The 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (Lithuanian: 2012 m. FIBA iki 17 metų pasaulio čempionatas) was the 2nd edition of the FIBA Under-17 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U17 national teams of the member associations of FIBA. It was hosted by Kaunas, Lithuania from 29 June to 8 July 2012.
The United States defeated Australia to win their second title. Jahlil Okafor was named tournament MVP.
Qualification 12 teams have qualified for this year's edition.
2011 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship
2011 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship
2011 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship
2011 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
2011 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship
Host country
Preliminary round The draw took place on January 10, 2012.
Team advanced to Quarterfinals Team competed in Placement matches
Times given below are in EEST (UTC+3).
Group A TeamPldWLPFPAPDPts550497334+16310541374347+279532382397–118523331363–327514287333–466505338435–975
Group B TeamPldWLPFPAPDPtsTiebreaker550423335+8810532380348+3281–1, +11532410357+5381–1, +6532346349–381–1, –17514425442–176505358511–1535
9th–12th playoffs
Semifinals
Eleventh place playoff
Ninth place playoff
Knockout stage
Quarterfinals
5th–8th semifinals
Semifinals
Seventh place playoff
Fifth place playoff
Bronze medal game
Final
Final standings Rank Team Record 8–0 6–2 7–14th 4–45th 5–36th 4–47th 4–48th 2–69th 3–410th 2–511th 1–612th 0–7
Awards
Most Valuable Player Jahlil Okafor
All-Tournament Team
Dante Exum Mario Hezonja Justise Winslow Gabriel Deck Jahlil Okafor
Statistical leaders
Points Name PPG Gabriel Deck 21.5 Mario Hezonja 20.8 Heo Hoon 17.7 Dante Exum 17.3 Edvinas Šeškus 15.7 Ehab Amin
Rebounds Name RPG Zhou Qi 10.1 Karlo Žganec 9 Edvinas Šeškus Justise Winslow 8.8 Martin Peterka 8.6
Assists Name APG Radovan Kouřil 9.6 Mirko Djeric 5.6 Tyus Jones 5.4 Alvaro Merlo 5.1 Paolo Marinelli 4.4
Blocks Name BPG Zhou Qi 4 Moataz Hosny Ilimane Diop 2.6 Anas Osama Mahmoud 2.1 Park In-Tae 2
Steals Name SPG Zhao Jiwei 2.9 Alberto Martín 2.6 Justise Winslow Ehab Amin 2.4 Mario Hezonja 2.3 Alvaro Merlo
Referees The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) named the following 19 referees to officiate the basketball games at this tournament.
Hussain Hassan Ahmed M. Albloushi Chung Yi-Chih Roberto José Fernandez Diaz Damir Javor Carlos Jose Julio Jurgis Laurinavičius Guilherme Locatelli Petri Mantyla Sergey Mikhaylov Anastasios Piloidis Christopher Antony Reid Diego Hernan Rougier Alejandro Sanchez Varela Thomas James Short Borys Shulga Roberto Vazquez Eddie Viator Robert Vyklicky Jakub Zamojski
Broadcasting rights - Lietuvos rytas TV
References
External links 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship