The 2022 FIBA U16 Asian Championship was the sixth edition of the under-16 basketball championship in the International Basketball Federation's FIBA Asia zone. The tournament was held in Doha, Qatar from 12 to 19 June 2022. This marked the return of the Under-16 competition which was last held five years ago in China.
successfully defended their U16 title against in the final, 94âÂÂ63, while retained the bronze medal after defeating first-time semifinalists in the battle for third place, 89âÂÂ62. All four semifinalists were qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Spain as Asian representatives.
According to FIBA Asia rules, the number of participating teams in the FIBA U16 Asian Championship was set at 16. The hosts and the defending champions qualified automatically. All FIBA Asia subzones got two berths each, except for the Central and South Asian subzones, which got one berth each. FIBA Oceania also got one berth. The last three berths were allocated to Asian subzones based on their teams' results in the 2017 FIBA U16 Asian Championship.
The following is the list of the qualified teams. FIBA Boys' World Rankings as of 1 January 2022 are in parentheses.
All times are local (UTC+3).
The following four teams from FIBA Asia qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup.