2016 FIBA Asia Challenge qualification

Qualifying for the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge is currently being held to determine the eight teams that will participate in the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge, aside from the host team Iran and 2015 FIBA Asia Championship winners China. Qualification is via FIBA Asia zone, with each zone having an automatic one berth, plus additional berths from the teams' zones of the second and third runners-up in the 2015 FIBA Asia Championship. Central Asia June 2019 East Asia June 2019 Gulf June 2019 South Asia 2016 SABA Championship The 2016 South Asian Basketball Championship in Bengaluru, India determined South Asia's lone qualifier. main WL (1) Tournament points, (2) Head-to-head tournament points, (3) Head-to-head goal average, (4) Overall goal average, (5) Drawing of lots complete points 1 IND MDV NEP BAN qual 3 0 272 128 C 1 2 186 208 1–1 head-to-head, 1.05 goal average vs. Bangladesh and Maldives 1 2 158 234 1–1 head-to-head, 0.88 goal average vs. Nepal and Maldives 1 2 162 208 1–1 head-to-head, 1.08 goal average vs. Nepal and Bangladesh IND NEP BAN MDV Q green1 Qualification to 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge Southeast Asia 2016 SEABA Cup The 2016 Southeast Asian Basketball Association Cup in Bangkok, Thailand determined Southeast Asia's two qualifiers.http://www.spin.ph/basketball/news/philippines-2016-seaba-cup-assessment-nash-racela-gilas-cade Nash Racela expects tougher challenge from Thailand for Gilas cadets in Seaba Cup 14 May 2016 Spin.ph 17 May 2016 main WL (1) Tournament points, (2) Head-to-head tournament points, (3) Head-to-head goal average, (4) Overall goal average, (5) Drawing of lots complete points 1 PHI THA SIN MAS INA F F T T E 2 2 210 256 0 4 185 308 1 3 279 303 4 0 338 260 C 3 1 319 204 SIN INA MAS PHI THA Q green1 Advance to the finals and to the 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge blue1 Advance to the third place battle red1 Eliminated Hosts Thailand and the Philippines already clinched the SEABA spots due to their top two placings with one more round to go. The Philippines won their second tournament title by defeating the hosts Thailand in the championship match, 97−80. West Asia The 2016 West Asian Basketball Association Championship in Amman, Jordan will determine West Asia's two qualifiers. Iran automatically qualified whether or not they win the tournament by virtue of being the host of the main tournament.https://www.fiba.basketball/news/saba-appointed-lebanon-head-coach https://archive.today/20160602233612/http://www.fiba.com/news/saba-appointed-lebanon-head-coach live June 2, 2016 Saba appointed Lebanon head coach 13 May 2016 FIBA Asia 17 May 2016 Nevertheless, they still reigned over the sub-zone tournament by sweeping their opponents.https://www.fiba.basketball/news/flawless-iran-crowned-waba-champions-jordan-and-iraq-clinch-fiba-asia-challenge-spots https://web.archive.org/web/20160605102528/http://www.fiba.com/news/flawless-iran-crowned-waba-champions-jordan-and-iraq-clinch-fiba-asia-challenge-spots live June 5, 2016 Flawless Iran crowned WABA Champions 4 June 2016 FIBA Asia 5 June 2016 main WL (1) Tournament points, (2) Head-to-head tournament points, (3) Head-to-head goal average, (4) Overall goal average, (5) Drawing of lots complete points 1 IRN JOR IRQ LIB SYR T qual qual E E 1 3 334 331 3 1 328 310 0 4 266 353 2 2 311 302 4 0 329 272 C LIB JOR SYR 1980 IRQ IRN Q green1 Qualification to 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge red1 Eliminated blue1 Qualified as the hosts of 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge #eee May 30 Amman IRN 81 LIB 75 May 30 Amman JOR 86 SYR 1980 63 #eee May 31 Amman SYR 1980 63 IRN 93 May 31 Amman IRQ 80 JOR 84 #eee June 1 Amman LIB 90 SYR 1980 79 June 1 Amman IRN 70 IRQ 59 #eee June 2 Amman IRQ 88 LIB 87 June 2 Amman IRN 85 JOR 75 #eee June 3 Amman LIB 82 JOR 83 June 3 Amman IRQ 84 SYR 1980 61 References Qual