The 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship was the 23rd edition of the FIBA Asia's under-18 men's basketball championship. The games were played in Doha, Qatar, from 19 to 28 August 2014. The tournament also served as a qualification for the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship, where the top three teams qualified.
China won the tournament after defeating Iran in the final, 66–48, to secure their 11th FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship title.
Qualification
Allocation of berths According to FIBA Asia rules, the number of participating teams in the FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship was set at 16. The hosts and the defending champions qualified automatically. All FIBA Asia subzones got two berths each, except for the Central and South Asian subzones, which got one berth each. The last four berths were allocated to subzones based on their teams' results in the 2012 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.
+Allocation of berthsSubzoneAutomatic qualifiersDefault berthsAdditional berths as 2nd–5th place teams from last championshipTotalHostsDefending championsCentral Asia 0 0 1 0 1East Asia 0 1 2 3 6Gulf 1 0 2 0 3South Asia 0 0 1 0 1Southeast Asia 0 0 2 0 2West Asia 0 0 2 1 3 Total 1 1 10 4 16
Qualified teams Central Asia (1) East Asia (2+4) Gulf (2+1) South Asia (1) Southeast Asia (2) West Asia (2+1)*
* Only 5 teams registered from East Asia.
Draw The draw and schedule of games for the preliminary round competition has been announced. Al-Gharafa Stadium was named as the main venue for the duration of the tournament, with six out of eight games will be played there. The FIBA Boys' World Rankings as of 31 December 2013 are shown in parentheses. Group AGroup BGroup CGroup D (13) (48) (51) (86) (16) (34) (55) - (23) (33) * (57) (65) (28) (31) (76) (60)* withdrew
Preliminary round Qualified for the second round
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Second round Advanced to the final round Advanced to the 9th–12th place classification playoffs
Group E
Group F
Classification 13th–14th
The match was cancelled. According to the FIBA tournament website, Iraq was awarded 13th place overall.
Classification 9th–12th
9th–12th place semifinals
11th place
9th place
Final round
Quarterfinals
Semifinals 5th–8th
Semifinals
7th place
5th place
Battle-for-Third
Final
Final standings Qualified for the 2015 FIBA Under-19 World Championship RankTeamRecord 9–0 7–1 6–2 4 6–35 5–36 5–47 3–68 2–69 4–410 1–611 3–512 0–713 0–314 1–2
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