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2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship

Field	Value
title	2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
continent	Asia U-18
year	2008
logo	FIBA Asia 2007 U-18 logo.jpg
size	200
caption	Official logo of the 2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship
host
city	Tehran
dates	August 28 – September 5
teams	15
confederations	1
venues	1
cities	1
champions	IRN
title_number	2
second	KAZ
third	SYR
third-flagvar	1980
website	2008 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship
prevseason	2006
nextseason	2010

| third-flagvar= 1980

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)

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D

Turkey withdrew from the tournament.

Preliminary round

Group A

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

Group B

Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
3	3	0	246	228	+18	6
3	2	1	264	216	+48	5
3	1	2	258	262	−4	4
3	0	3	252	314	−62	3

Group C

Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
3	3	0	258	225	+33	6
3	2	1	263	246	+17	5
3	1	2	274	255	+19	4
3	0	3	169	238	−69	3

Group D

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

Quarterfinal round

Group I

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

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

Group II

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

Group III

Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
2	2	0	204	178	+26	4
2	1	1	171	186	−15	3
2	0	2	163	174	−11	2

Group IV

Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
3	3	0	246	174	+72	6
3	2	1	210	226	−16	5
3	1	2	204	239	−35	4
3	0	3	233	254	−21	3

Classification 9th–14th

13th place

11th place

9th place

Classification 5th–8th

|September 4||86||63 |September 4||93||72 |September 5||106||97 |September 5||74||63

Semifinals

7th place

5th place

Final round

|September 4||80||78 |September 4||78||103 |September 5||95||76 |September 5||93||86

Semifinals

3rd place

Final

Final standing

	Qualified for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

Rank	Team	Record
		6–1
		5–3
		3–4
4		4–4
5		7–1
6		5–3
7		4–4
8		4–4
9		4–2
10		4–3
11		2–4
12		2–5
13		2–4
14		1–6
15		0–5

Awards

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