2019 FIBA U16 Asian Championship


The 2019 FIBA U16 Asian Championship was originally to be the FIBA Asia's qualifying tournament for the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup. The tournament would have been held in Beirut, Lebanon, from 5 to 12 April 2020. The top four teams would have represented FIBA Asia at the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Bulgaria. However, both Asian Championship and World Cup were cancelled by FIBA due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qualification

Allocation of berths

According to FIBA Asia rules, the number of participating teams in the FIBA U16 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 also got one berth. The last three berths were allocated to Asian subzones based on their teams' results in the 2017 FIBA U16 Asian Championship.

Qualified teams

Here are the list of the qualified teams:
Included are the teams' FIBA World Rankings prior to the tournament.
Means of qualificationDateVenueVacanciesQualifiers
Host nation4 February 2020N/A1
Defending champions2–8 April 2018Bku|16|AUS