Teams confirmed for the FIBA U15 Skills Challenges 2021 Regional Qualifiers
MIES (Switzerland) - The field for the FIBA U15 Skills Challenges 2021 has been finalized as 55 National Federations enter teams in the Regional Qualifiers for a chance to compete at the Global Challenges.
MIES (Switzerland) - The field for the FIBA U15 Skills Challenges 2021 has been finalized as 106 teams from 55 National Federations have been entered in the Regional Qualifiers for a chance to compete at the Global Challenges.
A new age category at U15 level has been created to encourage national teams to build a program at this age group, while the event also allows smaller nations to compete in a global event.
Both the men's and women's events have seen an increase in the number of participants, with 55 nations represented in the men's competition and 51 in the women's event.
There are no direct entrants to the Global Skills Challenges this year and all 32 spots available at each event will have to be secured through the Qualifiers with teams split into four geographic regions of Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe.
The Qualifiers are set to tip off on Wednesday, April 28 in Africa and Asia with the field set to completed when Europe concludes in May. The Global Challenges will be held in October 2021.
FIBA U15 Skills Challenge 2021
African Qualifiers
Group A: Egypt, Gabon, Guinea, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Group B: Angola, Madagascar, Uganda, Cameroon, Zambia
Group C: Tunisia, Rwanda, Morocco, Central African Republic, Zimbabwe
Dates: April 28-May 2, 2021
The top two in each group advance to the FIBA U15 Skills Challenge 2021.
Competition Format and Schedule
Americas Qualifiers
Group A: Argentina, Panama, Colombia, Jamaica, Nicaragua
Group B: Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guatemala, Suriname
Group C: Dominican Republic, Virgin Islands, Aruba, El Salvador
Dates: May 5-9, 2021
The top two in each group and the two best third-ranked teams advance to the FIBA U15 Skills Challenge 2021.
Competition Format and Schedule
Asian Qualifiers
Group A: Australia, Jordan, Palestine
Group B: China, Syria, Tahiti
Group C: New Zealand, Iraq, Mongolia
Group D: Iran, Lebanon, Guam, Samoa
Dates: April 28-May 2, 2021
The top two in each group advance to the FIBA U15 Skills Challenge 2021.
Competition Format and Schedule
European Qualifiers
Group A: Spain, Israel, Luxembourg, Andorra
Group B: Serbia, Georgia, Netherlands, Belarus, Albania
Group C: Lithuania, Poland, Estonia, Bulgaria, Gibraltar
Dates: May 12-16, 2021
The top three in each group and the best fourth-ranked team advance to the FIBA U15 Skills Challenge 2021.
Competition Format and Schedule
FIBA U15 Women's Skills Challenge 2021
African Qualifiers
Group A: Egypt, Madagascar, Zimbabwe, Guinea
Group B: Angola, Uganda, Gabon, Cameroon
Group C: Tunisia, Rwanda, Morocco, Central African Republic, Zambia
Dates: April 28-May 2, 2021
The top two in each group advance to the FIBA U15 Women's Skills Challenge 2021.
Competition Format and Schedule
Americas Qualifiers
Group A: Argentina, El Salvador, Dominican Republic, Virgin Islands, Jamaica, Suriname
Group B: Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Ecuador, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama
Dates: May 5-9, 2021
The top four in each group advance to the FIBA U15 Women's Skills Challenge 2021.
Competition Format and Schedule
Asian Qualifiers
Group A: Australia, Iran, Palestine
Group B: China, Jordan, Syria
Group C: New Zealand, Guam, Iraq
Group D: Tahiti, Samoa, Lebanon, Mongolia
Dates: April 28-May 2, 2021
The top two in each group advance to the FIBA U15 Women's Skills Challenge 2021.
Competition Format and Schedule
European Qualifiers
Group A: Spain, Poland, Netherlands, Estonia, Andorra, Gibraltar
Group B: Belarus, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Israel, Luxembourg, Albania, Georgia
Dates: May 12-18, 2021
The top five in each group advance to the FIBA U15 Women's Skills Challenge 2021.
Competition Format and Schedule
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