BERLIN (Germany) - The groups for this summer's FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup 2021 were confirmed at Wednesday's draw ceremony, with participating countries discovering their opponents.

In the 14th edition of the FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup 2021 teams were divided into four groups of four teams each. The event is to be played in Debrecen, Hungary, from August 7 to 15 and the tournament hosts were drawn in Group B with Russia, Chinese Taipei and Argentina. 

The results of the draw are as follows:

The draw was livestreamed on FIBA's YouTube channel, along with the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2021 draw.

Introduced in 1985, the FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup has seen five different winners, the USA having captured the trophy a remarkable eight times in 13 editions of the competition. They reached the top of the podium at the FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand, beating Australia in overtime in the Final. 

Media professionals registered in the FIBA Media Portal will be able to apply for the FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup 2021 as of Monday, July 5, with a deadline of Friday, July 30. 

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