BRNO (Czechia) - We've checked the data to see who are the tallest, shortest, and youngest players competing in the FIBA U17 Women's Basketball World Cup 2026.
Who is the tallest?
Canadian's have been topping the charts in youth basketball. Sienna Morris towers over the competition here in Brno, following the trend of Jeremy Gohier, who recently topped the U17 World Cup a couple of weeks ago. The 16-year-old already represented Canada at the FIBA U16 Women's AmeriCup 2025 last summer, winning the silver medal. Morris averaged 3.3 rebounds in 7.7 minutes per game.
RANK | NAME | COUNTRY | HEIGHT |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Sienna Morris | CAN | 1.99m (6' 6") |
2 | Emilia Ainley | NZL | 1.96m (6' 5") |
| Caroline Bradley | USA | 1.96m (6' 5") |
| Anna Smykovskaia | ESP | 1.96m (6' 5") |
5 | Jemyma Manyok | AUS | 1.95m (6' 5") |
| Yatong Tang | CHN | 1.95m (6' 5") |
7 | Gabrielle Fajemirokun | CAN | 1.94m (6' 4") |
| Emma Lorbek | SLO | 1.94m (6' 4") |
| Nele Prowaznik | GER | 1.94m (6' 4") |
10 | Zeina Amin | EGY | 1.92m (6' 3") |
| Hannah Sofia Florez Perez | COL | 1.92m (6' 3") |
| Lily Mapp | AUS | 1.92m (6' 3") |
| Amelie Mbah | GER | 1.92m (6' 3") |
There are 6 players topping the 1.95M (6'5") mark in this years competition, putting on display the size of the next generation of women's basketball.
Who is the shortest?
Miya Takeuchi is listed as the smallest player in the competition, but the what demands your attention more is that she is the FIBA U16 Women's Asia Cup 2025 MVP.
At the youth continental cup hosted in Malaysia, Takeuchi led all players in scoring (19.4 points per game) and assists (6.6 per game) - leading Japan to a third-place finish. It was in the third-place game where she arguably had her best game with 25 points, 7 rebounds, and 4 assists.
It's hard to not make some quick projections, comparing Takeuchi to Rui Machida who has the smallest women's player at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
RANK | NAME | COUNTRY | HEIGHT |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Miya Takeuchi | JPN | 1.63m (5' 4") |
2 | Fatma Abdella | EGY | 1.64m (5' 5") |
3 | Aisha Diagne | ITA | 1.65m (5' 5") |
| Ella Kone | CIV | 1.65m (5' 5") |
5 | Kako Otsuki | JPN | 1.66m (5' 5") |
| Isamar Rumbo | MEX | 1.66m (5' 5") |
| Maria Superlano | COL | 1.66m (5' 5") |
| Adja Traore | CIV | 1.66m (5' 5") |
| Lexi Wee | CAN | 1.66m (5' 5") |
10 | Enija Brokane | LAT | 1.68m (5' 6") |
| Fatima Konate | CIV | 1.68m (5' 6") |
| Alisson Restrepo | COL | 1.68m (5' 6") |
Who is the youngest?
All of those talented players are young. But Hannah Sofia Florez Perez, who is also among one of the tallest players as well, is the youngest of them all being born July 7, 2011.
She is one of the eight players born in 2011. Will any of these players see playing time at the first FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup of their careers?
However, even if they might see limited playing time in Brno - since they are only 15 this year, they would still be eligible to play in the U17 Women's World Cup in 2028.
Who knows?
RANK | NAME | TEAM | BIRTHDATE |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | Hannah Sofia Florez Perez | COL | July 7, 2011 |
2 | Anais Gobec | SLO | June 4, 2011 |
3 | Diocelin Zuniga Hurtado | COL | May 14, 2011 |
4 | Gabrielle Fajemirokun | CAN | May 8, 2011 |
5 | Maria Superlano | COL | April 5, 2011 |
6 | Jordan Martin | MEX | March 24, 2011 |
7 | Sara Murillo | COL | January 15, 2011 |
8 | Dayra Pedroza | COL | January 2, 2011 |
9 | Habiba Soliman | EGY | November 23, 2010 |
10 | Honoka Yasui | JPN | November 10, 2010 |
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