FIBA ASIA U16 Women: East Asians shine on day 1

Traditional powerhouses of Asian Women’s basketball, the East Asian countries along with South East Asian countries dominated the day 1 of the 3rd FIBA Asia U16 Championship for Women at Colombo, Srilanka.

Japan, Chinese Taipei and China along with South East Asian teams, Thailand, Indonesia and HongKong won their respective matches in the day 1 of the championship.

Defending champions Japan defeated neighbor South Asian giant India 112-45 while China overcame Korea 82-50 and Chinese Taipei defeated Malaysia 85-30. East Asian countries, Indonesia defeated Jordan 62-59, Thailand beat Kazakhstan 65-36 while HongKong thumped hosts Srilanka 57-46 to register win on the day 1 of the championship.

3rd FIBA ASIA U16 Championship for Women is underway at Colombo, the capitol city of Sri Lanka from 23rd to 30th November 2013.

The 12 teams are divided into two Levels – the elite Level I and the qualifying Level II. Each team will play all the other teams in their Level in the Preliminary Round. The top four teams from Level I will qualify for the Semifinals.

This is the first time that Sri Lanka is hosting a FIBA Asia event. The top three teams from the 3rd FIBA Asia U16 Championship for Women will represent FIBA Asia in the 2014 FIBA World U17 Championship for Women which will be played at Bratislava (Slovak Republic) from July 10-July 20, 2014.

Japan are the defending champions of the FIBA ASIA U16 Championship for Women.