Rules & Regulations:

The 14th Asia Pacific Cup will follow FIBA rules (as a FIBA sanctioned tournament) with modifications as listed below and by clicking on the button below (Rules for 2026) all other Tournament Rules & Regulations are listed.

The 14th Asia Pacific Basketball Youth Cup will follow FIBA rules with modification as follows;

Timing for all round games and consolidation games will be 4 x 8 minutes quarters with one timeout of one minute per quarter per team. Clock will stop in the last two minutes of last quarter.

Time outs will not be allowed to carry over to subsequent quarters.
A 24 second shot clock will be played in all U16 & U18 games.
Timing in all CupChampionship games & 3rd Place to be 4 x 8 minutes fully stopped with 24 second clock. (Full FIBA rules including normal timeouts).
Defense for U12 & U14 Boys and Girls must be man to man defense. Full court man to man defense is allowed, however, NO full court or half court zone formations will be allowed.
Defense for U16 & U18 Boys and Girls can play both zone or man to man defense.
Any overtime in rounds will be only 3 minutes whilst in Finals it will be 5 minutes.
Ball sizes will be size 5 for the U12 girls, size 6 for all U14, U16 & U18 girls and U12 boys with size 7 for U14, U16 & U18 Boys.

Please click on Modified Rules below to see the full list.

Rules 2025

Modified Rules

Codes for 2026

FIBA Rules

Tournament Format:

U12 Girls:

U12 Boys:

U14 Girls:

U14 Boys:

U16 Girls:

U16 Boys:

U18 Girls:

U18 Boys:

3 points will be awarded for a win, 1 point for a loss.
If there is a tie then FIBA head to head rules will be applied to determine final positions in the round games.

Teams will be competing in a round robin format in each age group pools followed by playoff matches as listed below for each category,

5 teams playing in 1 pool of 5 teams, followed by the 4th team to play 5th team to reach the Semi Finals with 1st v 4v5 Winner and 2nd v 3rd. The winners of Semi Finals will play the Championship match, whilst the other 2 teams will play the 3rd Place match.

8 teams playing in 2 pools of 4 teams, followed by Quarter Finals as follows, QF1: 1st of Pool A v 4th of Pool B, QF2: 2nd of Pool A v 3rd of Pool B, QF3: 3rd of Pool A v 2nd of Pool B, QF4: 4th of Pool A v 1st of Pool B. The Semi Finals for the Championship will then be as follows, SF1: Winners of QF1 v QF3 and Winners of QF2 v QF4. The winners of Semi Finals will play the Championship match, whilst the other 2 teams will play the 3rd Place match.

12 teams playing in 3 pools of 4 teams, with top 2 teams of each pool progressing through to the Quarter Finals and the 2 best 3rd placed teams progressing through to the Quarter Finals. The remaining teams in each pool will receive a consolation game. Teams in both the Quarter Finals will be reseeded prior to the Quarter Finals from 1 to 8 with the 2 best 3rd teams being seeded as the 7th and 8th team. Qualification for the 2 best 3rd teams will be the teams with the lowest losing margin to the top team in their pool. If there is a tie, then the teams with the lowest losing margin to the 2nd placed team in their pool will progress

28 teams playing in 7 pools of 4 teams, with top team of each pool progressing through to the Quarter Finals and the best 2nd placed team progressing through to the Quarter Finals. The remaining teams in each pool will receive a consolation game. Teams in both the Quarter Finals will be reseeded prior to the Quarter Finals from 1 to 8 with the best 2nd team being seeded as the 8th team. Qualification for the best 2nd team will be the team with the lowest losing margin to the top team in their pool. If there is a tie, then the team that scored the most against the top team will be deemed the best 2nd team.

24 teams playing in 6 pools of 4 teams, with top team of each pool progressing through to the Quarter Finals and the 2 best 2nd placed teams progressing through to the Quarter Finals. The remaining teams in each pool will receive a consolation game. Teams in both the Quarter Finals will be reseeded prior to the Quarter Finals from 1 to 8 with the 2 best 2nd placed teams being seeded as the 7th and 8th team. Qualification for the 2 best 2nd placed teams will be the teams with the lowest losing margin to the top team in their pool. If there is a tie, then the teams that scored the most against the top teams will be deemed the best 2nd placed teams.

4 teams playing in 1 pool. The Semi Finals for the Championship will be 1st vs 4th and 2nd vs 3rd. The winners of Semi Finals will play the Championship match, whilst the other 2 teams will play the 3rd Place match.