# 2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women

FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women 2008 is FIBA Asia's basketball championship for females under 18 years of age. The games were played in Medan, Indonesia, from November 2 to 9, 2008.
The championship is divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The top three teams of Level I at the end of the tournament qualifies for the World U-19 Championship for Women. The two lowest finishers of Level I meets the top two finishers to determine which teams qualify for Level for 2010's championship. The losers are relegated to Level II.

## Participating teams

| Level I | Level II |
| China  Japan  South Korea  Chinese Taipei  Malaysia  India | Indonesia  Thailand  Philippines  Singapore  Hong Kong  Kazakhstan |

## Preliminary round
### Level I

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Japan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 462 | 287 | +175 | 10 |
| China | 5 | 4 | 1 | 491 | 252 | +239 | 9 |
| South Korea | 5 | 3 | 2 | 396 | 345 | +51 | 8 |
| Chinese Taipei | 5 | 2 | 3 | 391 | 394 | −3 | 7 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 237 | 431 | −194 | 6 |
| India | 5 | 0 | 5 | 242 | 510 | −268 | 5 |
* November 2 16:00
| Malaysia | 72–64 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 20–10, 17–22, 21–20 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 2 18:00
| Chinese Taipei | 67–96 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–26, 15–21, 18–30, 14–19 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 2 20:00
| China | 100–45 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–8, 26–18, 22–8, 32–11 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 3 15:00
| India | 29–127 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–36, 5–31, 2–30, 14–30 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 3 17:00
| South Korea | 90–76 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–17, 26–16, 21–16, 15–27 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 3 19:00
| Japan | 90–50 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–11, 25–19, 18–10, 21–10 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 4 15:00
| Chinese Taipei | 92–63 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–16, 20–17, 19–15, 25–15 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 4 17:00
| Japan | 78–65 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 21–14, 23–15, 10–23 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 4 19:00
| China | 98–26 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 30–6, 27–7, 23–6, 18–7 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 5 15:00
| India | 34–111 | Japan |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–25, 7–35, 6–29, 8–22 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 5 17:00
| Malaysia | 39–88 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 9–19, 14–38, 3–20 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 5 19:00
| China | 95–65 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 39–21, 20–12, 20–20, 16–12 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 6 15:00
| South Korea | 108–52 | India |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 24–13, 31–9, 29–14 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 6 17:00
| Japan | 87–71 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–16, 18–16, 18–22, 23–17 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 6 19:00
| Chinese Taipei | 91–50 | Malaysia |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–15, 14–16, 28–13, 24–6 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan

### Level II

| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 415 | 309 | +106 | 10 |
| Philippines | 5 | 4 | 1 | 377 | 309 | +68 | 9 |
| Thailand | 5 | 3 | 2 | 368 | 324 | +44 | 8 |
| Indonesia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 316 | 341 | −25 | 7 |
| Hong Kong | 5 | 1 | 4 | 303 | 387 | −84 | 6 |
| Singapore | 5 | 0 | 5 | 263 | 372 | −109 | 5 |
* November 2 11:00
| Philippines | 74–67 | Thailand |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 13–16, 22–16, 22–16 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 2 13:00
| Indonesia | 62–45 | Singapore |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 13–9, 20–10, 9–11 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 3 11:00
| Thailand | 76–54 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–8, 26–10, 17–19, 22–17 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 3 13:00
| Singapore | 44–89 | Kazakhstan |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–23, 7–23, 18–20, 8–23 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 4 11:00
| Kazakhstan | 81–61 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 25–16, 18–11, 23–17 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 4 13:00
| Hong Kong | 53–84 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–24, 7–21, 23–20, 10–19 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 5 11:00
| Philippines | 68–50 | Singapore |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–12, 9–8, 18–15, 20–15 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 5 13:00
| Indonesia | 61–73 | Thailand |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 15–19, 21–18, 10–21 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 6 11:00
| Singapore | 70–75 | Hong Kong |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 12–15, 26–25, 20–15 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 6 13:00
| Thailand | 74–81 | Kazakhstan |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 17–23, 26–18, 16–22 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 7 11:00
| Kazakhstan | 71–68 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 14–14, 21–20, 15–14 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 7 13:00
| Hong Kong | 59–64 | Indonesia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 14–13, 12–11, 17–19 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 7 15:00
| Thailand | 78–54 | Singapore |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–3, 14–22, 23–10, 14–19 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 8 11:00
| Indonesia | 68–83 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 18–11, 26–33, 9–14 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 8 13:00
| Hong Kong | 62–93 | Kazakhstan |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 15–22, 10–18, 21–26 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan

## Qualifying round

Winners are promoted to Level I for the 2010 championships.
* November 9 11:00
| Malaysia | 70–69 | Philippines |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–14, 17–13, 19–36, 14–6 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 9 13:00
| India | 67–84 | Kazakhstan |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–16, 17–29, 11–20, 18–19 |||
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan

## Final round

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| November 8 | November 8 |
| Japan | 90 |
| Japan | 90 | November 9 | November 9 |
| Chinese Taipei | 53 | November 9 | November 9 |
| Chinese Taipei | 53 | Japan | 90 |
| November 8 | November 8 | | Japan | 90 |
| November 8 | November 8 | China | 87 |
| China | 101 | China | 87 |
| South Korea | 69 | | |
| South Korea | 69 | 3rd place | 3rd place |
| | | November 9 | November 9 |
| | | Chinese Taipei | 73 |
| | | South Korea | 94 |

### Semifinals

* November 8 15:00
| Japan | 90–53 | Chinese Taipei |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–12, 26–8, 19–17, 23–16 |||
| Pts: Tokashiki 14 | | Pts: Peng S.C. 17 |
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan
* November 8 17:00
| China | 101–69 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–12, 26–18, 29–21, 21–18 |||
| Pts: Lu W. 30 | | Pts: Park H.J., Heo G.B., Choi W.S. 12 |
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan

### 3rd place

* November 9 15:00
| Chinese Taipei | 73–94 | South Korea |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–23, 26–19, 19–28, 8–24 |||
| Pts: Cheng P.H. 20 | | Pts: Park H.J. 27 |
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan

### Final

* November 9 17:00
| Japan | 90–87 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 17–27, 31–10, 21–26 |||
| Pts: Tokashiki 22 Rebs: Abe 10 Asts: Abe 8 | | Pts: Qiu S.Y., Zheng B.W. 20 Rebs: Qiu S.Y. 13 Asts: Qiu S.Y. 10 |
* Angkasapura Lanud Hall, Medan Referees: Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Banpot Chetanasen (THA), Sutaryo Haryanto (INA)

## Final standing

* Qualified for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women
| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Japan | 7–0 |
| | China | 5–2 |
| | South Korea | 4–3 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 2–5 |
| 5 | Malaysia | 2–4 |
| 6 | India | 0–6 |
| 7 | Kazakhstan | 6–0 |
| 8 | Philippines | 4–2 |
| 9 | Thailand | 3–2 |
| 10 | Indonesia | 2–3 |
| 11 | Hong Kong | 1–4 |
| 12 | Singapore | 0–5 |

## Awards

* 2008 Asian Under-18 champions
* Japan First title