The 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup (Bulgarian: 2020 Световна купа по баскетбол FIBA до 17 години) would have been the 6th edition of the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U17 national teams of the member associations of FIBA.
It was originally scheduled to take place between 4 and 12 July 2020, and hosted by Sofia, Bulgaria. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was postponed to 15 to 23 August. On 12 June 2020, FIBA postponed the tournament again and options were examined to play in 2021, but the tournament was eventually cancelled.
Venues SofiaArmeets Arena Capacity: 12,373
Qualified teams Means of Qualification Date Venue Berths Qualifiers Host Nation 4 April 2019 1 2019 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship 3–9 June 2019 Belém do Pará 4 2019 FIBA Under-16 African Championship 5–14 July 2019 Praia 2 2019 FIBA Under-16 European Championship 9–17 August 2019 Udine 5 Asian selection 4 Cancelled Total 16 As the Asian tournament was cancelled, the FIBA used the World rankings to decide the participants. Japan and New Zealand were to play a play-off to decide the last participant as they are equal on points.
Draw The draw for the tournament was held on 6 March 2020 in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Seedings The seedings were announced on 6 March 2020.
Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3 Pot 4 (hosts) or
Preliminary round Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Final round Bracket
9–16th classification playoffs
5–8th classification playoffs
Final ranking Rank Team Record 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 13th 14th 15th 16th
References
External links Official website