2019 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship
The 2019 FIBA Under-16 Asian Championship was originally to be the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup. The tournament would have been held in Beirut, Lebanon from 5 to 12 April 2020. The top four teams would have represented FIBA Asia at the Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Bulgaria. However it was cancelled by FIBA due to the coronavirus pandemic in China. Instead it was determined by FIBA rankings.
Qualification
Aside from the host nation and the defending champions, each of FIBA Asia's six subzones also gets one berth each, except for the Persian Gulf, East Asia and West Asian subzones, which were allocated two berths each. Rounding out the 16-team tournament are the four berths that would be added to each subzone, depending on its teams' performance in the previous championship.| Subzone | Automatic qualifier | Additional berths from the previous championship | Total |
| Host nation | 1 | 1 | |
| Defending FIBA Under-16 Asian champions | 1 | 1 | |
| Central Asia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| East Asia | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Persian Gulf | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| South Asia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Southeast Asia | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| West Asia | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| FIBA Oceania | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 12 | 4 | 16 |
Qualified teams
Here are the list of the qualified teams:Included are the teams' FIBA World Rankings prior to the tournament.
| Event | Date | Location | Vacancies | Qualified |
| Host nation | 4 February 2020 | N/A | 1 | |
| Defending champions | 2–8 April 2018 |  Foshan | 1 | |
| Central Asia Qualifiers | 20–22 May 2019 |  Taraz | 1 | |
| East Asia Qualifiers | N/A | N/A | 4 | |
| GBA Qualifiers | 27–31 August 2018 |  Dubai | 2 | |
| 2018 FIBA Under-15 Oceanian Championship | 4–8 December 2018 |  Port Moresby | 1 | |
| South Asia Qualifiers | 3–5 July 2019 |  Dhaka | 1 | |
| Southeast Asia Qualifiers | N/A | N/A | 3 | |
| West Asia Qualifiers | 28 July–1 August 2018 |  Gorgan | 2 | |