2022 FIBA U18 Asian Championship
The 2022 FIBA U18 Asian Championship was an international under-18 men's basketball competition that was held in Tehran, Iran, from 21 to 28 August 2022.
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.
edged in the Final, 77–73 to claim the championship and their fourth title overall, the first since 2000. Meanwhile, defended their Bronze Medal finish they got four years ago by defeating 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
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 also got one berth. The last three berths were allocated to Asian subzones based on their teams' results in the 2018 FIBA U18 Asian Championship.Many teams withdrew from this tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so the allocation did not match the involved teams.
Qualified teams
Eventually, only ten teams participated in this tournament. The FIBA Boys' World Rankings as of 1 January 2022 are shown in parentheses.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 pots. The cumulative ranking between the three 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 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.
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.''Group A
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Group B
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Group C
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Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
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5th–8th place semifinals
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----Final standings
| Rank | Team | Record |
| 4–1 | ||
| 3–2 | ||
| 4–1 | ||
| 4 | 2–3 | |
| 5 | 3–2 | |
| 6 | 4–2 | |
| 7 | 3–3 | |
| 8 | 1–5 | |
| 9 | 0–2 | |
| 10 | 0–3 |
Awards
| Most Valuable Player |
 All-Tournament Team
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