The Draw for the 46th MABA 18 & Under National Junior Basketball Championship took place on the 6th of August at the MABA Conference Room, and the results are as follows. The match schedule has also been released and can be found here.

Boys:

国家女子篮球队将在明日出发到花莲参加第7屆菁英盃國際高中甲組籃球錦標賽，之后则前往台北市与中华电信女子篮球队进行一个星期的移地訓練。这次的远征也是为了筹备十月份在菲律宾举行的东南亚篮球錦標賽(SEABA)。由于这次球队大部分是新人为班底，希望这次的远征会助于球队的成长及球员之间的默契配合。

The basketball event for the 2nd ASEAN Schools Games will be held at MABA Stadium from 14 July till 18 July. There are six participating teams for this competition in both the boys' and the girls' categories.

Our boys have been drawn in Group B, and will play against Singapore and Vietnam for their preliminary group matches. Our girls were also drawn in Group B, and will play against Vietnam and Thailand for their preliminary group matches.

Our boys pipped Thailand by virtue of a better goal average to take the second spot, behind Philippines, on the final day of the 7th SEABA U18 Championship on Friday. Malaysia, thus joined Philippines, as the SEABA representatives in the 21st FIBA Asia U18 Championship scheduled to be held in Sana’a (Yemen) from Sept 22 – Oct 1.

Malaysia had represented the SEABA region in the 20th FIBA Asia U18 Championships in Tehran, Iran and ended the tournament with a fifteenth-place finish.

The U18 Malaysian National Women's team finished their campaign in Surat Thani yesterday, winning their final match against India 63-40, securing their level I berth for the next edition of the FIBA Asia U18 tournament.

Our girls had a good showing at Thailand, and although they were up against top-caliber teams like China, Japan and Korea, they played with much spunk and heart, garnering the respect of their opponents as well as the spectators.

The U18 Malaysian Women's team are now in Surat Thani, Thailand for the 20th FIBA Asia U18 Championship for Women. Playing in level I after winning the qualifier during the previous championship, our girls will be up against the likes of China, Japan and Korea.

We wish them all the best for this tournament. Coverage of the games will be available on the FIBA tournaments subdomain.