2022 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship

2022 FIBA Under-16
Asian Championship
6th FIBA Under-16 Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country Qatar
CityDoha
Dates12–19 June 2022
Teams13 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Australia (2nd title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place New Zealand
Tournament statistics
MVPJapan Yuto Kawashima
Top scorerJapan Yuto Kawashima (26.6)
Top reboundsIndia Lokendra Singh (12.6)
Top assistsIndia Jaideep Rathore (5.7)
PPG (Team) Australia (95.8)
RPG (Team) Australia (59.8)
APG (Team) Australia (20.2)
Official website
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The 2022 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship was the sixth edition of the under-16 basketball championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Asia zone. The tournament was held in Doha, Qatar from 12 to 19 June 2022. This marked the return of the Under-16 competition which was last held five years ago in China.[1][2]

Australia successfully defended their U16 title against Japan in the final, 94–63, while New Zealand retained the bronze medal after defeating first-time semifinalists Lebanon in the battle for third place, 89–62.[3] All four of the semifinalists were qualified to the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Spain as Asian representatives.

  1. ^ "Mark your calendars for jam-packed basketball scheduled in Asia for 2022". FIBA Asia. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Iran to meet Indonesia at 2022 FIBA U16 Asian C'ship opener". Mehr News. 7 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Australia claim second consecutive FIBA U16 Asian Championship". FIBA Asia. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 21 June 2022.