2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup


The 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup will be an international basketball competition held in Sofia, Bulgaria. It will be the sixth edition of the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup. Sixteen national teams will compete in the tournament. Bulgaria previously bid for the 2018 edition but lost to Argentina. This will be the first time Bulgaria has hosted a FIBA world tournament. It was originally scheduled to take place between 4 and 12 July 2020, but it was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic to 15 to 23 August 2020. On 12 June 2020, FIBA postponed the tournament again and options will be examined to play in 2021.

Venues

Qualified teams

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

Draw

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

Seedings

The seedings were announced on 6 March 2020.
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Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final round

Bracket

9–16th classification playoffs

5–8th classification playoffs

Final ranking