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2015 FIBA Asia Under 16 Championship

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Host nation
  
Indonesia

Points
  
Abdullah (24.3)

Venues
  
2 (in 1 host city)

2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship

Dates
  
29 October – 7 November

Teams
  
15 (from 45 federations)

Champions
  
South Korea (1st title)

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, but according to FIBA's official tournament website, it is scheduled to be played in Jakarta, Indonesia from October 29 to November 7.

Contents

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. 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

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.

* 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.

* Withdrew.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+7).

References

2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship Wikipedia