2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup

2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host country	Bulgaria
Teams	16
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Official website
fiba.basketball/world/u17/2020
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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		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	Belém do Pará	4	United States Canada Dominican Republic Argentina
2019 FIBA Under-16 African Championship	5–14 July 2019	Praia	2	Egypt Mali
2019 FIBA Under-16 European Championship	9–17 August 2019	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 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Third place

9–16th classification playoffs

Classification quarterfinals	Classification semifinals	Ninth place match




















		Eleventh place match

	Classification semifinals				13th place match












					15th place match

5–8th classification playoffs

	Classification semifinals				Fifth place match












					Seventh place match

Final ranking

Rank	Team	Record



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References

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