FIBA Under-18 Women's Asia Cup

FIBA U18 Women's Asia Cup

Current season, competition or edition: 2026 FIBA U18 Women's Asia Cup
Formerly	ABC Junior Championship for Women, FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women, FIBA U18 Women's Asian Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1970 (1970)
First season	1970
Organizing body	FIBA Asia
No. of teams	16 (8 teams per Division)
Countries	FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania member nations
Continent	Asia
Most recent champion	Australia (2nd title)
Most titles	China (16 titles)
Qualification	FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup
Related competitions	FIBA Under-16 Women's Asia Cup
Website	www.fiba.basketball/history (Division A) www.fiba.basketball/history (Division B)

The FIBA U18 Women's Asia Cup, formerly known as the Asian Basketball Confederation Junior Championship for Women, FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women and FIBA U18 Women's Asian Championship, is an international under-18 basketball championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Asia zone. The tournament started in 1970, and is held biennially. The top four teams qualify for the FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup.

Because of the recent change in the FIBA Calendar and the inclusion of Australia and New Zealand in all Asian tournaments, a new competition format was introduced at the start of the 2018 edition. Aside from renaming the tournament to FIBA U18 Women's Asian Championship, it is now composed of two divisions (namely Divisions A and B) with a maximum of eight teams each to participate.^[1][2]

Division A teams now contest for the four slots allocated for the FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup, meaning the semifinalists are assured of a seat in the U19 Worlds. Meanwhile, the team that places eighth and last in the division is relegated to Division B in the next tournament. The remaining top seven or eight teams are retained up to the next tournament as well.

Division B teams use the same format as that of Division A, but unlike the previous setup wherein there were qualifying matches for the top two teams of the division, only the Division Champions are promoted to Division A in the next tournament.

Summary

Division A

Year	Host		Final				Third place game
			Gold	Score	Silver		Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1970 Details	Seoul		South Korea	No playoffs	Japan		Taiwan	No playoffs	None awarded
1972 Details	Manila		South Korea	No playoffs	Taiwan		Philippines	No playoffs	None awarded
1974 Details	Manila		South Korea		Japan		Taiwan		Philippines
1977 Details	Kuwait City		South Korea		China		Malaysia		Iran
1978 Details	Manila		China		Malaysia		Philippines		Hong Kong
1980 Details	Bangkok		South Korea	No playoffs	China		Thailand	No playoffs	India
1982 Details	Manila		China		South Korea		Japan		Philippines
1984 Details	Seoul		China	No playoffs	South Korea		Japan	No playoffs	Malaysia
1986 Details	Manila		China	94–70	South Korea		Chinese Taipei		Japan
1989 Details	Manila		China		South Korea		Japan		Chinese Taipei
1990 Details	Nagoya		South Korea	80–78	Japan		China	72–50	Chinese Taipei
1992 Details	Beijing		South Korea		China		Japan		Chinese Taipei
1996[3] Details	Bangkok		China	66–63	Japan		South Korea	77–76	Chinese Taipei
1998[4] Details	Tokushima		China	81–40	Chinese Taipei		South Korea	46–43	Japan
2000[5] Details	New Delhi		China	78–59	Japan		South Korea	67–64	Chinese Taipei
2002[6] Details	Taipei		China	92–68	Chinese Taipei		South Korea	77–72	Japan
2004[7] Details	Shenzhen		China	102–79	South Korea		Japan	57–52	Chinese Taipei
2007[8] Details	Bangkok		China	81–68	Japan		South Korea	89–70	Chinese Taipei
2008[9] Details	Medan		Japan	90–87	China		South Korea	94–73	Chinese Taipei
2010[10] Details	Surat Thani		China	122–78	Japan		Chinese Taipei	78–54	South Korea
2012[11] Details	Johor Bahru		China	60–53	Japan		South Korea	61–42	Chinese Taipei
2014[12] Details	Amman		China	66–60	Japan		South Korea	57–54	Chinese Taipei
2016[13] Details	Bangkok		China	78–47	Japan		South Korea	66–63	Chinese Taipei
2018[14] Details	Bangalore		China	89–76	Japan		Australia	75–58	South Korea
2020			Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
2022[15] Details	Bangalore		Australia	81–55	China		Japan	77–45	Chinese Taipei
2024[16] Details	Shenzhen		Australia	96–79	China		Japan	69–54	South Korea
2026[17] Details	Seremban

Division B

Year	Host		Final				Third place game
			First place	Score	Second place		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2018[18] Details	Bangalore		India	68–45	Kazakhstan		Syria	75–68	Hong Kong
2020			Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Asia
2022[19] Details	Bangalore		Malaysia	64–53	Mongolia		Philippines	84–68	Samoa
2024[20] Details	Shenzhen		Philippines	95–64	Lebanon		Samoa	64–59	Iran
2026[21] Details	Bangkok

Medal table

Division A

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	China	16	6	1	23
2	South Korea	7	5	9	21
3	Australia	2	0	1	3
4	Japan	1	11	7	19
5	Chinese Taipei	0	3	4	7
6	Malaysia	0	1	1	2
7	Philippines	0	0	2	2
8	Thailand	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		26	26	26	78

Division B

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Philippines	1	0	1	2
2	India	1	0	0	1
	Malaysia	1	0	0	1
4	Kazakhstan	0	1	0	1
	Lebanon	0	1	0	1
	Mongolia	0	1	0	1
7	Samoa	0	0	1	1
	Syria	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		3	3	3	9

Participating nations

Nation	1970	1972	1974	1977	1978	1980	1982	1984	1986	1989	1990	1992	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2007	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	Total
China				2nd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	20
Chinese Taipei	3rd	2nd	3rd						3rd	4th	4th	4th	4th	2nd	4th	2nd	4th	4th	4th	3rd	4th	4th	4th	18
Hong Kong					4th	7th	8th			11th	10th	10th	12th	7th	10th			10th	11th		8th	8th	9th	14
India						4th	6th			5th	6th		6th	9th	9th	7th	8th	7th	6th	8th	7th	6th	6th	15
Indonesia						8th					9th	7th							10th				7th	5
Iran				4th																				1
Japan	2nd		2nd			5th	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	4th	2nd	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	20
Jordan													8th									11th		2
Kazakhstan																		9th	7th	6th	9th	10th	10th	6
Kuwait				8th																				1
Kyrgyzstan													7th	×[a]								12th		2
Laos														12th						12th				2
Macau														10th		9th	10th							3
Malaysia				3rd	2nd	6th	5th	4th	5th	7th	7th	6th	9th	5th	7th	8th	7th	8th	5th	5th	6th	7th	8th	20
Mongolia																10th								1
North Korea															5th	5th								2
Philippines		3rd	4th	7th	3rd		4th	6th	6th	9th		8th	11th	11th			9th		8th	9th				14
Singapore								5th		8th							6th	5th	12th		10th		11th	7
South Korea	1st	1st	1st	1st		1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd	22
Sri Lanka				6th		9th		7th		10th	8th	9th	10th	8th	11th			12th		10th	11th	9th	12th	14
Syria																				11th				1
Thailand				5th		3rd	7th			6th	5th	5th	5th	×[a]	6th	6th	5th	6th	9th	7th	5th	5th	5th	16
Uzbekistan														6th	8th									2
Vietnam																		11th						1
Number of teams	3	3	4	8	4	9	8	7	6	11	10	10	12	12	11	10	10	12	12	12	11	12	12

• Starting in 2018, a new tournament format was introduced; two divisions were created: Division A and Division B.

Division A

Nation	2018	2022	2024	Total
Australia	3rd	1st	1st	3
China	1st	2nd	2nd	3
Chinese Taipei	6th	4th	6th	3
India		8th		1
Indonesia	7th	7th	8th	3
Japan	2nd	3rd	3rd	3
Malaysia	8th		7th	2
New Zealand	5th	6th	5th	3
South Korea	4th	5th	4th	3
Number of teams	8	8	8

Division B

Nation	2018	2022	2024	Total
Guam	8th			1
Hong Kong	4th	7th	5th	3
India	1st			1
Iran	5th		4th	2
Jordan		6th		1
Kazakhstan	2nd			1
Kyrgyzstan			7th	1
Lebanon			2nd	1
Malaysia		1st		1
Maldives		8th	6th	2
Mongolia		2nd		1
Philippines		3rd	1st	2
Samoa	7th	4th	3rd	3
Singapore	6th			1
Syria	3rd		×[b]	1
Thailand		5th		1
Number of teams	8	8	8

Under-19 Women's World Cup record

Nation	1985	1989	1993	1997	2001	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	2025	2027	Total
Australia	Part of FIBA Oceania												2nd	2nd	9th	2nd		16
China	4th	9th	11th	7th	9th	3rd	11th	11th	9th	5th	7th	7th	5th	–	13th	11th	Q	16
Chinese Taipei	–	–	12th	–	–	–	–	–	11th	–	14th	–	–	14th	15th	–		5
Japan	–	–	8th	12th	11th	–	13th	12th	7th	8th	DQ	4th	8th	9th	6th	6th		12
South Korea	2nd	6th	4th	–	–	6th	8th	13th	–	13th	13th	15th	9th	13th	–	9th		12
Thailand	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	16th	–	–	–	–	16th	–	–	–	–	2
Number of teams	2	2	3+1	2	2	2	3	3+1	3	3	3	3	4+1	4	4	4	4+1

Notes

See also

• FIBA Women's Asia Cup
• FIBA Under-16 Women's Asia Cup
• FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup
• FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup

References

External links

• 1970–2012 tournaments final standings at the Wayback Machine (archived 2014-07-01)
• Official website of FIBA