2008 FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship

2008 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship
20th Asian Basketball Championship
Official website
2008 FIBA Asia U-18 Championship
Tournament details
Host nation	Iran
Dates	August 28 – September 5
Teams	15 (from 44 federations)
Venues	1 (in 1 host city)
Champions	Iran (2nd title)

The FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship 2008 is the 2008 edition of the FIBA Asia's youth championship for basketball. The games are held at Tehran, Iran

The top 3 teams qualified for the FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2009.

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Draw 3 Preliminary round 3.1 Group A 3.2 Group B 3.3 Group C 3.4 Group D 4 Quarterfinal round 4.1 Group I 4.2 Group II 4.3 Group III 4.4 Group IV 5 Classification 9th–14th 5.1 13th place 5.2 11th place 5.3 9th place 6 Classification 5th–8th 6.1 Semifinals 6.2 7th place 6.3 5th place 7 Final round 7.1 Semifinals 7.2 3rd place 7.3 Final 8 Final standing 9 Awards 10 External links

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 (2+1+2)	Gulf (2)	Middle Asia (2+1)	Southeast Asia (2)	West Asia (2+1+1)
China	Saudi Arabia	Kazakhstan	Philippines	Iran
Chinese Taipei	United Arab Emirates	India	Malaysia	Syria
Hong Kong		Uzbekistan		Lebanon
Japan				Jordan
Korea

Draw

Group A	Group B	Group C	Group D
China  Japan  Hong Kong  India	Korea  Saudi Arabia  Kazakhstan  Jordan	Chinese Taipei  Lebanon  Philippines  United Arab Emirates	Uzbekistan *  Syria  Malaysia  Iran

* Uzbekistan withdrew from the tournament; their replacements, Krygyzstan, withdrew too after the plane carrying their team crashed, killing half of their team.

Preliminary round

Group A

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

August 28 9:00	Report	China	115–61	Hong Kong		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Naser Abu-Rashed (JOR), Reza Javadi (IRI), Hussain Al-Bloushi (UAE)
		Scoring by quarter: 27–15, 28–7, 33–20, 27–19
		Pts: Li X.X. 17 Rebs: Li X.X., Wang Z. 11 Asts: Yu S.L., Cao F. 4		Pts: Chow K.W. 24 Rebs: Chow K.W. 13 Asts: Lau T.L., Chow K.W. 2

August 28 15:00	Report	Japan	96–71	India		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Anthony Sulit (PHI), Ayman Al-Momani (JOR), Wong Chung Min (MAS)
		Scoring by quarter: 22–30, 21–12, 23–17, 30–12
		Pts: Tateyama 21 Rebs: Tateyama 9 Asts: Ishikawa 5		Pts: Bhriguvanshi 22 Rebs: Pethani 12 Asts: P. Singh 4

August 29 11:00	Report	Hong Kong	60–102	Japan		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: J. Abdullah, Shahram Parniak (IRI), Huang Yi-chi (TPE)
		Scoring by quarter: 11–22, 16–17, 16–35, 17–28
		Pts: Chow K.W. 23 Rebs: Chow K.W. 13 Asts: Chow K.W. 3		Pts: Ishikawa 17 Rebs: Nagayoshi 8 Asts: Ishikawa 6

August 29 15:00	Report	India	49–98	China		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran
		Scoring by quarter: 18–31, 7–20, 13–24, 11–23
		Pts: Rathore 12		Pts: Wang Z. 25

August 30 9:00	Report	China	119–59	Japan		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Hassan Nikkhah (IRI), Arsen Andryushkin (KAZ)
		Scoring by quarter: 23–18, 33–2, 32–18, 31–21
		Pts: Ren J.F. 22 Rebs: Li X.X. 12 Asts: Cao F. 6		Pts: Nagayoshi 15 Rebs: Hiejima 7 Asts: Karino, Ishikawa 2

August 30 13:00	Report	Hong Kong	64–110	India		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Amir Hossein Safarzadeh (IRI), Ahmed Ghanem (EGY), Mohammad Doust (IRI)
		Scoring by quarter: 20–25, 13–30, 13–32, 18–23
		Pts: Chow K.W. 17 Rebs: Lau T.L. 10 Asts: Five players 1		Pts: Bhriguvanshi 25 Rebs: Rathee 8 Asts: Shakya 9

Group B

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

August 28 11:00	Report	Saudi Arabia	83–110	Jordan		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Qiao Longsheng (CHN), Huang Yi-chi (TPE), Jafar Mohammadpour (IRI)
		Scoring by quarter: 16–38, 21–24, 25–30, 21–18
		Pts: Fallatah 19 Rebs: Abu-Swyhel 6 Asts: Abu-Swyhel 6		Pts: L. Obeidi 37 Rebs: Shaneik 14 Asts: Shaneik 3

August 28 13:00	Report	Korea	65–62	Kazakhstan		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: J. Abdullah, Takeo Kitazawa (JPN), Nazir Al-Saudi (LIB)
		Scoring by quarter: 15–12, 21–21, 12–18, 17–11
		Pts: Lim J.I. 19 Rebs: Lee S. 13 Asts: Jang J.S., Yoo B.H. 3		Pts: Ledovskikh 17 Rebs: Akhmet 10 Asts: Ismail, Ledovskikh 2

August 29 9:00	Report	Jordan	69–78	Korea		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Aleksandr Gorshkov (RUS), Anthony Sulit (PHI), Jafar Mohammadpour (IRI)
		Scoring by quarter: 22–23, 9–20, 15–19, 23–16
		Pts: L. Obeidi 32 Rebs: Abu-Qamar 14 Asts: L. Obeidi 3		Pts: Lim J.I. 29 Rebs: Jang J.S., Lee S. 9 Asts: Yoo B.H. 7

August 29 13:00	Report	Kazakhstan	101–72	Saudi Arabia		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Nobuyasu Aibara (JPN), Hassan Nikkhah (IRI), Salem Al-Zaabi (UAE)
		Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 26–12, 29–29, 23–16
		Pts: Akhmet 30 Rebs: Tyutyunik 11 Asts: Ledovskikh 6		Pts: Bin Mohammed 25 Rebs: J. Al-Dosari 6 Asts: Abu-Swyhel 4

August 30 11:00	Report	Kazakhstan	101–79	Jordan		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Anthony Sulit (PHI), Takeo Kitazawa (JPN)
		Scoring by quarter: 27–25, 29–21, 24–13, 21–20
		Pts: Arsenyev 25 Rebs: Akhmet 13 Asts: Arsenyev 5		Pts: Abu-Qamar 24 Rebs: Abu-Qamar 11 Asts: Katami 4

August 30 15:00	Report	Korea	103–97	Saudi Arabia	OT	Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Nazir Al-Saudi (LIB), Hussain Al-Bloushi (UAE), Mohammad Al-Fakhouri (SYR)
		Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 22–21, 22–22, 19–22, OT: 19–13
		Pts: Park J.H. 20 Rebs: Lim J.I. 20 Asts: Lim J.S., Yoo B.H. 3		Pts: Abu-Swyhel 22 Rebs: Al-Subaie 9 Asts: Bin Mohammed 5

Group C

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Lebanon	3	3	0	258	225	+33	6
Philippines	3	2	1	263	246	+17	5
Chinese Taipei	3	1	2	274	255	+19	4
United Arab Emirates	3	0	3	169	238	−69	3

August 28 20:00	Report	Chinese Taipei	105–106	Philippines	2OT	Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Aleksandr Gorshkov (RUS), Mohammad Al-Fakhouri (SYR), Arsen Andryushkin (KAZ)
		Scoring by quarter: 16–28, 18–17, 26–21, 28–22, OT: 8–8, 9–10
		Pts: Chou P.C. 35 Rebs: Lin W.H. 9 Asts: Lin W.H. 3		Pts: Garcia, Banal 18 Rebs: Garcia 10 Asts: Wright 4

August 28 22:00	Report	Lebanon	76–61	United Arab Emirates		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Amir Hossein Safarzadeh (IRI), Ahmed Ghanem (EGY), Rajnarayan Patro (IND)
		Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 11–9, 22–20, 18–23
		Pts: Ibrahim 23 Rebs: Khoury 20 Asts: Zaloum 7		Pts: Khalifa 15 Rebs: Omar, Mohamed 9 Asts: Khalifa 4

August 29 19:00	Report	Philippines	84–87	Lebanon		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Qiao Longsheng (CHN), Takeo Kitazawa (JPN)
		Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 23–18, 21–22, 18–26
		Pts: Garcia 28 Rebs: Mendoza, Torres 7 Asts: Marata 3		Pts: El-Nar 32 Rebs: Maatouk, Aoun 10 Asts: Akl 6

August 29 21:00	Report	United Arab Emirates	54–89	Chinese Taipei		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Amir Hossein Safarzadeh (IRI), Andy Cheung (HKG), Naser Abu-Rashed (JOR)
		Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 18–28, 8–17, 11–21
		Pts: Khalifa 19 Rebs: Mohamed 11 Asts: Khalifa 2		Pts: Lee M.H. 18 Rebs: Chanj P.W., Chunj H.N. 6 Asts: Lin L.J. 3

August 30 19:00	Report	Chinese Taipei	80–95	Lebanon		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: J. Abdullah, Reza Javadi (IRI), Ayman Al-Momani (JOR)
		Scoring by quarter: 19–29, 14–17, 23–28, 24–21
		Pts: Lin L.J., Lee M.H. 19 Rebs: Chou P.C. 7 Asts: Lee M.H. 4		Pts: Ibrahim 33 Rebs: Aoun 11 Asts: Zaloum 4

August 30 21:00	Report	Philippines	73–54	United Arab Emirates		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Naser Abu-Rashed (JOR), Nobuyasu Aibara (JPN), Rajnarayan Patro (IND)
		Scoring by quarter: 22–10, 19–14, 17–8, 15–22
		Pts: Marata 16 Rebs: Torres 7 Asts: de Guzman, Torres 3		Pts: Khalifa 23 Rebs: Khalid 7 Asts: Khalifa 2

Group D

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

August 28 18:00	Report	Malaysia	61–102	Iran		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Nobuyasu Aibara (JPN), Liang Bing (CHN)
		Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 21–26, 19–23, 1–29
		Pts: Ong C.K. 16 Rebs: Kwaan Y.J. 7 Asts: Ma C.K., Te K.L. 2		Pts: Farman 25 Rebs: Hassanzadeh 13 Asts: Amjad 7

August 29 17:00	Report	Syria	100–63	Malaysia		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Arsen Andryushkin (KAZ), Rajnarayan Patro (IND)
		Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 21–15, 28–16, 30–18
		Pts: Al-Sebaay, Gneed 17 Rebs: Osfira 14 Asts: Al-Shatti 3		Pts: Ong C.K. 25 Rebs: Kwaan Y.J. 11 Asts: Ong C.K. 2

August 30 17:00	Report	Iran	100–73	Syria		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Aleksandr Gorshkov (RUS), Andy Cheung (HKG), Liang Bing (CHN)
		Scoring by quarter: 24–15, 25–13, 25–22, 26–23
		Pts: Hassanzadeh 26 Rebs: Hassanzadeh 17 Asts: Honarmand 6		Pts: Al-Sebaay 16 Rebs: Abdulnour 7 Asts: Gneed 4

Quarterfinal round

Group I

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

August 31 15:00	Report	China	0–20	Syria		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Anthony Sulit (PHI), Andy Cheung (HKG), Naser Abu-Rashed (JOR)
		Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 17–18, 4–6
		Forfeit
		Pts: Li X.X. 14 Rebs: Li X.X 9 Asts: Yu S.L. 4		Pts: Al-Jabe 18 Rebs: Gneed 5 Asts: Diarbakrly 2

August 31 19:00	Report	Kazakhstan	106–103	Lebanon	2OT	Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Aleksandr Gorshkov (RUS), Hassan Nikkhah (IRI), Shahram Parniak (IRI)
		Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 11–22, 29–19, 22–19, OT: 10–10, 14–11
		Pts: Arsenyev 30 Rebs: Akhmet 18 Asts: Ismail, Ledovskikh 3		Pts: Ibrahim 49 Rebs: Khoury 9 Asts: Akl 5

September 1 15:00	Report	Lebanon	74–101	China		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: J. Abdullah, Reza Javadi (IRI), Nobuyasu Aibara (JPN)
		Scoring by quarter: 21–29, 13–19, 18–22, 22–31
		Pts: Ibrahim 34 Rebs: Ibrahim 6 Asts: Akl 4		Pts: Li X.X. 27 Rebs: Li X.X. 10 Asts: Zhao H.W. 7

September 1 21:00	Report	Syria	81–83	Kazakhstan		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Takeo Kitazawa (JPN), Amir Hossein Safarzadeh (IRI)
		Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 17–15, 22–32, 23–18
		Pts: Gneed 22 Rebs: Sder 10 Asts: Bawadekji, Al-Samman 3		Pts: Arsenyev 28 Rebs: Akhmet 12 Asts: Ismail 6

September 2 15:00	Report	China	97–64	Kazakhstan		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Takeo Kitazawa (JPN), Ayman Al-Momani (JOR)
		Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 26–28, 20–16, 30–11
		Pts: Liu S.N. 25 Rebs: Dong H.L. 12 Asts: Ren J.W. 3		Pts: Arsenyev 17 Rebs: Zhigulin 6 Asts: Ledovskikh 3

September 2 21:00	Report	Lebanon	90–80	Syria		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Aleksandr Gorshkov (RUS), Nobuyasu Aibara (JPN), Amir Hossein Safarzadeh (IRI)
		Scoring by quarter: 30–20, 15–17, 21–19, 24–24
		Pts: Ibrahim 34 Rebs: Ibrahim 9 Asts: Maatouk, Aoun, Akl 2		Pts: Bawadekji 25 Rebs: Sder 10 Asts: Al-Jabe, Al-Sebaay 2

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

Group II

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

August 31 17:00	Report	Japan	91–111	Iran		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: J. Abdullah, Hussain Al-Bloushi (UAE), Nazir Al-Saudi (LIB)
		Scoring by quarter: 21–24, 25–29, 17–25, 28–33
		Pts: Karino 23 Rebs: Nagayoshi 11 Asts: Ishikawa 8		Pts: Salmani 22 Rebs: Hassanzadeh 22 Asts: Falahat 8

August 31 21:00	Report	Korea	98–80	Philippines		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Andy Cheung (HKG)
		Scoring by quarter: 24–23, 26–16, 23–18, 25–23
		Pts: Lim J.I. 23 Rebs: Lim J.I. 6 Asts: Yoo B.H. 6		Pts: Garcia, Mendoza 14 Rebs: Torres 10 Asts: Wright 4

September 1 17:00	Report	Iran	85–79	Korea		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Aleksandr Gorshkov (RUS), Hussain Al-Bloushi (UAE), Rajnarayan Patro (IND)
		Scoring by quarter: 14–22, 12–17, 29–22, 30–18
		Pts: Salmani 20 Rebs: Hassanzadeh 19 Asts: Falahat 7		Pts: Park J.H. 23 Rebs: Lee S. 12 Asts: Yoo B.H. 4

September 1 19:00	Report	Philippines	78–86	Japan		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Andy Cheung (HKG), Nazir Al-Saudi (LIB)
		Scoring by quarter: 18–21, 21–25, 20–18, 19–22
		Pts: Torres 24 Rebs: Torres 10 Asts: Garcia, Tolentino 3		Pts: Karino 25 Rebs: Nagayoshi 8 Asts: Ishikawa 8

September 2 17:00	Report	Philippines	85–84	Iran		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Naser Abu-Rashed (JOR), Hussain Al-Bloushi (UAE)
		Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 20–16, 17–22, 33–27
		Pts: Wright 13 Rebs: Torres 10 Asts: de Guzman 4		Pts: Farman 19 Rebs: Hassanzadeh 19 Asts: Honarmand 4

September 2 19:00	Report	Japan	81–75	Korea		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: J. Abdullah, Qiao Longsheng (CHN), Huang Yi-chi (TPE)
		Scoring by quarter: 17–25, 14–12, 27–17, 23–21
		Pts: Hiejima 26 Rebs: Taniguchi 9 Asts: Hiejima, Ishikawa 6		Pts: Park K.S. 22 Rebs: Lee S. 15 Asts: Park K.S., Yoo B.H. 2

Group III

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Chinese Taipei	2	2	0	204	178	+26	4
Saudi Arabia	2	1	1	171	186	−15	3
India	2	0	2	163	174	−11	2

August 31 9:00	Report	Saudi Arabia	92–109	Chinese Taipei		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Nobuyasu Aibara (JPN), Qiao Longsheng (CHN), Salem Al-Zaabi (UAE)
		Scoring by quarter: 12–31, 18–31, 25–27, 37–20
		Pts: Abu-Swyhel 32 Rebs: Al-Subaie 9 Asts: Abu-Swyhel 4		Pts: Chanj P.W., Lin L.J. 18 Rebs: Lin Y.H. 9 Asts: Lai K.W. 7

September 1 11:00	Report	Chinese Taipei	95–86	India		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Naser Abu-Rashed (JOR), Mohammad Al-Fakhouri (SYR), Ayman Al-Momani (JOR)
		Scoring by quarter: 24–25, 24–21, 24–19, 23–21
		Pts: Chou P.C. 31 Rebs: Chou P.C. 8 Asts: Lai K.W., Lee M.H., Lin W.H. 2		Pts: Bhriguvanshi 32 Rebs: Shakya 8 Asts: Shakya, A. Singh 2

September 2 23:00	Report	India	77–79	Saudi Arabia		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Reza Javadi (IRI), Andy Cheung (HKG), Salem Al-Zaabi (UAE)
		Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 16–18, 18–20, 24–24
		Pts: Rathore 19 Rebs: Rathore 14 Asts: Pal 4		Pts: Abu-Swyhel 24 Rebs: Abu-Swyhel 6 Asts: Five players 1

Group IV

Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Jordan	3	3	0	246	174	+72	6
Hong Kong	3	2	1	210	226	−16	5
United Arab Emirates	3	1	2	204	239	−35	4
Malaysia	3	0	3	233	254	−21	3

August 31 11:00	Report	Hong Kong	85–82	Malaysia		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Takeo Kitazawa (JPN), Huang Yi-chi (TPE), Jafar Mohammadpour (IRI)
		Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 22–27, 20–16, 22–21
		Pts: Chow K.W. 29 Rebs: Lau H.T. 10 Asts: Yan S.C. 3		Pts: Ong C.K. 29 Rebs: Kuek T.Y., Tan C.K. 8 Asts: Te K.L. 4

August 31 13:00	Report	Jordan	88–49	United Arab Emirates		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Amir Hossein Safarzadeh (IRI), Liang Bing (CHN), Mohammad Al-Fakhouri (SYR)
		Scoring by quarter: 25–9, 23–17, 24–11, 16–12
		Pts: Shaneik 29 Rebs: Abu-Qamar 14 Asts: Katami, Abu-Qamar 3		Pts: Khalifa 15 Rebs: Omar 8 Asts: Khalid 2

September 1 9:00	Report	United Arab Emirates	70–72	Hong Kong	OT	Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Liang Bing (CHN), Arsen Andryushkin (KAZ), Ahmed Ghanem (EGY)
		Scoring by quarter: 12–22, 25–4, 13–21, 10–13, OT: 10–12
		Pts: Khalifa 27 Rebs: Omar, Khalifa, Mohamed 8 Asts: Khalil, Khalifa 3		Pts: Lau H.T. 20 Rebs: Lau H.T. 11 Asts: Yan S.C. 3

September 1 13:00	Report	Malaysia	72–84	Jordan		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Qiao Longsheng (CHN), Hassan Nikkhah (IRI), Mohammad Doust (IRI)
		Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 14–22, 20–25, 16–19
		Pts: Kwaan Y.J. 27 Rebs: Kuek T.Y. 12 Asts: Ong C.K. 3		Pts: L. Obeidi 35 Rebs: Abu-Qamar 23 Asts: L. Obeidi 5

September 2 11:00	Report	Hong Kong	53–74	Jordan		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Arsen Andryushkin (KAZ), Mohammad Al-Fakhouri (SYR), Anthony Sulit (PHI)
		Scoring by quarter: 11–31, 9–14, 13–17, 20–12
		Pts: Chow K.W. 17 Rebs: Chow K.W. 15 Asts: Lau T.L. 2		Pts: Abu-Qamar 23 Rebs: Abu-Qamar 16 Asts: Shaneik 6

September 2 13:00	Report	United Arab Emirates	85–79	Malaysia		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Hassan Nikkhah (IRI), Shahram Parniak (IRI), Liang Bing (CHN)
		Scoring by quarter: 24–20, 17–13, 22–31, 22–15
		Pts: Khalifa 22 Rebs: Omar 10 Asts: Khalil 3		Pts: Gan H.H. 20 Rebs: Tan C.K. 11 Asts: Ong C.K. 3

Classification 9th–14th

13th place

September 3 22:00	Report	India	78–75	United Arab Emirates		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ahmed Ghanem (EGY), Jafar Mohammadpour (IRI), Ayman Al-Momani (JOR)
		Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 23–21, 12–20, 23–15
		Pts: Bhriguvanshi 24 Rebs: A. Singh 9 Asts: A. Singh 3		Pts: Khalifa 30 Rebs: Omar 8 Asts: Khalifa 5

11th place

September 4 21:00	Report	Saudi Arabia	86–75	Hong Kong		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Nobuyasu Aibara (JPN), Mohammad Al-Fakhouri (SYR), Mohammad Doust (IRI)
		Scoring by quarter: 18–19, 21–11, 20–32, 27–13
		Pts: Bin Mohammed 18 Rebs: Bin Mohammed 11 Asts: Fallatah 4		Pts: Chow K.W. 23 Rebs: Chow K.W. 16 Asts: Four players 2

9th place

September 4 11:00	Report	Chinese Taipei	102–89	Jordan		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Takeo Kitazawa (JPN), Hussain Al-Bloushi (UAE), Arsen Andryushkin (KAZ)
		Scoring by quarter: 26–21, 12–19, 30–33, 34–16
		Pts: Lee M.H. 26		Pts: L. Obeidi 31

Classification 5th–8th

	Semifinals				5th place
	September 4
	China	86
	Philippines	63
					September 5
					China	106
					Korea	97
					7th place
	September 4			September 5
	Korea	93		Philippines	74
	Lebanon	72			Lebanon	63

Semifinals

September 4 13:00	Report	China	86–63	Philippines		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: J. Abdullah, Reza Javadi (IRI), Hassan Nikkhah (IRI)
		Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 21–21, 28–18, 20–13
		Pts: Ren J.F. 27 Rebs: Wang Z. 16 Asts: Ren J.F. 4		Pts: Wright 16 Rebs: Sangalang, Golla, Torres 5 Asts: Wright 2

September 4 15:00	Report	Korea	93–72	Lebanon		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW), Qiao Longsheng (CHN), Naser Abu-Rashed (JOR)
		Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 25–7, 21–25, 24–25
		Pts: Park K.S. 21 Rebs: Lee S. 10 Asts: Yoo B.H. 5		Pts: Khoury 18 Rebs: Khoury 12 Asts: Zaloum 5

7th place

September 5 11:00	Report	Philippines	74–63	Lebanon		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Andy Cheung (HKG), Takeo Kitazawa (JPN), Rajnarayan Patro (IND)
		Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 23–16, 12–14, 22–15
		Pts: de Guzman 15		Pts: Ibrahim 14

5th place

September 5 15:00	Report	China	106–97	Korea		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Reza Javadi (IRI), Naser Abu-Rashed (JOR), Nazir Al-Saudi (LIB)
		Scoring by quarter: 19–19, 24–24, 34–23, 29–31
		Pts: Cao F. 23		Pts: Lim J.I. 27

Final round

	Semifinals				Final
	September 4
	Iran	80
	Syria	78
					September 5
					Iran	95
					Kazakhstan	76
					3rd place
	September 4			September 5
	Japan	78		Syria	93
	Kazakhstan	103			Japan	86

Semifinals

September 4 17:00	Report	Iran	80–78	Syria		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Aleksandr Gorshkov (RUS), Anthony Sulit (PHI), Andy Cheung (HKG)
		Scoring by quarter: 21–23, 23–15, 23–26, 13–14
		Pts: Hassanzadeh 27 Rebs: Hassanzadeh 24 Asts: Honarmand 5		Pts: Bawadekji 22 Rebs: Sder 8 Asts: Al-Samman 3

September 4 19:00	Report	Japan	78–103	Kazakhstan		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Nazir Al-Saudi (LIB), Rajnarayan Patro (IND)
		Scoring by quarter: 20–22, 17–22, 22–30, 19–29
		Pts: Hiejima 23 Rebs: Nagayoshi 9 Asts: Hiejima, Ishikawa 3		Pts: Akhmet 31 Rebs: Tyutyunik, Akhmet 13 Asts: Ismail 6

3rd place

September 5 13:00	Report	Syria	93–86	Japan		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Ivan Zachara (CZE), Amir Hossein Safarzadeh (IRI), J. Abdullah
		Scoring by quarter: 22–17, 19–11, 20–28, 32–30
		Pts: Gneed 24 Rebs: Sder 10 Asts: Al-Jabe 5		Pts: Hiejima 25 Rebs: Nagayoshi 9 Asts: Ishikawa 7

Final

September 5 17:00	Report	Iran	95–76	Kazakhstan		Azadi Basketball Hall, Tehran Referees: Aleksandr Gorshkov (RUS), Nobuyasu Aibara (JPN), Mohammad Al-Amiri (KUW)
		Scoring by quarter: 25–19, 34–18, 22–21, 14–18
		Pts: Shirjang 24 Rebs: Hassanzadeh 12 Asts: Falahat 5		Pts: Tyutyunik, Arsenyev, Skornyakov 18 Rebs: Akhmet 12 Asts: Ledovskikh 4

Final standing

Qualified for the 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

Rank	Team	Record
1 !	Iran	6–1
2 !	Kazakhstan	5–3
3 !	Syria	3–4
4	Japan	4–4
5	China	7–1
6	Korea	5–3
7	Philippines	4–4
8	Lebanon	4–4
9	Chinese Taipei	4–2
10	Jordan	4–3
11	Saudi Arabia	2–4
12	Hong Kong	2–5
13	India	2–4
14	United Arab Emirates	1–6
15	Malaysia	0–5

Awards

2008 Asian Under-18 Champions
Iran Second title

External links

• Official website
• Fiba Asia

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