2017 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship explained

2017 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship
Continent:	Asia U-16
Year:	2017
Size:	250px
City:	Foshan
Dates:	2–8 April 2018
Teams:	13
Confederations:	1
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	AUS
Title Number:	1
Second:	CHN
Third:	NZL
Ppg P:	Matin Aghajanpour (23.2 points per game)
Website:	2017 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship
Prevseason:	2015
Nextseason:	2019

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.

Qualification

See main article: 2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship.

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
	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.

Qualified teams

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]

Central Asia (1)
East Asia (6)
- (Host Nation)
- (Defending Champion)

Persian Gulf (2)
South Asia (1)
- - Southeast Asia (2)
    - - West Asia (2)
      - FIBA Oceania (2)

Format

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]

Draw

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

Preliminary round

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

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Final round

Bracket

Classification 5th–8th

Playoffs

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Quarterfinals

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5–8th place semifinals

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Semifinals

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Final

Final standing

width=10px bgcolor=ccffcc		Qualified for 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup

width=40	Rank	width=180	Team	width=60	Record
		5–0
		4–1
		4–2
4		3–3
5		5–2
6		4–2
7		3–2
8		2–5
9		1–2
10		0–3
11		0–3
12		0–3
13		0–3

Statistics

Player tournament averages

Points
	Player	Pld	Pts	PPG
1	Matin Aghajanpour	5	116	23.2
2		5	103	20.6
3		7	141	20.1
4		6	105	17.5
5		6	101	16.8

Rebounds
	Player	Pld	Rebs	RPG
1	Kai Zachary Sotto	6	81	13.5
2		5	54	10.8
3		7	62	8.9
4		5	42	8.4
5		7	56	8.0

Assists
	Player	Pld	Asts	APG
1	Junseok Yang	7	38	5.4
2		5	26	5.2
3		6	26	4.3
4		6	25	4.2
5		5	19	3.8

Blocks
	Player	Pld	Blocks	BPG
1	Kai Zachary Sotto	6	15	2.5
2		5	8	1.6
3		5	6	1.2
3		6	7	1.2
5		6	6	1.0

Steals
	Player	Pld	Stls	SPG
1	Mohammadreza Derakhshi	4	13	3.3
2		5	15	3.0
3		5	14	2.8
4		5	13	2.6
4		5	13	2.6

Minutes
	Player	Pld	Mins	MPG
1	Pengyu Lu	5	162	32.5
1	Haoqin Sun	5	162	32.5
3		7	221	31.7
4		6	156	31.5
5		6	154	31.4

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		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		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
3		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		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

Team tournament averages

Points
	Pld	Pts	PPG
1	5	489	97.8
2	7	630	90.0
3	5	438	87.6

Field Goal Shooting
	Pld	FG	FG%
1	5	169/363	46.6
2	5	184/409	45.0
3	6	166/371	44.7

Rebounds
	Pld	Rebs	RPG
1	6	326	54.3
2	5	262	52.4
3	5	248	49.6

Assists
	Pld	Asts	APG
1	7	127	18.1
2	5	90	18.0
3	5	88	17.6

Blocks
	Pld	Blocks	BPG
1	6	34	5.7
2	5	25	5.0
3	5	18	3.6

Steals
	Pld	Stls	SPG
1	5	83	16.6
2	5	64	12.8
3	7	88	12.6

Tournament game highs

Statistic	Player	Total	Opponent (Date)	Team Statistic	Total	Opponent (Date)
Points	Matin Aghajanpour	39	(4 Apr)	Team Points	129	(3 Apr)
Offensive Rebounds	Luke Jackson	11	(6 Apr)	Offensive Rebounds	31 31	(3 Apr) (2 Apr)
Defensive Rebounds	Kai Zachary Sotto Kai Zachary Sotto	13 13	(2 Apr) (6 Apr)	Defensive Rebounds	55	(2 Apr)
Rebounds	Kai Zachary Sotto Kai Zachary Sotto	21 21	(6 Apr) (7 Apr)	Team Rebounds	79	(2 Apr)
Assists	Mohammadsina Vahedi Junseok Yang	10 10	(8 Apr) (2 Apr)	Team Assists	35	(5 Apr)
Steals	Rayan Zaine Zanbaka	7	(4 Apr)	Team Steals	35	(3 Apr)
Blocks	Kai Zachary Sotto	6	(7 Apr)	Team Blocks	11	(7 Apr)

Awards

All-Tournament Team

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Referees

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

Gao Xin
He Luwei
Yuan Ningpeng
Chan Ho Ming
Cheung Kwok Shun Andy
Biswajit Ojha
Mohammad Doost
Mohsen Roshan Zamir
Kihamu Matsumoto
Ryoko Odanaka
Kim Cheong-soo
Lee Kyoung-hwan
Chu Wei Chuen
Martin Davison
Dallas Christian Pickering
Ricor Buaron
Ferdinand Pascual
Huang Chen-yu

Notes and References

Web site: Dates, venue for FIBA U16 Asian Championship changed. FIBA Asia. 16 February 2018. 8 March 2018.
Web site: FIBA announces dates of Asian youth championships in 2018. FIBA Asia. 29 January 2018. 30 January 2018.
Web site: Philippines reign supreme at SEABA U16 Championship 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170518113247/http://www.fiba.com/news/philippines-reign-supreme-at-seaba-u16-championship-2017. live. May 18, 2017. FIBA. 18 May 2017. 18 May 2017.
Web site: Dates, venue for FIBA U16 Asian Championship changed. FIBA. 16 February 2018. 8 March 2018.
Web site: "Rising of Dragon" revealed as FIBA U16 Asian Championship logo. FIBA Asia. 3 March 2018. 5 March 2018.
Web site: Competition Format. FIBA Asia. 3 March 2018. 5 March 2018.
Web site: Draw results in for FIBA U16 Asian Championship. FIBA Asia. 6 March 2018. 7 March 2018.
Web site: FIBA U16 Asian Championship schedule confirmed. FIBA Asia. 14 March 2018. 15 March 2018.
Web site: Sotto, Sun and Wigness lead the FIBA U16 Asian Championship Mythical Teams. FIBA Asia. 10 April 2018. 11 April 2018.
http://www.fiba.basketball/asia/u16/2017/referees Referees