2021 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship

The 2021 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship (also known as the 2022 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship) is an upcoming qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup. The tournament will be held in Doha, Qatar from 12 to 19 June 2022. This will mark the return of the Under-16 competition which was last held 4 years ago in China.[1]

2021 FIBA Asia U-16 Championship 
7th Asian Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host nation Qatar
Dates12–19 June 2022
Teams16 
(from 45 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Official website
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Qualification
Main article: 2017 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship

Aside from the host nation and the defending champions, each of FIBA Asia's six subzones also gets one berth each, except for the Gulf, East Asia and West Asian subzones, which were allocated two berths each. Rounding out the 16-team tournament are the four berths that would be added to each subzone, depending on its teams' performance in the previous championship.

Allocation of Berths
SubzoneAutomatic qualifierAdditional berths from the previous championshipTotal
Host nation1N/A1
Defending FIBA Under-16 Asian champions1N/A1
Central Asia101
East Asia224
Gulf202
South Asia101
Southeast Asia112
West Asia213
FIBA Oceania101
Total12416

Qualified teams

Here are the list of the qualified teams:[1]

Included are the teams' FIBA World Rankings prior to the tournament (as of 4 March 2020).

EventDateLocationVacanciesQualified
Host nation13 January 2022N/A1 Kuwait (69)
Defending champions2–8 April 2018 Foshan1 Australia (11)
Central Asia QualifiersTBDTBD1TBD
East Asia QualifiersTBDTBD4TBD
TBD
TBD
TBD
GBA QualifiersTBDTBD2TBD
TBD
FIBA Under-15 Oceanian ChampionshipTBDTBD1TBD
South Asia QualifiersTBDTBD1TBD
Southeast Asia QualifiersTBDTBD3TBD
TBD
TBD
West Asia QualifiersTBDTBD2TBD
TBD

References
  1. "Mark your calendars for jam-packed basketball scheduled in Asia for 2022". FIBA Asia. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 29 January 2022.
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