2017 FIBA U16 Asian Championship

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 got two berths. The last two berths were allocated to subzones based on their teams' results in the 2015 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship. Qualified teams Initially, 16 teams were named as qualified to compete, but according to the tournament's official website, there were only 13 teams left to participate. • Central Asia (1) • (withdrew) • East Asia (6) • (hosts) • (defending champions) • • • • • Gulf (2) • (withdrew) • (withdrew) • South Asia (1) • • Southeast Asia (2) • • • West Asia (2) • • • FIBA Oceania (2) • • ==Format==

This edition of the tournament will be having a different format as compared to what was used since 2009. 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==

The official draw was held on 6 March 2017 in Beijing. ==Preliminary round==

All times are local (UTC+8). Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- ==Final round==

Bracket ;Classification 5th–8th Playoffs ---- ---- ---- Quarterfinals ---- ---- ---- 5–8th place semifinals ---- Semifinals ---- Seventh place game Fifth place game Third place game Final ==Final standing==

Player tournament averages Team tournament averages Tournament game highs ==Awards==

All-Tournament Team • C Kai Zachary Sotto • F Luke Jackson • F Wani Swaka Lo Buluk • G Sun Haoqin • G Tamuri Wigness ==Referees==

The following referees were selected for the tournament. • Gao Xin • He Luwei • Yuan Ningpeng • Chan Ho Ming • Cheung Kwok Shun Andy • Biswajit Ojha • Mohammad Doost • Mohsen Roshan Zamir • Kihamu Matsumoto • Ryoko Odanaka • Kim Cheong-soo • Lee Kyoung-hwan • Chu Wei Chuen • Martin Davison • Dallas Christian Pickering • Ricor Buaron • Ferdinand Pascual • Huang Chen-yu == References ==