query: sport 2009 fiba asia under-16 championship
supports: The FIBA Under-17 World Championship is an under-17 basketball championship of the International Basketball 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. FIBA Asia is a zone within the International Basketball 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 basketball championship in the International Basketball 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 sailing through its waters and that it is believed to hold huge oil and gas reserves beneath its seabed. Basketball 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 basketball coach of the Kansas Jayhawks, one of the most successful programs in the game's history. 
candidates: basketball sailing
answer: basketball