2018 FIBA U18 Asian Championship
The 2018 Asian Championship was the 25th edition of the Asian basketball championship for under-18 men. The tournament was held in Nonthaburi, Thailand from 5 to 11 August 2018.
held off, 72−63, to win their first-ever Under-18 Asian title in their debut, while avenged their Preliminary Round loss to the, 76−57, to secure third place in the final day of competition. The top four teams qualified and will represent FIBA Asia in the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Greece.
Qualification
Allocation of berths
According to FIBA Asia rules, the number of participating teams in the FIBA U18 Asian Championship 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 got two berths. The last two berths were allocated to subzones based on their teams' results in the 2016 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.Qualified teams
- Central Asia
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- East Asia
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- Gulf
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- South Asia
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- Southeast Asia
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- West Asia
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- FIBA Oceania
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Format
This edition of the tournament will be using a different format as compared to what was used since 2010. While there would still be a preliminary round robin of four groups of four teams, the single-elimination final round immediately follows the preliminary round. In the final round, the teams that finished second and third in their respective groups would play in the qualifications to quarterfinals of the final round, while the group winners automatically qualify to the quarterfinals proper.Draw
Prior to the draw, the 16 teams were separated into 4 pots based on the latest FIBA Boys' World Ranking, as shown within the parenthesis.| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
The Draw ceremony was held on July 6 at Mono 29 Stadium in Nonthaburi, Thailand. Teams in each pot were distributed into four groups, with the host nation picking their group. Thailand eventually decided to be drawn in Group C, along with Bahrain and newcomers Australia & New Zealand.
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
Venues
Most games were held at Stadium 29, located in the Bangkok suburb of Nonthaburi. A few games were held at the Thai-Japanese Bangkok Youth Center in Bangkok.Preliminary round
All times are local .Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Group D
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Final round
Brackets
;5-8th place
Qualification round
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Quarterfinals
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5th-8th-place semifinals
----Semifinals
----Statistical leaders
Players
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| 1 |  Final rankings
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