2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

The 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

FIBA Under-19 World Championship

The FIBA Under-19 World Championship is a men's under-19 only basketball competition organized by FIBA. From its inauguration in 1979 until 2007 it was held every four years...

was hosted by Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

from June 30 to July 10, 2011. The draw for the Championship took place on February 17, 2011 in Riga

Riga

Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...

. Teams played a round robin schedule, with the top three teams advancing to the knockout stage. Lithuania

Lithuania

Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...

became the champion. Lithuanian captain Jonas Valančiūnas

Jonas Valančiūnas

Jonas Valančiūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, currently playing for BC Lietuvos Rytas. He is a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team...

was chosen the Tournament MVP.

Venues

Below is a list of the venues which were be used to host games during the 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. All games of a preliminary round group were held in a single arena, as well as the games in the knockout round.

Preliminary round		Knockout stage
Valmiera Valmiera Valmiera is the largest city of the historical Vidzeme region, Latvia, with a total area of 18.1 km². It is the center of the Valmiera District. As of 2002, Valmiera had a population of 27,323, and in 2008 – 27,569....	Liepāja Liepaja Liepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...	Rīga Riga Riga is the capital and largest city of Latvia. With 702,891 inhabitants Riga is the largest city of the Baltic states, one of the largest cities in Northern Europe and home to more than one third of Latvia's population. The city is an important seaport and a major industrial, commercial,...
Vidzemes Olimpiskais Centrs	Liepājas Olimpiskais centrs	Arena Riga

Draw

The draw held on February 17 divided the qualified teams into four groups named A, B, C, and D, as listed for the preliminary round. Aside from the fact that those teams in the same pot would not be in the same preliminary round groups, there were restrictions on how teams may be drawn. Before the draw was aware that Latvia will not be the same group with Lithuania, who will play in Liepāja

Liepaja

Liepāja ; ), is a republican city in western Latvia, located on the Baltic Sea directly at 21°E. It is the largest city in the Kurzeme Region of Latvia, the third largest city in Latvia after Riga and Daugavpils and an important ice-free port...

. In addition to the FIBA wanted the first stage in each city to play over the three European teams, which meant that Russia should play a sample set of Valmiera groups.

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4

Source:

Group A

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	2	1	242	206
5	1–1, +8
	3	2	1	254	207
5	1–1, +6
	3	2	1	252	220
5	1–1, −14
	3	0	3	168	283	−115	3

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Group B

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
	3	2	1	234	192
5	1–1, +14
	3	2	1	225	204
5	1–1, +3
	3	2	1	198	204	−6	5	1–1, −17
	3	0	3	201	258	−57	3

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Group C

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
	3	2	1	247	234
5	1–0
	3	2	1	303	220
5	0–1
	3	1	2	261	292	−31	4	1–0
	3	1	2	232	297	−65	4	0–1

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Group D

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Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	3	3	0	277	204
6
	3	2	1	241	220
5
	3	1	2	227	296	−69	4
	3	0	3	235	260	−25	3

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Group E

75
Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Tiebreaker
	6	5	1	454	379
11
	6	4	2	453	427
10	1–0
	6	4	2	413	416	−3	10	0–1
	6	3	3	473	441
9	1–0
	6	3	3	468	414
9	0–1
	6	2	4	439	451	−12	8

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Group F

102
Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
	6	5	1	552	450
11
	6	4	2	485	473
10	1–1, +8
	6	4	2	557	440
10	1–1, +4
	6	4	2	462	432
10	1–1, −12
	6	2	4	481	540	−41	8
	6	1	5	438	548	−110	7

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Bracket

5th place bracket
9th place bracket
13th place bracket

Quarterfinals

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Classification 13–16

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Classification 9–12

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Semifinals

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Classification 5–8

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Fifteenth place game

Thirteenth place game

Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Final

Final Standings

Rank	\|Team	Record
		7–2
		6–3
		5–4
4th		5–4
5th		7–2
6th		6–3
7th		5–4
8th		4–5
9th		5–3
10th		3–5
11th		3–5
12th		1–7
13th		2–3
14th		1–4
15th		2–3
16th		0–5

Statistical leaders

Points

Name	Jonas Valančiūnas Jonas Valančiūnas Jonas Valančiūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, currently playing for BC Lietuvos Rytas. He is a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team...	23.0
Boris Barač	18.7
Assem Ahmed	18.5
Dario Šarić Dario Šarić Dario Šarić is a Croatian basketball player. He currently plays for KK Zagreb's youth squads. Šarić was named Most Valuable Player of the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in a unanimous vote, after leading the tournament in scoring , rebounding , and finishing second in assists...	18.1
Michal Michalak	17.4

Rebounds

Name	Jonas Valančiūnas Jonas Valančiūnas Jonas Valančiūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, currently playing for BC Lietuvos Rytas. He is a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team...	13.9
Assem Ahmed	12.2
Dario Šarić Dario Šarić Dario Šarić is a Croatian basketball player. He currently plays for KK Zagreb's youth squads. Šarić was named Most Valuable Player of the 2010 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship in a unanimous vote, after leading the tournament in scoring , rebounding , and finishing second in assists...	10.1
Edmunds Dukulis	9.5
Lucas Nogueira	8.8

Assists

Name	Vytenis Čižauskas	5.6
Grzegorz Grochowski	5.5
Kim Gi-yun	5.4
Toni Katić	4.5
Joe Jackson Raul Togni Neto Raul Togni Neto Raul Togni Neto better known as Raulzinho is a Brazilian basketball player. He's 1.84m [6'2] tall and he's a member of the Brazil national basketball team. He plays for the Minas Tênis Clube....	4.1

Blocks

Name	Jonas Valančiūnas Jonas Valančiūnas Jonas Valančiūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, currently playing for BC Lietuvos Rytas. He is a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team...	3.2
Lucas Nogueira	2.9
Tony Mitchell, Jr.	1.8
Przemyslaw Karnowski Meyers Leonard	1.6

Steals

Name	Assem Ahmed	2.3
Chen Ying-Chun Moon Seon-ggon	2.2
Kevin Pangos	2.1
Jeremy Lamb Jeremy Lamb Jeremy Emmanuel Lamb is an American college basketball player. He is a shooting guard for the Connecticut Huskies. As a freshman, he was a the second-leading scorer on the 2011 Huskies team that won the National Championship.-High school:...	2.0

Awards

Most Valuable Player Most Valuable Player In sports, a Most Valuable Player award is an honor typically bestowed upon the best performing player or players on a specific team, in an entire league, or for a particular contest or series of contests...
Jonas Valanciunas Jonas Valančiūnas Jonas Valančiūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, currently playing for BC Lietuvos Rytas. He is a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team...

All-Tournament Team Jonas Valanciunas

Jonas Valančiūnas

Jonas Valančiūnas is a Lithuanian professional basketball player, currently playing for BC Lietuvos Rytas. He is a member of the Lithuanian national basketball team...

Dmitry Kulagin Hugh Greenwood Jeremy Lamb

Jeremy Lamb

Jeremy Emmanuel Lamb is an American college basketball player. He is a shooting guard for the Connecticut Huskies. As a freshman, he was a the second-leading scorer on the 2011 Huskies team that won the National Championship.-High school:...

Aleksandar Cvetkovic

Aleksandar Cvetković

Aleksandar Cvetković is a Serbian professional basketball player, currently playing with Red Star Belgrade....

Referees

FIBA named 26 referees that officiated at the tournament. Fernando Jorge Samprieto Philip Lawrence Poulton Haines Guilherme Locatelli Michael John Weiland Zhiyuan Jiang Yi-Chih Chung Jose Hernan Melgarejo Pinto Joseph Bissang Robert Lottermoser Elias Koromilas Guerrino Cerebuch Takao Udagawa Olegs Latisevs Arnis Ozols Marwan Egho Samir Abaakil Naftal Candido Chongo Fernando Rocha Roberto Vazquez Sergey Mikhaylov Milivoje Jovcic Damir Javor Vicente Bulto Borys Ryzhyk Alejandro Sanchez Varela John Daniel Goble

External links

FIBA Under-19 World Championship 2011

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