# FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup

The FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup (formerly FIBA Under-17 World Championship) is the under-17 men's world basketball championship organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). The inaugural tournament was in July 2010, and is held biennially.

## Composition

According to the updated FIBA Internal Regulations, the FIBA Under-17 World Cup shall be held every two years (2022, 2024, 2026, etc.).
Sixteen teams, representing all continents, are eligible to participate in the FIBA U17 World Cup as follows:
* Directly Qualified:
** The Host Nation (usually designated by the Central Board a year before the scheduled tournament)
* From each Continent:
** Two from FIBA Africa: Finalists of the FIBA U16 AfroBasket.
** Four from FIBA Americas: Semi-finalists of the FIBA U16 AmeriCup.
** Four from FIBA Asia and FIBA Oceania: Semi-finalists of the FIBA U16 Asia Cup.
** Five from FIBA Europe: Semi-finalists and the fifth-placed team of the FIBA U16 EuroBasket.

## Summaries

| Year | Hosts | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match |
| Year | Hosts | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 2010 | Hamburg | United States | 111–80 | Poland | Canada | 83–81 | Lithuania |
| 2012 | Kaunas | United States | 95–62 | Australia | Croatia | 93–61 | Spain |
| 2014 | Dubai | United States | 99–92 | Australia | Serbia | 62–59 | Spain |
| 2016 | Zaragoza | United States | 96–56 | Turkey | Lithuania | 81–63 | Spain |
| 2018 | Rosario–Santa Fe | United States | 95–52 | France | Puerto Rico | 90–77 | Canada |
| 2022 | Malaga | United States | 79–67 | Spain | France | 66–58 | Lithuania |
| 2024 | Istanbul | United States | 129–88 | Italy | Turkey | 101–78 | New Zealand |
| 2026 | Istanbul | | | | | | |

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | United States | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 2 | Australia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | France | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Turkey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Italy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Poland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Spain | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Croatia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Serbia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | Totals (12 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

## Tournament awards
### Most recent award winners (2024)

| Award | Winner | Position | Team |
| Most Valuable Player | Cameron Boozer | C | United States |
| All-Tournament Team | Kaan Onat | PG | Turkey |
| All-Tournament Team | Maikcol Perez | SG | Italy |
| All-Tournament Team | AJ Dybantsa | SF | United States |
| All-Tournament Team | Oscar Goodman | PF | New Zealand |
| All-Tournament Team | Cameron Boozer | C | United States |

## Participation details

| Team | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2022 | 2024 | 2026 | Total |
| Angola | – | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | | 1 |
| Argentina | 9th | 6th | 10th | 13th | 11th | 11th | 10th | | 7 |
| Australia | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 7th | 6th | 6th | 15th | | 7 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | – | – | – | 9th | – | – | – | | 1 |
| Canada | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 9th | 8th | | 7 |
| China | 7th | 7th | 7th | 10th | 15th | – | 13th | | 6 |
| Chinese Taipei | – | – | – | 14th | – | – | – | | 1 |
| Croatia | – | 3rd | – | – | 7th | – | – | | 2 |
| Czech Republic | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | – | – | – | 11th | 9th | 13th | – | | 3 |
| Egypt | 11th | 12th | 13th | 16th | 16th | 10th | 12th | | 7 |
| Finland | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | | 1 |
| France | – | 10th | 8th | 6th | 2nd | 3rd | 9th | | 6 |
| Germany | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | | 2 |
| Greece | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | | 1 |
| Guinea | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | | 1 |
| Italy | – | – | 9th | – | – | – | 2nd | | 2 |
| Japan | – | – | 14th | – | – | 14th | – | | 2 |
| Lebanon | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | | 1 |
| Lithuania | 4th | 9th | – | 3rd | – | 4th | 5th | | 5 |
| Mali | – | – | – | 15th | 12th | 15th | – | | 3 |
| Montenegro | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | | 1 |
| New Zealand | – | – | – | – | 14th | 12th | 4th | | 3 |
| Philippines | – | – | 15th | – | 13th | – | 16th | | 3 |
| Poland | 2nd | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | | 2 |
| Puerto Rico | – | – | 5th | – | 3rd | – | 6th | | 3 |
| Serbia | 5th | – | 3rd | – | 10th | 5th | – | | 4 |
| Slovenia | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | | 1 |
| South Korea | 12th | 11th | – | 8th | – | – | – | | 3 |
| Spain | 10th | 4th | 4th | 4th | – | 2nd | 7th | | 6 |
| Turkey | – | – | – | 2nd | 5th | – | 3rd | Q | 4 |
| United Arab Emirates | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | | 1 |
| United States | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | | 7 |
| Total | 12 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | |

## Debut of national teams

| Year | Debutants |
| 2010 | Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, Germany, Lithuania, Poland, Serbia, South Korea, Spain, United States |
| 2012 | Croatia, Czech Republic, France |
| 2014 | Angola, Greece, Italy, Japan, Philippines, Puerto Rico, United Arab Emirates |
| 2016 | Bosnia and Herzegovina, Chinese Taipei, Dominican Republic, Finland, Mali, Turkey |
| 2018 | Montenegro, New Zealand |
| 2022 | Lebanon, Slovenia |
| 2024 | Guinea |