sport 2009 fiba asia under-16 championship
FIBA Asia is a zone within the International ___MASK54___ Federation ( FIBA ) which contains all 44 Asian FIBA federations . The 2009 FIBA Asia Under - 16 Championship was the qualifying tournament for FIBA Asia at the Under - 17 World Championship 2010 at Hamburg , Germany . The tournament was held on Johor Bahru , Malaysia from November 19 to November 27 . The FIBA Asia Under - 16 Championship is an under - 16 ___MASK54___ championship in the International ___MASK54___ Federation ' s FIBA Asia zone . The event started in 2009 and is held bi - annually . The winners compete in the FIBA Under - 17 World Championship , which started in 2010 . The South China Sea is a marginal sea that is part of the Pacific Ocean , encompassing an area from the Karimata and Malacca Straits to the Strait of Taiwan of around . The area ' s importance largely results from one - third of the world ' s shipping ___MASK23___ through its waters and that it is believed to hold huge oil and gas reserves beneath its seabed . ___MASK54___ is a sport that is played by two teams of five players on a rectangular court . The objective is to shoot a ball through a hoop in diameter and mounted at a height of to backboards at each end of the court . The game was invented in 1891 by Dr . James Naismith , who would be the first ___MASK54___ coach of the Kansas Jayhawks , one of the most successful programs in the game ' s history . The FIBA Under - 17 World Championship is an under - 17 ___MASK54___ championship of the International ___MASK54___ Federation ( FIBA ). The event was for the first time in July 2010 and is held bi - annually . Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy located in Southeast Asia . It consists of thirteen states and three federal territories and has a total landmass of separated by the South China Sea into two similarly sized regions , Peninsular Malaysia and East Malaysia ( Malaysian Borneo ). Peninsular Malaysia shares a land and maritime border with Thailand and maritime borders with Singapore , Vietnam , and Indonesia . East Malaysia shares land and maritime borders with Brunei and Indonesia and a maritime border with the Philippines and Vietnam . The capital city is Kuala Lumpur , while Putrajaya is the seat of the federal government . With a population of over 30 million , Malaysia is the 44th most populous country . The southernmost point of continental Eurasia , Tanjung Piai , is in Malaysia . Located in the tropics , Malaysia is one of 17 megadiverse countries on earth , with large numbers of endemic species .