2018 FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship

	2018 FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship The 2018 FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship was the 25th edition of the Asian Championship for Junior Men aged 18 years old and below. The tournament was held in Nonthaburi, Thailand from August 5 to 11. held off , 72−63, to win their first-ever Under-18 Asian title in their debut, while avenged their Preliminary Round loss to the , 76−57, to secure third place in the final day of competition. The top four teams qualified and will represent FIBA Asia in the 2019 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Greece. Qualification Qualified teams * Host Nation (1) ** * Defending Champions (1) ** * Central Asia (1) ** * East Asia (4) * the Gulf (2) * South Asia (1) ** * Southeast Asia (2) * West Asia (2) * Oceania (2) Format This edition of the tournament will be using a different format as compared to what was used since 2010. While there would still be a preliminary round robin of four groups of four teams, the single-el ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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	Single-elimination Tournament A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion. Each match-up may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European sports or best-of series in American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progressing to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, often c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Yuki Kawamura Yuki Kawamura is a Japanese basketball player for the Yokohama B-Corsairs of the B.League. Professional career As a high schooler, Kawamura started his career under "special designated player" status with the San-en NeoPhoenix in January 2020. In his first game, Kawamura became the youngest player in B.League history at only 18 years of age. During the offseason, Kawamura moved to Yokohama to join the B-Corsairs, still under special designation. Kawamura became fully professional at the beginning of the 2022–23 season, and immediately made an impact, winning the B.League's MVP award. In addition, he won Rookie of the Year and was placed on the Best Five team. National team career Kawamura first represented Japan at the 2017 FIBA U16 Asian Championships. He made his senior debut in July 2022. Kawamura represented Japan at the 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup The 2023 FIBA Basketball World Cup will be the 19th tournament of the FIBA Basketball World Cup for men's national b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Seishin Yokochi Seishin may refer to: Seishin-ni, a Japanese Samurai woman Chouseishin, a series Seishin Joshi, a private school Seishin, Korea, now Chongjin, North Korea Seishin-Chūō Station, a railway station in Nishi-ku, Kobe Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ... , Japan. {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Takuto Nakamura Takuto (written: 拓人, 拓土, 拓斗, 拓門, 卓人, 巧和, 焚吐, 寛太) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: , Japanese singer and songwriter , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese footballer , Japanese racing driver , Japanese badminton player , Japanese footballer , Japanese cyclist , Japanese tennis player , Japanese former baseball player , Japanese sport wrestler , Japanese footballer Fictional characters , a character in the video game ''Persona 5 Royal'' , the protagonist of the anime series ''Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto'' , known in English as Tobias, a recurring character in the anime series ''Pokémon'' {{given name Japanese masculine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Keisei Tominaga is a Japanese college basketball player for the Nebraska Cornhuskers of the Big Ten Conference. He previously played for Ranger College. Tominaga has been a member of the Japan men's national basketball team and the national 3x3 team. High school career Tominaga attended Sakuragaoka Gakuen High School in Aichi Prefecture and played for its basketball team. As a senior, he averaged 39.8 points per game at the All-Japan Championship, an annual national high school tournament. During the third-place game, he posted a tournament-high 46 points in a 76–65 win over the Teikyo Nagaoka of Niigata Prefecture. College career Ranger Freshman On November 1, 2019, Tominaga made his collegiate debut for the Ranger College, against the Missouri State University–West Plains, scoring 19 points in a 100–84 win. On November 16, he logged a season-high 34 points in a 110–60 victory against Victoria College. On November 28, Tominaga verbally committed to play for NCAA Division I program ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Nickson Damara Gosal Nickson is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arthur Nickson (1902–1974), British writer of western fiction David Nickson, Baron Nickson (born 1929), British businessman Elizabeth Nickson, Canadian journalist George Nickson (1864–1924), Anglican bishop Hilda Nickson aka Hilda Pressley (1912–1977), British writer of romance novels J. J. Nickson (1915–1985), American physician Julia Nickson (born 1958), Singaporean-born American actress Nick Nickson (born 1953), American sportscaster Susan Nickson (born 1982), English television screenwriter See also Nixon (other) Richard Nixon (1913–1994) was the president of the United States from 1969 to 1974. Nixon may also refer to: Places Canada Nixon, Ontario, a hamlet United States Nixon, Nevada, a US census-designated place Nixon, New Jersey, an unincorporate ... {{DEFAULTSORT:Nickson English-language surnames Patronymic surnames Surnames from given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Mohammad Amin Darvish Nezhad Muhammad ( ar, مُحَمَّد; 570 – 8 June 632 CE) was an Arab religious, social, and political leader and the founder of Islam. According to Islamic doctrine, he was a prophet divinely inspired to preach and confirm the monotheistic teachings of Adam, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and other prophets. He is believed to be the Seal of the Prophets within Islam. Muhammad united Arabia into a single Muslim polity, with the Quran as well as his teachings and practices forming the basis of Islamic religious belief. Muhammad was born approximately 570CE in Mecca. He was the son of Abdullah ibn Abd al-Muttalib and Amina bint Wahb. His father Abdullah was the son of Quraysh tribal leader Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim, and he died a few months before Muhammad's birth. His mother Amina died when he was six, leaving Muhammad an orphan. He was raised under the care of his grandfather, Abd al-Muttalib, and paternal uncle, Abu Talib. In later years, he would periodically seclude himsel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ali Kashani ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, عَلِيّ بْن أَبِي طَالِب; 600 – 661 CE) was the last of four Rightly Guided Caliphs to rule Islam (r. 656 – 661) immediately after the death of Muhammad, and he was the first Shia Imam. The issue of his succession caused a major rift between Muslims and divided them into Shia and Sunni groups. Ali was assassinated in the Grand Mosque of Kufa in 661 by the forces of Mu'awiya, who went on to found the Umayyad Caliphate. The Imam Ali Shrine and the city of Najaf were built around Ali's tomb and it is visited yearly by millions of devotees. Ali was a cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, raised by him from the age of 5, and accepted his claim of divine revelation by age 11, being among the first to do so. Ali played a pivotal role in the early years of Islam while Muhammad was in Mecca and under severe persecution. After Muhammad's relocation to Medina in 622, Ali married his daughter Fatima and, among others, fathered Hasan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Final Round A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion. Each match-up may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European sports or best-of series in American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progressing to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, often c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]