FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup

The FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup (formerly FIBA Under-17 World Championship) is the under-17 men's world basketball championship organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). The event was held for the first time in July 2010, and is held biennially.[1]

FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup
SportBasketball
Founded2010; 14 years ago (2010)
FounderFIBA
First season2010
No. of teams16
ContinentFIBA (International)
Most recent
champion(s)
 United States
(7th title)
Most titles United States
(7 titles)
Related
competitions
FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup

Composition

According to the updated FIBA Internal Regulations, the FIBA Under-17 World Cup shall be held every two years (2016, 2018, 2020, etc.).

Sixteen teams, representing all continents, are eligible to participate in the FIBA U17 World Cup as follows:

Summaries

YearHostsFinalThird place match
ChampionsScoreRunners-upThird placeScoreFourth place
2010
Hamburg

United States
111–80
Poland

Canada
83–81
Lithuania
2012
Kaunas

United States
95–62
Australia

Croatia
93–61
Spain
2014
Dubai

United States
99–92
Australia

Serbia
62–59
Spain
2016
Zaragoza

United States
96–56
Turkey

Lithuania
81–63
Spain
2018
RosarioSanta Fe

United States
95–52
France

Puerto Rico
90–77
Canada
2022
Malaga

United States
79–67
Spain

France
66–58
Lithuania
2024
Istanbul

United States
129–88
Italy

Turkey
101–78
New Zealand
2026

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  United States7007
2  Australia0202
3  France0112
 Turkey0112
5  Italy0101
 Poland0101
 Spain0101
8  Canada0011
 Croatia0011
 Lithuania0011
 Puerto Rico0011
 Serbia0011
Totals (12 entries)77721

Tournament awards

Most recent award winners (2024)

AwardWinnerPositionTeam
Most Valuable PlayerCameron BoozerC  United States
All-Tournament TeamKaan OnatPG  Turkey
Maikcol PerezSG  Italy
AJ DybantsaSF  United States
Oscar GoodmanPF  New Zealand
Cameron BoozerC  United States

Participation details

Team
2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

2022

2024

2026
Total
 Angola11th1
 Argentina9th6th10th13th11th11th10th7
 Australia6th2nd2nd7th6th6th15th7
 Bosnia and Herzegovina9th1
 Canada3rd5th6th5th4th9th8th7
 China7th7th7th10th15th13th6
 Chinese Taipei14th1
 Croatia3rd7th2
 Czech Republic8th1
 Dominican Republic11th9th13th3
 Egypt11th12th13th16th16th10th12th7
 Finland12th1
 France10th8th6th2nd3rd9th6
 Germany8th11th2
 Greece12th1
 Guinea14th1
 Italy9th2nd2
 Japan14th14th2
 Lebanon16th1
 Lithuania4th9th3rd4th5th5
 Mali15th12th15th3
 Montenegro8th1
 New Zealand14th12th4th3
 Philippines15th13th16th3
 Poland2nd8th2
 Puerto Rico5th3rd6th3
 Serbia5th3rd10th5th4
 Slovenia7th1
 South Korea12th11th8th3
 Spain10th4th4th4th2nd7th6
 Turkey2nd5th3rdQ4
 United Arab Emirates16th1
 United States1st1st1st1st1st1st1st7
Total1212161616161616

Debut of national teams

YearDebutants
2010  Argentina,  Australia,  Canada,  China,  Egypt,  Germany,  Lithuania,  Poland,  Serbia,  South Korea,  Spain,  United States
2012  Croatia,  Czech Republic,  France
2014  Angola,  Greece,  Italy,  Japan,  Philippines,  Puerto Rico,  United Arab Emirates
2016  Bosnia and Herzegovina,  Chinese Taipei,  Dominican Republic,  Finland,  Mali,  Turkey
2018  Montenegro,  New Zealand
2022  Lebanon,  Slovenia
2024  Guinea

See also

References