2013 FIBA Americas U16 Championship For Men -- Just The Facts

ELIGIBILITY: Players eligible for this team must be U.S. citizens and born on or after January 1, 1997.

USA TRAINING CAMP DATES AND SITE: TBD

COMPETITION DATES: TBD

QUALIFIED TEAMS: Canada, USA, 6 teams TBD.

FIBA AMERICAS U16 EVENT DESCRIPTION: The 2013 FIBA Americas Men's U16 Championship will feature eight U16 national teams from North, South and Central America and the Caribbean with at least the top three finishing teams qualifying for the 2014 FIBA U17 World Championship. The 2014 U17 Worlds will have an expanded field - from 12 to 16 teams - and FIBA has yet to announce which zones will receive an extra berth.

FIBA AMERICAS U16 EVENT HISTORY: Traveling to Mendoza, Argentina, for the inaugural FIBA Americas U16 Championship in 2009, the U.S. squad, a team comprised of players who were 16-years-old or younger, was flat out impressive. Scoring an average of 113.0 points a game, the USA team won its five games by an average of 33.8 points a game to claim the competition's first gold medal. The 2011 U.S. squad was not much different, decimating opponents by an average margin of 42.2 points per contest en route to a perfect 5-0 mark and the gold medal.

USA PLAYERS OF NOTE: Brad Beal (2009); Quinn Cook (2009); Aaron Gordon (2011); Jabari Parker (2011).