2011 FIBA Asia U16 Championship Schedule, Live Update, and Results

The 2nd FIBA Asia U16 Championship is the qualifying event for the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship to be played in Lithuania from July 17-26, 2012. Philippines is in Group D together with Indonesia and Vietnam for the Preliminary Round.

Team Philippines will meet Indonesia for their opening game on October 19 and Vietnam on October 20.The top two teams from the 2nd FIBA Asia U16 Championship will represent FIBA Asia at Lithuania.

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Groupings for the Preliminary Round
Group A: China, India, Malaysia, Ch.Taipei
Group B: Korea, Iraq, Uzbekistan, Lebanon
Group C: I.R.Iran, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Japan
Group D: Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam

The schedule of games for the Preliminary Round of the 2nd FIBA Asia U16 Championship has been announced.

System of Competition

The 16 teams are pooled into four groups of four teams each for the Preliminary Round.

The top three teams from each group will advance to the Second Round, and will be drawn into two groups of six teams each.

In the Second Round, each team will carry forward the results against the other qualifying teams in their Preliminary Round group and will play against teams qualifying from the other Preliminary Round group. The top four teams from each Second Round will qualify for the Quarterfinals, from which stage it will be a knockout.

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Team Standings:
Group A
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
China 2 2 0 139 71 +68 4
India 2 1 1 120 104 +16 3
Chinese Taipei 2 1 1 115 112 +3 3
Malaysia 2 0 2 77 164 -87 2

Group B
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Korea 2 2 0 164 135 +29 4
Lebanon 2 1 1 173 112 +61 3
Iraq 2 1 1 170 105 +65 3
Uzbekistan 2 0 2 53 208 -155 2

Group C
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Japan 2 2 0 106 36 +70 4
Saudi Arabia 3 2 1 141 133 +8 5
Qatar 2 1 1 67 85 -18 3
Iran 3 0 3 0 60 -60 0

Group D
Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
Philippines 1 1 0 93 30 +63 2
Indonesia 2 1 1 105 154 -49 3
Vietnam 1 0 1 61 75 -14 1

Results:
Philippines vs Indonesia Result- Click here!
Philippines vs Vietnam Result- Click here!

Update: October 22- source GMANews

The Philippines marched into the second round of the 2nd FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship holding the top seeding in Group F in the 2nd FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship.

They will face Qatar on Saturday (October 22), Saudi Arabia on Sunday (October 23) and Japan on Monday (October 24). Pilipinas-Energen hopes to sweep their games to earn a spot in the quarterfinals.

The top two teams that emerge from the competition will qualify for the FIBA U17 World Championship in Lithuania in 2012.

For FIBA Asia U-16 Second Round, Results and Update, click here!

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