2010 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship qualification

The 2010 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship qualification was held in late 2009 and early 2010 with the Persian Gulf region, West Asia, Southeast Asia, East Asia and Middle Asia (Central Asia and South Asia) each conducting tournaments.

Qualification format

The following are eligible to participate:

2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship

Main article: 2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
Rank Team Note
 Iran Direct Qualifier
 Kazakhstan Middle Asia (+1)
 Syria West Asia (+1)
4  Japan East Asia (+1)
5  China East Asia (+2)
6  South Korea
7  Philippines
8  Lebanon
9  Chinese Taipei
10  Jordan
11  Saudi Arabia
12  Hong Kong
13  India
14  United Arab Emirates
15  Malaysia

Qualified teams

East Asia (2+2) Gulf (2) Middle Asia (2+1) Southeast Asia (2) West Asia (2+2+1)
 China  Saudi Arabia  Kazakhstan  Philippines  Yemen
 Chinese Taipei  Qatar  India  Malaysia  Iran
 Japan  Sri Lanka  Lebanon
 South Korea  Iraq
 Syria

East Asia

All the others withdrew, so  China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, South Korea qualified automatically.

Gulf

The Gulf U-17 Basketball Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship. it also serves as a regional championship. The two best teams qualifies for 2010 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.

Preliminary round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Bahrain 6 6 0 437 296 +141 12
 Kuwait 6 4 2 360 319 +41 10
 Saudi Arabia 6 2 4 365 384 -19 8
 Qatar 6 0 6 276 439 -163 6
August 14
14:00
Bahrain  89–52  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 27-11, 25-17, 26-9, 11–15
August 14
16:00
Saudi Arabia  54–64  Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 10-9, 16-11, 20-14, 8–30
August 15
14:00
Bahrain  62–45  Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 31-10, 9-13, 11-12, 11–10
August 15
16:00
Qatar  50–62  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 13-15, 8-17, 7-13, 22–17
August 16
14:00
Bahrain  88–72  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 31-8, 6-25, 30-16, 21–23
August 16
16:00
Kuwait  76–42  Qatar
Scoring by quarter: 18-11, 20-9, 17-8, 21–14
August 17
14:00
Qatar  24–71  Bahrain
Scoring by quarter: 5-14, 7-13, 10-28, 2–16
August 17
16:00
Kuwait  56–52  Saudi Arabia
Scoring by quarter: 15-5, 8-14, 21-16, 12–17
August 18
14:00
Kuwait  49–62  Bahrain
Scoring by quarter: 22-8, 9-23, 8-10, 10-21
August 18
16:00
Saudi Arabia  56–52  Qatar
August 19
14:00
Saudi Arabia  54–65  Bahrain
Scoring by quarter: 20-19, 3-14, 17-7, 14-25
August 19
16:00
Qatar  47–70  Kuwait
Scoring by quarter: 12-12, 14-17, 10-13, 36-28

Middle Asia – SAARC

The 2010 Middle Asia – SAARC qualifying tournament was held from August 12 to 14, 2010 in Bangalore, India. The two best teams qualifies for 2010 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.

Preliminary round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 India 3 3 0 255 138 +117 6
 Sri Lanka 3 2 1 191 189 +2 5
 Bangladesh 3 1 2 157 204 -47 4
   Nepal 3 0 3 137 209 -72 3
August 12
16:00
India  80–50    Nepal
August 12
17:30
Sri Lanka  80–51  Bangladesh
August 13
16:00
Sri Lanka  67–54    Nepal
August 13
17:30
India  91–44  Bangladesh
August 14
16:00
Bangladesh  62–33    Nepal
August 14
17:30
India  84–44  Sri Lanka

Middle Asia – Stans

All the others withdrew, so  Kazakhstan qualified automatically.

Southeast Asia

The 2010 SEABA Under-18 Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship; it also serves as a regional championship involving Southeast Asian basketball teams. It was held on June 5 to June 9, 2010, at Yangon, Myanmar. The top two finishers qualifies to the 2010 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship.

Preliminary round

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
 Philippines 5 5 0 475 206 +269 10
 Malaysia 5 3 2 392 305 +87 8
 Singapore 5 3 2 292 278 +14 8
 Thailand 5 3 2 281 280 +1 8
 Myanmar 5 1 4 270 414 −144 6
 Laos 5 0 5 220 447 −227 5
July 5
10:00
Myanmar  70–62  Laos
July 5
12:00
Malaysia  39–47  Philippines
July 5
14:00
Thailand  39–47  Singapore
July 6
9:00
Philippines  108–39  Myanmar
July 6
11:00
Singapore  51–60  Malaysia
July 6
13:00
Laos  44–71  Thailand
July 7
9:00
Singapore  40–78  Philippines
July 7
11:00
Myanmar  52–58  Thailand
July 7
13:00
Malaysia  97–53  Laos
July 8
9:00
Myanmar  70–78  Singapore
July 8
11:00
Thailand  75–68  Malaysia
July 8
9:00
Philippines  133–30  Laos
July 9
9:00
Singapore  76–31  Laos
Scoring by quarter: 26-12, 20-0, 10-8, 20–11
July 9
11:00
Malaysia  108–39  Myanmar
Scoring by quarter: 38-7, 27-3, 21-14, 22–15
July 9
13:00
Philippines  69–38  Thailand

West Asia

The 2010 WABA Under-18 Championship is the qualifying tournament for the 2010 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship. It also serves as a regional championship involving West Asian basketball teams. the four best teams excluding Yemen qualifies for 2010 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship. The tournament was held from April 19 to April 24, 2010, in Beirut, Lebanon.

Preliminary round

Team Pld W L Pts
 Lebanon 5 5 0 10
 Iran 5 4 1 9
 Iraq 5 2 3 7
 Syria 5 2 3 7
 Jordan 5 1 4 6
 Yemen 5 1 4 6
April 19
16:00
Iraq  80–77  Syria
April 19
18:00
Lebanon  66–64  Yemen
April 19
20:00
Iran  69–47  Jordan
April 20
16:00
Yemen  Win–Lost  Iraq
April 20
18:00
Lebanon  71–68  Iran
April 20
20:00
Syria  Win–Lost  Jordan
April 21
16:00
Jordan  64–62  Yemen
April 21
18:00
Lebanon  65–57  Iraq
April 21
20:00
Iran  78–67  Syria
April 22
16:00
Yemen  71–75  Syria
April 22
18:00
Lebanon  77–71  Jordan
April 22
20:00
Iran  Win–Lost  Iraq
April 23
16:00
Jordan  Win–Lost  Iraq
April 23
18:00
Lebanon  87–74  Syria
April 23
20:00
Iran  Win–Lost  Yemen