Competition History

The FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup has been a very special event since the first edition, which was in 2010 in Hamburg, Germany.

The USA have reached the top of the podium at all five U17 World Cups, including the first when future NBA lottery pick Bradley Beal was named MVP, while numerous other countries have also introduced rising stars. 

Many of the young players taking part are only a few years away from competing on the biggest stages of the game with national teams, clubs or franchises in countries all over the world.

That very first U17 World Cup also had runners-up Poland's finest player the past decade, Mateusz Ponitka, and China point guard Guo Ailun. 

Australian duo Dante Exum and Ben Simmons were at the 2012 U17 World Cup in Lithuania, where they led the team to the Final. 

USA's Jayson Tatum and the event’s overall leading scorer, Rui Hachimura of Japan, were among those in Dubai in 2014.

Canada's RJ Barrett and France's Jaylen Hoard played at the 2016 tournament in Spain, and USA's Jalen Green was among the lead attractions at the 2018 competition in Argentina.

The 2022 edition of the competition featured some rising stars who are hopeful to be the face of the future in basketball from Cooper Flagg and Izan Almansa.

The tournament has been held six times in all, with the coronavirus pandemic preventing the 2020 competition from taking place.