2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup

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2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup.png
Tournament details
Host countrySwitzerland
City Lausanne
Dates28 June – 6 July 2025
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Official website
FIBA
2023
2027

The 2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup will be the 17th edition of the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U19 national teams of the member associations of FIBA. The tournament will be held in Lausanne, Switzerland, from 28 June to 6 July 2025. This will mark the first time that Switzerland has host a FIBA global tournament. [1] [2]

Contents

Qualified teams

Means of qualificationDatesVenueBerthsQualifiers
Host nation30 November 2022 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Mies 1Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
2024 FIBA Under-18 AmeriCup [3] 3–9 June 2024 Flag of Argentina.svg Buenos Aires 4Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket [4] 27 July – 4 August 2024 Flag of Finland.svg Tampere 5Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of France.svg  France
2024 FIBA U18 Asia Cup [5] 2–9 September 2024 Flag of Jordan.svg Amman 4Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan
2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket [6] 3–14 September 2024 Flag of South Africa.svg Pretoria 2Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Total16

Draw

The draw was held on 31 January 2025 at the Olympic Museum Auditorium in Lausanne, Switzerland. [7] [8]

Seeding

The seeding was announced on 29 January 2025. Teams were distributed into the four pots based on the FIBA Boys World Ranking and the results of the 2024 FIBA U18 continental competitions. [9]

Teams from the same region could not be drawn into the same group, with the exception of Europe where each group had to contain a minimum of one and a maximum of two European teams. [9]

Pot 1Pot 2Pot 3Pot 4
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany
Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2). [10]

Group A

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 0000000
2Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 0000000
3Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 0000000
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 0000000
First match(es) will be played: 28 June 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group B

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
1Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 0000000
2Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 0000000
3Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 0000000
4Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 0000000
First match(es) will be played: 28 June 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Group C

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
1Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan 0000000
2Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland (H)0000000
3Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 0000000
4Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg  Dominican Republic 0000000
First match(es) will be played: 28 June 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts

Group D

PosTeamPldWLPFPAPDPts
1Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 0000000
2Flag of the United States.svg  United States 0000000
3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 0000000
4Flag of France.svg  France 0000000
First match(es) will be played: 28 June 2025. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.

Knockout stage

Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
2 July
 
 
A1
 
4 July
 
B4
 
 
 
2 July
 
 
 
C2
 
5 July
 
D3
 
 
 
2 July
 
 
 
A3
 
4 July
 
B2
 
 
 
2 July
 
 
 
C4
 
6 July
 
D1
 
 
 
2 July
 
 
 
A2
 
4 July
 
B3
 
 
 
2 July
 
 
 
C1
 
5 July
 
D4
 
 
 
2 July
 
 Third place
 
A4
 
4 July6 July
 
B1
 
  
 
2 July
 
  
 
C3
 
 
D2
 
5–8th place bracket
 
5–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
5 July
 
 
 
 
6 July
 
 
 
 
 
5 July
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Seventh place
 
 
6 July
 
 
 
 
 
 
9–16th place bracket
 
9–16th place quarterfinals9–12th place semifinalsNinth place
 
          
 
4 July
 
 
 
 
5 July
 
 
 
 
 
4 July
 
 
 
 
 
6 July
 
 
 
 
 
4 July
 
 
 
 
 
5 July
 
 
 
 
 
4 July
 
 Eleventh place
 
 
 
6 July
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
13–16th place bracket
 
13–16th place semifinals13th place
 
      
 
5 July
 
 
 
 
6 July
 
 
 
 
 
5 July
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
15th place
 
 
6 July
 
 
 
 
 
 

Round of 16

2 July 2025
A1vs.B4

2 July 2025
C1vs.D4

2 July 2025
A2vs.B3

2 July 2025
C2vs.D3

2 July 2025
A3vs.B2

2 July 2025
C3vs.D2

2 July 2025
A4vs.B1

2 July 2025
C4vs.D1

9–16th place quarterfinals

4 July 2025
LPO1vs.LPO2

4 July 2025
LPO3vs.LPO4

4 July 2025
LPO5vs.LPO6

4 July 2025
LPO7vs.LPO8

Quarterfinals

4 July 2025
WPO1vs.WPO2

4 July 2025
WPO3vs.WPO4

4 July 2025
WPO5vs.WPO6

4 July 2025
WPO7vs.WPO8

13–16th place semifinals

5 July 2025
LQF1vs.LQF2

5 July 2025
LQF3vs.LQF4

9–12th place semifinals

5 July 2025
WQF1vs.WQF2

5 July 2025
WQF3vs.WQF4

5–8th place semifinals

5 July 2025
LQF1vs.LQF2

5 July 2025
LQF3vs.LQF4

Semifinals

5 July 2025
WQF1vs.WQF2

5 July 2025
WQF3vs.WQF4

15th place game

6 July 2025
10:00
LSF1vs.LSF2

13th place game

6 July 2025
12:30
WSF1vs.WSF2

Eleventh place game

6 July 2025
15:30
LSF1vs.LSF2

Ninth place game

6 July 2025
17:30
WSF1vs.WSF2

Seventh place game

6 July 2025
11:30
LSF1vs.LSF2

Fifth place game

6 July 2025
14:00
WSF1vs.WSF2

Third place game

6 July 2025
17:00
LSF1vs.LSF2

Final

6 July 2025
20:00
WSF1vs.WSF2

Final standings

RankTeamRecord
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Silver medal icon.svg
Bronze medal icon.svg
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
10th
11th
12th
13th
14th
15th
16th

References

  1. "U17 and U19 Youth World Cups hosts confirmed for 2024–2027". FIBA. 30 November 2022. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  2. "FIBA U19 BASKETBALL WORLD CUP 2025" (in French).
  3. 2024 FIBA U18 AmeriCup official website
  4. 2024 FIBA U18 EuroBasket official website
  5. 2024 FIBA U18 Asia Cup official website
  6. 2024 FIBA U18 AfroBasket official website
  7. 2025 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup draw
  8. "Lineup confirmed for FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2025 in Lausanne". FIBA. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.
  9. 1 2 "French legend Antoine Rigaudeau to perform draw for U19 Basketball World Cup 2025". FIBA. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  10. "FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2025 full schedule available". FIBA. 31 January 2025. Retrieved 31 January 2025.