2018 FIBA Under-18 Women's Asian Championship

2018 FIBA Under-18 Women's
Asian Championship
24th FIBA Under-18 Women's Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country India
CityBangalore
Dates28 October − 3 November
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions China (16th title)
Runners-up Japan
Third place Australia
Tournament statistics
Top scorerIran Aghazadegan Ghazvini (23.4)
Top reboundsChina Chen M.L. (14.5)
Top assistsChina Li Y. (7.5)
PPG (Team) Japan (93.4)
RPG (Team) Iran (64.8)
APG (Team) India (25.2)
Official website
2018 FIBA U18 Women's Asian Championship Division A
2018 FIBA U18 Women's Asian Championship Division B
2016

The 2018 FIBA U18 Women's Asian Championship was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2019 FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup. The tournament, which was also the 24th edition of the biennial competition, was held in Bangalore, India from 28 October to 3 November. The top four teams qualified and will represent FIBA Asia in the 2019 FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup in Thailand.[1]

By virtue of topping their respective groups in Division A at the end of the preliminary round, South Korea and Japan earlier booked their spots in the U19 "Worlds", while Australia and China subdued their opponents in the qualification to the semifinals-round to also clinch their spot in the following year's tournament.[2]

China defeated their old rivals Japan in the Final for the fifth straight time, with a score of 89-76, to annex their fifth straight title and sixteenth championship overall. Meanwhile, Australia avenged their preliminary-round loss to South Korea, with a score of 75-58, in the Bronze Medal Match.[3]

  1. ^ "FIBA announces dates of Asian youth championships in 2018". FIBA Asia. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Australia and China join Japan and Korea at the FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup 2019". FIBA Asia. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Yuan Li leads China to fifth straight FIBA U18 Women's Asian Championship title". FIBA Asia. 3 November 2018. Retrieved 4 November 2018.