2012 USA Basketball Men's National Teams -- Eligibility Information

USA Basketball 2012 summer events for men have been finalized and are summarized below. 

Competition committees are responsible for selecting athletes to participate in team trials, the actual selection of each 12-member team and ongoing performance evaluations of team members.  While participation on a USA Basketball team is by invitation only, any athlete had the opportunity to download the 2012 Athlete Consideration Form and complete the information to insure consideration by the appropriate committee. 

The Athlete Consideration Form was due back to USA Basketball by March 9, 2012 and is no longer available for this summer.

2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship

The 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship will be held June 16-20 in Sao Sebastiáo do Paraiso, Brazil.   This event serves as the qualifying tournament for next year’s U19 FIBA World Championship.

  Training Camp to select the 12-member team will be held June 5-12 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.  Athletes will receive an invitation to attend the Training Camp progressively and no later than following the Junior National Team Committee meeting in early April.  Training camp will include a variety of practices and scrimmages.  The schedule for trials, training camps and competitions follows:

Players eligible for this team must be U.S. citizens and born on or after January 1, 1994.

2012 FIBA U17 World Championship

The 2012 FIBA U17 World Championship will be held June 29- July 8 in Kaunas, Lithuania.  

Training Camp to select the 12-member team will be held June 15-18 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  Athletes will receive an invitation to attend the Training Camp by early April 2012.  Training camp will include a variety of practices and scrimmages. The schedule for trials, training camps and competitions follows:

Players eligible for this team must be U.S. citizens and born on or after January 1, 1995.

Team selection for each event is the responsibility of the appropriate men’s program competition committee. Players interested, available and eligible for any of the competitions stated herein were encouraged to complete the Athlete Consideration Form (no longer available) and return it by March 9, 2012 to USA Basketball.

NOTE: Eligibility and selection information for the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team can be found here.