FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship 2008
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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 FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2009
.
* Uzbekistan withdrew from the tournament; their replacements, Krygyzstan, withdrew too after the plane carrying their team crashed
, killing half of their team.
FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
The FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship refers to the under-18 championship for basketball in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Asia zone. The event was formerly known simply as the Asian Basketball Confederation Juniors Championship...
2008 is the 2008 edition of the FIBA Asia
FIBA Asia
FIBA Asia is a zone within the International Basketball Federation which contains all 44 Asian FIBA federations.-National teams:East AsiaGulfMiddle AsiaSoutheast AsiaWest Asia-Top ten FIBA Asia teams:...
's youth championship for basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
. The games are held at Tehran
Tehran
Tehran , sometimes spelled Teheran, is the capital of Iran and Tehran Province. With an estimated population of 8,429,807; it is also Iran's largest urban area and city, one of the largest cities in Western Asia, and is the world's 19th largest city.In the 20th century, Tehran was subject to...
, Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia...
The top 3 teams qualified for the FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2009
FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2009
The 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship was an international basketball competition held in Auckland, New Zealand from July 2, 2009 until July 12.-Qualification:*FIBA Africa Under-18 Championship 2008*#*#*FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship 2008*#*#*#...
.
Qualification
According to the FIBA Asia rules, each zone had two places, and the hosts (Iran) and holders (China) were automatically qualified. The other four places are allocated to the zones according to performance in the 2006 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.| East Asia (2+1+2) | |Gulf (2) | |Middle Asia (2+1) | |Southeast Asia (2) | |West Asia (2+1+1) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Draw
| Group A | Group B | Group C | Group D |
|---|---|---|---|
Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895
Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895, an Itek Air Boeing 737-219 Advanced , was a charter flight operated on behalf of Iran Aseman Airlines which crashed on 24 August 2008 near Manas International Airport in Kyrgyzstan while en route to Imam Khomeini International Airport, Tehran, Iran...
, killing half of their team.
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 332 | 169 | +163 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 257 | 250 | +7 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 230 | 258 | −28 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 185 | 327 | −142 | 3 |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 246 | 228 | +18 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 264 | 216 | +48 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 258 | 262 | −4 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 252 | 314 | −62 | 3 |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 258 | 225 | +33 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 263 | 246 | +17 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 274 | 255 | +19 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 169 | 238 | −69 | 3 |
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 202 | 134 | +68 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 173 | 163 | +10 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 124 | 202 | −78 | 2 |
Group I
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 253 | 281 | −28 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 181 | 173 | +8 | 4 | 1–1 / 1.111 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 198 | 158 | +40 | 4 | 1–1 / 1.074 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 267 | 287 | −20 | 4 | 1–1 / 0.906 |
Group II
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 280 | 255 | +25 | 5 | 1–0 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 258 | 264 | −6 | 5 | 0–1 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 252 | 246 | +6 | 4 | 1–0 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 243 | 268 | −25 | 4 | 0–1 |
Group III
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 204 | 178 | +26 | 4 | |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | 171 | 186 | −15 | 3 | |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 163 | 174 | −11 | 2 |
Group IV
| Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 246 | 174 | +72 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 210 | 226 | −16 | 5 | |
| 3 | 1 | 2 | 204 | 239 | −35 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 3 | 233 | 254 | −21 | 3 |
13th place
11th place
9th place
Classification 5th–8th
Semifinals
7th place
5th place
Final round
Semifinals
3rd place
Final
Final standing
| Qualified for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship |
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
 |
6–1 | |
 |
5–3 | |
 |
3–4 | |
| 4 | 4–4 | |
| 5 | 7–1 | |
| 6 | 5–3 | |
| 7 | 4–4 | |
| 8 | 4–4 | |
| 9 | 4–2 | |
| 10 | 4–3 | |
| 11 | 2–4 | |
| 12 | 2–5 | |
| 13 | 2–4 | |
| 14 | 1–6 | |
| 15 | 0–5 |