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2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship

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title2012 FIBA Under-17
World Championship
continentWorld U-17
year2012
logo2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship.png
size261px
hostLithuania
cityKaunas
dates29 June – 8 July
teams12
confederations5
venues1
cities1
championsUSA
title_number2
mvpUSA Jahlil Okafor
ppg_pARG Deck (21.5)
ppg_t(100)
rpg_pCHN Zhou (10.1)
rpg_t(54.8)
apg_pCZE Kouřil (9.6)
apg_t(18.5)
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World Championship

The 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (Lithuanian: 2012 m. FIBA iki 17 metų pasaulio čempionatas) was the 2nd edition of the FIBA Under-17 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U17 national teams of the member associations of FIBA. It was hosted by Kaunas, Lithuania from 29 June to 8 July 2012.

The United States defeated Australia to win their second title. Jahlil Okafor was named tournament MVP.

Qualification

12 teams have qualified for this year's edition.

2011 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship

    • 2011 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship

    • 2011 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship

    • 2011 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

    • 2011 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship

    • Host country

    Preliminary round

    The draw took place on January 10, 2012.

    Team competed in Placement matches

    :Times given below are in EEST (UTC+3).

    Group A

    TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
    550497334+16310
    541374347+279
    532382397–118
    523331363–327
    514287333–466
    505338435–975

    Group B

    TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTiebreaker
    550423335+8810
    532380348+3281–1, +11
    532410357+5381–1, +6
    532346349–381–1, –17
    514425442–176
    505358511–1535

    9th–12th playoffs

    |6 July – Kaunas||110||50 |6 July – Kaunas||72||73 |7 July – Kaunas||64||75 |7 July – Kaunas||89||83

    Semifinals

    Eleventh place playoff

    Ninth place playoff

    Knockout stage

    |6 July – Kaunas||113||59 |6 July – Kaunas||64||57 |6 July – Kaunas||78||59 |6 July – Kaunas||94||71 |7 July – Kaunas||95||66 |7 July – Kaunas||83||71 |8 July – Kaunas||95||62 |8 July – Kaunas||61||93 |7 July – Kaunas||68||64 |7 July – Kaunas||78||70 |8 July – Kaunas||84||79 |8 July – Kaunas|****|77||70

    Quarterfinals

    5th–8th semifinals

    Semifinals

    Seventh place playoff

    Fifth place playoff

    Bronze medal game

    Final

    Final standings

    RankTeamRecord
    8–0
    6–2
    7–1
    4th4–4
    5th5–3
    6th4–4
    7th4–4
    8th2–6
    9th3–4
    10th2–5
    11th1–6
    12th0–7

    Awards

    Most Valuable Player
    USA Jahlil Okafor

    All-Tournament Team

    • AUS Dante Exum
    • CRO Mario Hezonja
    • USA Justise Winslow
    • ARG Gabriel Deck
    • USA Jahlil Okafor

    Statistical leaders

    Points

    NamePPG
    ARG Gabriel Deck21.5
    CRO Mario Hezonja20.8
    KOR Heo Hoon17.7
    AUS Dante Exum17.3
    LTU Edvinas Šeškus15.7
    EGY Ehab Amin

    Rebounds

    NameRPG
    CHN Zhou Qi10.1
    CRO Karlo Žganec9
    LTU Edvinas Šeškus
    USA Justise Winslow8.8
    CZE Martin Peterka8.6

    Assists

    NameAPG
    CZE Radovan Kouřil9.6
    AUS Mirko Djeric5.6
    USA Tyus Jones5.4
    ARG Alvaro Merlo5.1
    CRO Paolo Marinelli4.4

    Blocks

    NameBPG
    CHN Zhou Qi4
    EGY Moataz Hosny
    ESP Ilimane Diop2.6
    EGY Anas Osama Mahmoud2.1
    KOR Park In-Tae2

    Steals

    NameSPG
    CHN Zhao Jiwei2.9
    ESP Alberto Martín2.6
    USA Justise Winslow
    EGY Ehab Amin2.4
    CRO Mario Hezonja2.3
    ARG Alvaro Merlo

    Referees

    The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) named the following 19 referees to officiate the basketball games at this tournament.

    • UAE Hussain Hassan Ahmed M. Albloushi
    • TPE Chung Yi-Chih
    • CRC Roberto José Fernandez Diaz
    • SVN Damir Javor
    • ANG Carlos Jose Julio
    • LTU Jurgis Laurinavičius
    • BRA Guilherme Locatelli
    • FIN Petri Mantyla
    • RUS Sergey Mikhaylov
    • GRE Anastasios Piloidis
    • AUS Christopher Antony Reid
    • ARG Diego Hernan Rougier
    • URU Alejandro Sanchez Varela
    • USA Thomas James Short
    • UKR Borys Shulga
    • PUR Roberto Vazquez
    • FRA Eddie Viator
    • CZE Robert Vyklicky
    • POL Jakub Zamojski

    Broadcasting rights

      • Lietuvos rytas TV

    References

    References

    1. (2012-07-08). "FIBA U17 - USA repeat undefeated run to title". kaunas2012.fiba.com.
    2. (2011-12-26). "FIBA – Fields set for U17 World Championships". fiba.com.
    3. (2012-01-10). "FIBA – USA, Lithuania head U17 Men's groups, event logo unveiled". fiba.com.
    4. (2012-07-08). "FIBA U17 - MVP Okafor heads All-Tournament team". kaunas2012.fiba.com.
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