The FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup, formerly known as the Asian Basketball Confederation Junior Championship and FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship, is a biennial international under-18 basketball competition organised by FIBA Asia.

FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 FIBA U18 Asia Cup
FormerlyFIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
ABC Under-18 Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1970; 54 years ago (1970)
First season1970
No. of teams16
CountriesFIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania member nations
ContinentFIBA Asia (Asia)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Australia (2nd title)
Most titles China (11 titles)
QualificationFIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Related
competitions
FIBA Under-16 Asia Cup
Official websiteFIBA Asia

The event also serves as a qualification tournament for the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, where the top four finishers automatically qualify.

Summary

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Year Hosts Final Third place match
Champions Score Runners-up Third place Score Fourth place
1970
Details
 
Seoul
 
Philippines
No playoffs  
Japan
 
South Korea
No playoffs  
Taiwan
1972
Details
 
Manila
 
Philippines
No playoffs  
Taiwan
 
South Korea
No playoffs  
India
1974
Details
 
Manila
 
Philippines
 
South Korea
 
Taiwan
 
Thailand
1977
Details
 
Kuwait City
 
Philippines
 
China
 
Kuwait
 
Thailand
1978
Details
 
Manila
 
Philippines
 
China
 
Iraq
 
Japan
1980
Details
 
Bangkok
 
China
No playoffs  
Philippines
 
Thailand
No playoffs  
Saudi Arabia
1982
Details
 
Manila
 
Philippines
 
China
 
South Korea
 
Thailand
1984
Details
 
Seoul
 
South Korea
No playoffs  
China
 
Philippines
No playoffs  
Japan
1986
Details
 
Manila
 
China
81–67  
Philippines
 
Chinese Taipei
 
Japan
1989
Details
 
Manila
 
China
89–62  
Chinese Taipei
 
Philippines
 
Japan
1990
Details
 
Nagoya
 
Japan
82–63  
Syria
 
China
96–93  
Philippines
1992
Details
 
Beijing
 
China
93–80  
South Korea
 
Philippines
103–74  
Japan
1995
Details
 
Manila
 
South Korea
55–48  
China
 
Jordan
62–56  
Thailand
1996
Details
 
Johor Bahru
 
China
86–71  
Qatar
 
Japan
89–75  
South Korea
1998
Details
 
Kolkata
 
China
59–45  
Qatar
 
Japan
110–94  
Chinese Taipei
2000
Details
 
Kuala Lumpur
 
South Korea
120–92  
China
 
Chinese Taipei
77–76  
Japan
2002
Details
 
Kuwait City
 
China
81–70  
Iran
 
South Korea
105–88  
Qatar
2004
Details
 
Bangalore
 
Iran
89–86  
South Korea
 
China
73–63  
Lebanon
2006
Details
 
Urumqi
 
China
99–83  
South Korea
 
Lebanon
83–60  
Chinese Taipei
2008
Details
 
Tehran
 
Iran
95–76  
Kazakhstan
 
Syria
93–86  
Japan
2010
Details
 
Sana'a
 
China
103–80  
South Korea
 
Chinese Taipei
65–60  
Iran
2012
Details
 
Ulaanbaatar
 
China
93–91  
South Korea
 
Iran
87–83  
Japan
2014
Details
 
Doha
 
China
66–48  
Iran
 
South Korea
70–58  
Chinese Taipei
2016
Details
 
Tehran
 
Iran
71–65  
Japan
 
South Korea
86–63  
Lebanon
2018
Details
 
Bangkok
 
Australia
72–63  
New Zealand
 
China
76–57  
Philippines
2020 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
2022
Details
 
Tehran
 
South Korea
77–73  
Japan
 
China
85–68  
Lebanon
2024
Details
 
Amman
 
Australia
96–33  
New Zealand
 
China
84–63  
Jordan

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  China116522
2  Philippines62311
3  South Korea46616
4  Iran3216
5  Australia2002
6  Japan1326
7  Chinese Taipei0246
8  New Zealand0202
  Qatar0202
10  Syria0112
11  Kazakhstan0101
12  Iraq0011
  Jordan0011
  Kuwait0011
  Lebanon0011
  Thailand0011
Totals (16 entries)27272781

Participating nations

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Nation  
1970
 
1972
 
1974
 
1977
 
1978
 
1980
 
1982
 
1984
 
1986
 
1989
 
1990
 
1992
 
1995
 
1996
 
1998
 
2000
 
2002
 
2004
 
2006
 
2008
  Australia
  Bahrain 9th 9th 8th 7th
  Bangladesh 15th 15th 15th
  Brunei 15th
  China 2nd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 5th
  Chinese Taipei 4th 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 7th 5th 5th 5th 4th 3rd 6th 5th 4th 9th
  Hong Kong 7th 12th 10th 13th 11th 6th 16th 8th 8th 13th 11th 10th 6th 12th 6th 16th 12th
  India 5th 4th 15th 12th 10th 12th 11th 9th 13th 11th 12th 13th 7th 13th 13th
  Indonesia 13th 6th 11th 8th 10th 12th 6th 8th
  Iran 6th 8th 12th 13th 8th 10th 9th 10th 5th 9th 2nd 1st 7th 1st
  Iraq 3rd 7th
  Japan 2nd 6th 4th 5th 5th 4th 5th 4th 1st 4th 7th 3rd 3rd 4th 5th 9th 6th 4th
  Jordan 3rd 9th 10th
  Kazakhstan 10th 12th 6th 8th 5th 2nd
  Kuwait 3rd 7th 6th 16th 12th 8th 8th 12th 8th
  Kyrgyzstan 11th 12th
  Lebanon 13th 10th 9th 4th 3rd 8th
  Macau 13th 14th
  Malaysia 6th 7th 5th 5th 8th 9th 6th 5th 11th 6th 11th 11th 8th 8th 11th 10th 14th 15th
  New Zealand
  Mongolia
  Pakistan 10th 13th 14th
  Philippines 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 4th 3rd 6th 6th 7th 13th 7th
  Qatar 16th 15th 7th 2nd 2nd 7th 4th 16th
  Saudi Arabia 11th 5th 4th 9th 6th 5th 5th 7th 10th 11th
  Singapore 7th 6th 8th 14th 13th 10th 12th 7th 14th 12th 12th 14th 16th 15th 15th
  South Korea 3rd 3rd 2nd 7th 7th 3rd 1st 4th 5th 9th 2nd 1st 4th 9th 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 6th
  Sri Lanka 16th 14th 6th 15th 13th 14th 15th 14th
  Syria 2nd 9th 3rd
  Thailand 5th 4th 4th 11th 3rd 4th 9th 10th 4th 7th 14th 11th
  United Arab Emirates 17th 14th 14th
  Yemen 13th 11th 14th 10th
Total 7 7 8 16 13 17 16 7 6 16 13 14 15 15 15 16 14 16 16 15
Nation  
2010
 
2012
 
2014
 
2016
 
2018
 
2022
 
2024
Years
  Australia 1st 1st 2
  Bahrain 12th 7th 6
  Bangladesh 3
  Brunei 1
  China 1st 1st 1st 5th 3rd 3rd 3rd 24
  Chinese Taipei 3rd 5th 4th 6th 9th 7th 12th 22
  Hong Kong 13th 11th 19
  India 13th 10th 13th 8th 11th 9th 8th 22
  Indonesia 11th 12th 12th 13th 12
  Iran 4th 3rd 2nd 1st 6th 5th 6th 21
  Iraq 10th 13th 9th 5
  Japan 8th 4th 6th 2nd 5th 2nd 7th 25
  Jordan 10th 4th 5
  Kazakhstan 11th 15th 8th 10th 13th 14th 12
  Kuwait 12th 15th 11
  Kyrgyzstan 2
  Lebanon 7th 7th 4th 10th 4th 10th 12
  Macau 2
  Malaysia 12th 7th 20
  Mongolia 14th 16th 2
  New Zealand 2nd 2nd 2
  Pakistan 3
  Philippines 5th 6th 5th 7th 4th 6th 11th 24
  Qatar 16th 9th 8th 9th 12
  Saudi Arabia 15th 8th 12
  Singapore 16th 16
  South Korea 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 8th 1st 5th 26
  Sri Lanka 14th 9
  Syria 9th 9th 15th 10th 7
  Thailand 11th 14th 14
  United Arab Emirates 16th 4
  Yemen 6th 5
Total 16 16 14 12 16 10 16

Under-19 World Cup record

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Team  
1979
 
1983
 
1987
 
1991
 
1995
 
1999
 
2003
 
2007
 
2009
 
2011
 
2013
 
2015
 
2017
 
2019
 
2021
 
2023
 
2025
 
2027
Total
  Australia Part of FIBA Oceania 9th 10th Q 15
  China 11th 9th 10th 9th 15th 14th 12th 13th 7th 15th 16th 10th Q 13
  Chinese Taipei 11th 14th 2
  Iran 16th 15th 11th 14th 15th 12th 6
  Japan 16th 14th 10th 16th 8th 5
  Jordan 16th Q 2
  Kazakhstan Part of Soviet Union 12th 1
  Lebanon 14th 15th 2
  Malaysia 15th 1
  New Zealand Part of FIBA Oceania 13th 3
  Philippines 10th 14th Q 3
  Qatar 10th 1
  South Korea 15th 12th 11th 15th 13th 12th 14th 15th 12th 9
  Syria 12th 16th 2
Total 1 1 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4

See also

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References

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