The FIBA Asia Under-18 Championship 2002 is the 17th edition of the International Basketball Federation FIBA Asia's youth championship for basketball.

The games were held at Kuwait City from December 16–26, 2002.

South Korea Iran Lebanon Mongolia * China Qatar Malaysia Sri Lanka Chinese Taipei Hong Kong India Kuwait Japan Saudi Arabia Thailand * Bahrain * * Mongolia, Thailand and Bahrain withdrew from the tournament; Yemen was later added to Group D.