2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup

For the women's competition, see 2020 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup.
2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball
World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryBulgaria
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
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The 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup (Bulgarian: 2020 Световна купа по баскетбол FIBA до 17 години) would have been the 6th edition of the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U17 national teams of the member associations of FIBA.

It was originally scheduled to take place between 4 and 12 July 2020, and hosted by Sofia, Bulgaria. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was postponed to 15 to 23 August.[1] On 12 June 2020, FIBA postponed the tournament again and options were examined to play in 2021, but the tournament was eventually cancelled.[2]

Venues

Sofia
Armeets Arena
Capacity: 12,373

Qualified teams

Means of Qualification Date Venue Berths Qualifiers
Host Nation 4 April 2019 1  Bulgaria
2019 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship 3–9 June 2019 Brazil Belém do Pará 4  United States
 Canada
 Dominican Republic
 Argentina
2019 FIBA Under-16 African Championship 5–14 July 2019 Cape Verde Praia 2  Egypt
 Mali
2019 FIBA Under-16 European Championship 9–17 August 2019 Italy Udine 5  Spain
 France
 Italy
 Russia
 Turkey
Asian selection 4  Australia
 China
 South Korea
TBD
Total 16

As the Asian tournament was cancelled, the FIBA used the World rankings to decide the participants. Japan and New Zealand were to play a play-off to decide the last participant as they are equal on points.[3]

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 6 March 2020 in Sofia, Bulgaria.[4]

Seedings

The seedings were announced on 6 March 2020.[4]

Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4
 Bulgaria (hosts)
 United States
 Canada
 Spain 		 France
 Italy
 Russia
 Turkey 		 Australia
 China
 South Korea
 Japan
or
 New Zealand 		 Dominican Republic
 Argentina
 Egypt
 Mali

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2  Australia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Egypt 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  China 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2  Dominican Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  France 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Bulgaria (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Turkey 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2  South Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Russia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2  United States 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Mali 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 TBD 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Final round

Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
A1
 
 
 
B4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
C2
 
 
 
D3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A3
 
 
 
B2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
C4
 
 
 
D1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
A2
 
 
 
B3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
C1
 
 
 
D4
 
 
 
 
 
 Third place
 
A4
 
  
 
B1
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
C3
 
 
D2
 

9–16th classification playoffs

 
Classification quarterfinalsClassification semifinalsNinth place match
 
          
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Eleventh place match
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Classification semifinals13th place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15th place match
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

5–8th classification playoffs

 
Classification semifinalsFifth place match
 
      
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Seventh place match
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Final ranking

Rank Team Record
4th
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6th
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10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
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16th

References

  1. ^ "FIBA's Executive Committee confirms global calendar update". FIBA. 9 April 2020.
  2. ^ "FIBA Executive Committee condemns all forms of racism in open letter from President". FIBA. 12 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Draw results in for FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2020". FIBA. 6 March 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Draw results in for FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2020". FIBA. 6 March 2020.