Women in dominating fashion with a perfect 5-0 record at the FIBA Americas U18 Championship, the USA will be looking to earn a fifth straight U19 gold medal when it com- petes July 18-28 in Panevezys and Klaipeda, Lithuania
ment was held every four years starting in 1985. FIBA recently changed its calendar and now conducts the U19 World Championship every other year. USA women's teams are 57-12 in the U19/Junior World Championships, capturing a fourth-consecutive gold with an 8-1 record most recently in 2011.
World University Games-Men
The World University Games,
held every other year, is organized by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The WUGs are a multi-sport competition open to men and women who are between the
Above: Julius Randle led the USA U18 Team to a gold medal in 2012, averaging a team best 14.2 ppg. Right: Brianna Stewart has won gold medals as a member of USA U19 and U17 World Championship teams, and the USA U16 and U18 teams.
and Spain (fifth place). FIBA on Jan. 15 conducted the draw
to determine the two first-round pools for the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship for Men and the U.S. was placed into Group D with China, Ivory Coast and Russia.
Drawn into Group A were Canada,
Croatia, South Korea and Spain; Group B includes Argentina, host Czech Republic, Iran and Lithuania; while Group C is comprised of Australia, Brazil, Senegal and Serbia. Originally known as the FIBA
Junior World Championship, the tourna- ment was held every four years between 1979-2007. FIBA now conducts the U19 World Championship every two years. USA men's teams are 69-13 in the
U19/Junior World Championships and have won four gold and three silver medals, most recently finishing with a 7-2 record and in fifth place in 2011.
FIBA U19 World
Championship For Women Qualifying last summer for the 2013
FIBA U19 World Championship for 16 USA Basketball will invite 30-35
athletes, 19-years-old or younger (born on or after 1/1/94), to the USA U19 National Team Trials, which will be held May 16-19 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo.
Sixteen nations will compete in the
2013 FIBA U19 World Championship for Women. While Lithuania earned an automatic berth to the tournament as the host country, the remaining 15 nations were determined by the five FIBA zone qualifiers in 2012. On Jan. 17 FIBA conducted the
draw to determine the two first-round pools for the 2013 FIBA U19 World Championship for Women and the U.S. was placed into Group D with China, Lithuania and Mali. Drawn into Group A for the
July 18-20 preliminary round were Brazil, Russia, Serbia and South Korea; Group B includes Argentina, Australia, Japan and Spain; while Group C is comprised of Canada, France, Netherlands and Senegal. Originally known as the FIBA
Junior World Championship, the tourna-
ages of 17 and 24 (born between 1/1/89 and 12/31/95), who are enrolled as a full-time collegiate student with remain- ing eligibility for the 2012-13 school year.
The 2013 World University Games
is being contested July 6-17 in Kazan, Russia. Training camp for USA Men’s
World University Games Team hopefuls will be held June 25-July 3 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado. Player selections will be made by the USA Basketball Men’s Junior National Team Committee. The U.S. has claimed 19 medals in
the World University Games since begin- ning play in 1965, and has captured a record 13 golds, three silvers and three bronze medals in the 20 WUGs in which a USA Basketball squad has competed. USA teams owns a remarkable 138-9 win-loss record in WUG action. The 2011 USA Men’s World
University Games Team missed out on a medal after suffering a two-point loss to Lithuania in the quarterfinals to finish in fifth place with a tournament-best 7-1 record in Shenzhen, China.
World University Games-Women
Held every other year, the World
University Games is organized by the International University Sports Federation (FISU). The WUGs are a multi-sport competition open to men and women who are between the ages of 17 and 24 (born between 1/1/89 and 12/31/95), who are enrolled as a full- time collegiate student with remaining
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