FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship 2008

The FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship 2008 is the 2008 edition of the FIBA Asia's youth championship for basketball. The games are held at Tehran, Iran

The top 3 teams qualified for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

Uzbekistan qualified but withdrew from the tournament; their replacements, Krygyzstan, withdrew too after the plane carrying their team crashed, killing half of their team.

Preliminary round

basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=August 28 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran|time=11:00 a.m.
teamA= bku-rt|18|KSA|scoreA=83
teamB= bku|18|JOR|scoreB=110
Q1=16-38 |Q2=21-24 |Q3=25-30 |Q4=21-18basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=August 28 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran |time=1:00 p.m.
teamA= bku-rt|18|KOR|scoreA=65
teamB= bku|18|KAZ|scoreB=62
Q1=15-12 |Q2=21-21 |Q3=12-18 |Q4=17-11basketballbox|date=August 29 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran|time=9:00 a.m.
teamA= bku-rt|18|JOR|scoreA=69
teamB= bku|18|KOR|scoreB=78
Q1=22-23 |Q2=9-20 |Q3=15-19 |Q4=23-16basketballbox|date=August 29 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran |time=1:00 p.m.
teamA= bku-rt|18|KAZ|scoreA=101
teamB= bku|18|KSA|scoreB=72
Q1=23-15 |Q2=26-12 |Q3=29-29 |Q4=23-16basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=August 30 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran|time=11:00 a.m.
teamA= bku-rt|18|KAZ|scoreA=101
teamB= bku|18|JOR|scoreB=79
Q1=27-25 |Q2=29-21 |Q3=24-13 |Q4=21-20basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=August 30 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran |time=3:00 p.m.
teamA= bku-rt|18|KOR|scoreA=103
teamB= bku|18|KSA|scoreB=97 (OT)
Q1=21-19 |Q2=22-21 |Q3=22-22 |Q4=19-22 |OT=19-13

Group C

The top 2 teams in Groups I and II advance to the championship playoffs; the bottom two advance to the 5th-place playoffs.

The teams in Groups III and IV will meet the team with same rank in the quarterfinals to dispute the 9th-16th places.

Group I

basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=August 31 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran|time=9:00 a.m.
teamA= bku-rt|18|KSA|scoreA=92
teamB= bku|18|TPE|scoreB=109
Q1=12-31 |Q2=18-31 |Q3=25-27 |Q4=37-20 basketballbox|date=September 1 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran|time=11:00 a.m.
teamA= bku-rt|18|TPE|scoreA=95
teamB= bku|18|IND|scoreB=86
Q1=24-25 |Q2=24-21 |Q3=24-19 |Q4=23-21basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 2 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran |time=11:00 p.m.
teamA= bku-rt|18|IND|scoreA=77
teamB= bku|18|KSA|scoreB=79
Q1=19-17 |Q2=16-18 |Q3=18-20 |Q4=24-24

Group IV

basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=August 31 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran|time=11:00 a.m.
teamA= bku-rt|18|HKG|scoreA=85
teamB= bku|18|MAS|scoreB=82
Q1=21-18 |Q2=22-27 |Q3=20-16 |Q4=22-21basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=August 31 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran|time=1:00 p.m.
teamA= bku-rt|18|JOR|scoreA=88
teamB= bku|18|UAE|scoreB=49
Q1=25-9 |Q2=23-17 |Q3=24-11 |Q4=16-12basketballbox|date=September 1 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran|time=9:00 a.m.
teamA= bku-rt|18|UAE|scoreA=70
teamB= bku|18|HKG|scoreB=72 (OT)
Q1=12-22 |Q2=25-4 |Q3=13-21 |Q4=10-13 |OT=10-12basketballbox|date=September 1 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran|time=1:00 p.m.
teamA= bku-rt|18|MAS|scoreA=72
teamB= bku|18|JOR|scoreB=84
Q1=22-18 |Q2=14-22 |Q3=20-25 |Q4=16-19basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 2 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran |time=11:00 a.m.
teamA= bku-rt|18|HKG|scoreA=53
teamB= bku|18|JOR|scoreB=74
Q1=11-31 |Q2=9-14 |Q3=13-17 |Q4=20-12basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 2 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran |time=1:00 p.m.
teamA= bku-rt|18|UAE|scoreA=85
teamB= bku|18|MAS|scoreB=79
Q1=24-20 |Q2=17-13 |Q3=22-31 |Q4=22-15

Brackets

Championship bracket

Round4-with third|RD1=Semifinals|RD2=Final|Consol=Third place
September 4 - Tehran
bku|18|KAZ|103
bku|18|JPN|78
September 4 - Tehran
bku|18|IRI|80
bku|18|SYR|78
September 5 - Tehran
bku|18|KAZ|76
bku|18|IRI|95
September 5 - Tehran
bku|18|JPN|86
bku|18|SYR|93

5th-place bracket

Round4-with third|RD1=Semifinals|RD2=Fifth place|Consol=Seventh place
September 4 - Tehran
bku|18|CHN|86
bku|18|PHI|63
September 4 - Tehran
bk|KOR|93
bku|18|LIB|72
September 5 - Tehran
bku|18|CHN|106
bku|18|KOR|97
September 5 - Tehran
bku|18|PHI|74
bku|18|LIB|63

Classification rounds

basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 3 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran |report=13th place |time=10:00 p.m.
teamA=bku-rt|18|IND |scoreA=78
teamB=bku|18|UAE |scoreB=75
Q1=20-19 |Q2=23-21 |Q3=12-20 |Q4=23-15basketballbox|date=September 4 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran |report=11th place |time=9:00 p.m.
teamA=bku-rt|18|KSA |scoreA=86
teamB=bku|18|HKG |scoreB=75
Q1=18-19 |Q2=21-11 |Q3=20-32 |Q4=27-13 basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 4 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran |report=9th place |time=11:00 a.m.
teamA=bku-rt|18|TPE |scoreA=102
teamB=bku|18|JOR |scoreB=89
Q1=26-21 |Q2=12-19 |Q3=30-33 |Q4=34-16

emifinals

basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 4 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran |report=Classif. 5-8 |time=1:00 p.m.
teamA=bku-rt|18|CHN |scoreA=86
teamB=bku|18|PHI |scoreB=63
Q1=17-11 |Q2=21-21 |Q3=28-18 |Q4=20-13 basketballbox|date=September 4 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran |report=Classif. 5-8 |time=3:00 p.m.
teamA=bku-rt|18|KOR |scoreA=93
teamB=bku|18|LIB |scoreB=72
Q1=23-15 |Q2=25-7 |Q3=21-25 |Q4=24-25 basketballbox|bg=#eee|date=September 4 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran |report=Semis |time=5:00 p.m.
teamA=bku-rt|18|IRI |scoreA=80
teamB=bku|18|SYR |scoreB=78
Q1=21-23 |Q2=23-15 |Q3=23-26 |Q4=13-14basketballbox |date=September 4 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran |report=Semis |time=7:00 p.m.
teamA=bku-rt|18|KAZ |scoreA=103
teamB=bku|18|JPN |scoreB=78
Q1=22-20 |Q2=22-17 |Q3=30-22 |Q4=29-19

Finals

basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 5 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran |report=7th place |time=11:00 a.m.
teamA=bku-rt|18|PHI |scoreA=74
teamB=bku|18|LIB |scoreB=63
Q1=17-18 |Q2=23-16 |Q3=12-14 |Q4=22-15basketballbox|date=September 5 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran |report=5th place |time=3:00 p.m.
teamA=bku-rt|18|CHN |scoreA=106
teamB=bku|18|KOR |scoreB=97
Q1=19-19 |Q2=24-24 |Q3=34-23 |Q4=29-31basketballbox|bg=#eee |date=September 5 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran |report=Bronze |time=1:00 p.m.
teamA=bku-rt|18|JPN |scoreA=86
teamB=bku|18|SYR |scoreB=93
Q1=17-22 |Q2=11-19 |Q3=28-20 |Q4=30-32basketballbox|date=September 5 |place=Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran, Iran |report=Gold |time=5:00 p.m.
teamA=bku-rt|18|KAZ |scoreA=76
teamB=bku|18|IRI |scoreB=95
Q1=19-25 |Q2=18-34 |Q3=21-22 |Q4=18-14

Final rankings

External links

* [http://www.iranbasketball.org/2008fau18/en/ Official website]
* [http://www.fibaasia.net Fiba Asia]