The 2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U19 national teams of the member associations of FIBA. The tournament was held in Lausanne, Switzerland, from 28 June to 6 July 2025. This marked the first time that Switzerland hosted a FIBA global tournament. The United States won their ninth title, after defeating Germany 109–76 in the final. USA player AJ Dybantsa was named tournament MVP.
Qualified teams Means of qualification Dates Venue Berth(s) Qualifier(s) Host nation 1 2024 FIBA U18 AmeriCup2024 FIBA U18 AmeriCup official website 3–9 June 2024 Buenos Aires 4 2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket official website 27 July – 4 August 2024 Tampere 5 2024 FIBA U18 Asia Cup2024 FIBA U18 Asia Cup official website 2–9 September 2024 Amman 4 2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket official website 3–14 September 2024 Pretoria 2 Total 16
Draw The draw was held on 31 January 2025 at the Olympic Museum Auditorium in Lausanne, Switzerland.2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup draw
Seeding The seeding was announced on 29 January 2025. Teams were distributed into the four pots based on the FIBA Boys World Ranking and the results of the 2024 FIBA U18 continental competitions.
Teams from the same region could not be drawn into the same group, with the exception of Europe where each group had to contain a minimum of one and a maximum of two European teams. Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Referees The following referees were selected for the tournament.
Claudio Eiuba Nicolas Fernandes James Griguol Fernando Leite Alan dos Santos Ademir Zurapović Ventsislav Velikov Waseem Husainy Sun Jian Carlos Vélez Martin Vulić Carlos Peralta Mikhel Männiste Yohan Rosso Orlando Varela Ahmed Al-Shuwaili Daigo Urushima Mohammad Taha Yevgeniy Mikheyev Juozas Barkausaks Yann Davidson Wojciech Liszka Johnny Batista Edwin Quiles Boris Krejić Park Kyoung-jin Luis Castillo Kerem Baki Can Mavisu Yener Yılmaz Blanca Burns Matthew Myers
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+2).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Knockout stage Bracket
5–8th place bracket
9–16th place bracket
13–16th place bracket
Round of 16
9–16th place quarterfinals
Quarterfinals
13–16th place semifinals
9–12th place semifinals
5–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
15th place game
13th place game
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Third place game
Final
Final standings Rank Team Record 7–0 6–1 4–3 4th 4–3 5th 5–2 6th 4–3 7th 5–2 8th 3–4 9th 4–3 10th 3–4 11th 3–4 12th 3–4 13th 2–5 14th 1–6 15th 2–5 16th 0–7
Statistics and awards Statistical leaders Players
Points Name PPG Tyler Kropp 21.7 Lucas Morillo 20.0 Omer Mayer Roman Siulepa 18.9 Gedeon Basson 18.0
Rebounds Name RPG Amadou Seini 15.3 Hannes Steinbach 13.0 Ariel Sela 11.2 Tyler Kropp 9.7 Youssouf Traoré 9.3 Dayan Nessah
Assists Name APG Thiago Sucatzky 6.9 Jack Kayil 6.6 Christian Anderson Jr. Danny Carbuccia Mikel Brown Jr. 6.1
Blocks Name BPG Sinan Huan 5.0 Daniel Jacobsen 1.9 Melvine Mbamen Morez Johnson Jr. 1.7 Julius Halaifonua 1.6 Ladji Coulibaly Matthew Dann Noa Kouakou-Heugue
Steals Name SPG Felipe Minzer 3.2 Fernando De Los Santos 3.0 Caleb Holt 2.7 Ibrahim Doumbia 2.6 Ariel Sela 2.3
Efficiency Name EFFPG Hannes Steinbach 27.1 Tyler Kropp 24.7 Youssouf Traoré 22.9 Lucas Morillo Amadou Seini 22.0
Teams
Points Team PPG 114.6 88.6 85.9 84.9 84.0
Rebounds Team RPG 47.9 47.1 46.1 46.0 45.7
Assists Team APG 27.7 21.0 20.7 20.6 19.7
Blocks Team BPG 6.7 6.1 5.9 5.3 5.0
Steals Team SPG 14.1 13.0 12.6 10.6 10.4
Efficiency Team EFFPG 147.4 101.4 101.3 92.9 89.9
Awards The awards were announced on 6 July 2025.
All-Tournament TeamGuardsForwardsCenter Christian Anderson Jr. Mikel Brown Jr. Žak Smrekar AJ Dybantsa Hannes SteinbachMVP: AJ Dybantsa All-Second Team Jordan Charles Tama Isaac Dayan Nessah Roman Siulepa Tyler KroppBest defensive player: Jordan Smith Jr.Rising star: Danijel Radosavljević
Notes
References
External links Official website