2022 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship

The 2022 FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship was an international under-16 basketball tournament that was held from 24 to 30 June 2022 in Amman, Jordan.^[1][2]

2022 FIBA Asia U-16 Championship 
for Women

6th Asian Women's Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Jordan
Dates	24–30 June
Teams	13
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Top scorer	Filemu (25.8)
Top rebounds	Ghesmati Almani (18.8)
Top assists	Kurokawa (8.2)
Official website
2022 FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship Division A 2022 FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship Division B
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The tournament was last held in 2017. The next edition was supposed to be held from 5–10 April 2020 in Canberra, Australia,^[3] which was cancelled by FIBA due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The sixth edition of the biennial competition, this was also the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia in the 2022 FIBA U17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Hungary.

Qualified teams

For Division A:

• Semifinalists of the 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship:
  •   Australia
  •   Japan
  •   China
  •   New Zealand
• 5th-7th placers of the 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship:
  •   South Korea
  •   Chinese Taipei
  •   Thailand
• Division B winners at the 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship:
  •   India

For Division B:

• The host nation:
  •   Jordan
• Division A 8th placers at the 2017 FIBA Under-16 Women's Asian Championship, being relegated to Division B:
  •   Hong Kong
• 3rd-4th placers of the 2018 FIBA Under-15 Women's Oceania Championship:
  •   Samoa
  •   Fiji
• Teams from FIBA Asia on a first-come first-registered basis:
  •   Indonesia
  •   Iran
  •   Kazakhstan
  •   Lebanon
  •   Philippines
  •   Syria

Divisions

Division A includes the semifinalists of the previous championship, along with the losing quarterfinalists ranking fifth to seventh places. The winner of Division B of the previous championship will also join Division A, as per tournament procedure.

However, teams from China, Chinese Taipei, and Thailand were reportedly withdrawing from the tournament, leaving the remaining five teams to compete in Division A, as seen from the official tournament website.

Division B includes the host team, third and fourth-place winners of the 2018 FIBA Under-15 Women's Oceania Championship and the Division A 8th Placer, along with the registered teams allotted for FIBA Asia.

Reportedly withdrawing are the supposed to be qualified teams from Fiji and Hong Kong. Therefore, the invitation was extended to other FIBA Asia teams in order to complete the eight participants for Division B.

Returning participants from the previous championship are Iran and Kazakhstan. Indonesia last participated when they hosted the 2015 edition while the Philippines were part of 2011 edition that was held in China.^[4] Completing the Division B are the first-time participants Lebanon, Samoa, and Syria.

Included were the FIBA World Rankings prior to the tournament.^[5] Rosters for both divisions were already confirmed on 23 June 2022.^[6]

Division A	Division B
Australia (2)   Japan (7)   South Korea (19)   New Zealand (21)   India (52)	Indonesia (41)   Kazakhstan (53)   Iran (72)   Syria (75)   Samoa (86)   Jordan (NR)   Lebanon (NR)   Philippines (NR)

Division A

All times are local (UTC+03:00)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	4	4	0	350	235	+115	8	Semifinals
2	Japan	4	3	1	362	212	+150	7
3	New Zealand	4	2	2	280	272	+8	6
4	South Korea	4	1	3	294	298	−4	5
5	India	4	0	4	158	427	−269	4	Eliminated

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

24 June 2022 09:00

Boxscore

Japan	128–39	India
Scoring by quarter: 35–4, 32–10, 29–9, 32–16
Pts: Ueno 19 Rebs: Fukatsu 10 Asts: Kurokawa 16		Pts: M. Kaur 21 Rebs: M. Kaur 8 Asts: Munishkannan 5

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Richard El Hajj (LBN), Samaneh Dehghani (IRN), Ahmad Suleiman AlYousef (JOR)

24 June 2022 11:15

Boxscore

New Zealand	80–63	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 22–22, 24–19, 24–9
Pts: Jones 15 Rebs: Taulelei 14 Asts: Jones 6		Pts: Yang 22 Rebs: Jeong 8 Asts: Sung 15

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ), Elham Khazneh (JOR), Mohanad Jawad Fanharawi (IRQ)

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25 June 2022 09:00

Boxscore

Australia	77–57	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 22–11, 17–9, 20–17
Pts: Juffermans 22 Rebs: Juffermans, Shiels 10 Asts: Shiels, Clark 5		Pts: Jones 12 Rebs: Cameron 6 Asts: Cameron 4

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Ahmad Suleiman AlYousef (JOR), Richard El Hajj (LBN), Via Diah Rohmana (INA)

25 June 2022 11:15

Boxscore

South Korea	51–82	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 19–20, 12–23, 12–22, 8–17
Pts: Kim Sol. 14 Rebs: Ko 8 Asts: Jeong 3		Pts: Ueno 14 Rebs: Fukatsu 10 Asts: Kurokawa 7

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Wissam Zein (SYR), Mahsa Kargari (IRN), John Lester Celeste (PHI)

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26 June 2022 09:00

Boxscore

India	40–101	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 10–19, 9–30, 9–33, 12–19
Pts: M. Kaur 15 Rebs: M. Kaur 15 Asts: Raja 6		Pts: Yang 24 Rebs: Kim C. 7 Asts: Heo 7

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Ahmad Suleiman AlYousef (JOR), Alia Alyassin (SYR), Via Diah Rohmana (INA)

26 June 2022 11:15

Boxscore

Japan	65–73	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 9–24, 13–17, 18–12, 25–20
Pts: Fukatsu 13 Rebs: Yamada, Fukatsu 9 Asts: Kurokawa 4		Pts: Juffermans 16 Rebs: Juffermans 11 Asts: Clark 8

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ), Elham Khazneh (JOR), Sergio Kassab (LBN)

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27 June 2022 09:00

Boxscore

New Zealand	49–87	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 9–16, 14–30, 6–22
Pts: Jones 15 Rebs: Cameron 6 Asts: Jones, Cameron 3		Pts: Higashi, Tanaka 16 Rebs: Fukatsu 13 Asts: Kurokawa 7

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ), Samaneh Dehghani (IRN)

27 June 2022 11:15

Boxscore

Australia	104–34	India
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 27–5, 22–6, 32–8
Pts: Laditan 17 Rebs: Hanson 9 Asts: Bobongie 5		Pts: M. Kaur 8 Rebs: Adla, Dabas, M. Kaur 3 Asts: Raja, M. Kaur 4

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Elham Khazneh (JOR), Mahsa Kargari (IRN), Via Diah Rohmana (INA)

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28 June 2022 09:00

Boxscore

South Korea	79–96	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 16–19, 18–28, 19–24, 26–25
Pts: Ko 19 Rebs: Ko 3 Asts: Heo, Sung 6		Pts: Shiels 20 Rebs: Juffermans 17 Asts: Shiels 8

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Wissam Zein (SYR), Mahsa Kargari (IRN), Sergio Kassab (LBN)

28 June 2022 11:15

Boxscore

India	45–94	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 9–17, 10–23, 13–27, 13–27
Pts: Raja 9 Rebs: M. Kaur 9 Asts: four players 2		Pts: Jones 15 Rebs: Taulelei 10 Asts: Williams 6

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Ahmad Suleiman AlYousef (JOR), Alia Alyassin (SYR), Samaneh Dehghani (IRN)

Knockout round

Bracket

	Semifinals				Finals
	29 June
	Australia	98
					30 June
	South Korea	81
					Australia	59
	29 June
					Japan	58
	Japan	87
	New Zealand	58
					Third Place
					30 June
					South Korea	78
					New Zealand	59

Semifinals

29 June 2022 09:00

Boxscore

Australia	98–81	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 17–21, 28–28, 28–13
Pts: Juffermans 37 Rebs: Juffermans 15 Asts: Petrie 10		Pts: Kim Sol. 20 Rebs: three players 3 Asts: Sung 6

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ), Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Via Diah Rohmana (INA)

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29 June 2022 11:15

Boxscore

Japan	87–58	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 22–18, 24–10, 17–15
Pts: Ueno 14 Rebs: Fukatsu 14 Asts: Kurokawa 11		Pts: Brown 11 Rebs: Lacey-Rameka, Tamilo 5 Asts: three players 3

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Wissam Zein (SYR), Elham Khazneh (JOR), John Lester Celeste (PHI)

Third place game

30 June 2022 09:00

Boxscore

South Korea	78–59	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 15–4, 20–14, 21–21
Pts: Kim Sol. 26 Rebs: Sung 14 Asts: Sung 9		Pts: Jones 18 Rebs: Tamilo 12 Asts: three players 3

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: hmad Suleiman AlYousef (JOR), Samaneh Dehghani (IRN), Alan Jose (IND)

Final

30 June 2022 11:15

Boxscore

Australia	59–58	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 17–14, 12–12, 13–18, 17–14
Pts: Juffermans 14 Rebs: Juffermans 13 Asts: Petrie 6		Pts: Tanaka 17 Rebs: Fukatsu 7 Asts: Kurokawa 4

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ), Wissam Zein (SYR), Kim Ga-in (KOR)

Final standing

Qualified for 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup

Rank	Team	Record
	Australia	6–0
	Japan	4–2
	South Korea	2–4
4	New Zealand	2–4
5	India	0–4

Division B

All times are local (UTC+03:00)

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Philippines	3	3	0	290	219	+71	6	Semifinals
2	Syria	3	2	1	236	229	+7	5	Playoffs Round
3	Samoa	3	1	2	185	217	−32	4
4	Indonesia	3	0	3	190	236	−46	3	Seventh place game

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

24 June 2022 13:30

Boxscore

Syria	75–63	Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 18–16, 20–11, 19–15
Pts: Almohammad 19 Rebs: Almohammad 10 Asts: Hasan Agha 6		Pts: Filemu 24 Rebs: Filemu 15 Asts: Filemu, Manumaleuga 4

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Ibrahim Jerrar (JOR), Mahsa Kargari (IRN), Sergio Kassab (LBN)

24 June 2022 15:45

Boxscore

Indonesia	68–104	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 18–28, 15–27, 14–32
Pts: Candra 16 Rebs: Candra 13 Asts: Khayra, Sutisna 3		Pts: Ramos 27 Rebs: Ramos 20 Asts: Panganiban 5

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Haylee Cole (AUS), Sasha Nicholson (NZL)

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25 June 2022 13:30

Boxscore

Samoa	57–48	Indonesia
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 12–7, 17–10, 12–19
Pts: Filemu 24 Rebs: Filemu 14 Asts: Tutani 5		Pts: Madafa 13 Rebs: Candra 16 Asts: Madafa, Khayra 5

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Ibrahim Jerrar (JOR), Samaneh Dehghani (IRN), Ahmad Suleiman AlYousef (JOR)

25 June 2022 15:45

Boxscore

Philippines	92–86	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 21–12, 26–32, 19–23
Pts: Yumul 33 Rebs: Ramos 14 Asts: Panganiban 8		Pts: Backour 28 Rebs: Backour 13 Asts: Almohammad 8

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ), Sergio Kassab (LBN), Elham Khazneh (JOR)

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26 June 2022 13:30

Boxscore

Indonesia	74–75	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 24–13, 14–24, 19–16, 17–22
Pts: Siregar 20 Rebs: Candra 15 Asts: Gosal 6		Pts: Alahmar 23 Rebs: Alahmar 12 Asts: Almohammad 7

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Ibrahim Jerrar (JOR), Samaneh Dehghani (IRN), Mahsa Kargari (IRN)

26 June 2022 15:45

Boxscore

Samoa	65–94	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 15–23, 18–22, 13–23
Pts: Filemu 28 Rebs: Filemu 27 Asts: Filemu 7		Pts: Yumul 22 Rebs: Ramos 10 Asts: Yumul, Panganiban 5

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Kim Ga-in (KOR), Richard El Hajj (LBN)

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lebanon	3	2	1	169	154	+15	5^[a]	Semifinals
2	Kazakhstan	3	2	1	180	161	+19	5^[b]	Playoffs Round
3	Iran	3	2	1	165	147	+18	5^[c]
4	Jordan (H)	3	0	3	153	205	−52	3	Seventh place game

Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. 1−1, 1.112 (beaten Kazakhstan, lost to Iran)
2. 1−1, 0.981 (beaten Iran, lost to Lebanon)
3. 1−1, 0.915 (beaten Lebanon, lost to Kazakhstan)

24 June 2022 18:00

Boxscore

Iran	68–41	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 20–9, 12–5, 22–7
Pts: Khodamoradi 14 Rebs: Ghesmati Almani 23 Asts: Zarreh 8		Pts: Sahlieh 12 Rebs: Jumah 9 Asts: Khoury 3

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Anan Daraghma (PLE), Alia Alyassin (SYR), Alan Jose (IND)

24 June 2022 20:15

Boxscore

Kazakhstan	47–59	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 7–10, 10–15, 12–12, 18–22
Pts: Knaub 12 Rebs: Knaub 11 Asts: Kolupayeva 5		Pts: Annan 16 Rebs: Rizk 11 Asts: Khoury 6

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Wissam Zein (SYR), Kim Bo-hui (KOR), John Lester Celeste (PHI)

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25 June 2022 18:00

Boxscore

Jordan	56–77	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 12–24, 22–13, 9–20
Pts: Sahlieh 16 Rebs: Jumah 15 Asts: Khoury 4		Pts: Knaub 24 Rebs: Knaub 27 Asts: Kolupayeva 6

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Haylee Cole (AUS), Kim Gain (KOR), Mohanad Jawad Fanharawi (IRQ)

25 June 2022 20:15

Boxscore

Lebanon	50–51	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 13–12, 9–14, 16–8
Pts: Labban 13 Rebs: Khoury 9 Asts: Labban 5		Pts: Nouri 15 Rebs: Khodamoradi 9 Asts: Khodamoradi 6

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Anan Daraghma (PLE), Sasha Nicholson (NZL), Alan Jose (IND)

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26 June 2022 18:00

Boxscore

Jordan	56–60	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 12–16, 14–10, 14–11, 16–23
Pts: Sahlieh 15 Rebs: Jumah 17 Asts: Jumah 3		Pts: Khoury 16 Rebs: Naassan 7 Asts: three players 4

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Wissam Zein (SYR), Sasha Nicholson (NZL), Mohanad Jawad Fanharawi (IRQ)

26 June 2022 20:15

Boxscore

Kazakhstan	56–46	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 12–13, 10–15, 17–7
Pts: Kochura 16 Rebs: Knaub 16 Asts: Kolupayeva 5		Pts: Khodamoradi 12 Rebs: Ghesmati Almani 13 Asts: Khodamoradi 5

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Anan Daraghma (PLE), Alan Jose (IND), John Lester Celeste (PHI)

Knockout round

Bracket

	Qualification to Semifinals				Semifinals				Finals
	28 June
	Kazakhstan	51
					29 June
	Samoa	54
					Philippines	73
					Samoa	88
									30 June
									Samoa	79
									Syria	76
					29 June
					Lebanon	63
	28 June
					Syria	78			Third Place
	Syria	59
									30 June
	Iran	46
									Philippines	90
									Lebanon	68

Qualification to Semifinals

28 June 2022 15:45

Boxscore

Syria	59–46	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 13–12, 12–15, 19–7
Pts: Hasan Agha 14 Rebs: Doubal, Jamsakian 11 Asts: Almohammad 6		Pts: Khodamoradi 11 Rebs: Ghesmati Almani 24 Asts: Jafarzadeh 5

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Alexey Stepanenko (KAZ), Haylee Cole (AUS), Kim Gain (KOR)

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28 June 2022 20:15

Boxscore

Kazakhstan	51–54	Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 4–18, 14–10, 19–15
Pts: Khamitova 15 Rebs: Knaub 15 Asts: Kochura 7		Pts: Filemu 20 Rebs: Filemu 21 Asts: Manumaleuga 5

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Mohammad Fawzi Taha (JOR), Via Diah Rohmana (INA), Mohanad Jawad Fanharawi (IRQ)

Semifinals

29 June 2022 15:45

Boxscore

Philippines	73–88	Samoa
Scoring by quarter: 18–25, 12–28, 23–19, 20–16
Pts: Panganiban 15 Rebs: Ramos 8 Asts: three players 3		Pts: Filemu 36 Rebs: Oloapu 19 Asts: Tutani 10

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Anan Daraghma (PLE), Samaneh Dehghani (IRN), Ahmad Suleiman AlYousef (JOR)

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29 June 2022 18:00

Boxscore

Lebanon	63–78	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 19–14, 8–19, 21–13, 15–32
Pts: Labban, Naassan 14 Rebs: Naassan 8 Asts: four players 3		Pts: Hasan Agha 28 Rebs: Jamsakian 10 Asts: Jamsakian 6

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Haylee Cole (AUS), Alan Jose (IND), Kim Ga-in (KOR)

Seventh place game

28 June 2022 18:00

Boxscore

Indonesia	70–34	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 12–10, 14–6, 19–9
Pts: Madafa 13 Rebs: Candra 8 Asts: Gosal 7		Pts: Abu Shameh 13 Rebs: Jumah 18 Asts: Al-Habahbeh 6

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Anan Daraghma (PLE), Alan Jose (IND), John Lester Celeste (PHI)

Fifth place game

29 June 2022 13:30

Boxscore

Iran	57–36	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 16–8, 12–9, 14–9, 15–10
Pts: Nouri 13 Rebs: Ghesmati Almani 26 Asts: Jafarzadeh 8		Pts: Knaub 12 Rebs: Yuldasheva 8 Asts: Kochura 6

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Sasha Nicholson (NZL), Sergio Kassab (LBN), Alia Alyassin (SYR)

Third place game

30 June 2022 15:45

Boxscore

Philippines	90–68	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 24–15, 23–11, 23–20
Pts: Ramos, Yumul 20 Rebs: Panganiban 9 Asts: Yumul 6		Pts: Bado 19 Rebs: Labban 8 Asts: Naassan 5

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Elham Khazneh (JOR), Mohanad Jawad Fanharawi (IRQ), Sasha Nicholson (NZL)

Final

30 June 2022 18:00

Boxscore

Samoa	79–76	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 28–15, 15–24, 16–22, 20–15
Pts: Filemu 23 Rebs: Oloapu 19 Asts: Filemu 9		Pts: Khreim 17 Rebs: Khreim 8 Asts: Khreim 6

Prince Hamzah Stadium, Amman Referees: Anan Daraghma (PLE), Haylee Cole (AUS), Mahsa Kargari (IRN)

Final standing

Promoted to Division A of the 2023 FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship

Rank	Team	Record
	Samoa	4–2
	Syria	4–2
	Philippines	4–1
4	Lebanon	2–3
5	Iran	3–2
6	Kazakhstan	2–3
7	Indonesia	1–3
8	Jordan	0–4

References

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2. "Mark your calendars for jam-packed basketball scheduled in Asia for 2022". FIBA Asia. 13 January 2022. Retrieved 24 June 2022.
3. "Australia and Lebanon confirmed as hosts of the FIBA U16 Asian Championships". FIBA Asia. 4 February 2020. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
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External links

• 2022 FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship Division A
• 2022 FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship Division B