The 2022 FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship was an international under-16 girls' basketball tournament that was held from 24 to 30 June 2022 in Amman, Jordan.
The tournament was last held in 2017. The next edition was supposed to be held from 5 to 10 April 2020 in Canberra, Australia, but it was cancelled by FIBA due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The sixth edition of the biennial competition, this was also the FIBA Asia's qualifying tournament for the 2022 FIBA U17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Hungary.
Qualified teams For Division A:
Semifinalists of the 2017 FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship:
5th-7th placers of the 2017 FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship:
Division B winners at the 2017 FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship:
For Division B:
The host nation:
Division A 8th placers at the 2017 FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship, being relegated to Division B:
3rd-4th placers of the 2018 FIBA Under-15 Women's Oceania Championship:
Teams from FIBA Asia on a first-come first-registered basis:
Divisions Division A includes the semifinalists of the previous championship, along with the losing quarterfinalists ranking fifth to seventh places. The winner of Division B of the previous championship will also join Division A, as per tournament procedure.
However, teams from China, Chinese Taipei, and Thailand were reportedly withdrawing from the tournament, leaving the remaining five teams to compete in Division A, as seen from the official tournament website.
Division B includes the host team, third and fourth-place winners of the 2018 FIBA Under-15 Women's Oceania Championship and the Division A 8th Placer, along with the registered teams allotted for FIBA Asia.
Reportedly withdrawing are the supposed to be qualified teams from Fiji and Hong Kong. Therefore, the invitation was extended to other FIBA Asia teams in order to complete the eight participants for Division B.
Returning participants from the previous championship are Iran and Kazakhstan. Indonesia last participated when they hosted the 2015 edition while the Philippines were part of 2011 edition that was held in China. Completing the Division B are the first-time participants Lebanon, Samoa, and Syria.
Included were the FIBA World Rankings prior to the tournament.FIBA WORLD RANKING PRESENTED BY NIKE (updated, 1 January 2022) Rosters for both divisions were already confirmed on 23 June 2022.
Division ADivision B (2) (7) (19) (21) (52) (41) (53) (72) (75) (86) (NR) (NR) (NR)
Division A All times are local (UTC+03:00)
Preliminary round Group A
Knockout round Bracket
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Division B All times are local (UTC+03:00)
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Knockout round Bracket
Qualification to Semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final standings Qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup RankTeamRecord 6–0 4–2 2–44 2–45 0–4
Promoted to Division A of the 2023 FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship RankTeamRecord 4–2 4–2 4–14 2–35 3–26 2–37 1–38 0–4
References
External links Official website of FIBA