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Tournament details | |
Host country | ![]() |
Dates | 5–12 April 2020 |
Teams | 16 (from 1 confederation) |
Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
The 2019 FIBA U16 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, the tournament was cancelled by FIBA due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the World Cup participants were determined based on the FIBA rankings.
Each of FIBA Asia's six subzones gets one berth or two each, and FIBA Oceania gets two berths. The remaining four berths were reserved for the host nation and the top three Asian teams from the previous championship.
Subzone | Automatic Qualifier | Berths as top 3 Asian teams from last championship | Host | Total |
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Central Asia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
East Asia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
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.
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 |
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Host nation | 4 February 2020 | N/A | 1 | ![]() |
Defending champions | 2–8 April 2018 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
Central Asia Qualifiers | 20–22 May 2019 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
East Asia Qualifiers | N/A | N/A | 4 | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
GBA Qualifiers | 27–31 August 2018 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() ![]() |
2018 FIBA Under-15 Oceania Championship | 4–8 December 2018 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
South Asia Qualifiers | 3–5 July 2019 | ![]() | 1 | ![]() |
Southeast Asia Qualifiers | N/A | N/A | 3 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
West Asia Qualifiers | 28 July–1 August 2018 | ![]() | 2 | ![]() ![]() |