There are twelve (12) participating teams for 2016 FIBA Asia Challenge to be played in Tehran (Iran) from September 9-18.
Team Standings
Preliminary Round
The 12 teams have been into groups of four for preliminary round as follows:
Group A | Group B | |||||||||
| Rank | Teams | W | L | Pts | Rank | Teams | W | L | Pts | |
| 1 | China | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | Chinese Taipei | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2 | Jordan | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | India | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Philippines | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Group C | Group D | |||||||||
| Rank | Teams | W | L | Pts | Rank | Teams | W | L | Pts | |
| 1 | Iran | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | South Korea | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2 | Iraq | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Japan | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 3 | Qatar | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | Thailand | 0 | 2 | 2 | |
Second Round
All three (3) teams from each group in the preliminary progress to the Second Round where they will be divided into two (2) groups of six (6). Each team will play against the three (3) new teams in its group.
Group E | Group F | |||||||||
| Rank | Teams | W | L | Pts | Rank | Teams | W | L | Pts | |
| 1 | Jordan | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | Iran | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| 2 | China | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | South Korea | 4 | 0 | 8 | |
| 3 | Chinese Taipei | 3 | 1 | 7 | 3 | Japan | 2 | 2 | 6 | |
| 4 | India | 2 | 2 | 6 | 4 | Iraq | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 5 | Philippines | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | Qatar | 1 | 3 | 5 | |
| 6 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | Thailand | 0 | 4 | 4 | |
Final Round
The top four (4) teams from Group E and F advance to the Final Phase.
This round will be played in a knockout format from the Quarter-Finals onwards (Quarter-Finals, Semi-Finals and Final).
The top five teams in the FIBA Asia Challenge will earn for their respective sub-zones an extra berth in the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup (formerly the FIBA Asia Championship).
The 2017 FIBA Asia Cup will be the first inter-continental tournament featuring teams from both Asia and Oceania (i.e. Australia & New Zealand). The top teams from the 2017 FIBA Asia Cup in turn qualify for the 2019 FIBA World Cup.
Source: FIBA.com