FIBA - U17 World Championship most followed youth Championship ever

HAMBURG (FIBA U17 World Championship) - The FIBA U17 World Championship received half a million visits during the first round of competition, a record for a FIBA youth tournament.

This unexpected level of coverage - to date there have been more than 1.5 million page views - places hamburg2010.fiba.com ahead of the previous record holder - the event website for last year's FIBA U19 World Championship newzealand2010.fiba.com - by 15%. In spite of this Championship concerning players of a younger age category, and most of the players unknown to basketball followers, the event website has been a resounding success.

FIBA President Bob Elphinston, who has been ever present during this first edition of the FIBA U17 World Championship expressed his satisfaction at these figures: "We knew this event would be popular and we also knew our couverage of the event was solid, but we could not have expected so many people to actively follow us online. I am happy because I believe that this reflects the growth of basketball and the level of interest in it, especially among the young."FIBA

With a regular interviews, features and news items, the event website also features a game report for each game, comprehensive statistical data, while the day in review and the quotes of the day sections are among the sites most popular pages.

With camera crews having arrived to cover the remaining three days of exciting competition, fiba.com is hoping to get as close as possible to the magic figure of one million visits.

FU17 World Championship results are pusblished on the FIBA Twitter and Facebook page.

All final round games will be streamed live on fibatv.com.
 
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