FIBA Under-16 Women's Asia Cup explained

FIBA Under-16 Women's Asia Cup
Formerly:	FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship
Last Season:	2023 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship
Sport:	Basketball
Inaugural:	2009
Teams:	16
Organizer:	FIBA Asia
Countries:	FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania member nations
Continent:	Asia
Champion:	(3rd title)
Most Champs:	, (3 titles each)
Qualification:	FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup
Website:	www.fiba.basketball/history
Related Comps:	FIBA Under-18 Women's Asia Cup

The FIBA Under-16 Women's Asia Cup is an international under-16 basketball championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Asia zone. The tournament started in 2009, and is held biennially. The top four teams qualify toward the FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup.

Because of the recent change in the FIBA Calendar and the inclusion of and in all Asian tournaments, a new competition format was introduced at the start of the 2017 edition. Aside from renaming the tournament to FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship, it is now composed of two divisions (namely Divisions A and B) with a maximum of eight teams each to participate.

Division A teams now contest for the four slots allocated for the FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup, meaning the semifinalists are assured of a seat in the U17 Worlds. Meanwhile, the team that places eighth and last in the division is relegated to Division B in the next tournament. The remaining top seven or eight teams are retained up to the next tournament as well.

Division B teams use the same format as that of Division A, but unlike the previous setup wherein there were qualifying matches for the top two teams of the division, only the Division Champions are promoted to Division A in the next tournament.

Summary

Division A

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=10 bgcolor=ffffff		Final			width=1% rowspan=7 bgcolor=ffffff		Third place game
width=15%	Gold	width=9%	Score	width=15%	Silver	width=15%	Bronze	width=9%	Score	width=15%	Fourth place
2009^[1] Details	Pune		99–86			66–63
2011^[2] Details	Jinan		102–56			105–69
2013^[3] Details	Colombo		62–50			86–64
2015^[4] Details	Medan		92–75			60–52
2017^[5] Details	Bangalore		61–60			60–43
2019 Details	Canberra	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022^[6] Details	Amman		59–58		width=1% rowspan=2 bgcolor=ffffff			78–59
2023^[7] Details	Amman		80–74			66–63

Division B

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=6 bgcolor=ffffff		Final			width=1% rowspan=3 bgcolor=ffffff		Third place game
width=15%	Gold	width=9%	Score	width=15%	Silver	width=15%	Bronze	width=9%	Score	width=15%	Fourth place
2017^[8] Details	Bangalore		64–48			61–47
2019 Details	Canberra	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022^[9] Details	Amman		79–76		width=1% rowspan=2 bgcolor=ffffff			90–68
2023^[10] Details	Amman		83–60			52–46

Participating nations

width=146	Nation				2015	Years
	bgcolor=gold	1st	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	4
	3rd	4th	4th	4th	4
	9th	8th	9th	7th	4
	6th	5th	5th	6th	4
			10th	8th	2
	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4
			11th		1
	10th		8th	11th	3
		12th			1
	8th	7th	6th	10th	4
	7th	6th			2
	11th	9th		9th	3
	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	3rd	4
	12th	10th	12th		3
	5th		7th	5th	3
		11th		12th	2
Nations	12	12	12	12

Starting in 2017, a new tournament format was introduced; two divisions were created: Division A and Division B.

Division A

width=146	Nation				Years
	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	3
	3rd		6th	2
	6th		4th	2
	8th			1
		5th		1
	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3
	4th	4th	3rd	3
			7th	1
	5th	3rd	5th	3
			8th	1
	7th		9th	2
Nations	8	5	9

Division B

width=146	Nation				Years
			7th	1
			4th	1
	bgcolor=gold	1st			1
		7th		1
	4th	5th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3
		8th	5th	2
	3rd	6th		2
		4th		1
	bgcolor=silver	2nd		3rd	2
	7th		8th	2
	6th			1
		3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	2
		bgcolor=gold	1st		1
			6th	1
	5th			1
		bgcolor=silver	2nd		1
Nations	7	8	8