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2017 FIBA Under-16
Asian Championship

5th FIBA Under-16 Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	China
City	Foshan
Dates	2–8 April 2018
Teams	13 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (1st title)
Runners-up	China
Third place	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Top scorer	Matin Aghajanpour (23.2 points per game)
Official website
2017 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship
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The 2017 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship (also known as the 2018 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship) was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup. The tournament was held in Foshan, China from 2 to 8 April 2018.^[1] The competition was scheduled to be played in Dalang, China from 26 March to 1 April 2018.^[2] The top four teams would represent FIBA Asia to the 2018 FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup.

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

Allocation of Berths

Subzone	Automatic Qualifier	Berths as top 3 Asian teams from last championship	Host	Total
Central Asia	1	0	0	1
East Asia	2	3	1	6
Persian Gulf	2	0	0	2
South Asia	1	0	0	1
Southeast Asia	2	0	0	2
West Asia	2	0	0	2
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.

Initially, sixteen (16) teams were named as qualified to compete,^[4] but according to the tournament's official website, there were only thirteen (13) teams left to participate.^[5]

This edition of the tournament will be having a different format as compared to what was used since 2009. While there would still be a preliminary round robin of four groups of four teams, the single-elimination final round immediately follows the preliminary round. In the final round, the teams that finished second and third in their respective groups would play in the qualifications to quarterfinals of the final round, while the group winners automatically qualify to the quarterfinals proper.^[6]

The official draw was held on 6 March 2017 in Beijing.^[7]

All times are local (UTC+8).^[8]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	China	2	2	0	207	93	+114	4	Quarterfinals
2	New Zealand	2	1	1	171	144	+27	3	Playoffs
3	Hong Kong	2	0	2	107	248	−141	2

Source: FIBA Asia
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	2	2	0	192	99	+93	4	Quarterfinals
2	Philippines	2	1	1	114	139	−25	3	Playoffs
3	Malaysia	2	0	2	104	172	−68	2

Source: FIBA Asia
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Iran	2	2	0	241	129	+112	4	Quarterfinals
2	Chinese Taipei	2	1	1	206	140	+66	3	Playoffs
3	Macau	2	0	2	92	270	−178	2

Source: FIBA Asia
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Japan	3	3	0	279	198	+81	6	Quarterfinals
2	South Korea	3	2	1	289	241	+48	5	Playoffs
3	Lebanon	3	1	2	250	299	−49	4
4	India	3	0	3	209	289	−80	3	Eliminated

Source: FIBA Asia
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

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	Playoffs		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Gold Medal Game
	China	80
			Lebanon	71
	Chinese Taipei	78
	Lebanon	82
	China	60
		Philippines	54
	Japan	70
			Philippines	72
	Philippines	103
	Hong Kong	61
	China	67
		Australia	91
	Australia	69
			South Korea	60
	South Korea	116
	Macau	43
	Australia	86
		New Zealand	61		Bronze Medal Game
	Iran	69	Philippines	60
			New Zealand	73		New Zealand	76
	New Zealand	79
	Malaysia	42

Classification 5th–8th

	Classification Semifinals		Fifth Place Game
	Lebanon	79
	Japan	88
	Japan	63
		South Korea	75
	South Korea	90
	Iran	84
	Seventh Place Game
	Lebanon	82
	Iran	95

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Rank	Team	Record
	Australia	5–0
	China	4–1
	New Zealand	4–2
4	Philippines	3–3
5	South Korea	5–2
6	Japan	4–2
7	Iran	3–2
8	Lebanon	2–5
9	Chinese Taipei	1–2
10	Malaysia	0–3
11	Hong Kong	0–3
12	Macau	0–3
13	India	0–3

Top Performers

#	Player	Pld	MPG	PPG	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	FT	FT%	FG	FG%	DblDbl	DD%	Efficiency	EffPG
1	Kai Zachary Sotto	6	25.4	16.8	13.5	1.2	0.2	2.5	37/58	63.8	32/78	41.0	4	66.7	129	21.5
2	Matin Aghajanpour	5	31.3	23.2	8.4	1.4	1.0	0.6	18/24	75.0	43/98	43.9	2	40.0	102	20.4
3	Luke Jackson	5	28.1	8.8	10.8	1.6	2.0	0.4	0/3	0.0	22/44	50.0	1	20.0	97	19.4
Luke Travers	5	25.1	11.2	7.4	3.6	2.0	1.6	5/6	83.3	23/41	56.1	0	0.0	97	19.4
5	Jeonghyeon Moon	7	27.3	15.9	8.9	1.3	0.6	0.3	20/34	58.8	44/76	57.9	3	42.9	124	17.7

Statistic	Player	Total	Opponent (Date)		Team Statistic	Team	Total	Opponent (Date)
Points	Matin Aghajanpour	39	Chinese Taipei (4 Apr)		Team Points	Iran	129	Macau (3 Apr)
Offensive Rebounds	Luke Jackson	11	South Korea (6 Apr)		Offensive Rebounds	China  Chinese Taipei	31 31	Hong Kong (3 Apr)  Macau (2 Apr)
Defensive Rebounds	Kai Zachary Sotto Kai Zachary Sotto	13 13	Malaysia (2 Apr)  Japan (6 Apr)		Defensive Rebounds	Philippines	55	Malaysia (2 Apr)
Rebounds	Kai Zachary Sotto Kai Zachary Sotto	21 21	Japan (6 Apr)  China (7 Apr)		Team Rebounds	Philippines	79	Malaysia (2 Apr)
Assists	Mohammadsina Vahedi Junseok Yang	10 10	Lebanon (8 Apr)  India (2 Apr)		Team Assists	South Korea	35	Macau (5 Apr)
Steals	Rayan Zaine Zanbaka	7	India (4 Apr)		Team Steals	Iran	35	Macau (3 Apr)
Blocks	Kai Zachary Sotto	6	China (7 Apr)		Team Blocks	Philippines	11	China (7 Apr)

2017 Asian Under-16 champions
Australia First title

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The following referees were selected for the tournament.^[10]