2012 2nd U17 World Championship

[Kings]

Official Website

1st U17 World Championship

vs Argentina: 11pts, 4reb, 3stl, 4blk.
vs Lithuania: 16pts, 3ast, 3stl.
vs China: 20pts, 4reb, 5ast.
vs Egypt: 18pts, 3reb.
vs Serbia: 20pts, 3reb.
vs Australia: 25pts, 3reb.
vs Canada: 17pts, 4reb, 5stl.
vs Poland: 19pts, 5reb.

Group A

29/06 China 80 Egypt 68
29/06 Czech Republic 70 France 64
29/06 USA 89 Australia 67
30/06 Australia 92 China 55
30/06 France 78 Egypt 54
30/06 USA 95 Czech Republic 57
01/07 China 59 France 53
01/07 Australia 63 Czech Republic 58
01/07 USA 111 Egypt 73
03/07 China 71 Czech Republic 68
03/07 Australia 88 Egypt 73
03/07 USA 86 France 50
04/07 Czech Republic 78 Egypt 70
04/07 Australia 64 France 42
04/07 USA 116 China 47

Group B

29/06 Spain 80 South Korea 62
29/06 Canada 69 Lithuania 63
29/06 Croatia 78 Argentina 68
30/06 Croatia 66 Canada 53
30/06 Lithuania 119 South Korea 108
30/06 Argentina 68 Spain 58
01/07 Croatia 124 South Korea 68
01/07 Spain 91 Lithuania 83
01/07 Canada 80 Argentina 76
03/07 Spain 83 Canada 62
03/07 Argentina 106 South Korea 59
03/07 Croatia 82 Lithuania 78
04/07 Canada 82 South Korea 61
04/07 Croatia 73 Spain 68
04/07 Argentina 92 Lithuania 82

9th to 12nd Place

06/07 France 110 South Korea 50
06/07 Lithuania 73 Egypt 72
07/07 South Korea 89 Egypt 83
07/07 Lithuania 75 France 64

1/4 Final

06/07 Spain 64 China 57
06/07 USA 113 Canada 59
06/07 Australia 78 Argentina 59
06/07 Coratia 94 Czech Republic 71

5th to 8th Place

07/07 Canada 68 China 64
07/07 Argentina 78 Czech Republic 70
08/07 China 77 Czech Republic 70
08/07 Canada 84 Argentina 79

1/2 Final

07/07 USA 95 Spain 66
07/07 Australia 83 Croatia 71

3rd to 4th Place

08/07 Croatia 93 Spain 61

Final

08/07 USA 95 Australia 62

[carlo]

Brad Beal, MVP at the 1st U17 World's.

Nice photo !

[pohani komarac]

Unlike U-19 I expect here USA comes with best prospects? There is lot of hype on Aaron Grordon. Who else might be in team?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4n9fKGEpOE

[CKR13]

If the expected players commit, Team USA could send a Super Team. Not likely, but here's to hoping.

I will be watching the Chinese as well.

[carlo]

Unlike U-19 I expect here USA comes with best prospects? There is lot of hype on Aaron Grordon. Who else might be in team?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4n9fKGEpOE

Jabari Parker (MVP at the 2011 U16 Fiba Americas), Theo Pinson, Jahlil Okafor, Justin Jackson, Tyus Jones, Stanley Johnson, Johnathan Williams were among the best of the 2011 U16, besides team's high scorer Aaron Gordon.
Dakari Johnson, Trey Lyles, Shaqquan Aaron from the USAB Developmental Team and many other excellent prospects could also participate.

[Khalid80]

I will be watching the Chinese as well.

It will interesting to see how Zhou Qi will fare on such a high level tournament and whether he can continue to prove that he could be China's next Yao Ming.

[carlo]

And Canada could deploy a competitive team, headed by superstar Andrew Wiggins (2014 Class, everybody's #1).

[serbianhoops]

And Canada could deploy a competitive team, headed by superstar Andrew Wiggins (2014 Class, everybody's #1).

And with a bunch of talented players such as center Tanveer Bhullar (7'3), thin power forward Miroslav Jaksic (6'9), point guards Kevin Zabo (6'3) and Malcolm Duvivier (6'0)

[carlo]

Even though it's too early, what about the European nations ?

Among the qualified teams at the U16 Euro, Croatia was impressive with MVP Supermario Hezonja, Karlo Zganec, Paolo Marinelli, but also Czech Rep and Spain had some very good players.
If I remember well, France had only All Star Fw Damien Inglis who was really excellent.
Host Lithuania didn't finish high, but had a scoring ace in SF Edvinas Seskus.

[NorCal]

Unlike U-19 I expect here USA comes with best prospects? There is lot of hype on Aaron Grordon. Who else might be in team?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4n9fKGEpOE

Yes, we should be sending the majority of our top players in that age group.

[CKR13]

Yes, we should be sending the majority of our top players in that age group.

Guys like Jabari Parker and Aaron "Air" Gordon are the ones I want to see.

Jabari Parker (MVP at the 2011 U16 Fiba Americas), Theo Pinson, Jahlil Okafor, Justin Jackson, Tyus Jones, Stanley Johnson, Johnathan Williams were among the best of the 2011 U16, besides team's high scorer Aaron Gordon.
Dakari Johnson, Trey Lyles, Shaqquan Aaron from the USAB Developmental Team and many other excellent prospects could also participate.

+1 on that. Lots of guys I want to see.

[Migelitas]

The 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship for Men will take place in Kaunas, Lithuania, from June 29 to July 8

[pohani komarac]

Croatia, Lithuania, Spain, Canada, Argentina, Korea....group of deth?

[pohani komarac]

Group A: Australia, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, USA
Group B: Argentina, Canada, Croatia, Korea, Lithuania, Spain

only 2 groups? this explains my toughts

[carlo]

Group B looks really most competitive !

In the meantime, one of the US prospect players, Jabari Parker, was named 2011 Male Athlete of the Year.

http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/u16/11_aoy_male.html

[carlo]

Schedule of the prelim round games announced.

USA will clash with Australia in D1.

http://www.usabasketball.com/mens/u17/schedule.html

[Bosnian 23]

How many teams advance from the group stages? I expect four, and if so, here are my predictions:

Group A:

USA
China
France
Australia

Group B:

Spain
Lithuania
Spain
Argentina

Group B is definitely the Group of Death. lol Even thought there are only two groups...

[euskadi]

How many teams advance from the group stages? I expect four, and if so, here are my predictions:

Group A:

USA
China
France
Australia

Group B:

Spain
Lithuania
Spain
Argentina

Group B is definitely the Group of Death. lol Even thought there are only two groups...

spain would be first and third?

add croatia and canada instead one of spains and lithuania

[pohani komarac]

How many teams advance from the group stages? I expect four, and if so, here are my predictions:

Group A:

USA
China
France
Australia

Group B:

Spain
Lithuania
Spain
Argentina

Group B is definitely the Group of Death. lol Even thought there are only two groups...

no love for Croatia, team that has best ranked players in 95., and 96. age group, and team that won gold in ec u-16 with no lose and avreage about 10pt difrence

[mbenga]

Spain isn't that strong, we have 2 very good prospects in the 1995 generation (Sans and Diop) but not much depth unless some of ther younger guys like Marc Bauzá or Carlos Martinez join the team.