FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship for Women
The FIBA Under-18 Women's Asia Cup is an international under-18 basketball championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Asia zone. The tournament started in 1970, and is held biennially. The top four teams qualify toward the FI ...
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FIBA Asia
FIBA Asia is a zone within the FIBA, International Basketball Federation (FIBA) which contains Asian FIBA member associations.
Sub-zones
44 member associations in 6 sub-zones:
# Central Asia Basketball Association (CABA) – 5 member associati ...
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basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...
championship for females under 18 years of age. The games were played in
Medan
Medan ( , ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the Indonesian Provinces of Indonesia, province of North Sumatra. The nearby Strait of Malacca, Port of Belawan, and Kualanamu International Airport make Medan a regional hub and multi ...
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Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...
, from November 2 to 9, 2008.
The championship is divided into two levels: Level I and Level II. The top three teams of Level I at the end of the tournament qualifies for the World U-19 Championship for Women. The two lowest finishers of Level I meets the top two finishers to determine which teams qualify for Level for 2010's championship. The losers are relegated to Level II.
Participating teams
Preliminary round
Level I
Level II
Qualifying round
Winners are promoted to Level I for the 2010 championships.
Final round
Semifinals
3rd place
Final
Final standing
Awards
External links
FIBA Asiawww.jabba-net.com
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2008 in women's basketball
2008–09 in Asian basketball
2008–09 in Indonesian basketball
International women's basketball competitions hosted by Indonesia
2008 in youth sport
2008 in Indonesian women's sport