# 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup

The 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup (Bulgarian: 2020 Световна купа по баскетбол FIBA до 17 години) would have been the 6th edition of the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U17 national teams of the member associations of FIBA.
It was originally scheduled to take place between 4 and 12 July 2020, and hosted by Sofia, Bulgaria. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, it was postponed to 15 to 23 August. On 12 June 2020, FIBA postponed the tournament again and options were examined to play in 2021, but the tournament was eventually cancelled.

## Venues

| Sofia | Sofia | Sofia |
| Armeets Arena | | Sofia |
| Capacity: 12,373 | | Sofia |

## Qualified teams

| Means of Qualification | Date | Venue | Berths | Qualifiers |
| Host Nation | 4 April 2019 | | 1 | Bulgaria |
| 2019 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship | 3–9 June 2019 | Belém do Pará | 4 | United States Canada Dominican Republic Argentina |
| 2019 FIBA Under-16 African Championship | 5–14 July 2019 | Praia | 2 | Egypt Mali |
| 2019 FIBA Under-16 European Championship | 9–17 August 2019 | Udine | 5 | Spain France Italy Russia Turkey |
| Asian selection | | | 4 | Australia China South Korea TBD |
| Total | | | 16 | |
As the Asian tournament was cancelled, the FIBA used the World rankings to decide the participants. Japan and New Zealand were to play a play-off to decide the last participant as they are equal on points.

## Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 6 March 2020 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

### Seedings

The seedings were announced on 6 March 2020.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
| Bulgaria (hosts) United States Canada Spain | France Italy Russia Turkey | Australia China South Korea Japan or New Zealand | Dominican Republic Argentina Egypt Mali |

## Preliminary round
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Bulgaria (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Russia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | TBD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Final round
### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Final | Final |
| A1 |
| B4 |
| C2 |
| D3 |
| A3 |
| B2 |
| C4 |
| D1 | | |
| A2 | | |
| B3 | | |
| C1 | | |
| D4 | | |
| | Third place | Third place |
| A4 | Third place | Third place |
| B1 | | |
| C3 | | |
| D2 | | |

### 9–16th classification playoffs

| Classification quarterfinals | Classification quarterfinals | Classification semifinals | Classification semifinals | Ninth place match | Ninth place match |
| | | | | Eleventh place match | Eleventh place match |
| Classification semifinals | Classification semifinals | 13th place match | 13th place match |
| | | 15th place match | 15th place match |

### 5–8th classification playoffs

| Classification semifinals | Classification semifinals | Fifth place match | Fifth place match |
| | | Seventh place match | Seventh place match |

## Final ranking

* Rank
* 4th
* 5th
* 6th
* 7th
* 8th
* 9th
* 10th
* 11th
* 12th
* 13th
* 14th
* 15th
* 16th