group of six teams each. Preliminary round sites include Bilbao, Granada, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and Seville, Spain. The top four finishers from each preliminary group advance to the round of 16, with winners moving on to the quarterfinals and the semifinals which will be held in Barcelona and Madrid. The gold and bronze medal games are being contested in Madrid on Sept. 13 and 14, respectively. Under Krzyzewski in 2010, the USA
rolled to a perfect 9-0 mark to win the FIBA world crown.
FIBA Women’s World Championship
The 12-member USA team will be
chosen from the USA Women’s National Team pool of players by the USA Basketball Women's National Team Player Selection Committee. Winners of five of the last seven
FIBA World Championships, the U.S. holds a 97-21 all-time win-loss record in the worlds and has collected eight golds, one silver and two bronze medals. Held every four years since 1953,
the 16-team field includes the host country Turkey, the United States, which earned its berth by virtue of claiming the gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games; as well as Angola; Australia; Belarus; Brazil; Canada; China; Cuba; Czech Republic; France; Japan; Mozambique; Serbia; South Korea; and Spain. The draw to determine preliminary
round pools is scheduled for March 8, 2014.
FIBA U17 World Championship For Men The third FIBA U17 World
Championship for Men will be contested August 8-16 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The 2014 U17 World Championship for Men features 16 of the world’s top U17 teams that will battle for gold, silver and bronze medals. The USA earned its qualifying spot
for the U17 worlds last summer by capturing gold at the FIBA Americas U16 Championship with a 5-0 record.
Approximately 30 athletes, 17-
years-old or younger (born on or after 1/1/97), are expected to participate in the team’s training camp which will be
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held July 24-Aug. 2 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. Player selections for the USA U17 team will be made by USA Basketball’s Junior National Team Committee.
In addition to host UAE;
nations qualified for the 2014 U17 FIBA World Championship are: Angola, Argentina, Australia, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Greece, Italy, Japan, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Serbia, Spain and the USA.
Held twice since being initiated
in 2010, the Americans are the two- time defending U17 World Champions after capturing gold with perfect 8-0 records at the 2012 U17 World Championship in Kaunas, Lithuania, and the 2010 U17 World in Hamburg, Germany. Members of the USA U17
teams have included hoop stand- outs such as Bradley Beal (MVP of the 2010 U17 World Championship), Quinn Cook, Andre Drummond, Michael Kidd- Gilchrist, James McAdoo, Jahlil Okafor (MVP of the 2012 U17 World Championship), Jabari Parker and Justise Winslow.
FIBA U17 World
Championship For Women Qualifying last summer for the 2014
FIBA U17 World Championship for Women in dominating fashion with a perfect 5-0 record at the FIBA Americas U16 Championship, the USA will look to earn a third consecutive U17 gold medal in as many championships when it competes June 28-July 6 in Bratislava, Slovakia. USA Basketball will hold open try-
outs to select the 2014 USA Women’s U17 World Championship Team. Featuring up to 150 athletes age 17-or- younger (born on or after Jan. 1, 1997), trials will be held May 22-26 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colo. In addition to an applica- tion process, the USA Basketball Women’s Developmental National Team Committee will also issue invitations to attend trials to approximately 35 athletes. Countries competing in the 2014
Michaela Mabrey and her USA U18 National Team teammates rolled to a 5-0 record and the gold medal at the 2012 FIBA Americas U18 Championship. The gold medal showing was the sixth straight for the United States women at the U18s.
FIBA U17 World Championship are Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Egypt, France, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Mali, Mexico, host Slovakia, South Korea, Spain and USA. While 2010 marked the inaugural
FIBA U17 World Championship for Women, USA Basketball's U17 National Teams have captured both the 2010 and 2012 FIBA U17 World Championships. Noteable players to represent the
U.S. include Lindsay Allen (2012), Diamond DeShields (2012), Rebecca Greenwell (2012), Kaleena Mosqueda- Lewis (2010), Ariel Massengale (2010), Mercedes Russell (2012), Breanna Stewart (2010) and Elizabeth Williams (2010).
FIBA Americas U18 Championship For Men The 2014 FIBA Americas U18
Championship will serve as the Americas zone’s qualifying tournament for the 2015 FIBA U19 World Championship. USA Basketball will invite approximate- ly 20 athletes, 18-years-old or younger (born on or after 1/1/96), to the USA
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