{"id":126472,"date":"2025-09-07T22:56:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T22:56:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/126472\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T22:56:06","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T22:56:06","slug":"the-crocs-clinch-historic-fourth-straight-u16-asia-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/126472\/","title":{"rendered":"The Crocs clinch historic fourth straight U16 Asia Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"241\" data-end=\"497\">Australia\u2019s U16 men\u2019s team secured a fourth consecutive FIBA U16 Asia Cup title with an 85\u201358 win over China in the final in Ulaanbaatar.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"499\" data-end=\"813\">The opening half was competitive, with China challenging the Crocs\u2019 tempo. However, a decisive third quarter turned the contest firmly in Australia\u2019s favour.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"499\" data-end=\"813\">That period, marked by quick transitions and efficient scoring, allowed the Crocs to establish a commanding lead that they carried through to the final buzzer.<\/p>\n<p>Luke Roland Paul starred in the victory with 26 points, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists, falling just short of a rare triple-double performance on his way to winning Tournament Most Valuable Player honors.<\/p>\n<p>Will Hamilton finished with 16 points and 8 rebounds. Antonio Browne made 14 points and 8 rebounds as well, while Lucas Byrne added 11 points and 7 rebounds as four players finished in double figures in the win.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1548\">This achievement extends Australia\u2019s dominance in the Asia Cup, surpassing China\u2019s previous mark of three titles.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1206\" data-end=\"1548\">Importantly, the victory also confirms qualification for the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>FIBA U16 Asia Cup 2025 final standings<\/p>\n<p>Australia<br \/>\nChina<br \/>\nNew Zealand<br \/>\nJapan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australia\u2019s U16 men\u2019s team secured a fourth consecutive FIBA U16 Asia Cup title with an 85\u201358 win over&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":126473,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[64,63,726,85,83],"class_list":["post-126472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-sports","tag-text"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/126473"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}