The tournament, which was also the 24th edition of the biennial competition, was held in Bangalore, India from 28 October to 3 November.

[1] By virtue of topping their respective groups in Division A at the end of the preliminary round, South Korea and Japan earlier booked their spots in the U19 "Worlds", while Australia and China subdued their opponents in the qualification to the semifinals-round to also clinch their spot in the following year's tournament.

Meanwhile, Australia avenged their preliminary-round loss to South Korea, with a score of 75-58, in the Bronze Medal Match.

[4] Division A will include teams that won in the 2016 qualifying round and the semifinalists of the previous championship.

[6] Australia (7) China (9) Japan (11) South Korea (15) Chinese Taipei (27) New Zealand (33) Malaysia (39) Indonesia (58) India (37) Hong Kong (43) Kazakhstan (44) Iran (49) Singapore (51) Guam (70) Samoa (71) Syria (77) The preliminary groups were announced on 11 October 2018 in Bengaluru, India.