POSTED BY: Eurobasket News
The stage is all set at Colombo, the capitol city of Sri Lanka for the 3rd FIBA ASIA U16 Championship for Women scheduled to be held from 23rd to 30th November 2013.
Total of 12 teams are qualified to participate in the third edition of the championship which will be played in the two levels. Following are the teams qualified for the championship.
LEVEL I
China (CHN)
Chinese Taipei (TPE)
India (IND)
Japan (JPN)
Korea (KOR)
Malaysia (MAS)
LEVEL II
Hong Kong (HKG)
Jordan (JOR)
Kazakhstan (KAZ)
Sri Lanka (SRI)
Indonesia (INA)
Thailand (THA)
The 12 teams are divided into two Levels the elite Level I and the qualifying Level II. Each team will play all the other teams in their Level in the Preliminary Round. The top four teams from Level I will qualify for the Semifinals.
This is the first time that Sri Lanka is hosting a FIBA Asia event. The top three teams from the 3rd FIBA Asia U16 Championship for Women will represent FIBA Asia in the 2014 FIBA World U17 Championship for Women which will be played at Bratislava (Slovak Republic) from July 10-July 20, 2014.
Japan are the defending champions of the championship. Japan and Korea represented FIBA Asia at the 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship for Women in Amsterdam (The Netherlands). Japan finished fourth, while Korea finished 9th. Two of the Japanese players Yunika Nakamura and Evelyn Mawuli went on to make the All Stars team for the tournament.
China were the Champions of the inaugural FIBA Asia U16 Championship for Women at Pune (India) in 2009 and then went on to win the bronze medal at the inaugural 2010 FIBA U17 World Championship for Women in France.
COMPETITION SCHEDULE
PRELIMINARY ROUND (L I = Level 1 / L II = Level 2)
23/11/2013: L II Kazakhstan VS Thailand
23/11/2013: L II Indonesia VS Jordan
23/11/2013: L I Japan VS India
23/11/2013: L I Ch. Taipei VS Malaysia
23/11/2013: L I Korea VS China
23/11/2013: L II Hong Kong VS Sri Lanka
24/11/2013: L II Kazakhstan VS Hong Kong
24/11/2013: L II Thailand VS Indonesia
24/11/2013: L I Ch. Taipei VS Japan
24/11/2013: L I China VS India
24/11/2013: L I Malaysia VS Korea
24/11/2013: L II Jordan VS Sri Lanka
25/11/2013: L II Hong Kong VS Jordan
25/11/2013: L II Indonesia VS Kazakhstan
25/11/2013: L I Japan VS China
25/11/2013: L I Korea VS Ch. Taipei
25/11/2013: L II ndia VS Malaysia
25/11/2013: L II Sri Lanka VS Thailand
26/11/2013: L II Indonesia VS Hong Kong
26/11/2013: L II Thailand VS Jordan
26/11/2013: L I Korea VS Japan
26/11/2013: L I Malaysia VS China
26/11/2013: L I Ch. Taipei VS India
26/11/2013: L II Kazakhstan VS Sri Lanka
27/11/2013: L II Thailand VS Hong Kong
27/11/2013: L II Jordan VS Kazakhstan
27/11/2013: L I Malaysia VS Japan
27/11/2013: L I India VS Korea
27/11/2013: L I China VS Ch. Taipei
27/11/2013: L II Sri Lanka VS Indonesia
FINAL ROUND
29/11/2013: SF1 Level I # 2 VS Level I # 3
29/11/2013: SF2 Level I #1 VS Level I #4
30/11/2013: 3/4 PLC Loser SF1 VS Loser SF2
30/11/2013: Final Winner SF1 VS Winner SF2
