# 2022 FIBA U18 Asian Championship

The 2022 FIBA U18 Asian Championship was an international under-18 basketball competition that was held in Tehran, Iran from August 21 to 28.
The tournament, which is also the 26th edition of the biennial competition, will qualify the top four teams to represent FIBA Asia in the 2023 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Hungary. This is the third time that Iran has hosted the tournament after hosting the 2008 and 2016 editions.
South Korea edged Japan in the Final, 77-73 to claim the championship and their fourth title overall, the first since 2000. Meanwhile, China defended their Bronze Medal finish they got four years ago by defeating Lebanon in the Third Place Game, 85-68. All these teams have already secured qualifications for FIBA Asia and will compete to the 2023 FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup.

## Qualification

Allocation of Berths :
| Subzone | Automatic Qualifier | Berths as top 3 Asian teams from last championship | Host | Total |
| Central Asia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| East Asia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Persian Gulf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| South Asia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Southeast Asia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| West Asia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| FIBA Oceania | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Total | 12 | 3 | 1 | 16 |
The host nation and the defending champion are qualified automatically and take one berth from their own subzones.
Many teams withdrew this tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the allocation did not match the involved teams.

### Qualified teams

Includes current world ranking prior to the start of the tournament (in parentheses).
| Means of Qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualifiers |
| Host Nation | | | 1 | Iran (17) |
| 2018 FIBA U18 Asian Championship Champions | 5–11 August 2018 | Nonthaburi | 1 | Australia |
| 2022 U18 CABA Qualifier | N/A | N/A | 1 | TBD |
| 2022 U18 EABA Qualifier | N/A | N/A | 4 | China (21) Chinese Taipei (22) South Korea (27) Japan (32) |
| 2022 U18 GBA Qualifier | 29 July–6 August 2022 | Dubai | 2 | Qatar (NR) TBD |
| 2022 U18 SEABA Qualifier | N/A | N/A | 3 | Philippines (24) TBD TBD |
| 2022 U18 SABA Qualifier | 2–4 June 2022 | Cuttack | 1 | India (50) |
| 2022 U18 WABA Qualifier | 25–30 July 2022 | Damascus | 2 | Lebanon (35) Syria (90) |
| FIBA Oceania | N/A | N/A | 1 | TBD |
| Total | | | 16 | |

## Format

This edition of the tournament will be using a different format as compared to what was used since 2018. Since there are only ten teams participating, a draw to determine the quarterfinal pairings will be held after all Preliminary games has finished.
The qualified teams shall be divided into four (4) pots. The cumulative ranking between the three (3) groups, established according to the FIBA Official Basketball Rules, Chapter D – Classification of Teams, shall be used to determine the teams in different pots as follows:
* Pot D shall consist of two (2) best ranked teams in the cumulative ranking;
* Pot E shall consist of 3rd and 4th ranked teams in the cumulative ranking;
* Pot F shall consist of 5th and 6th ranked teams in the cumulative ranking; and
* Pot G shall consist of the 7th and 8th ranked teams in the cumulative ranking.
The teams from Pot D will be drawn against the teams from Pot G and the teams from Pot E will be drawn against the teams from Pot F; Teams from the same group in the Group Phase cannot be drawn against each other in the Quarter-Finals.

## Venue

The Azadi Basketball Hall in Tehran will host all the games of the competition.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+4:30).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Japan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 150 | 131 | +19 | 3 |
| 2 | Iran (H) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 131 | 131 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Lebanon | 2 | 1 | 1 | 128 | 147 | −19 | 3 |
* ↑ 1−1, 1.145 (beaten Lebanon, lost to Iran)
* ↑ 1−1, 1.000 (beaten Japan, lost to Lebanon)
* ↑ 1−1, 0.871 (beaten Iran, lost to Japan)
* 21 August 2022 18:00
* Boxscore
| Iran | 63–65 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–16, 21–14, 6–12, 18–23 |||
| Pts: Amini 24 Rebs: Amini 9 Asts: Ahmadpour 4 | | Pts: Rtail 17 Rebs: Assaf 11 Asts: Rtail, Abou Sleiman 3 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Issam Nasser Al Siyabi (OMA), Nattapong Jontapa (THA), Yu Fu-Jung (TPE)
* 22 August 2022 18:00
* Boxscore
| Lebanon | 63–84 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 9–25, 23–19, 19–23 |||
| Pts: Rtail 18 Rebs: Assaf, Rtail 10 Asts: Abou Sleiman, Kozah 3 | | Pts: Kawashima 22 Rebs: Kawashima 14 Asts: Todoroki 7 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Nattapong Jontapa (THA), Sun Jian (CHN), Kamjae Cheon (KOR)
* 23 August 2022 18:00
* Boxscore
| Japan | 66–68 | Iran |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–14, 25–13, 10–23, 7–18 |||
| Pts: three players 13 Rebs: Kawashima 8 Asts: Yamada 8 | | Pts: Amini 23 Rebs: Asgari Nia 12 Asts: Ahmadpour 3 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Sun Jian (CHN), Bandar Jassim M J Al Suwaidi (QAT), Yu Fu-Jung (TPE)

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | China | 2 | 2 | 0 | 194 | 139 | +55 | 4 |
| 2 | South Korea | 2 | 1 | 1 | 174 | 152 | +22 | 3 |
| 3 | India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 128 | 205 | −77 | 2 |
* 21 August 2022 13:30
* Report
| China | 105–65 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–14, 24–14, 26–20, 25–17 |||
| Pts: Liu J. 28 Rebs: Weng, Yang 11 Asts: Zhang 6 | | Pts: Dagar 19 Rebs: L. Singh 8 Asts: Dagar 5 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Sadegh Ghanbari Damanab (IRI), Ahmad Suleiman Alyousef (JOR), John Lester Celeste (PHI)
* 22 August 2022 11:15
* Boxscore
| India | 63–100 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–28, 13–22, 20–25, 17–25 |||
| Pts: Ravish 18 Rebs: Dagar 6 Asts: Dagar 6 | | Pts: Lee J. 21 Rebs: Yoo 7 Asts: Lee C. 10 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Issam Nasser Al Siyabi (OMA), Claude Abi Gebrael (LBN), Bandar Jassim M J Al Suwaidi (QAT)
* 23 August 2022 15:45
* Boxscore
| South Korea | 74–89 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–28, 19–23, 16–15, 22–23 |||
| Pts: Lee J. 24 Rebs: Yoo 9 Asts: Lee C. 7 | | Pts: three players 18 Rebs: Liu J., Wang 9 Asts: Yang 7 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ahmad Suleiman Alyousef (JOR), Claude Abi Gebrael (LBN), Mohammad Rajabiozoodi (IRN)

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Philippines | 3 | 3 | 0 | 273 | 182 | +91 | 6 |
| 2 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 2 | 1 | 250 | 206 | +44 | 5 |
| 3 | Qatar | 3 | 1 | 2 | 206 | 239 | −33 | 4 |
| 4 | Syria | 3 | 0 | 3 | 174 | 276 | −102 | 3 |
* 21 August 2022 11:15
* Report
| Chinese Taipei | 96–62 | Qatar |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–16, 32–12, 19–19, 25–15 |||
| Pts: Yeh 21 Rebs: Cheng 9 Asts: Chen 6 | | Pts: Abbasher 19 Rebs: Ndao 11 Asts: Abuissa 6 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Mohammad Rajabiozoodi (IRN), Cheon Kamjae (KOR)
* 21 August 2022 15:45
* Report
| Philippines | 112–48 | Syria |
| Scoring by quarter: 35–7, 18–9, 34–8, 25–24 |||
| Pts: Amos 26 Rebs: Porter 13 Asts: Alao 8 | | Pts: Kastntin 12 Rebs: Dabdoob, Makanas 9 Asts: five players 2 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Rakesh Ramalingaiah (IND), Ramin Fathi (IRN), Sun Jian (CHN)
* 22 August 2022 13:30
* Boxscore
| Syria | 60–81 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 16–15, 15–19, 17–30 |||
| Pts: Kastntin 18 Rebs: Makanas 12 Asts: Eid 3 | | Pts: Chang 21 Rebs: Cheng 9 Asts: Chang 6 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Rakesh Ramalingaiah (IND), Mohammad Rajabiozoodi (IRN), Ramin Fathi (IRN)
* 22 August 2022 15:45
* Boxscore
| Qatar | 61–77 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–24, 17–10, 13–20, 13–23 |||
| Pts: Abbasher, Ndao 14 Rebs: H. Mousa 11 Asts: Abbasher 4 | | Pts: Amos 21 Rebs: Amos 7 Asts: Alao 7 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Sadegh Ghanbari Damanab (IRI), Ahmad Suleiman Alyousef (JOR)
* 23 August 2022 11:15
* Boxscore
| Syria | 66–83 | Qatar |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–21, 15–31, 12–16, 20–15 |||
| Pts: Makanas 20 Rebs: Eid 11 Asts: Ibrahim 4 | | Pts: Ndao 20 Rebs: Hajar 11 Asts: Abuissa 6 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Sadegh Ghanbari Damanab (IRI), Rakesh Ramalingaiah (IND), Cheon Kamjae (KOR)
* 23 August 2022 13:30
* Boxscore
| Chinese Taipei | 73–84 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–28, 21–14, 24–18, 10–24 |||
| Pts: Chang 24 Rebs: Shih 7 Asts: Chiu 4 | | Pts: Amos 28 Rebs: Pablo 9 Asts: Bahay 10 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Nattapong Jontapa (THA), Issam Nasser Al Siyabi (OMA)

## Knockout stage
### Quarterfinal Draw

| Pot Position | Team | Record |
| D1 | Philippines | 3–0 |
| D2 | China | 2–0 |
| E1 | Chinese Taipei | 2–1 |
| E2 | South Korea | 1–1 |
| F1 | Japan | 1–1 |
| F2 | Iran | 1–1 |
| G1 | Lebanon | 1–1 |
| G2 | Qatar | 1–2 |

### Bracket

| Fifth place | Fifth place | Fifth place | 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final |
| | | | | | | F1 | Japan | 76 | | | | |
| | | | | | | E1 | Chinese Taipei | 60 | | | | | | |
| | | | E1 | Chinese Taipei | 67 | | | | F1 | Japan | 80 | |
| | | | D1 | Philippines | 72 | | | | G1 | Lebanon | 67 | |
| | | | | | | G1 | Lebanon | 99 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | D1 | Philippines | 83 | | | | | |
| D1 | Philippines | 72 | | | | | | | | | Japan | 73 |
| F2 | Iran | 89 | | | | | | | | | Japan | South Korea | South Korea | 77 |
| | | | | | | G2 | Qatar | 44 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | D2 | China | 88 | | | | | | |
| Seventh place | Seventh place | Seventh place | G2 | Qatar | 45 | | | | D2 | China | 85 | Third place | Third place | Third place |
| | | | F2 | Iran | 82 | | | | E2 | South Korea | 89 | | | |
| E1 | Chinese Taipei | 93 | | | | F2 | | | Iran | 65 | | Lebanon | Lebanon | 68 |
| G2 | Qatar | 71 | | | | E2 | South Korea | 66 | | | | China | China | 85 |

### Quarterfinals

* 24 August 2022 09:00
* Boxscore
| China | 88–44 | Qatar |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–10, 19–12, 21–14, 23–8 |||
| Pts: Lyu, Ma 12 Rebs: Ma, Liu L. 6 Asts: Ma 7 | | Pts: Al-Abdulla, H. Mousa 9 Rebs: Abbasher, Hajar 5 Asts: Mou. Ndao 7 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Nattapong Jontapa (THA), Claude Abi Gebrael (LBN), John Lester Celeste (PHI)
* 24 August 2022 11:15
* Boxscore
| Lebanon | 99–83 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–11, 26–24, 27–18, 19–30 |||
| Pts: Mansour 28 Rebs: Zamatta 17 Asts: Abou Sleiman 8 | | Pts: Amos 11 Rebs: Amos 7 Asts: Gamber 4 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Sadegh Ghanbari Damanab (IRN), Bandar Jassim M J Al Suwaidi (QAT), Mohammad Rajabiozoodi (IRN)
* 24 August 2022 13:30
* Boxscore
| Chinese Taipei | 60–76 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 17–25, 15–21, 16–13 |||
| Pts: Kuo 17 Rebs: Hsu, Shih 8 Asts: Hsu 8 | | Pts: Yaegashi 19 Rebs: Wakugawa 11 Asts: Todoroki 7 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Rakesh Ramalingaiah (IND), Cheon Kamjae (KOR), Ramin Fathi (IRN)
* 24 August 2022 18:00
* Boxscore
| Iran | 65–66 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–22, 8–22, 20–8, 19–14 |||
| Pts: Amini 20 Rebs: Amini, Asgari Nia 13 Asts: Ahmadpour 6 | | Pts: Lee C. 16 Rebs: Yoo 9 Asts: Kang, Lee J. 5 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Issam Nasser Al Siyabi (OMA), Ahmad Suleiman Alyousef (JOR)

### 5–8th place classification

* 26 August 2022 11:15
* Boxscore
| Philippines | 72–67 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 23–8, 24–16, 13–24 |||
| Pts: Amos 21 Rebs: Gagate 14 Asts: Amos, Gamber 3 | | Pts: Yeh 17 Rebs: Kuo 6 Asts: Hsu 5 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Rakesh Ramalingaiah (IND), Ahmad Suleiman Alyousef (JOR), Cheon Kamjae (KOR)
* 26 August 2022 13:30
* Boxscore
| Iran | 82–45 | Qatar |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–6, 12–7, 22–19, 28–13 |||
| Pts: Asgari Nia 18 Rebs: Amini 12 Asts: Jafari 5 | | Pts: H. Mousa 15 Rebs: Abuissa, Moh. Ndao 5 Asts: Abbasher 5 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Nattapong Jontapa (THA), Claude Abi Gebrael (LBN), Sun Jian (CHN)

### Semifinals

* 26 August 2022 15:45
* Boxscore
| South Korea | 89–85 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–26, 27–19, 21–24, 27–16 |||
| Pts: Lee J. 29 Rebs: Lee C., Kang 6 Asts: Kang 7 | | Pts: Liu L. 19 Rebs: Yang 11 Asts: Ma 7 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Issam Nasser Al Siyabi (OMA), John Lester Celeste (PHI), Ramin Fathi (IRN)
* 26 August 2022 18:00
* Boxscore
| Lebanon | 67–80 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 13–16, 23–25, 17–18 |||
| Pts: Kozah 17 Rebs: Rtail 7 Asts: Rtail 4 | | Pts: Ozawa 21 Rebs: Wakugawa 13 Asts: Wakugawa 6 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Sadegh Ghanbari Damanab (IRI), Bandar Jassim M J Al Suwaidi (QAT), Mohammad Rajabiozoodi (IRN)

### Seventh place game

* 28 August 2022 11:15
* Boxscore
| Qatar | 71–93 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 24–19, 22–27, 8–28 |||
| Pts: H. Mousa 24 Rebs: Abbasher 10 Asts: Hajar 6 | | Pts: Yeh 23 Rebs: three players 4 Asts: Chang 11 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Mohammad Rajabiozoodi (IRN), Claude Abi Gebrael (LBN), Ramin Fathi (IRN)

### Fifth place game

* 28 August 2022 13:30
* Boxscore
| Iran | 89–72 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 25–13, 23–16, 23–26 |||
| Pts: Ahmadpour, Amini 19 Rebs: Khosravi 12 Asts: Amini 9 | | Pts: Amos 22 Rebs: Coronel 6 Asts: Bahay 8 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Issam Nasser Al Siyabi (OMA), Sun Jian (CHN), Yu Fu-Jung (TPE)

### Third place game

* 28 August 2022 15:45
* Boxscore
| China | 85–68 | Lebanon |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 29–9, 17–10, 19–24 |||
| Pts: Liu L. 22 Rebs: Yang 13 Asts: Weng 7 | | Pts: Rtail 21 Rebs: Assaf 8 Asts: Abou Samra 6 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Nattapong Jontapa (THA), Rakesh Ramalingaiah (IND), Cheon Kamjae (KOR)

### Final

* 28 August 2022 18:00
* Boxscore
| South Korea | 77–73 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–24, 25–22, 15–18, 18–9 |||
| Pts: Lee J. 28 Rebs: three players 5 Asts: Kang 6 | | Pts: Wakugawa 15 Rebs: Kawashima 13 Asts: Todoroki, Wakugawa 5 |
* Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Sadegh Ghanbari Damanab (IRI), Ahmad Suleiman Alyousef (JOR)

## Final standings

* Qualified for the 2023 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | South Korea | 4–1 |
| | Japan | 3–2 |
| | China | 4–1 |
| 4 | Lebanon | 2–3 |
| 5 | Iran | 3–2 |
| 6 | Philippines | 4–2 |
| 7 | Chinese Taipei | 3–3 |
| 8 | Qatar | 1–5 |
| 9 | India | 0–2 |
| 10 | Syria | 0–3 |

## Awards

* 2022 Under-18 Asian champions
* South Korea Fourth title
* Most Valuable Player
* Lee Ju-yeong

### All-Tournament Team

* C Yang Hansen
* F Yuto Kawashima
* F Mohammad Amini
* G Lee Ju-yeong (MVP)
* G Lee Chae-hyung