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OFFICIAL EVENT TITLE: 2007
FIBA U19 World Championship For Women
EVENT SITE: Bratislava,
Slovak Republic.
DATES: July
26-August 5, 2007.
TOURNAMENT DRAW:
March 6 in Bratislava.
QUALIFIED TEAMS (16):
Australia, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Ivory Coast,
Japan, Korea, Lithuania, Mali, Slovak Republic, Serbia, Spain, Sweden,
and the USA.
EVENT DESCRIPTION: The FIBA U19 World
Championship For Women will feature 16 national teams that qualified through
their FIBA zone tournaments. Athletes 19 years old or younger (born on
or after Jan. 1, 1988) are eligible.
EVENT HISTORY:
Originally known as the FIBA Junior World Championship, the tournament
is held every four years and was first held in 1985. USA women's teams
are 32-10 in the U19/Junior World Championships, capturing gold with an
8-0 record most recently in 2005.
USA U19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
FOR WOMEN PLAYERS OF NOTE:
Angela Aycock (1993); Alana Beard (2001); Essence Carson (2005); Tamika
Catchings (1997); Monique Currie (2001); Crystal Langhorne (2005); Erlana
Larkins (2005); Lisa Leslie (1989); Rebecca Lobo (1993); Vickie Orr (1985);
Courtney Paris (2005); Cappie Pondexter (2001);Katie Smith (1993); Dawn
Staley (1989); Ann Strother (2001); Diana Taurasi (2001); Abby Waner (2005);
Candice Wiggins (2005).
ALL-TIME FIBA U19 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR WOMEN RESULTS:
| DATES |
SITE |
FINAL STANDINGS |
| July 15-24, 2005 |
Tunis, Tunisia |
1st-USA; 2nd-Serbia & Montenegro; 3rd-China; 4th-Russia;
5th-Spain; 6th-South Korea; 7th-Australia; 8th-Hungary; 9th-Canada;
10th-Puerto Rico; 11th-Congo; 12th-Tunisia. |
| July 14-22, 2001 |
| Czech Republic |
1st-Czech Republic; 2nd-Russia; 3rd-USA;
4th-Australia; 5th-France; 6th-Cuba; 7th-Brazil; 8th-Lithuania; 9th-China;
10th-Poland; 11th-Japan; 12th-Mali. |
| July 5-13, 1997 |
Natal, Brazil |
1st-USA; 2nd-Australia; 3rd-Slovakia; 4th-Brazil;
5th-Russia; 6th-Czech Republic; 7th-China; 8th-Spain; 9th-Argentina;
10th-Mali; 11th-Cuba; 12th-Japan. |
| Aug. 1-8, 1983 |
| Seoul, South Korea |
1st-Australia; 2nd-Russia; 3rd-Poland;
4th-South Korea; 5th-Brazil;6th-France; 7th-USA; 8th-Japan; 9th-Bulgaria;
10th-Zaire;11th-China; 12th-Chinese Taipei. |
| July 23-30, 1989 |
Bilbao, Spain |
1st-Soviet Union; 2nd-Yugoslavia; 3rd-Australia; 4th-Czechoslovakia;5th-Spain;
6th-South Korea; 7th-USA; 8th-Brazil; 9th-China;10th-Cuba; 11th-Bulgaria;
12th-Zaire. |
| Aug. 13-21, 1985 |
| Colorado Springs, Colorado |
1st-Soviet Union; 2nd-South Korea;
3rd-Yugoslavia; 4th-China; 5th-USA; 6th-Australia; 7th-Spain; 8th-Canada;
9th-Cuba; 10th-Senegal. |
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