korea

Persian Gulf (2):
- Bahrain
- Kuwait
South Asia (1):
- Bangladesh
Southeast Asia (3):
- Philippines
- Malaysia
- Thailand
West Asia (2):
- Iraq
- Lebanon

* Withdrew.

For the Central Asia slot, India was selected to take its place, thus completing the 16-team field. However, North Korea reportedly withdrew a day before the beginning of the tournament, bringing down the number of participating nations to 15.

Draw

The draw took place on 8 October 2015 in Jakarta, Indonesia.^[4]

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
Japan Kuwait Hong Kong Malaysia	Chinese Taipei Bangladesh Indonesia Lebanon	Philippines Bahrain ~~North Korea~~* Thailand	China India South Korea Iraq

* Withdrew.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+7).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	247	139	+108	6	Advanced to second round
2	Kuwait	3	1	2	189	221	−32	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Malaysia	3	1	2	174	211	−37	4^{[lower-alpha 2]}
4	Hong Kong	3	1	2	175	214	−39	4^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Proceeded to classification round

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored; 5) Drawing of lots.
Notes:

↑ 1−1, 1.029 (beaten Malaysia, lost to Hong Kong)
↑ 1−1, 1.007 (beaten Hong Kong, lost to Kuwait)
↑ 1−1, 0.969 (beaten Kuwait, lost to Malaysia)

29 October 2015
10:00

Japan	84–49	Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 28–9, 23–14, 16–8
Pts: Nishida 20 Rebs: Mimori 9 Asts: Ito 8		Pts: Aloutaibi 20 Rebs: Husain 12 Asts: Husain 3

Malaysia	69–53	Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 21–13, 23–15, 16–9, 9–16
Pts: K. Lim 13 Rebs: Lim J.Y., Yap Z.W. 9 Asts: Lee J.K., K. Lim 3		Pts: Lin M.C. 19 Rebs: Yip Y.P. 16 Asts: Lau T.W. 2

Japan	77–39	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 23–4, 16–8, 15–17, 23–10
Pts: Nishida 23 Rebs: Mimori 11 Asts: Takahara, Tsuchiya 6		Pts: Suresh Mahadevan 16 Rebs: Yap Z.W. 6 Asts: Lee J.K. 3

Kuwait	59–71	Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 9–15, 13–17, 15–20, 22–19
Pts: Aloutaibi 26 Rebs: Husain 14 Asts: Husain 4		Pts: Lin M.C. 28 Rebs: Li Y.F. 15 Asts: Lau T.W. 5

Hong Kong	51–86	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 13–18, 16–17, 13–21, 9–30
Pts: Lin M.C., Yip Y.P. 14 Rebs: Li Y.F. 10 Asts: Lin M.C. 2		Pts: Nishida 23 Rebs: Nishida 9 Asts: Ito 7

Malaysia	66–81	Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 14–24, 20–22, 9–17, 23–18
Pts: Low K.Y. 20 Rebs: Ooi L.C. 10 Asts: 5 players 2		Pts: Husain 26 Rebs: Husain 14 Asts: Aloutaibi 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	3	3	0	318	173	+145	6	Advanced to second round
2	Lebanon	3	2	1	189	149	+40	5
3	Indonesia (H)	3	1	2	201	191	+10	4
4	Bangladesh	3	0	3	60	255	−195	2	Proceeded to classification round

Chinese Taipei	145–31	Bangladesh
Scoring by quarter: 32–2, 42–7, 38–16, 33–6
Pts: Tang W.C. 27 Rebs: Chen F. 16 Asts: Hsieh W.Y. 8		Pts: Rahman 12 Rebs: Prodhan 10 Asts: Biswas, Rusho, Haque 1

Lebanon	83–55	Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 18–15, 23–17, 17–11
Pts: Alaaeddine 16 Rebs: Zeinoun 14 Asts: Captan 5		Pts: Wijaya, Sada, Agviandi 8 Rebs: Rizqiano 7 Asts: Rizqiano, Noor 3

Chinese Taipei	94–86	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 34–16, 20–29, 23–20, 17–21
Pts: Lin T.C. 27 Rebs: Tang W.C. 10 Asts: Chen Y.W. 9		Pts: Alaaeddine 30 Rebs: Saad 10 Asts: Captan 5

Bangladesh	29–90	Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 4–26, 4–16, 11–22, 10–26
Pts: Prodhan 12 Rebs: Rusho 11 Asts: Rahman 3		Pts: Noor 14 Rebs: Saputro, Agviandi 7 Asts: Maulana 10

Indonesia	56–79	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 12–15, 14–21, 11–23
Pts: Rachman 12 Rebs: Rizqiano, Rachman 5 Asts: Ray 5		Pts: Lin T.C. 33 Rebs: Lin T.C. 12 Asts: Chen Y.W. 7

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Philippines	2	2	0	168	109	+59	4	Advanced to second round
2	Thailand	2	1	1	116	128	−12	3
3	Bahrain	2	0	2	116	163	−47	2

Philippines	98–58	Bahrain
Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 33–13, 24–14, 19–18
Pts: Ildefonso 16 Rebs: Gozum 9 Asts: Belangel 6		Pts: Abdulhusain 21 Rebs: Almajed 6 Asts: Salman 4

Philippines	70–51	Thailand
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 16–15, 28–9, 12–15
Pts: Pagsanjan, Belangel 10 Rebs: Gozum 10 Asts: Mamuyac 5		Pts: Limjittakorn 11 Rebs: Limjittakorn 11 Asts: Jaimsawad 4

Thailand	65–58	Bahrain
Scoring by quarter: 21–7, 14–19, 14–12, 16–20
Pts: Banchathon 28 Rebs: Sonsem 7 Asts: Jaimsawad 11		Pts: Almajed 13 Rebs: Aboukuora 14 Asts: B. Ali 3

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	3	3	0	274	178	+96	6	Advanced to second round
2	South Korea	3	2	1	261	250	+11	5
3	Iraq	3	1	2	220	228	−8	4
4	India	3	0	3	211	310	−99	3	Proceeded to classification round

China	116–57	India
Scoring by quarter: 33–21, 33–12, 27–12, 23–12
Pts: Huang R.Q. 22 Rebs: Li X.B. 9 Asts: Bai H.T. 8		Pts: Poiyamozhi 18 Rebs: Tomar 5 Asts: Hansraj 4

Iraq	74–92	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 16–15, 13–29, 26–31
Pts: Abdullah 29 Rebs: Abdullah 10 Asts: Abdullah, Al-Fahad 4		Pts: Lee H.J., Lee J.H. 21 Rebs: Shin M.S. 11 Asts: Kim D.J. 10

China	67–56	Iraq
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 10–12, 25–15, 18–18
Pts: Zhu R.Z. 23 Rebs: Zhu R.Z. 16 Asts: Wang Y.B. 4		Pts: Abdullah 24 Rebs: Abdullah 7 Asts: Al-Fahad 3

2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship

Qualification

Draw

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Second round

Group E

Group F

Classification round

Classification 13th–15th

13–15th place semifinals

13th place game

Classification 9th–12th

9–12th place semifinals

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Final round

Bracket

Quarterfinals

5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Final standing

Awards

References

India	85–104	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 23–26, 13–22, 32–28, 17–28
Pts: Poiyamozhi 33 Rebs: Poiyamozhi 10 Asts: Sisodiya 6		Pts: Yang J.M. 25 Rebs: Yang J.M. 12 Asts: Park M.W. 6

South Korea	65–91	China
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 8–21, 16–32, 18–19
Pts: Seo M.J. 13 Rebs: Lee H.J. 6 Asts: Yang J.M. 4		Pts: Li X.B. 18 Rebs: Zhu R.Z. 9 Asts: Bai H.T.

Iraq	90–69	India
Scoring by quarter: 25–16, 24–20, 26–8, 15–25
Pts: Abdullah 39 Rebs: Jasim 16 Asts: Al-Qarnawi, Jasim 4		Pts: Poiyamozhi 26 Rebs: Jayakumar 8 Asts: Sisodiya 6

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Chinese Taipei	5	5	0	426	343	+83	10	Advance to final round
2	Lebanon	5	4	1	427	377	+50	9
3	Japan	5	3	2	386	294	+92	8
4	Kuwait	5	2	3	355	374	−19	7
5	Indonesia (H)	5	1	4	294	392	−98	6	Proceed to classification round
6	Malaysia	5	0	5	314	422	−108	5	Proceed to classification round

Chinese Taipei	90–59	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 28–16, 20–10, 20–12
Pts: Lin T.C. 29 Rebs: Wu P.C. 10 Asts: Chen Y.W. 8		Pts: K. Lim 19 Rebs: K. Lim 7 Asts: Thea Z.S. 3

Kuwait	79–81	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 19–15, 23–23, 22–21
Pts: Aloutaibi 29 Rebs: Hasan 9 Asts: Alali, Madeed 4		Pts: Alaaeddine 32 Rebs: Zeinoun 13 Asts: Zeinoun 8

Japan	80–39	Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 16–7, 28–16, 17–0, 19–16
Pts: Takahara 17 Rebs: Miyamoto 7 Asts: Shimajiri 5		Pts: Noor 11 Rebs: Agviandi 10 Asts: Ray 4

Chinese Taipei	80–67	Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 17–15, 20–29, 22–13
Pts: Tang W.C. 30 Rebs: Tang W.C. 14 Asts: Lin Y.C., Chen Y.W. 5		Pts: Aloutaibi 21 Rebs: Aloutaibi, Husain, Almarri 11 Asts: Madeed, Khribit, Hasan 2

Lebanon	84–70	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 20–20, 13–18, 23–18
Pts: Alaaeddine 23 Rebs: Saad 16 Asts: Captan 6		Pts: Nishida 26 Rebs: Mimori 8 Asts: Nakata, Nishida 4

Indonesia	81–71	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 22–12, 16–18, 25–19
Pts: Noor 20 Rebs: Agviandi 10 Asts: Ray 8		Pts: Suresh Mahadevan 19 Rebs: Chang 10 Asts: Lee J.K. 6