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Finals - Sunday July 11

Headlines:

- United States need all their talent to withstand France and win eighth U19 World Cup title
- France make history by finishing second - one step higher on podium after two previous bronze medals
- Canada defeat Serbia to take third place, second podium finish in history
- Chet Holmgren of United States wins TISSOT MVP award

Final game report here
3rd Place Game and rest of the final games wrapped up in here

Top Performers:

- Michael Miles (USA) - 11 PTS / 7 REB / 6 AST / 4 STL
- Victor Wembanyama (FRA) - 22  PTS / 8 REB / 8 BLK
- Bennedict Mathurin (CAN) - 31 PTS / 3 REB / 2 AST / 2 STL / 11-15 FG
- Adria Domenech (ESP) - 14 PTS / 17 REB / 3 AST
- Yeo Jun Seok (KOR) - 36 PTS / 12 REB / 3 AST / 3 STL / 2 BLK

 

Game Highs:

- Yeo Jun Seok (KOR) - 36 points
- Adria Domenech (ESP)  - 17 rebounds
- John Harper Jr. (JPN) - 13 assists
- Three players - 5 steals
- Victor Wembanyama (FRA) - 8 blocks

Did You Know?

• United States have won more FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup titles (eight) than the rest of the world combined. Seven countries other than the United States have captured one crown.
• France won their first ever silver medal at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup. Their previous best showings were third place in 2007 and 2019.
• Third placed finishers Canada have now won medals in two of the last three U19 World Cups - along with the title in 2017 - after never previously reaching the podium.
• John Harper Jr. of Japan secured the fourth triple-double in U19 World Cup history since 1995, joining Dario Saric Croatia 2013 (32p 12r 12a v KOR); Nikita Mikhailovskii Russia 2019 (20p 13r 12a v GRE) and Guo Haowen CHN 2019 (34p 11r 11a v PUR).

 

 

Semi-Finals - Saturday July 10

Headlines:

- United States use late run to overcome Canadian challenge
- France make history by winning thriller over Serbia
- Spain and Lithuania win to set up match-up for 5th place
- Australia and Turkey prevail to battle for 9th place

Semi-Finals wrapped up in the daily recap

Final match-up:

USA vs France

3rd Place Game match-up

Canada vs Serbia

5-6 Classification match-up:

Spain vs Lithuania

7-8 Classification match-up:

 Senegal vs Argentina

9-10 Classification match-up:

Australia vs Turkey

11-12 Classification match-up:

 Latvia vs Iran

13-14 Classification match-up:

Puerto Rico vs Mali

15-16 Classification match-up:

 Korea vs Japan

Top Performers:

- Michael Miles (USA) - 15 PTS / 4 REB / 5 AST
- Zach Edey (CAN) - 16 PTS / 16 REB / 3 BLK
- Yvan Ouedraogo (FRA) -  11 PTS / 15 REB / 2 AST
- Dominykas Stenionis (LTU) - 22 PTS / 2 REB / 7 AST / 2 STL
- Yeo Jun Seok (KOR) - 31 PTS / 13 REB / 6 AST / 2 STL

 

Game Highs:

- Phillip Wheeler (PUR) / Yeo Jun Seok (KOR) - 31 points
- Zach Edey (CAN)  - 16 rebounds
- Aaron Clark (PUR) - 12 assists
- Khalifa Diop (SEN) - 4 steals
- Chet Holmgren (USA) - 6 blocks

Did You Know?

• United States are in the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup Final for the 11th time - seven wins and three losses.
• France will be appearing in the U19 Final for the first time - they finished third in 2007 and 2019.
• Serbia lost in the U19 World Cup Semi-Finals for the first time after wins in 2007, 2011 and 2013.
• Canada will be shooting for their second U19 World Cup finish following their only title in France.

 

Quarter-Finals - Friday July 9

Headlines:

- Canada stave off tough fight for first U19 World Cup win over Spain
- United States have little trouble against Senegal
- France need Wembayama heroics to fend off Lithuania in overtime
- Serbia use strong second half to get past determined Argentina

Quarter-Finals wrapped up in the daily recap

Semi-Finals match-ups:

Canada vs USA
France vs Serbia

5-8 Classification match-ups:

Spain vs Senegal
Lithuania vs Argentina

9-12 Classification match-ups:

Australia vs Lativa
Iran vs Turkey

13-16 Classification match-ups:

Puerto Rico vs Korea
Mali vs Japan

Top Performers:

- Zach Edey (CAN) - 24 PTS / 15 REB / 4 BLK
- Victor Wembanyama (FRA) -  20 PTS / 6 REB / 8 BLK
- Juan Francisco Fernandez (ARG) - 33 PTS / 16 REB / 2 STL / 2 BLK
- Nikola Jovic (SRB) - 26 PTS / 13 REB / 2 BLK
- Kriss Helmanis (LAT) - 30 PTS / 11 REB / 12-15 FG
- Parsa Fallah (IRI) - 21 PTS / 8 REB / 4 AST / 3 STL

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Game Highs:

-  Juan Francisco Fernandez (ARG) - 33 points
- Juan Francisco Fernandez (ARG)  - 16 rebounds
- Davis Denafs (LAT) - 7  assists
- Millan Jimenez (ESP) 6 steals
- Victor Wembanyama (FRA) - 8 blocks

Did You Know?

• Canada were 0-6 against Spain in previous games in FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup history
• Canada head coach Paul Weir was an assistant coach on the Canadian team that beat United States in the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2017 Semi-Finals. USA and Canada will face off in the 2021 Semi-Finals.
• France have won four of the five U19 World Cup matchups with Lithuania, including the 2019 3rd Place Game. Lithuania's only win came in the 1995 Semi-Finals.

 

Round of 16 - Wednesday July 7

Headlines:

- Senegal make history, reach Quarter-Finals for first time
- Gonzalo Corbalan buzzer-beater gives Argentina win over Turkey
- Serbia struggle again, survive Japan fight
- Undefeated USA, Canada  remain on collision course for Semi-Finals

Round of 16 wrapped up in the daily recap

Quarter-Finals match-ups:

Canada vs Spain
Lithuania vs France
Senegal vs USA
Serbia vs Argentina

9-16 Classification  match-ups:

Puerto Rico vs Australia
Iran vs Mali
Latvia vs Korea
Japan vs Turkey

Top Performers:

- Nikola Jovic (SRB) - 28 PTS / 7 REB / 6 AST / 4 BLK
- Jayson Tchicamboud (FRA) - 14 PTS / 5 REB / 8 AST
- Ruben Dominguez (ESP) - 24 PTS / 5 REB / 3 AST
- Gonzalo Carbalan (ARG) - 25 PTS / 4 REB / 3 AST / 1 STL
- Baye Abdou Ndongo (SEN) - 12 PTS / 11 REB / 3 AST / 2 STL / 4 BLK
- Ryan Nembhard (CAN) - 13 PTS / 4 REB / 10 AST

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Game Highs:

- Nikola Jovic (SRB) - 28 points
- Three players  - 11 rebounds
- Ryan Nembhard (CAN) - 10  assists
- Millan Jimenez (ESP) / Cheikh Sow (SEN) - 5 steals
- Nikola Jovic (SRB) / Baye Abdou Ndongo (SEN) - 4 blocks

Did You Know?

• The last time France and Mali played was in the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2019 Semi-Finals, when Mali won to reach the Final.
• The last - and only - time that Spain beat Australia at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup came in 1999 when Spain captured their only U19 crown.
• Senegal improved on their best showing at the U19 World Cup, having placed 15th and 16th at their previous two appearances.

 

 

Gameday 3 - Tuesday July 6

Headlines:

- Serbia need big comeback to beat hosts Latvia
- Turkey fend off Mali in another tight battle
- Iran surprise Puerto Rico
- Other Europeans, North America coast to victories

Gameday 3 wrapped up in the daily recap

Round of 16 match-ups:

France vs Mali
Japan vs Serbia
Spain vs Australia
Lithuania vs Iran
Argentina vs Turkey
Senegal vs Latvia
Korea vs United States
Canada vs Puerto Rico 

Top Performers:

- Yeo Jun Seok (KOR) - 26 PTS / 12 REB
- Piter Girgoorian (IRI) - 25 PTS / 5 REB / 2 AST
- Ryan Nembhard (CAN) - 17 PTS / 4 REB / 8 AST / 4 STL
- Azuolas Tubelis (LTU) - 15 PTS / 3 REB / 4 AST / 5 STL
- Nikola Jovic (SRB) - 16 PTS / 5 REB / 3 BLK
- Oumar Ballo (MLI) - 16 PTS / 13 REB / 4 STL / 3 BLK

 

Game Highs:

- Yeo Jun Seok (KOR) - 26 points
- Zach Edey (CAN) - 17 rebounds
- Mohammadhadi Lakzaeifard (IRI)  - 9 assists
- Azuolas Tubelis (LTU) - 5 steals
- Lucas Ugolin (FRA) / Chet Holmgren (USA) - 4 blocks

Must read:

Feature: Lithuania's Marciulions receives advice straight from the source - his legendary father

Did You Know?

• Yeo Jun Seok scored 38.2 percent of Korea's points in the Group Phase (65 of 170), the highest percentage by any player in the competition - by a large margin. The second-highest percentage was Aaron Clark with 27.0 percent (57 of 211) of Puerto Rico's points.
• Serbia have out-scored their opponents 136-84 in the second half of their three Group Phase games.
• United States have now won 11 straight games at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup and 34 of the last 35 dating back to their 2011 Quarter-Finals loss to Russia. The only defeat between was to Canada in 2017 Semi-Finals.
• Iran won their first youth competition game against Puerto Rico after having lost to the FIBA Americas team in the only other match-up in the U19 World Cup in 2003.

 

Gameday 2 - Sunday July 4

Headlines:

- Spain prevail in low-scoring overtime battle with France
- Lithuania struggle to close out again, survive to beat Senegal
- Turkey grab first win in thriller with Australia
- Hosts Latvia capture first victory

Gameday 2 wrapped up in the daily recap

Top Performers:

- Manuel Rodriguez Ortega (ARG) - 22 PTS / 9 REB / 10/13 FG
- Yeo Jun Seok (KOR) - 27 PTS / 13 REB / 3 AST / 2 STL / 2 BLK
- Bennedict Mathurin (CAN) - 30 PTS / 3 REB / 2 AST / 6 3-PTRs
- Victor Wembanyama (FRA) - 22 PTS / 10 REB / 6 BLK
- Ibou Dianko Badji (SEN)  - 23 PTS / 14 REB / 4 BLK
- Nikola Jovic (SRB) - 16 PTS / 11 REB / 2 AST

 

Game Highs:

- Bennedict Mathurin (CAN) - 30 points
- Zach Edey (CAN) - 15 rebounds
- Aleksa Kovacevic - 10 assists
- Eight players - 3 steals
- Victor Wembanyama - 6 blocks

Must read:

Feature: Empty passport in hand, USA leader Holmgren open to facing best in world

Did You Know?

• Spain beat France for the first time at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup. Despite 54 previous matchups at the youth level on the continental and global levels, France's 2007 Quarter-Finals win over Spain was the only previous game between these two European powers in U19 World Cup history.
• The game between hosts Latvia and Iran was the first-ever official matchup of these nations at any level - youth or senior. The Latvian and Iranian senior teams did face off in an exhibition game in June 2016 in Riga.
• The last time United States and Mali faced off in this competition was the Final of the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2019, which the Americans won while Mali made history with the greatest result for an African team in a FIBA global event.
• United States improved to 5-0 all-time in U19 World Cup games played on the country's Independence Day (July 4).

 

Gameday 1 - Saturday July 3

Headlines:

- Argentina rally from 17 down to shock Spain
- Ryan Nembhard spearheads comeback for Canada's first U19 win over Lithuania
- Puerto Rico rides Rafael Pinzon to fight back against Latvia
- Serbia, survive stern test from Iran

Gameday 1 wrapped up in the daily recap

Top Performers:

- Azuolas Tubelis (LTU) - 32 PTS / 12 REB / 3 AST / 3 BLK
- Victor Wembanyama (FRA) - 16 PTS / 9 REB / 5 AST / 2 BLK
- Ibou Dianko Badji (SEN)  - 13 PTS / 8 REB / 7 BLK
- Zach Edey (CAN) - 12 PTS / 16 REB
- Jaden Ivey (USA) - 21 PTS / 3 REB / 4 STL

 
Game Highs:
- Azuolas Tubelis (LTU) - 32 points
- Zach Edey (CAN) - 16 rebounds
- Augustas Marciulionis (LTU) - 9 assists
- Guillaume Jean Eyango (FRA) / Jaden Ivey (USA)- 4 steals
- Ibou Dianko Badji - 7 blocks

Did You Know?

• The first points of the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2021 were scored by Jayson Tchicamboud, who dunked off the opening tip for France against Korea.
• Senegal won a U19 World Cup Group Phase game for the first time in the country's history.

Pre-Tournament

Must-read:

Press release:  We are ready as rosters are confirmed
Feature: Power Rankings: Where does your team stack up before the tournament?
Feature: Ten players you don't want to miss in Latvia
Quiz: How well do you know the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup?
Preview: Five must-watch games in the Group Phase
Feature:  Wembanyama focused on perfecting his own picture
Feature: Dixon ready to lead USA to another U19 title

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