2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship

2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship

20th FIBA Under-18 Asian Basketball Championship
Official logo of the 2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Iran
City	Tehran
Dates	August 28 – September 5
Teams	15 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Iran (2nd title)
Runners-up	Kazakhstan
Third place	Syria
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2008 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship

The 2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship was the 20th edition of the FIBA Asia's youth basketball championship. The games were played in Tehran, Iran, from August 28 to September 5, 2008.

The top three teams qualified for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship.

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 (1+2+2)	European Gulf (2)	Middle Asia (2+1)	Southeast Asia (2)	West Asia (1+2+1)
China	Saudi Arabia	Kazakhstan	Philippines	Iran
Chinese Taipei	United Arab Emirates	India	Malaysia	Syria
Hong Kong	Soviet Union	Uzbekistan		Lebanon
Japan				Jordan
South Korea

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
China  Japan  Hong Kong  India	South Korea  Saudi Arabia  Kazakhstan  Jordan	Chinese Taipei  Lebanon  Philippines  United Arab Emirates	Turkey *  Syria  Malaysia  Iran

* Turkey withdrew from the tournament; their replacements, Kyrgyzstan, withdrew too after the plane carrying their team crashed, Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 6895 killed all of their team.

Preliminary round

Group A

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
China	3	3	0	332	169	+163	6
Japan	3	2	1	257	250	+7	5
India	3	1	2	230	258	−28	4
Hong Kong	3	0	3	185	327	−142	3

August 28 9:00

China	115–61	Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 28–7, 33–20, 27–19
Pts: Li X.X. 17 Rebs: Li X.X., Wang Z. 11 Asts: Yu S.L., Cao F. 4		Pts: Chow K.W. 24 Rebs: Chow K.W. 13 Asts: Lau T.L., Chow K.W. 2

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Naser Abu Rashed (JOR), Reza Javadi (IRI), Hussain Al-Bloushi (UAE)

August 28 15:00

Japan	96–71	India
Scoring by quarter: 22–30, 21–12, 23–17, 30–12
Pts: Tateyama 21 Rebs: Tateyama 9 Asts: Ishikawa 5		Pts: Bhriguvanshi 22 Rebs: Pethani 12 Asts: P. Singh 4

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Anthony Sulit (PHI), Ayman Al-Momani (JOR), Wong Chung Min (MAS)

August 29 11:00

Hong Kong	60–102	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 16–17, 16–35, 17–28
Pts: Chow K.W. 23 Rebs: Chow K.W. 13 Asts: Chow K.W. 3		Pts: Ishikawa 17 Rebs: Nagayoshi 8 Asts: Ishikawa 6

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: J. Abdullah, Shahram Parniak (IRI), Huang Yi-chi (TPE)

August 29 15:00

India	49–98	China
Scoring by quarter: 18–31, 7–20, 13–24, 11–23
Pts: Rathore 12		Pts: Wang Z. 25

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran

August 30 9:00

China	119–59	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 33–2, 32–18, 31–21
Pts: Ren J.F. 22 Rebs: Li X.X. 12 Asts: Cao F. 6		Pts: Nagayoshi 15 Rebs: Hiejima 7 Asts: Karino, Ishikawa 2

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Hassan Nikkhah (IRI), Arsen Andryushkin (KAZ)

August 30 13:00

Hong Kong	64–110	India
Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 13–30, 13–32, 18–23
Pts: Chow K.W. 17 Rebs: Lau T.L. 10 Asts: Five players 1		Pts: Bhriguvanshi 25 Rebs: Rathee 8 Asts: Shakya 9

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Amir Hossein Safarzadeh (IRI), Ahmed Ghanem (EGY), Mohammad Doust (IRI)

Group B

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
South Korea	3	3	0	246	228	+18	6
Kazakhstan	3	2	1	264	216	+48	5
Jordan	3	1	2	258	262	−4	4
Saudi Arabia	3	0	3	252	314	−62	3

August 28 11:00

Saudi Arabia	83–110	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 16–38, 21–24, 25–30, 21–18
Pts: Fallatah 19 Rebs: Abuswyhel 6 Asts: Abuswyhel 6		Pts: L. Obeidi 37 Rebs: Shaneik 14 Asts: Shaneik 3

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Qiao Longsheng (CHN), Huang Yi-chi (TPE), Jafar Mohammadpour (IRI)

August 28 13:00

South Korea	65–62	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 21–21, 12–18, 17–11
Pts: Lim J.I. 19 Rebs: Lee S. 13 Asts: Jang J.S., Yoo B.H. 3		Pts: Ledovskikh 17 Rebs: Akhmet 10 Asts: Ismail, Ledovskikh 2

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: J. Abdullah, Takeo Kitazawa (JPN), Nazir Al-Saudi (LIB)

August 29 9:00

Jordan	69–78	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 9–20, 15–19, 23–16
Pts: L. Obeidi 32 Rebs: Abu Qamar 14 Asts: L. Obeidi 3		Pts: Lim J.I. 29 Rebs: Jang J.S., Lee S. 9 Asts: Yoo B.H. 7

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Aleksandr Gorshkov (RUS), Anthony Sulit (PHI), Jafar Mohammadpour (IRI)

August 29 13:00

Kazakhstan	101–72	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 26–12, 29–29, 23–16
Pts: Akhmet 30 Rebs: Tyutyunik 11 Asts: Ledovskikh 6		Pts: Bin Mohammed 25 Rebs: J. Al-Dosari 6 Asts: Abuswyhel 4

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Nobuyasu Aibara (JPN), Hassan Nikkhah (IRI), Salem Al-Zaabi (UAE)

August 30 11:00

Kazakhstan	101–79	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 27–25, 29–21, 24–13, 21–20
Pts: Arsenyev 25 Rebs: Akhmet 13 Asts: Arsenyev 5		Pts: Abu Qamar 24 Rebs: Abu Qamar 11 Asts: Katami 4

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Anthony Sulit (PHI), Takeo Kitazawa (JPN)

August 30 15:00

South Korea	103–97 (OT)	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 22–21, 22–22, 19–22, Overtime: 19–13
Pts: Park J.H. 20 Rebs: Lim J.I. 20 Asts: Lim J.S., Yoo B.H. 3		Pts: Abuswyhel 22 Rebs: Al-Subaie 9 Asts: Bin Mohammed 5

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Nazir Al-Saudi (LIB), Hussain Al-Bloushi (UAE), Mohammad Al-Fakhouri (SYR)

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lebanon	3	3	0	258	225	+33	6
Philippines	3	2	1	263	246	+17	5
Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	274	255	+19	4
United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	169	238	−69	3

August 28 20:00

Chinese Taipei	105–106 (2OT)	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 16–28, 18–17, 26–21, 28–22, Overtime: 8–8, 9–10
Pts: Chou P.C. 35 Rebs: Lin W.H. 9 Asts: Lin W.H. 3		Pts: Garcia, Banal 18 Rebs: Garcia 10 Asts: Wright 4

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Aleksandr Gorshkov (RUS), Mohammad Al-Fakhouri (SYR), Arsen Andryushkin (KAZ)

August 28 22:00

Lebanon	76–61	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 11–9, 22–20, 18–23
Pts: Ibrahim 23 Rebs: Khoury 20 Asts: Zaloum 7		Pts: Khalifa 15 Rebs: Omar, Mohamed 9 Asts: Khalifa 4

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Amir Hossein Safarzadeh (IRI), Ahmed Ghanem (EGY), Rajnarayan Patro (IND)

August 29 19:00

Philippines	84–87	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 23–18, 21–22, 18–26
Pts: Garcia 28 Rebs: Mendoza, Torres 7 Asts: Marata 3		Pts: El-Nar 32 Rebs: Maatouk, Aoun 10 Asts: Akl 6

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Qiao Longsheng (CHN), Takeo Kitazawa (JPN)

August 29 21:00

United Arab Emirates	54–89	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 18–28, 8–17, 11–21
Pts: Khalifa 19 Rebs: Mohamed 11 Asts: Khalifa 2		Pts: Lee M.H. 18 Rebs: Chanj P.W., Chunj H.N. 6 Asts: Lin L.J. 3

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Amir Hossein Safarzadeh (IRI), Andy Cheung (HKG), Naser Abu Rashed (JOR)

August 30 19:00

Chinese Taipei	80–95	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 19–29, 14–17, 23–28, 24–21
Pts: Lin L.J., Lee M.H. 19 Rebs: Chou P.C. 7 Asts: Lee M.H. 4		Pts: Ibrahim 33 Rebs: Aoun 11 Asts: Zaloum 4

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: J. Abdullah, Reza Javadi (IRI), Ayman Al-Momani (JOR)

August 30 21:00

Philippines	73–54	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 19–14, 17–8, 15–22
Pts: Marata 16 Rebs: Torres 7 Asts: de Guzman, Torres 3		Pts: Khalifa 23 Rebs: Khalid 7 Asts: Khalifa 2

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Naser Abu Rashed (JOR), Nobuyasu Aibara (JPN), Rajnarayan Patro (IND)

Group D

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Iran	2	2	0	202	134	+68	4
Syria	2	1	1	173	163	+10	3
Malaysia	2	0	2	124	202	−78	2

August 28 18:00

Malaysia	61–102	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 21–26, 19–23, 1–29
Pts: Ong C.K. 16 Rebs: Kwaan Y.J. 7 Asts: Ma C.K., Te K.L. 2		Pts: Farman 25 Rebs: Hassanzadeh 13 Asts: Amjad 7

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Nobuyasu Aibara (JPN), Liang Bing (CHN)

August 29 17:00

Syria	100–63	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 21–15, 28–16, 30–18
Pts: Al-Sebaay, Gneed 17 Rebs: Osfira 14 Asts: Al-Shatti 3		Pts: Ong C.K. 25 Rebs: Kwaan Y.J. 11 Asts: Ong C.K. 2

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Arsen Andryushkin (KAZ), Rajnarayan Patro (IND)

August 30 17:00

Iran	100–73	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 25–13, 25–22, 26–23
Pts: Hassanzadeh 26 Rebs: Hassanzadeh 17 Asts: Honarmand 6		Pts: Al-Sebaay 16 Rebs: Abdulnour 7 Asts: Gneed 4

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Aleksandr Gorshkov (RUS), Andy Cheung (HKG), Liang Bing (CHN)

Quarterfinal round

Group I

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
Kazakhstan	3	2	1	253	281	−28	5
Syria	3	1	2	181	173	+8	4	1–1 / 1.111
China	3	2	1	198	158	+40	4	1–1 / 1.074
Lebanon	3	1	2	267	287	−20	4	1–1 / 0.906

August 31 15:00

China	0–20	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 17–18, 4–6
Forfeit
Pts: Li X.X. 14 Rebs: Li X.X 9 Asts: Yu S.L. 4		Pts: Al-Jabe 18 Rebs: Gneed 5 Asts: Diarbakrly 2

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Anthony Sulit (PHI), Andy Cheung (HKG), Naser Abu Rashed (JOR)

August 31 19:00

Kazakhstan	106–103 (2OT)	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 11–22, 29–19, 22–19, Overtime: 10–10, 14–11
Pts: Arsenyev 30 Rebs: Akhmet 18 Asts: Ismail, Ledovskikh 3		Pts: Ibrahim 49 Rebs: Khoury 9 Asts: Akl 5

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Aleksandr Gorshkov (RUS), Hassan Nikkhah (IRI), Shahram Parniak (IRI)

September 1 15:00

Lebanon	74–101	China
Scoring by quarter: 21–29, 13–19, 18–22, 22–31
Pts: Ibrahim 34 Rebs: Ibrahim 6 Asts: Akl 4		Pts: Li X.X. 27 Rebs: Li X.X. 10 Asts: Zhao H.W. 7

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: J. Abdullah, Reza Javadi (IRI), Nobuyasu Aibara (JPN)

September 1 21:00

Syria	81–83	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 17–15, 22–32, 23–18
Pts: Gneed 22 Rebs: Sder 10 Asts: Bawadekji, Al-Samman 3		Pts: Arsenyev 28 Rebs: Akhmet 12 Asts: Ismail 6

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Takeo Kitazawa (JPN), Amir Hossein Safarzadeh (IRI)

September 2 15:00

China	97–64	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 26–28, 20–16, 30–11
Pts: Liu S.N. 25 Rebs: Dong H.L. 12 Asts: Ren J.W. 3		Pts: Arsenyev 17 Rebs: Zhigulin 6 Asts: Ledovskikh 3

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Takeo Kitazawa (JPN), Ayman Al-Momani (JOR)

September 2 21:00

Lebanon	90–80	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 30–20, 15–17, 21–19, 24–24
Pts: Ibrahim 34 Rebs: Ibrahim 9 Asts: Maatouk, Aoun, Akl 2		Pts: Bawadekji 25 Rebs: Sder 10 Asts: Al-Jabe, Al-Sebaay 2

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Aleksandr Gorshkov (RUS), Nobuyasu Aibara (JPN), Amir Hossein Safarzadeh (IRI)

• China forfeited the game against Syria after they walked out while leading 46–41 in the 3rd quarter.

Group II

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
Iran	3	2	1	280	255	+25	5	1–0
Japan	3	2	1	258	264	−6	5	0–1
South Korea	3	1	2	252	246	+6	4	1–0
Philippines	3	1	2	243	268	−25	4	0–1

August 31 17:00

Japan	91–111	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 25–29, 17–25, 28–33
Pts: Karino 23 Rebs: Nagayoshi 11 Asts: Ishikawa 8		Pts: Salmani 22 Rebs: Hassanzadeh 22 Asts: Falahat 8

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: J. Abdullah, Hussain Al-Bloushi (UAE), Nazir Al-Saudi (LIB)

August 31 21:00

South Korea	98–80	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 26–16, 23–18, 25–23
Pts: Lim J.I. 23 Rebs: Lim J.I. 6 Asts: Yoo B.H. 6		Pts: Garcia, Mendoza 14 Rebs: Torres 10 Asts: Wright 4

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Andy Cheung (HKG)

September 1 17:00

Iran	85–79	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 12–17, 29–22, 30–18
Pts: Salmani 20 Rebs: Hassanzadeh 19 Asts: Falahat 7		Pts: Park J.H. 23 Rebs: Lee S. 12 Asts: Yoo B.H. 4

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Aleksandr Gorshkov (RUS), Hussain Al-Bloushi (UAE), Rajnarayan Patro (IND)

September 1 19:00

Philippines	78–86	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 21–25, 20–18, 19–22
Pts: Torres 24 Rebs: Torres 10 Asts: Garcia, Tolentino 3		Pts: Karino 25 Rebs: Nagayoshi 8 Asts: Ishikawa 8

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Andy Cheung (HKG), Nazir Al-Saudi (LIB)

September 2 17:00

Philippines	85–84	Iran
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 20–16, 17–22, 33–27
Pts: Wright 13 Rebs: Torres 10 Asts: de Guzman 4		Pts: Farman 19 Rebs: Hassanzadeh 19 Asts: Honarmand 4

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Naser Abu Rashed (JOR), Hussain Al-Bloushi (UAE)

September 2 19:00

Japan	81–75	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 14–12, 27–17, 23–21
Pts: Hiejima 26 Rebs: Taniguchi 9 Asts: Hiejima, Ishikawa 6		Pts: Park K.S. 22 Rebs: Lee S. 15 Asts: Park K.S., Yoo B.H. 2

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: J. Abdullah, Qiao Longsheng (CHN), Huang Yi-chi (TPE)

Group III

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	204	178	+26	4
Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	171	186	−15	3
India	2	0	2	163	174	−11	2

August 31 9:00

Saudi Arabia	92–109	Chinese Taipei
Scoring by quarter: 12–31, 18–31, 25–27, 37–20
Pts: Abuswyhel 32 Rebs: Al-Subaie 9 Asts: Abuswyhel 4		Pts: Chanj P.W., Lin L.J. 18 Rebs: Lin Y.H. 9 Asts: Lai K.W. 7

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Nobuyasu Aibara (JPN), Qiao Longsheng (CHN), Salem Al-Zaabi (UAE)

September 1 11:00

Chinese Taipei	95–86	India
Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 24–21, 24–19, 23–21
Pts: Chou P.C. 31 Rebs: Chou P.C. 8 Asts: Lai K.W., Lee M.H., Lin W.H. 2		Pts: Bhriguvanshi 32 Rebs: Shakya 8 Asts: Shakya, A. Singh 2

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Naser Abu Rashed (JOR), Mohammad Al-Fakhouri (SYR), Ayman Al-Momani (JOR)

September 2 23:00

India	77–79	Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 16–18, 18–20, 24–24
Pts: Rathore 19 Rebs: Rathore 14 Asts: Pal 4		Pts: Abuswyhel 24 Rebs: Abuswyhel 6 Asts: Five players 1

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Reza Javadi (IRI), Andy Cheung (HKG), Salem Al-Zaabi (UAE)

Group IV

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Jordan	3	3	0	246	174	+72	6
Hong Kong	3	2	1	210	226	−16	5
United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	204	239	−35	4
Malaysia	3	0	3	233	254	−21	3

August 31 11:00

Hong Kong	85–82	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 22–27, 20–16, 22–21
Pts: Chow K.W. 29 Rebs: Lau H.T. 10 Asts: Yan S.C. 3		Pts: Ong C.K. 29 Rebs: Kuek T.Y., Tan C.K. 8 Asts: Te K.L. 4

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Takeo Kitazawa (JPN), Huang Yi-chi (TPE), Jafar Mohammadpour (IRI)

August 31 13:00

Jordan	88–49	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 23–17, 24–11, 16–12
Pts: Shaneik 29 Rebs: Abu Qamar 14 Asts: Katami, Abu Qamar 3		Pts: Khalifa 15 Rebs: Omar 8 Asts: Khalid 2

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Amir Hossein Safarzadeh (IRI), Liang Bing (CHN), Mohammad Al-Fakhouri (SYR)

September 1 9:00

United Arab Emirates	70–72 (OT)	Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 12–22, 25–4, 13–21, 10–13, Overtime: 10–12
Pts: Khalifa 27 Rebs: Omar, Khalifa, Mohamed 8 Asts: Khalil, Khalifa 3		Pts: Lau H.T. 20 Rebs: Lau H.T. 11 Asts: Yan S.C. 3

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Liang Bing (CHN), Arsen Andryushkin (KAZ), Ahmed Ghanem (EGY)

September 1 13:00

Malaysia	72–84	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 14–22, 20–25, 16–19
Pts: Kwaan Y.J. 27 Rebs: Kuek T.Y. 12 Asts: Ong C.K. 3		Pts: L. Obeidi 35 Rebs: Abu Qamar 23 Asts: L. Obeidi 5

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Qiao Longsheng (CHN), Hassan Nikkhah (IRI), Mohammad Doust (IRI)

September 2 11:00

Hong Kong	53–74	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 11–31, 9–14, 13–17, 20–12
Pts: Chow K.W. 17 Rebs: Chow K.W. 15 Asts: Lau T.L. 2		Pts: Abu Qamar 23 Rebs: Abu Qamar 16 Asts: Shaneik 6

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Arsen Andryushkin (KAZ), Mohammad Al-Fakhouri (SYR), Anthony Sulit (PHI)

September 2 13:00

United Arab Emirates	85–79	Malaysia
Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 17–13, 22–31, 22–15
Pts: Khalifa 22 Rebs: Omar 10 Asts: Khalil 3		Pts: Gan H.H. 20 Rebs: Tan C.K. 11 Asts: Ong C.K. 3

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Hassan Nikkhah (IRI), Shahram Parniak (IRI), Liang Bing (CHN)

Classification 9th–14th

13th place

September 3 22:00

India	78–75	United Arab Emirates
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 23–21, 12–20, 23–15
Pts: Bhriguvanshi 24 Rebs: A. Singh 9 Asts: A. Singh 3		Pts: Khalifa 30 Rebs: Omar 8 Asts: Khalifa 5

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ahmed Ghanem (EGY), Jafar Mohammadpour (IRI), Ayman Al-Momani (JOR)

11th place

September 4 21:00

Saudi Arabia	86–75	Hong Kong
Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 21–11, 20–32, 27–13
Pts: Bin Mohammed 18 Rebs: Bin Mohammed 11 Asts: Fallatah 4		Pts: Chow K.W. 23 Rebs: Chow K.W. 16 Asts: Four players 2

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Nobuyasu Aibara (JPN), Mohammad Al-Fakhouri (SYR), Mohammad Doust (IRI)

9th place

September 4 11:00

Chinese Taipei	102–89	Jordan
Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 12–19, 30–33, 34–16
Pts: Lee M.H. 26		Pts: L. Obeidi 31

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Takeo Kitazawa (JPN), Hussain Al-Bloushi (UAE), Arsen Andryushkin (KAZ)

Classification 5th–8th

	Semifinals				5th place
	September 4
	China	86
					September 5
	Philippines	63
					China	106
	September 4
					South Korea	97
	South Korea	93
	Lebanon	72
					7th place
					September 5
					Philippines	74
					Lebanon	63

Semifinals

September 4 13:00

China	86–63	Philippines
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 21–21, 28–18, 20–13
Pts: Ren J.F. 27 Rebs: Wang Z. 16 Asts: Ren J.F. 4		Pts: Wright 16 Rebs: Sangalang, Golla, Torres 5 Asts: Wright 2

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: J. Abdullah, Reza Javadi (IRI), Hassan Nikkhah (IRI)

September 4 15:00

South Korea	93–72	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 25–7, 21–25, 24–25
Pts: Park K.S. 21 Rebs: Lee S. 10 Asts: Yoo B.H. 5		Pts: Khoury 18 Rebs: Khoury 12 Asts: Zaloum 5

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Qiao Longsheng (CHN), Naser Abu Rashed (JOR)

7th place

September 5 11:00

Philippines	74–63	Lebanon
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 23–16, 12–14, 22–15
Pts: de Guzman 15		Pts: Ibrahim 14

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Andy Cheung (HKG), Takeo Kitazawa (JPN), Rajnarayan Patro (IND)

5th place

September 5 15:00

China	106–97	South Korea
Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 24–24, 34–23, 29–31
Pts: Cao F. 23		Pts: Lim J.I. 27

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Reza Javadi (IRI), Naser Abu Rashed (JOR), Nazir Al-Saudi (LIB)

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	September 4
	Iran	80
					September 5
	Syria	78
					Iran	95
	September 4
					Kazakhstan	76
	Japan	78
	Kazakhstan	103
					3rd place
					September 5
					Syria	93
					Japan	86

Semifinals

September 4 17:00

Iran	80–78	Syria
Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 23–15, 23–26, 13–14
Pts: Hassanzadeh 27 Rebs: Hassanzadeh 24 Asts: Honarmand 5		Pts: Bawadekji 22 Rebs: Sder 8 Asts: Al-Samman 3

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Aleksandr Gorshkov (RUS), Anthony Sulit (PHI), Andy Cheung (HKG)

September 4 19:00

Japan	78–103	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 17–22, 22–30, 19–29
Pts: Hiejima 23 Rebs: Nagayoshi 9 Asts: Hiejima, Ishikawa 3		Pts: Akhmet 31 Rebs: Tyutyunik, Akhmet 13 Asts: Ismail 6

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Nazir Al-Saudi (LIB), Rajnarayan Patro (IND)

3rd place

September 5 13:00

Syria	93–86	Japan
Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 19–11, 20–28, 32–30
Pts: Gneed 24 Rebs: Sder 10 Asts: Al-Jabe 5		Pts: Hiejima 25 Rebs: Nagayoshi 9 Asts: Ishikawa 7

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Amir Hossein Safarzadeh (IRI), J. Abdullah

Final

September 5 17:00

Iran	95–76	Kazakhstan
Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 34–18, 22–21, 14–18
Pts: Shirjang 24 Rebs: Hassanzadeh 12 Asts: Falahat 5		Pts: Tyutyunik, Arsenyev, Skornyakov 18 Rebs: Akhmet 12 Asts: Ledovskikh 4

Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Aleksandr Gorshkov (RUS), Nobuyasu Aibara (JPN), Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW)

Final standing

Qualified for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

Rank	Team	Record
	Iran	6–1
	Kazakhstan	5–3
	Syria	3–4
4	Japan	4–4
5	China	7–1
6	South Korea	5–3
7	Philippines	4–4
8	Lebanon	4–4
9	Chinese Taipei	4–2
10	Jordan	4–3
11	Saudi Arabia	2–4
12	Hong Kong	2–5
13	India	2–4
14	United Arab Emirates	1–6
15	Malaysia	0–5

Awards

2008 Asian Under-18 champions
Iran Second title

External links

• Official website
• Fiba Asia