FIBA Asia U16 Women's Championship: India lose to China

Friendly Neighbors: Indian and Chinese players prior to beginning of the match

South Asian Basketball Association (SABA) representative India lost 51-109 to Asian powerhouse China on day two of the 3rd FIBA Asia Championship for Women held at Colombo, Sri Lanka. This was India’s second loss in a row.

China showed no mercy to their neighbours as they took all the quarters 31-8, 27-10, 26-17 and 25-16 to win the match. Z Hwang netted a game high 24 points for China while Riya Verma top scored for India with 15 points. India had done its final preparation for the championship in China.

Day 2 results

Level 1

• Japan beat Chinese Taipei 87-56
• China beat India 109-51
• Korea beat Malaysia 86-46

Level 2

• Kazakhstan beat HongKong 79-52
• Thailand beat Indonesia 71-42
• Jordan beat Srilanka 77-50

The 12 participating 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.

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.