Iran U-16 Basketball Team Leaves Tehran for 2025 Asia Cup
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Iran’s U-16 basketball team traveled to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia early Thursday to participate in the 2025 FIBA U-16 Asia Cup.
The Iranian team is drawn in Pool D along with Japan, Kazakhstan, and Saudi Arabia.
The Persians will commence the campaign on Sunday with a match against Saudi Arabia.
Iran is scheduled to play Kazakhstan and Japan, respectively in the following days.
The 2025 FIBA U-16 Asia Cup will be the eighth edition of the FIBA Under-16 Asia Cup, the continental basketball championship for U16 men's national teams from the FIBA Asia zone.
The tournament will be played at the M bank arena and the Buyant Ukhaa Sport Complex in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from 31 August to 7 September 2025.
It also serves as a qualifier for the 2026 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Turkey, where the top four teams qualify.
Australia is the defending champion.
