GUAM (FIBA U17 Oceania Championship 2017) – FIBA is thrilled to announce that the FIBA U17 Oceania Championship will be streamed live on FIBA’s YouTube channel.

Thanks to a partnership between FIBA and Shooting Star Productions on Guam, people from throughout the region will be able to tune in to see the best U17 teams from Oceania go head to head for Oceania gold and a qualification spot to Asia.

FIBA Oceania and Singapore Executive Director Mr. David Crocker expressed his excitement in offering fans from across the region the chance to watch their national youth players compete.

 “This is a great opportunity for FIBA to further showcase basketball in the region. These are the best players from Oceania competing, we don’t know how high their ceiling is. Previous Oceania Youth events have included some amazing talent, such as current Utah Jazz guard Dante Exum,” said Mr. Crocker.

“We encourage fans from all over the region to tune into FIBA’s YouTube and support their men’s and women’s teams competing.”

The FIBA U17 Oceania Championship 2017 will be held from 10 – 15 July 2017, with eight (8) men’s and eight (8) women’s teams. Confirmed participating countries include Australia, Guam, Marshall Islands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Samoa and Tahiti.

The top two teams from this event qualify for the FIBA U18 Asia Championships 2018, from here the top four teams qualify for the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2019.

Follow all the action from the event at fibau17oceania.basketball and stream the games at youtube.com/fiba.

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