The 2026 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup was the eighth 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 held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 27 June to 5 July 2026. To be eligible for this competition, players must have been born on or after 1 January 2009.
The United States won their eighth consecutive and overall title, in as many edition, with a finals win 107–81 over Serbia.
Qualified teams Means of qualification Date(s) Venue(s) Berth(s) Qualifiers Host nation 1 2025 FIBA U16 AmeriCup 2–8 June 2025 Ciudad Juárez 4 2025 FIBA U16 EuroBasket 8–16 August 2025 Tbilisi 5 2025 FIBA U16 Asia Cup 31 August–7 September 2025 Ulaanbaatar 4 2025 FIBA U16 AfroBasket 2–14 September 2025 Kigali 2 Total 16
Draw The draw took place on 29 January 2026 in Istanbul.
Seeding The seeding was announced on 27 January 2026.
+ Pot 1 Team + Pot 2 Team + Pot 3 Team + Pot 4 Team
Referees The following 28 referees were selected for the tournament.
Ruben Woolcock Alan Dos Santos Nicolas Zivieri Waseem Husainy Gao Yijie Sun Jian Carlos Peralta Mihkel Männiste Ioannis Agrafiotis Orlando Varela Péter Praksch Yevgeniy Mikheyev Gatis Saliņš Yann Davidson Nataša Dragojević Martin Davison Julio Anaya Paulina Gajdosz Wojciech Liszka Julirys Guzmán Jean Ruhamiriza Petar Pešić Arnold Moseya Park Kyoung-jin Ariadna Chueca Cisil Güngör Blanca Burns Aline García
Squads
Preliminary round All times are local (UTC+3).
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Final round Bracket
Round of 16
9–16th classification playoffs
9–16th place quarterfinals
13–16th place semifinals
15th place game
13th place game
9–12th place semifinals
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Quarterfinals
5–8th classification playoffs
5–8th place semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Final standings Rank Team Record 7–0 5–2 6–14th 5–25th 5–26th 4–37th 5–28th 3–49th 3–410th 3–411th 3–412th 2–513th 3–414th 1–615th 1–616th 0–7
Statistics and awards Statistical leaders Players
Points Name PPG Jayden Cecil 29.9 Ömer Kutluay 28.4 Dwight Gaines 25.9 Nikola Kusturica 24.6 Chusonjakku Shiratani 23.9
Rebounds Name RPG Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje 10.9 Darius Karutasu 9.7 Raphael Ouedraogo 9.0 Isaiah Clarke 8.7 Jean-Philippe Oka 8.6
Assists Name APG Ömer Kutluay 9.0 Beckham Black 8.3 Luke Paul 7.1 Jokubas Kukta 7.0 Chen Yuxiu 5.7 Aaron Towo-Nansi Tawhiri Cate
Blocks Name BPG Zhao Boxin 3.6 Zach Rampton 3.3 Yahya Basaran 2.3 Riak Akhuar 2.1 Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje
Steals Name SPG Dwight Gaines 4.9 Nathan Djako 3.7 Beckham Black 3.0 Tristan Edwards 2.6 Chusonjakku Shiratani
Efficiency Name EFFPG Joaquim Boumtje Boumtje 29.3 Ömer Kutluay 28.3 Darius Karutasu 27.3 Nikola Kusturica 24.7 Nathan Soliman 22.9
Teams
Points Team PPG 126.4 89.9 89.4 88.3 87.3
Rebounds Team RPG 52.3 52.1 52.0 50.3 49.0
Assists Team APG 34.1 24.4 23.6 23.3 20.9
Blocks Team BPG 9.7 7.3 6.7 6.6 5.7
Steals Team SPG 15.6 13.7 12.4 11.3 11.1
Efficiency Team EFFPG 174.6 108.3 107.0 104.3 103.4
Awards
The awards were announced on 5 July 2026.
All-Star FiveGuardsForwardsCenter Beckham Black Ömer Kutluay Luke Paul Nikola Kusturica Joaquim Boumtje-BoumtjeMVP: Joaquim Boumtje-BoumtjeAll-Second TeamGuardsForwardsCenter Darius Karutasu DJ Gaines Matija Lukić CJ Rosser Nathan Soliman N/ABest defensive player: Nikola KusturicaBest coach: Stevan Mijović
References
External links Official website