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EVENT SITE: Moscow, Russia. DATE: June 29-July 8, 2007. TOURNAMENT DRAW: Held Feb. 29 in Russia, the United States was placed in Group B along with Australia, Brazil, Hungary, Japan and Spain. Group A includes Belgium, Canada, China, Mali, France and Russia. TICKET INFORMATION: Free! USA TEAM TRIALS: May 17-20 in Colorado Springs, Colorado. EVENT DESCRIPTION: The FIBA U21 World Championship For Women will take place June 29-July 8 in Moscow, Russia, and will feature 12 teams that qualified in 2006 through zone championships. The Draw was held Feb. 9 and the United States was placed in Group B along with Australia, Brazil, Hungary, Japan and Spain. Group A includes Belgium, Canada, China, Mali, France and Russia. The 12 participating teams were divided into two preliminary rounds groups of six teams each. After playing each of the five other teams in its preliminary round group between June 29-July 4, the top four finishing teams from each preliminary round group will advance to play in the July 6 medal round quarterfinals, while the fifth and sixth place finishing teams in preliminary round play will play out to determine 9th-12th places. Semifinal round play will be held July 7, and the gold medal, bronze medal, 5th/6th place and 7th/8th place games will be played on July 8. EVENT HISTORY: Held just once, four years ago (2003)when it was known as the FIBA World Championship For Young Women, the USA captured the 2003 gold medal with a 7-1 record in Sibenik, Croatia. In the gold medal contest the U.S. avenged a 73-60 preliminary round loss to Brazil with a dominating 71-55 rout as tournament MVP Seimone Augustus paced the U.S. to the gold with 18 points. Augustus was joined on the five-member 2003 All-FIBA World Championship For Young Women Team by the USA's Alana Beard and Christi Thomas. FIBA changed the names of its age-based World Championships in 2005 to reflect the age athletes must be to be eligible for the event. FIBA WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP FOR YOUNG WOMEN -
USA PLAYERS FROM 2003: Seimone
Augustus; Alana Beard; Temeka Johnson; Kristen Mann; Caity Matter; Nicole
Ohlde; Shawntinice Polk; Cappie Pondexter; Christi Thomas; Kendra Wecker;
Lindsay Whalen; Tanisha Wright. 2003 FIBA U21 World CHAMPIONSHIP FOR YOUNG WOMEN RESULTS:
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