According to a statement from the Basketball Federation of India (BFI), the national team was handpicked after a slection camp held at the Indira Gandhi Stadiu here on August 1.
India have placed in Group A alongside China, Hong Kong and Lebanon in the 16-team tournament.
The other groups in the championship are:
Group B: Korea, Japan, Singapore and Syria; Group C: Chinese Taipei, Indonesia, Bahrain and Mongolia; Group D: Iran, Kazakhstan, Philippines and Saudi Arabia.
The Asia U-18 championship is the qualifying event for next year's FIBA U-19 World championship to be held in Czech Republic from June 27 to July 7, 2013. The top three teams from the tournament will qualify for the world meet.
Indian squad: Akash Bhasin, Khusmeet Singh Atwal, Karthickeyan Saminathan, Sreerag Narayanan Nair, Loveneet Singh, Amit Kanarjee, Narender, Shyam Sunder, Karan Harold Joshua, Rakesh, Ajay Pratap Singh, Palpreet Singh Brar.
Coach: Jai Prakash Singh
Assistant Coach: Pawan Kumar.
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