The FIBA U18 Women's Asia Cup, formerly known as the Asian Basketball Confederation Junior Championship for Women, FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women and FIBA U18 Women's Asian Championship, is an international under-18 basketball championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Asia zone. The tournament started in 1970, and is held biennially. The top four teams qualify for 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 2018 edition. Aside from renaming the tournament to FIBA U18 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-19 Women's Basketball World Cup, meaning the semifinalists are assured of a seat in the U19 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 YearHostFinalThird place gameGoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth place 1970 Details Seoul No playoffs No playoffs None awarded 1972 Details Manila No playoffs No playoffs None awarded 1974 Details Manila 1977 Details Kuwait City 1978 Details Manila 1980 Details Bangkok No playoffs No playoffs 1982 Details Manila 1984 Details Seoul No playoffs No playoffs 1986 Details Manila 94–70 1989 Details Manila 1990 Details Nagoya 80–78 72–50 1992 Details Beijing 1996 Details Bangkok 66–63 77–76 1998 Details Tokushima 81–40 46–43 2000 Details New Delhi 78–59 67–64 2002 Details Taipei 92–68 77–72 2004 Details Shenzhen 102–79 57–52 2007 Details Bangkok 81–68 89–70 2008 Details Medan 90–87 94–73 2010 Details Surat Thani 122–78 78–54 2012 Details Johor Bahru 60–53 61–42 2014 Details Amman 66–60 57–54 2016 Details Bangkok 78–47 66–63 2018 Details Bangalore 89–76 75–58 2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia 2022 Details Bangalore 81–55 77–45 2024 Details Shenzhen 96–79 69–54 2026 Details Seremban 2028 Details TBA
Division B YearHostFinalThird place gameFirst placeScoreSecond placeThird placeScoreFourth place 2018 Details Bangalore 68–45 75–68 2020Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia 2022 Details Bangalore 64–53 84–68 2024 Details Shenzhen 95–64 64–59 2026 Details Bangkok 58–39 70–50 2028 Details TBA
Medal table Division A
Division B
Participating nations Nation 1970 1972 1974 1977 1978 1980 1982 1984 1986 1989 1990 1992 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2007 2008 2010 2012 2014 2016 Total 2nd 1st2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd1st1st1st1st 203rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 4th 4th 4th 4th 2nd 4th 2nd 4th 4th 4th 3rd 4th 4th 4th 18 4th 7th 8th 11th 10th 10th 12th 7th 10th 10th 11th 8th 8th 9th 14 4th 6th 5th 6th 6th 9th 9th 7th 8th 7th 6th 8th 7th 6th 6th 15 8th 9th 7th 10th 7th 5 4th 12nd 2nd 5th 3rd 3rd 4th3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 4th 2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd2nd2nd2nd 20 8th 11th 2 9th 7th 6th 9th 10th 10th 6 8th 1 7th × 12th 2 12th 12th 2 10th 9th 10th 3 3rd 2nd 6th 5th 4th 5th 7th 7th 6th 9th 5th 7th 8th 7th 8th 5th 5th 6th 7th 8th 20 10th 1 5th 5th 2 3rd 4th 7th 3rd 4th 6th 6th 9th 8th 11th 11th 9th 8th 9th 14 5th 8th 6th 5th 12th 10th 11th 71st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd3rd 4th 3rd3rd3rd 22 6th 9th 7th 10th 8th 9th 10th 8th 11th 12th 10th 11th 9th 12th 14 11th 1 5th 3rd 7th 6th 5th 5th 5th × 6th 6th 5th 6th 9th 7th 5th 5th 5th 16 6th 8th 2 11th 1 Number of teams 3 3 4 8 4 9 8 7 6 11 10 10 12 12 11 10 10 12 12 12 11 12 12
Starting in 2018, a new tournament format was introduced; two divisions were created: Division A and Division B.
Division A Nation 2018 2022 2024 2026 2028 Total3rd 1st 1st Q 41st 2nd 2nd Q 4 6th 4th 6th Q 4 8th 1 7th 7th 8th 32nd 3rd 3rd Q 4 Q1 Q1 8th 7th Q 3 5th 6th 5th Q 4 Q 1 4th 5th 4th Q 4 Number of teams 8 8 8 8 8
Division B Nation 2018 2022 2024 2026 2028 Total 7th 1 8th 1 4th 7th 5th 31st 4th 2 3rd 1 5th 4th 2 6th 12nd 2nd 2 7th 1 2nd 1st 2 1st 1 8th 6th 2 2nd 1 8th 1 3rd 1st 2 7th 4th 3rd 5th 4 6th 13rd × 1 5th 6th 2 Number of teams 8 8 8 8 8
Under-19 Women's World Cup record Nation19851989199319972001200520072009201120132015201720192021202320252027 Total Part of FIBA Oceania2nd2nd 9th 2nd 16 4th 9th 11th 7th 9th 3rd 11th 11th 9th 5th 7th 7th 5th – 13th 11th Q 16 – – 12th – – – – – 11th – 14th – – 14th 15th – 5 – – 8th 12th 11th – 13th 12th 7th 8th DQ 4th 8th 9th 6th 6th 12 2nd 6th 4th – – 6th 8th 13th – 13th 13th 15th 9th 13th – 9th 12 – – – – – – – 16th – – – – 16th – – – – 2 Number of teams 2 2 3+1 2 2 2 3 3+1 3 3 3 3 4+1 4 4 4 4+1
Notes
See also FIBA Women's Asia Cup FIBA Under-16 Women's Asia Cup FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup
References
External links
Official website of FIBA