2026 FIBA U18 Asia Cup
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The 2026 FIBA U18 Asia Cup is an upcoming international under-18 men's basketball tournament that will be held in Ahmedabad, India, from 13 to 23 August 2026.[1] It will be the 28th edition of the biennial FIBA Under-18 Asia Cup, previously known as the FIBA U18 Asian Championship. The tournament also serves as a qualification for the 2027 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Czechia, where the top four teams will qualify.
| 28th FIBA Under-18 Asian Basketball Championship | |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country | India |
| City | Ahmedabad |
| Dates | 13−23 August |
| Teams | 16 (from 2 confederations) |
| Venue | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Official website | |
| www | |
Qualification
Allocation of berths and auto qualifiers
According to FIBA Asia rules, the number of participating teams in the FIBA U18 Asian Championship is set at 16. The hosts and the defending champions qualified automatically. The host does not take its subzone's berth and the defending champions do. All FIBA Asia subzones got two berths each, except for the Central and South Asian subzones, which got one berth each. FIBA Oceania got two berths. The last three berths were allocated to Asian subzones based on their teams' results in the 2024 FIBA U18 Asia Cup.
| Subzone | Default berths | Additional berth as host | Additional berths as top 3 Asian teams from last championship | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Asia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| East Asia | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Gulf | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| South Asia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Southeast Asia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| West Asia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| FIBA Oceania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2[a] |
| Total | 12 | 1 | 3 | 16 |
| Subzone | Host | Defending champion |
|---|---|---|
| Central Asia | 0 | 0 |
| East Asia | 0 | 0 |
| Gulf | 0 | 0 |
| South Asia | 1 | 0 |
| Southeast Asia | 0 | 0 |
| West Asia | 0 | 0 |
| FIBA Oceania | 0 | 1[a] |
| Total | 1 | 1 |
Qualified teams
| Means of qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualified Team/s |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Host nation | 13 May 2026 |  Beirut | 1 |  India |
| 2024 FIBA U18 Asia Cup finalists | 2−9 September 2024 |  Amman | 2[a] |  Australia New Zealand |
| 2026 U18 CABA Qualifier | 7−9 April 2026[2] |  Tashkent | 1 |  Kazakhstan |
| 2026 U18 EABA Qualifier | 2−7 June 2026[3] |  Fukuoka | 4 |  China South Korea Japan Chinese Taipei |
| 2026 U18 GBA Qualifier | 25−30 July 2026 |  Doha | 2 | TBD TBD |
| 2026 U18 SABA Qualifier | 25–29 May 2026[4] |  Colombo | 1 | Sri Lanka |
| 2026 U18 SEABA Qualifier | 10–14 June 2026[5] |  Krabi | 2 |  Philippines Thailand |
| 2026 U18 WABA Qualifier | 7−11 July 2026[6] | Amman | 3 |  Iran Lebanon Syria |
| Total | 16 | |||
- Unlike the host, the defending champion does not provide an additional berth. For qualified teams from FIBA Oceania, the top two teams from 2025 FIBA U17 Oceania Cup were also won by New Zealand and Australia, hence they took the two slots alloted from their subzone.