The 2025 FIBA U16 Asia Cup was the eighth edition of the FIBA Under-16 Asia Cup, the continental basketball championship for under-16 men's national teams from the FIBA Asia zone. The tournament was played at the M bank arena and the Buyant Ukhaa Sport Palace in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from 31 August to 7 September 2025. It also served as a qualifier for the 2026 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Turkey, where the top four teams qualified.
Australia successfully defended their title from the previous championship after defeating China in the final, 85–58.
On 5 September 2025, after winning their respective quarterfinal matches, Australia, New Zealand, China, and Japan clinched the four spots allocated and will represent FIBA Asia at the 2026 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.
Qualification Allocation of berths According to FIBA Asia rules, the number of participating teams in the FIBA U16 Asia Cup 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. FIBA Oceania also got two berths. The host contributes to one berth for his subzone, whereas the defending champion does not. The last three berths were allocated to Asian subzones based on their teams' results in the 2023 FIBA U16 Asian Championship.
+Allocation of berthsSubzoneAutomatic qualifiersDefault berthsAdditional berths as top 3 Asian teams from last championshipTotalHostsDefending championsCentral Asia 0 0 1 0 1East Asia 1 0 2 2 5Gulf 0 0 2 0 2South Asia 0 0 1 0 1Southeast Asia 0 0 2 1 3West Asia 0 0 2 0 2FIBA Oceania 0 1The defending champion does not contribute to additional berths. 2 2 Total 1 1 12 3 16
Qualified teams The following is the list of the qualified teams. FIBA Boys' World Rankings as of 2 December 2024 are in parentheses.
Central Asia (1) (78) East Asia (5) (88; hosts) (19) (26) (31) (51) Gulf (2) (79) (94)
South Asia (1) (39) Southeast Asia (3) (35) (74) (89) West Asia (2) (23) (36) Oceania (2) (7; 3-times defending champions) (15)
Preliminary round The draw of the preliminary round was held on 30 July 2025 at the FIBA Asia Regional Office in Beirut, Lebanon.
In the preliminary round, the teams were drawn into four groups of four. The winners of each group advanced directly to the quarterfinals; the second and third teams played the playoff match, the winner of which also advanced to the quarterfinals.
All times are local (Mongolian Standard Time; UTC+08:00).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Final round Bracket
Classification 5th–8th
Qualification to Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
5th–8th place semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Championship semifinals
Third place game
Final
Final standings RankTeamRecord 6–0 5–1 5–1 4 4–2 5 5–2 6 4–3 7 4–3 8 3–4 9 1–3 10 1–3 11 1–3 12 1–3 13 0–3 14 0–3 15 0–3 16 0–3 Qualified for the 2026 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup
Awards
All-Tournament Team G Luke Paul (MVP) G Tawhiri Cate F Will Hamilton F Zhang Yizhaojie C Zhang Ziyi
References
External links Official website of FIBA