The 2016 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup. The tournament, which was also the 23rd edition of the biennial competition, took place in Bangkok, Thailand from November 13 to November 20, 2016.

China defeated Japan in the finals, 78–47, to notch their fourth straight title and 15th overall, while South Korea edged Chinese Taipei in the battle for Third Place, 66–63. China, Japan and South Korea will represent FIBA Asia at the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup, which will be held in Italy.

The championship was divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The two lowest finishers of Level I (Thailand and India) met the top two finishers of Level II (Indonesia and Malaysia) to determine which teams qualified for the top Level of the 2018 Championships. Both Indonesia and Malaysia won promotion into Level I, with the losers, India and Thailand, being relegated to Level II.

Qualifying Semifinalists of the 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women:

Qualifying round winners at the 2014 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women:

Levels: Level I include teams that won in the qualifying round and the semifinalists of the 2014 championship, including the hosts. Level II are the other teams, depending who will submit their applications in participating in the tournament.

Participating teams Included are teams' FIBA World Ranking prior to the tournament. Level ILevel II (9) (12) (18) (26) (40) (38) (39) (42) (43) (50) (52) (56)

Preliminary round All times are in Indochina Time (UTC+07:00)

Level I

Level II

Qualifying round Winners are promoted to Level I of the 2018 FIBA U18 Women's Asian Championship.

Final round Top three teams qualify for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup.

Semifinals

Third place game

Final

Final standing Qualified for the 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup RankTeamRecord 7–0 4–3 5–24 2–55 1–56 0–67 6–08 5–19 3–210 2–311 1–412 0–5

Awards

References

External links 2016 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship for Women