2016 Non-Men's Olympic International Basketball

[awhom111]

I figure we can keep the Olympic/Team USA stuff in that thread and cover everything else here.

Duke commit Mikayla Boykin was invited to the U17 tryouts:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/04/35-accept-invitation-to-usa-womens-u17-trials.aspx

She had to miss the U16s last summer so hopefully she gets to show what she can do and make the team.

The draws for the two U17 World Championships can be found here:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/news/draw-results-in-for-fiba-u17-world-championships

Since everyone always likes to hear about which college coaches get recruiting advantages with the U18s/U19s:

Men: Shaka Smart assisted by Kevin Ollie and Mark Turgeon
Women: Suzie McConnell-Serio (Pitt) assisted by Kamie Etheridge (UNC-West) and Charlotte Smith (ex of the other UNC, now head coach at Elon)

[awhom111]

The tryouts roster has been named for the USA U18 Girls team:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/05/wu18-trials-roster.aspx
http://www.usab.com/womens/u18/roster.aspx

For right now, there are no Duke connections.

[awhom111]

Plenty of Duke targets for the U17 Boy's tryouts as Don Showalter tries to keep his perfect record in the upcoming World Championships.
Story:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/05/mu17-training-camp-athletes.aspx
Roster:
http://www.usab.com/mens/u17/roster.aspx

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In the category of other countries playing more international basketball than the United States, the South American Championship for Women started on Friday on the road to 2018 World Championship for Women qualification. Both this and the men's tournament are being held in Venezuela, which seems like a bad choice in retrospect.

Only Group A played today since they have one more team than Group B with Bolivia not sending a team. Colombia beat Chile and Brazil dismantled Uruguay. Here are the group rosters with any ties to the United States also listed.

Brazil:
Patricia Teixeira Ribeiro, Maranhao (Brazil)
Taina Mayara Da Paixao, America (Brazil)
Joice De Souza Rodrigues, Corinthians/Americana (Brazil)
Palmira Cristina Marcal, Sampaio (Brazil)
Iziane Castro Marques, Sampaio (Brazil), WNBA (2002-2003 and 2005-2013
Jaqueline Silvestre, Santo Andre (Brazil)
Tatiane Pacheco, America (Brazil)
Soeli Garvao Zakrzeski, Maranhao (Brazil)
Karina Da Silva Jacob, Sampaio (Brazil)
Nadia Gomes Colhado, Sampaio (Brazil), WNBA (2014-2015)
Gilmara Justino, Corinthians/Americana (Brazil)
Kelly Santos, America (Brazil), WNBA (2001-2002, 2008)

Chile:
Fransisca Salvatierra, New Crusaders (Chile)
Monserrat Videla, Leones de Quilpe (Chile)
Dafne Bermudez
Milena Koljanin, Leones de Quilpe (Chile)
Javiera Morales, New Crusaders (Chile)
Marisol Gamboa
Barbara Cousino, Utah State Eastern (JC)
Jenifer Fuentes, Leones de Quilpe (Chile)
Catalina Abuyeres, Adareva (Spain)
Tatiana Gomez, New Crusaders (Chile)
Marcela Gamboa, Leones de Quilpe (Chile)
Angella Angotzi, Leones de Quilpe (Chile)

Colombia:
Ana Mendoza, John Brown (NAIA)
Diana Prens, Antioquia (Colombia)
Maria Delgado, Northeastern Oklahoma A&M (JC)
Maria Tapias, George Washington
Manuela Rios, Politecnico (Colombia)
Maria Palacio, Liga del Valle (Colombia)
Mabel Martinez, Liga del Valle (Colombia)
Marlyn Vente, Liga del Valle (Colombia)
Jenifer Munoz, Universidad de Medellin (Colombia)
Leyvs Torres, Tolimas (Colombia), Florida State and WNBA (2001)
Luz Cordoba, Antioquia (Colombia)
Narlyn Mosquera, Copacabana (Colombia)

Paraguay:
Ilda Pena, Felix Perez Cardozo (Paraguay)
Maria Mercado, Sol de America (Paraguay)
Maria Perez, Libertad (Paraguay)
Astrid Huttemann, Libertad (Paraguay), Union (DII)
Natalia Quevedo, San Jose (Paraguay)
Noelia Torres, Sol de America (Paraguay)
Tamara Insfran, Sol de America (Paraguay), Cumberland (NAIA)
Maria Caraves, Libertad (Paraguay)
Andrea Gomez, Sol de America (Paraguay)
Paloma Niz, Libertad (Paraguay)
Rocio Insfran, Felix Perez Cardozo (Paraguay)
Adela Cardenas, San Jose (Paraguay)

Uruguay:
Daniela Tovagliari, Aguada (Uruguay)
Fiorella Martinelli, Malvin (Uruguay)
Anna Doring
Yessica Lopez, Goes (Uruguay)
Florencia Sergio, Malvin (Uruguay)
Maria Pereyra, Goes (Uruguay)
Camila Panetta, Capitol (Uruguay)
Sabina Bello, Malvin (Uruguay)
Cindy Ezquiaga, Aguada (Uruguay)
Juliana Dibarboure, Capitol (Uruguay)
Rossana Dagnino, Nacional (Uruguay)
Florencia Somma, Malvin (Uruguay)

[awhom111]

If you want summaries of each day's games, I am writing them for Monique Currie's site here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2016/05/south-american-championship-day-1-may-20th/
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2016/05/south-american-championship-day-2-may-21st/

Here is the other set of rosters:

Argentina:
Macarena Rosset, Bonfiglioli Ferrara (Italy)
Ornella Santana, Presidente Venceslau (Brazil)
Victoria Llorente, Gernika Bizkaia (Spain)
Diana Cabrera, Union Florida (Argentina)
Andrea Boquete, Presidente Venceslau (Brazil)
Celia Fiorotto, Santa Maria (Ecuador)
Agostina Burani, Lanus (Argentina)
Melisa Gretter, Corinthians/Americana (Brazil)
Sandra Pavon, Velez Sarsfield (Argentina)
Gisela Vega, Gernika Bizkaia (Spain)
Nadia Flores, Lanus (Argentina)
Sthefany Thomas, Uruguay UNEMI (Ecuador), Clemson

Ecuador:
Tatiana Patino, Triple E (Ecuador)
Marjorie Caicedo, Uruguay UNEMI (Ecuador)
Josselyn Moreira, Triple E (Ecuador)
Liliana Angulo, Juvenil de Vinces (Ecuador)
Maria Vinueza, Uruguay UNEMI (Ecuador)
Dayanna Salcedo, Santa Maria (Ecuador)
Maria Gencon, Juvenil de Vinces (Ecuador)
Karla Yepez, Santa Maria (Ecuador)
Doris Lasso, Santa Maria (Ecuador)
Shehawee Santamaria, Uruguay UNEMI (Ecuador)
Elina Figueroa, Juvenil de Vinces (Ecuador)

Peru:
Maria Bellatin, Regatas Lima (Peru), Lamar
Viviana Espinoza
Daniela Porras, Regatas Lima (Peru)
Lorena Garcia, Regatas Lima (Peru)
Ana Farfan, Real Club de Lima (Peru)
Romina Mansilla, Regatas Lima (Peru)
Alessandra Vera, Regatas Lima (Peru)
Gabriela Duarte, Regatas Lima (Peru)
Veronica Cosmopolis, Regatas Lima (Peru)
Ximena Vega, Real Club de Lima (Peru)
Keila Ortiz, El Carmelo Antarqui (Peru)
Francesca Protto, Regatas Lima (Peru)

Venezuela:
Mayerling Landaeta, Anzoategui (Venezuela)
Roselis Silva, Iraurgi (Spain), Arkansas Tech (DII)
Yosimar Corrales, Uruguay UNEMI (Ecuador)
Ana Garcia, Arxil (Spain)
Ivaney Marquez, Uruguay UNEMI (Ecuador), Missouri Southern (DII)
Daniela Wallen, Oklahoma City (NAIA)
Luisana Ortega, Guaras de Lara (Venezuela)
Mariana Duran, Oklahoma City (NAIA)
Marielka Garate, Anzoategui (Venezuela)
Waleska Perez, Anzoategui (Venezuela), Weatherford (JC)
Sharol Renault, Bucaneras de la Guaira (Venezuela)
Dianora Rivas, Bucaneras de la Guaira (Venezuela)

[awhom111]

Day 3 recap:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2016/05/south-american-championship-day-3-may-22nd/

Three teams have qualified for the 2017 FIBA Americas Championship for Women as Brazil, Argentina, and Venezuela punched tickets. Argentina did so by beating Peru 89-15. Not a misprint. Canada will presumably also take their invitation while the United States will only do so if they do not win Olympic gold.

[awhom111]

It is interesting to see the difference in approach by USA Basketball betwen the boys and girls teams at the youngest age group. For the U17 Girl's team, they are again allowing players to apply for open tryouts and they have accepted enough players to make a 150 player group for the initial pool:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/05/complete-roster-announced-for-womens-u17-trials.aspx
Roster:
http://www.usab.com/basketball/media/pdfs/2016/2016-rosters/16-wu17-trials-roster---all-alphapdf.aspx

They also do the skills work and provide additional coaching at these tryouts, while the boys' side of things usually does that with an extra camp in the fall:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/05/wu17-lead-clinician-and-court-coaches.aspx

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The USA U18 Girls were a few players short for tryouts so three more were added:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/05/womens-u18-trials-to-feature-30.aspx

They also announced the coaches helping out on the court during that process:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/05/wu18-court-coaches.aspx

Coaching willingness to help at the level can lead to a chance to be one of the assistant coaches later.

At the South American Championship for Women, the semifinals are set with Brazil-Argentina and Venezuela-Colombia for some neighbor rivalries. Ecuador-Paraguay is the important game on Wednesday as the winner still has a chance at joining the other four teams for the Americas-wide tournament next year.

[awhom111]

Javin already revealed that he would try out for the U18 team when he was invited, but the whole list was made official today:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/05/mu18-training-camp-athletes.aspx
http://www.usab.com/mens/u18/roster.aspx

Of course there are also some recruiting targets on there. This team will compete in the FIBA Americas Championship to qualify for next summer's U19 World Championship.

At the South American Championship for Women, Paraguay beats Ecuador to give themselves a chance to qualify for next summer. Brazil and Venezuela won their semifinals.

[awhom111]

Mikayla Boykin is now at the tryouts. Best of luck to her as 143 players need to be cut to 12 over the course of the weekend.

In South America, the final ranking of the four teams has been determined as it was no surprise that Brazil won the women's championship again. Venezuela was second and Colombia beat Argentina for third place.

[awhom111]

Mikayla survives the first cut down to 101 players.

According to a member of the media attending, the roster might not be fully set at the conclusion of tryouts on Monday morning and will instead be set closer to the tournament.

[awhom111]

Mikayla also makes the next cut down to 73:
http://www.usab.com/basketball/media/pdfs/2016/2016-rosters/16-wu17-trials-roster-all-after-2nd-round-73pdf.aspx

It's a busy weekend in Colorado Springs with the U18 Girls team tryouts also taking place.

[awhom111]

Mikayla survives another cut to 41:
http://www.usab.com/basketball/media/pdfs/2016/2016-rosters/16-wu17-trials-roster-all-after-3rd-round-41pdf.aspx

[awhom111]

Mikayla did not make the cut down to 18 for the U17 team:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/05/u17-finalists-announced.aspx

They will keep all 18 for a little while before making the final decision.

There will be no Duke representation on the U18 Girls team either as they have settled on a roster:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/05/womens-u18-team-named.aspx

[awhom111]

The long process to decide the U17 Girl's team is finally over:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/06/womens-u17-team-named.aspx

A lot of uncommitted players are involved, so who knows if there will be a future Blue Devil?

[awhom111]

It is always good to take a look at the court coaches for the youth national teams. That's often a stepping stone to one of the assistant coaching positions and so on up the ladder. It is also a way of seeing some under the radar coaches that may be perceived to be future names by other coaches. The U17 team has an NAIA head coach. Chris Mack is the big name of the U18 bunch with NAIA and JC head coaches also involved.
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/06/mu17-court-coach.aspx
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/06/mu18-court-coaches.aspx

U17 tryouts are taking place now.

[awhom111]

The U17 Boy's team is down to 18 players with tryouts ongoing:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/06/mu17-finalists-announced.aspx
http://www.usab.com/mens/u17/roster.aspx

[awhom111]

Lindsey and Belarus started with a 71-60 win over Nigeria. Lindsey had 11 points in 36 minutes. The star of the team will be ex-West Virginia player Yelena Leuchanka, who had 15 points and 13 rebounds. In the loss, ex-Texas A&M player Adaora Elonu had 19 points and 7 rebounds and ex-Florida player Ndidi Madu had 10 points and 7 rebounds.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/oqtwomen/2016/1306/Belarus-Nigeria#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Each group plays one game at a time in the tournament in France. China beat Venezuela 77-59 to star the day, then Argentina beat Cameroon 75-64. After Lindsey's game, the hosts beat Cuba 83-67.

Here are the rosters:

A

Cuba:
Fransy Ochoa, Villa Clara (Cuba)
Ineidis Casanova, Maranhao (Brazil)
Anisleidy Galindo, Pinar del Rio (Cuba)
Oyanaisy Gelis, Corinthians/Americana (Brazil)
Arlenys Romero, Pinar del Rio (Cuba)
Lisdeyvi Martinez, Capitalinas (Cuba)
Arlety Povea, Pinar del Rio (Cuba)
Marlen Cepeda, Camaguey (Cuba)
Clenia Noblet, Maranhao (Brazil)
Edith Thompson, Capitalinas (Cuba)
Leidys Oquendo, Camaguey (Cuba)
Suchitel Avila, Capitalinas (Cuba)

France:
Isabelle Yacoubou, Schio (Italy), Drafted 32nd in 2012 by Atlanta Dream
Endene Miyem, Dynamo Kursk (Russia)
Sandrine Gruda, UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia), WNBA (2008-2010 and 2014)
Celine Dumerc, Bourges (France), WNBA (2014)
Sarah Michel, Lattes Montpellier (France)
Valeriane Ayayi, Lattes Montpellier (France)/San Antonio Stars
Gaelle Skrela, Lattes Montpellier (France)
Helena Ciak, Bourges (France)
Marine Johannes, Mondeville (France)
Marielle Amant, Villeneuve (France)
Olivia Epoupa, Toulouse (France)
Laetitia Kamba, Villeneuve (France)

New Zealand:
Erin Rooney, Calais (France), Fordham
Micaela Cocks, Townsville Fire (Australia), Oregon
Kalani Purcell, BYU
Chevannah Paalvast, Townsville Fire (Australia)/Townsville Flames (Australia), Monmouth
Jordan Hunter, Auckland Counties Manukau Hawks (New Zealand), Southeast Missouri State
Antonia Edmonson, Perth Lynx (Australia)/Perry Lakes Hawks (Australia)
Stella Beck, St. Mary's
Lisa Wallbutton, Perth Redbacks (Australia)
Penina Davidson, Cal
Josephine Stockill, Colgate
Deena Franklin, Waitakere Rangers (New Zealand)
Jillian Harmon, Lucca (Italy), Stanford

B

Argentina:
Macarena Rosset, Bonfiglioli Ferrara (Italy)
Ornella Santana, Presidente Venceslau (Brazil)
Victoria Llorente, Gernika Bizkaia (Spain)
Diana Cabrera, Union Florida (Argentina)
Andrea Boquete, Presidente Venceslau (Brazil)
Celia Fiorotto, Santa Maria (Ecuador)
Agostina Burani, Lanus (Argentina)
Melisa Gretter, Corinthians/Americana (Brazil)
Sandra Pavon, Velez Sarsfield (Argentina)
Debora Gonzalez, Ragusa (Italy)
Gisela Vega, Gernika Bizkaia (Spain)
Sthefany Thomas, Uruguay UNEMI (Ecuador), Clemson

Cameroon:
Brittany Starling, South Carolina Upstate
Priscilla Mbiandja, INJS (Cameroon), Louisiana-Monroe
Tia Weledji, Princeton
Rose Abenkou, Poinconnet (France)
Nelly Weledji, no club, Brown
Ramses Lonlack, Bahia San Agustin (Spain), Memphis
Monique Ngo Ndjock, Ragusa (Italy)
Marie Ange Mfoula, Poinconnet (France)
Maeva Dongmo, Hofstra
Larissa Mbong, Aussarienne (Algeria)
Cathy Ghane Yenou, Aussarienne (Algeria)
Jolene Tamboue, Georgia Soul (WBCBL), Akron

Turkey:
Olcay Cakir, Fenerbahce (Turkey), Drafted 27th in 2013 by New York Liberty
Tugce Canitez, Fenerbahce (Turkey), Westmont (NAIA)
Pinar Demirok, Abdullah Gul University (Turkey)
Birsel Vardarli, Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Sebnem Kimyacioglu, Yakin Dogu University (Turkey), Stanford
Bahar Caglar, Galatasaray (Turkey)
Isil Alben, Galatasaray (Turkey)
Nevriye Yilmaz, Galatasaray (Turkey), WNBA (2003-2004)
LaToya Pringle/Lara Sanders, Abdullah Gul University (Turkey)/Washington Mystics, UNC
Ayse Cora, Besiktas (Turkey)
Saziye Ivegin, Besiktas (Turkey)
Tilbe Senyurek, Botas (Turkey)

C

Belarus:
Maryia Papova, Enisey Krasnoyarsk (Russia)
Katsiaryna Snytsina, Hatay (Turkey)
Tatsiana Likhtarovich, Miskolc (Hungary)
Volha Ziuzkova, Tsmoki-Minsk (Belarus)
Anastasiya Verameyenka, Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Yelena Leuchanka, Yakin Dogu University (Turkey), West Virginia and WNBA (2006-2007, 2010, and 2012)
Lindsey Harding, Dynamo Kursk (Russia)/New York Liberty, Duke
Tatyana Troina, Gdynia (Poland), South Carolina
Nataliya Trafimava, Horizont Minsk (Belarus)
Natallia Anufriyenka, Horizont Minsk (Belarus)
Kseniya Malashka, RGUOR Minsk (Belarus)
Yuliya Rytsikava, Horizont Minsk (Belarus)

Nigeria:
Helen Ogunjimi, Ferroviaro Maputo (Mozambique), Columbia College (NAIA)
Upe Atosu, First Bank (Nigeria)
Promise Amukamara, C.R.E.F (Spain), Arizona State
Sarah Ogoke, Celta (Spain), Southern Polytechnic State (NAIA)
Ezinne Kalu, Torres Novas (Portugal), Savannah State
Joyce Ekworomadu, Harlem Globetrotters, Texas State
Uju Ugoka, Parma (Italy), Virginia Tech
Adaora Elonu, Conquero (Spain), Texas A&M
Ndidi Madu, Buducnost (Montenegro), Florida
Elem Ibiam, ViVe (Finland), South Carolina
Chioma Udeaja, First Bank (Nigeria)
Olayinka Sanni, Maccabi Ashdod (Israel), West Virginia and WNBA (2008-2009 and 2011)

South Korea (family name first):
Yang Ji-Hee, Hansae (South Korea)
Kang Lee-Seul, KEB Hanabank (South Korea)
Lee Seung-Ah, Hansae (South Korea)
Go Ah-Ra, Blue Minx (South Korea)
Lee Eun-Hye, Hansae (South Korea)
Kang A-Jeong, Stars (South Korea)
Kwak Joo-Yeong, S-Birds (South Korea)
Bae Hye-Yoon, Blue Minx (South Korea)
Lim Yung-Hui, Hansae (South Korea)
Park Hye-Jin, Hansae (South Korea)
Kim Dan-Bi, S-Birds (South Korea)
Park Ji-Su, Bundang High School (South Korea)

D

China (family name first):
Zhao Zhifang, Tianjin University (China)
Chen Xiaojia, Jiangsu (China)
Li Shanshan, Jiangsu (China)
Shao Ting, Beijing (China)
Wu Di, Henan (China)
Sun Mengxin, Bayi (China)
Lu Wen, Bayi (China)
Huang Sijing, Guangdong (China)
Gao Song, Beijing (China)
Sun Mengran, Bayi (China)
Huang Hongpin, Shanxi (China)
Chen Nan, no club, WNBA (2009)

Spain:
Laura Nicholls, Wisla Krakow (Poland)
Laura Quevedo, Universitario Ferrol (Spain), Miami
Silvia Dominguez, Avenida (Spain)
Alba Torrens, UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia), Drafted 36th in 2009 by Connecticut Sun
Leticia Romero, Florida State
Laia Palau, USK Prague (Czech Republic)
Marta Xargay, USK Prague (Czech Republic)/Phoenix Mercury
Leonor Rodriguez, Avenida (Spain), Florida State
Laura Gil, Sedis (Spain)
Lucila Pascua, Conquero (Spain)
Sancho Lyttle, UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia)/Atlanta Dream, Houston
Anna Cruz, Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia)/Minnesota Lynx

Venezuela:
Mayerling Landaeta, Anzoategui (Venezuela)
Roselis Silva, Iraurgi (Spain), Arkansas Tech (DII)
Yosimar Corrales, Uruguay UNEMI (Ecuador)Ana Garcia, Arxil (Spain)
Ana Garcia, Arxil (Spain)
Ivaney Marquez, Uruguay UNEMI (Ecuador), Missouri Southern (DII)
Daniela Wallen, Oklahoma City (NAIA)
Luisana Ortega, Guaras de Lara (Venezuela)
Mariana Duran, Oklahoma City (NAIA)Marielka Garate, Anzoategui (Venezuela)
Marielka Garate, Anzoategui (Venezuela)
Waleska Perez, Anzoategui (Venezuela), Weatherford (JC)
Sharol Renault, Bucaneras de la Guaira (Venezuela)
Dianora Rivas, Bucaneras de la Guaira (Venezuela)

[awhom111]

The USA news is coming fast as the U17 Boy's team has now been finalized:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/06/2016-usa-mens-u17-world-championship-team-finalized.aspx

Javin is starting tryouts for the U18 team and there were a few last minute changes:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/06/usa-mu18-training-camp-set-to-begin.aspx
He gets a mention here:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/06/mu18-roster-preview.aspx

Lindsey and Belarus were off today. In the games that were played today, Nigeria beat South Korea late, Spain beat China, Turkey beat Argentina, and France beat New Zealand.

If you want more detailed updates than those on this tournament, I am writing about it on Monique Currie's website and you can find the first installment here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2016/06/olympic-qualifying-tournament-day-1-june-13th/

[awhom111]

Lindsey had 13 points and 7 assists in 37 minutes in a shock Belarus loss to South Korea 66-65. They win the group on tiebreakers and will face China with an Olympic bid on the line on Friday. Yelena Leuchanka had 10 points and 9 rebounds and the other former collegiate player on the team, ex-South Carolina player Tatyana Troina had 11 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/oqtwomen/2016/1506/Korea-Belarus#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Cuba beat New Zealand, Spain beat Venezuela, and Turkey beat Cameroon. That leaves these quarterfinal matchups with winners headed to Rio and losers fighting for the last spot:
France vs Argentina
Turkey vs Cuba
Belarus vs China
Spain vs South Korea

If you want to read more detailed accounts from me about the last two days of games or want to look up more stats, you can do so here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2016/06/olympic-qualifying-tournament-day-2-june-14th/
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2016/06/olympic-qualifying-tournament-day-3-june-15th/

[awhom111]

Javin does not survive the cut down to 18 for the U18 team:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/06/mens-u18-finalists-announced.aspx
http://www.usab.com/mens/u18/roster.aspx

All 18 remaining players are expected to report for training camp before the tournament and the final roster will be picked then.

[awhom111]

Lindsey had a big game for Belarus with game highs of 22 points and 6 assists, but they lost 84-70 and missed the chance at quick qualification. Yelena Leuchanka had 19 points and 9 rebounds while ex-WNBA player Chen Nan had 15 points and 7 rebounds in the win. Now they have to win two games in a row, starting with beating Argentina on Saturday to make it to Rio.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/oqtwomen/2016/1706/Belarus-China#tab=boxscore_statistics

Besides China, Spain, Turkey, and France qualified for the Olympics with wins. You can read my more detailed account here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2016/06/olympic-qualifying-tournament-quarterfinals-june-17th/

[awhom111]

Lindsey had 6 points in 23 minutes as Belarus beat Argentina 84-44. Yelena Leuchanka had 11 points and 12 rebounds. They need to beat South Korea in the rematch on Sunday to qualify for the Olympics.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/oqtwomen/2016/1806/Argentina-Belarus#|tab=boxscore_statistics

If you want to know more about South Korea's win over Cuba, you can check my recap here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2016/06/olympic-qualifying-tournament-semifinals-june-18th/

[awhom111]

The final groups for the Olympics were decided in the women's tournament once the five qualifying tournament teams were drawn into the five vacant spots. Group A has France, Japan, Brazil, Australia, Belarus, and Turkey. Group B is the Canada, Spain, the United States, Senegal, Serbia, and China.

As I always point out, every other country has far more international basketball to contend with just to get to the big tournaments. Today was the first day of the Centrobasket tournament in Panama City, which will help determine the teams in next year's FIBA Americas tournament and more. Mexico and Puerto Rico are in preparation for their Olympic Qualifying Tournaments, so they both brought strong teams as they both play their first games on Saturday.

The tournament started in Group A, as Cuba eased past Nicaragua 96-50. The day closed with the hosts welcoming Antigua and Barbuda, rolling to a 103-48 win. In the win, ex-Texas State player Tony Bishop had 17 points, ex-North Carolina A&T player Ed Jones had 13 points, and ex-Abilene Christian player Jonathan King had 10 points. In the loss, ex-DIII player Joel McIntosh had 11 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/1906/Nicaragua-Cuba#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/1906/Panama-Antigua#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group B play started with the second game of the day as both teams were weakened. The US Virgin Islands could only fill nine out of twelve available roster spots, although they were able to call on a roster of current and former collegians. The Bahamas managed to bring in DeAndre Ayton, although the rest of the team was far weaker than usual standards with their most famous player with experience on the team preparing for the draft. They nearly completed a comeback against the more depleted team, but lost 82-74. Ayton had 16 points and 11 rebounds, ex-Stetson player Kentwan Smith had 13 points and 6 rebounds, and Wagner's Michael Carey had 12 points and 8 rebounds. In the win, Khallid Hart of Marist had 18 points, ex-Cornell player Johnathan Gray had 16 points, ex-DII player Georgio Milligan had 12 points and 7 rebounds, and ex-Murray State player Ivan Aska had 11 points and 8 rebounds. In the next game, the Dominican Republic jumped out to a big lead on Costa Rica, winning 80-58. In the win, ex-Kentucky player Eloy Vargas had 15 points and 9 rebounds and ex-DII player Marcos Castrillo had 15 points and 6 rebounds in the loss.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/1906/Virgin-Islands-Bahamas#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/1906/Costa-Rica-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Here are the squads to the best of my abilities:

Antigua and Barbuda
Vivian Destin, Bull City Legacy (TRBL)
Kenya Achom, Flyers (Antigua and Barbuda)
Lennox McCoy, Flyers (Antigua and Barbuda), Central Oklahoma (DII)
Kareem Meade
Raviel Burton, Missouri Valley (NAIA)
Cohen DeSouza, Tyler (JC) and signed with St. Francis (PA)
Clinton Joshua, club unknown, Campbellsville (NAIA)
Gerard Gore, Thompson Rivers (CIS), Faulkner (NAIA)
Jerome Richardson, club unknown, Louisiana Tech
Sharife Sergeant, Al Nift (Iraq)/Bulldogs (Antigua and Barbuda), West Virginia Tech (NAIA)
Joel McIntosh, club unknown, La Roche (DIII)
Samuel Wallace, club unknown, Elizabeth City (DII)

Cuba:
Karel Guzman, Capitalinos de la Habana (Cuba)
Javier Justiz, Estudiantes Concordia (Argentina)
Yordanis Jaca, Tigres de Camaguey (Cuba)
Osmel Oliva, Los Toros de Artemisa (Cuba)
Yoanki Mensia, Sancti Spiritus (Cuba)
Yaser Rodriguez, Ciego de Avila (Cuba)
William Granda, Ciego de Avila (Cuba)
Abel Font, Capitalinos de la Habana (Cuba)
Orestes Torres, Capitalinos de la Habana (Cuba)
Lisvan Valdez, La Paz (Bolivia)
Yoel Cubilla, Villa Clara (Cuba)
Yoan Luis, Ciego de Avila (Cuba)

Nicaragua:
Vansdell Thomas, Toros del Norte (Nicaragua)
Alvin Camacho, SINSA (Nicaragua)
Serbio Abea, Toros del Norte (Nicaragua)
Lee Saravia, Leones Alcaldia de Managua (Nicaragua)
Eduardo Amaya, Leones Alcaldia de Managua (Nicaragua)
Daniel Tenorio, Toros del Norte (Nicaragua)
Roger Munoz, Leones Alcaldia de Managua (Nicaragua)
Reynaldo Cruz, SINSA (Nicaragua)
Denzel Moody, Leones Alcaldia de Managua (Nicaragua)
Bartel Lopez, Brenes-Barva (Costa Rica)
Jensen Campbell, Costa Caribe (Nicaragua)
Romario Ponce, Leones Alcaldia de Managua (Nicaragua)

Panama:
Joel Munoz, Correcaminos de Colon (Panama)
Ed Jones, club unknown, North Carolina A&T
Tony Bishop, San German Athletics (Puerto Rico), Texas State
Daniel King, Nacionales de El Salvador (El Salvador), Texas Southern
Jonathan King, Aguilas de Rio Abajo (Panama), Abilene Christian
Chris Warren, Obras Sanitarias (Argentina), South Carolina
Josimar Ayarza, Lanus (Argentina), Southern Miss
Michael Hicks, Hebraica Macabi (Uruguay), Texas A&M Corpus Christi
Eugenio Luzcando, Idaho State
Akil Mitchell, Antibes (France), Virginia
Jaime Lloreda, Fuerza Regia de Monterrey (Mexico), LSU
Ernesto Ogilvie, Ferro Carril Oeste (Argentina)

Puerto Rico:
Ramon Clemente, Ferro Carril Oeste (Argentina)/Mayaguez Indians (Puerto Rico), Wichita State
Guillermo Diaz, Arecibo Captains (Puerto Rico), Miami and NBA (2007-2008)
Mike Rosario, Santurce Crabbers (Puerto Rico), Florida
J.J. Barea, Dallas Mavericks, Northeastern
A.D. Vassallo, Ponce Lions (Puerto Rico), Virginia Tech
Alex Abreu, Aguada Santeros (Puerto Rico), West Georgia (DII)
Jorge Bryan Diaz, Quebradillas Pirates (Puerto Rico), Nebraska
Ricky Sanchez, Guayama Wizards (Puerto Rico), IMG Academy (Florida)
Renaldo Balkman, Arecibo Captains (Puerto Rico), South Carolina and NBA (2006-2012)
Alex Galindo, Mayaguez Indians (Puerto Rico), Florida International
David Huertas, Arecibo Captains (Puerto Rico), Ole Miss
Peter John Ramos, Jilin (China)/Bayamon Cowboys (Puerto Rico), NBA (2004-2006)

Bahamas:
Michael Carey, Wagner
Travis Munnings, Louisiana-Monroe
D'Shon Taylor, Norfolk State
J.R. Cadot, Skallagrimur (Iceland), TCU
Kentwan Smith, Fuerza Guinda de Nogales (Mexico), Stetson
Eugene Bain, Mail Boat Cybots (Bahamas), Bellevue (NAIA)
DeAndre Ayton, Hillcrest Academy (Arizona)
Jaraun Burrows, Lulea (Sweden), IPFW
David Nesbitt, Al Mina (Iraq), St. Thomas (NAIA)
Abel Joseph, PJ Stingers (Bahamas)
Leon Cooper, Ohod (Saudi Arabia), West Virginia Tech (NAIA)
Taran Cox, Commonwealth Bank Giants (Bahamas), High Point

Costa Rica:
Amaurys Ripoll, Escazu (Costa Rica)
Isaac Conejo, Coopenae ARBA (Costa Rica)
Andres Umana, Super Cable Grecia (Costa Rica)
Alonso Sanchez, Brenes-Barva (Costa Rica)
Daniel Simmons, Coopenae ARBA (Costa Rica)
George Letford, Brenes-Barva (Costa Rica)
Carlos Quesada, Brenes-Barva (Costa Rica)
Juan Rosich, Escazu (Costa Rica), Merrimack (DII)
Kay Martinez, Brenes-Barva (Costa Rica), Jackson State
Rohel Wilson, Brenes-Barva (Costa Rica)
Marcos Castrillo, Coopenae ARBA (Costa Rica), Western New Mexico (DII)
Jefny Anderson, Coopenae ARBA (Costa Rica), Southern

Dominican Republic:
Dagoberto Pena, Coruna (Spain), Marshall
Rigoberto Mendoza, Aguada Santeros (Puerto Rico)
Angel Nunez, South Florida
Victor Liz, Humacao Chiefs (Puerto Rico)
Juan Coronado, Humacao Chiefs (Puerto Rico)
Sadiel Rojas, UCAM Murcia (Spain), Oklahoma Wesleyan (NAIA)
Juan Miguel Suero, Mauricio Baez (Dominican Republic)
Adris DeLeon, Manati Athenians (Puerto Rico), Eastern Washington
Eloy Vargas, San Carlos (Dominican Republic), Kentucky
Angel Delgado, Seton Hall
Juan Jose Garcia, Manresa (Spain)
Gelvis Solano, Merrimack (DII)

Mexico:
Paul Stoll, Avtodor Saratov (Russia), Texas Pan-American
Marco Ramos, Halcones Rojos de Veracruz (Mexico), Grand Canyon
Juan Anderson, Soles de Mexicali (Mexico), Marquette
Jorge Gutierrez, Charlotte Hornets, Cal
Israel Gutierrez, Halcones Rojos de Veracruz (Mexico)/Boca Juniors (Argentina)
Francisco Cruz, VEF Riga (Latvia), Wyoming
Gabriel Giron, Fuerza Regia de Monterrey (Mexico)
Edgar Garibay, Nauticos de Mazatlan (Mexico), Long Beach State
Hector Hernandez, Pioneros de Quintana Roo (Mexico)/Bucaneros de la Guaira (Venezuela), Fresno State
Orlando Mendez, Pioneros de Quintana Roo (Mexico), Western Kentucky
Lorenzo Mata, Pioneros de Quintana Roo (Mexico), UCLA
Adrian Zamora, Halcones Rojos de Veracruz (Mexico), Montana State

US Virgin Islands:
Angel Rivera, Stetson
Georgio Milligan, Coopenae ARBA (Costa Rica), Franklin and Marshall (DII)
Walter Hodge, Cantu (Italy)/Arecibo Captains (Puerto Rico), Florida
Craig Williams, Goes (Uruguay), TCU
Johnathan Gray, club unknown, Cornell
Ivan Aska, Ironi Nes Ziona (Israel), Murray State
Khallid Hart, Marist
Phillip Jones, club unknown, Charlotte
Kitwana Rhymer, club known, UMass

[awhom111]

Olek Czyz is one of the players named to the preliminary squad for Poland as they will have qualifiers for Eurobasket 2017 later this summer:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/news/lampe-included-on-polish-22-strong-preliminary-squad

Centrobasket raged on in Panama City. The first game of the day was in Group B as the Bahamas jumped out to a huge lead on Costa Rica and coasted to an 82-58 win. DeAndre Ayton continued to show what he can do with 18 points and 9 rebounds as their fans hope they can put together a full strength team in the future. In the loss, the usual Costa Rican star, ex-Jackson State player Kay Martinez, had 13 points. Mexico made their debut in the third game of the day and got everything that they could handle from the US Virgin Islands, finally prevailing 91-83 in overtime. They were missing their star, but have still have a strong team in advance of Olympic qualifiers and were not as hurt by absences as their opponents, but it was still a shaky start. In the win, ex-Wyoming player Francisco Cruz had 27 points, ex-Fresno State player Hector Hernandez had 23 points and 14 rebounds, and their NBA player, ex-Cal star Jorge Gutierrez, had 15 points, 6 rebounds, and 8 assists. In the loss, ex-Murray State player Ivan Aska had 22 points and ex-DII player Georgio Milligan, ex-Florida player Walter Hodge, and Marist's Khallid Hart had 13 points each.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2006/Bahamas-Costa-Rica#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2006/Mexico-Virgin-Islands#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group A play started with the second game of the day as Nicaragua got their best ever result by beating Antigua and Barbuda 74-62. In the loss, ex-DII player Lennox McCoy had 15 points, 10 rebounds, and 6 assists, Cohen DeSouza, who is headed to St. Francis (PA) after time in junior college, had 13 points and 11 rebounds, and ex-NAIA player Sharife Sergeant had 11 points and 8 rebounds. The hosts were back in action to close the day as Puerto Rico finally got to make their debut, but Panama was too strong for them even as they hold Olympic hopes, building a second half lead to roll 87-64. In the win, ex-Texas State player Tony Bishop had 18 points and 8 rebounds, ex-Texas A&M Corpus Christi player Michael Hicks had 17 points, ex-South Carolina player Chris Warren had 12 points, and ex-LSU player Jaime Lloreda had 10 points and 10 rebounds. In the loss, ex-NBA player Peter John Ramos had 14 points and 6 rebounds and ex-Miami player Guillermo Diaz had 13 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2006/Antigua-Nicaragua#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2006/Puerto-Rico-Panama#|tab=boxscore_statistics

[awhom111]

Both U17 World Championships will be played in Spain at the same time. The Girl's tournament starts first on Wednesday and the United States faces South Korea at 2:30pm ET. The first round of games for all teams will be on FIBA's YouTube channel.

Centrobasket play started with a game in Group B as Mexico shook off a sluggish start to wallop Costa Rica 78-46 as ex-Montana State player Adrian Zamora led all scorers with 11 points. The third game of the day was expected to be a good one, but the Dominican Republic led wire to wire and beat the Bahamas 87-80 as ex-NAIA player Sadiel Rojas had 11 points. In the loss, ex-NAIA player David Nesbitt had 18 points, ex-NAIA player Leon Cooper had 16 points, and ex-High Point player Tehran Cox had 14 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2106/Costa-Rica-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2106/Dominican-Republic-Bahamas#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group A play started with the second game of the day as Cuba beat Antigua and Barbuda 88-66. In the loss, NAIA player Raviel Burton had 15 points and 6 rebounds, ex-DII player Lennox McCoy had 15 points, and ex-DIII player Joel McIntosh had 14 points and 8 rebounds. The day closed with Puerto Rico breezing to a 98-57 win over Nicaragua. In the win, ex-Wichita State player Ramon Clemente had 22 points and 10 rebounds, ex-Miami player Guillermo Diaz had 11 points, ex-NBA player Peter John Ramos had 10 points and 8 rebounds, and ex-Virginia player A.D. Vassallo had 10 points and 6 assists.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2106/Cuba-Antigua#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2106/Nicaragua-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

[awhom111]

The U17 Women's World Championship started on Wednesday in Spain. The United States had an easy opener against South Korea, winning 104-45.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2206/USA-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The other Group C game was a highly anticipated matchup that lived up to its billing as Italy held off the Czech Republic 59-57.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2206/Italy-Czech-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The day started with Australia pounding Mexico 98-38. The other Group B game was a stunner as China knocked off France 56-44.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2206/Australia-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2206/France-China#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group A, Japan recorded the first surprise of the day, building a big halftime lead on Latvia and winning 77-71 as Mai Yamamoto had the performance of the day. The other game in the group was not played as Nigeria was unable to procure visas for all of their players in time for the tournament, leaving Canada without a game.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2206/Latvia-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group D, the rivals clash between Portugal and the hosts went to Spain 59-51 despite the best efforts of Ana Ramos. The last game of the day also produced a surprise as Mali beat Brazil 77-70. Brazil has three players who attend high school and play AAU ball in North Carolina and are all fairly well regarded after beating the United States last year, but they struggled in this game.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2206/Spain-Portugal#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2206/Brazil-Mali#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The USA U17 Boy's team starts their tournament on Thursday at 2:30pm ET against Taiwan. Most of the games will be on YouTube. If you want to watch several Duke recruiting targets, you can do see here live or on replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gd_EGE-B4g

There are a few players in the two tournaments that have ties in the United States:

Brazil (Girls):
Izabela Nicoletti, Neuse Baptist Christian (North Carolina)
Geassamyne Germano, Friendship Christian (North Carolina)
Obalunanma Chukwumaeze, Friendship Christian (North Carolina)

Turkey:
Onuralp Bitim, Huntington Prep (West Virginia)

Taiwan:
Benson Lin, Wesley Christian (Kentucky)

Canada:
R.J. Barrett, Monteverde Academy (Florida)
Simi I'm a real wanker for saying this.I'm a real wanker for saying this.I'm a real wanker for saying this.I'm a real wanker for saying this.tu, Montverde Academy (Florida)

Dominican Republic:
Justin Minaya, North Valley Regional (New Jersey)
Alonzo Frink, St. Joseph's (New Jersey)
Ismael Valdez, Our Savior Lutheran (New York)

I would do the full rosters, but reliable sources for the clubs of players this young are generally not available.

Centrobasket group play continued as Group B games started the day. The US Virgin Islands needed a good second half to knock off Costa Rica 75-68. In the win, ex-Florida player Walter Hodge had 14 points and 7 rebounds, Khallid Hart of Marist had 11 points, and ex-Murray State player Ivan Aska had 10 points and 7 rebounds. In the loss, ex-Jackson State player Kay Martinez had 16 points and ex-DII player Marcos Castrillo had 10 points. The next game was probably the most anticipated one of the day as the Dominican Republic took the lead in the second half to beat Mexico 82-69. In the win, ex-Kentucky player Eloy Vargas had 20 points and 6 rebounds and Angel Delgado of Seton Hall had 17 points and 8 rebounds. In the loss, ex-Cal player Jorge Gutierrez had 21 points and 6 rebounds, ex-Wyoming player Francisco Cruz had 13 points, and ex-Fresno State player Hector Hernandez had 12 points and 7 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2206/Virgin-Islands-Costa-Rica#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2206/Mexico-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group A games started with an easy 101-69 win for Puerto Rico over Cuba. In the win, ex-Florida player Mike Rosario had 25 points, J.J. Barea had 16 points, 6 rebounds, and 11 assists as he tries to get in rhythm, ex-NBA player Peter John Ramos and ex-FIU player Alex Galindo had 14 points, and ex-Wichita State player Ramon Clemente had 10 points and 8 rebounds. It took a big second half for the hosts to pull away from pesky Nicaragua, but Panama won 99-60. In the win, ex-Texas A&M Corpus Christi had 16 points, ex-North Carolina A&T player Ed Jones had 15 points, and ex-Southern Miss player Josimar Ayarza had 13 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2206/Puerto-Rico-Cuba#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2206/Panama-Nicaragua#|tab=boxscore_statistics

[Reilly]

... There are a few players in the two tournaments that have ties in the United States:
...

Canada:
...
Simi I'm a real wanker for saying this.I'm a real wanker for saying this.I'm a real wanker for saying this.I'm a real wanker for saying this.tu, Montverde Academy (Florida) ...

I'm guessing no last names on the jerseys?

Who are the Duke targets on the boys U17 team?

[awhom111]

The USA U17 Boy's team looked to continue their unbeaten history and opened their World Championship with a 119-45 win over Taiwan. It was a balanced effort, but Kevin Knox and Wendell Carter did lead the team in scoring.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2306/USA-Chinese-Taipei#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The next game can be seen here on Friday at 3:00pm ET against Turkey:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJnGp_xe0FU

In the other Group A game, Turkey had a dreadful start against Egypt, but recovered to win 71-61. Tarek Raafat had a good game in the loss.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2306/Egypt-Turkey#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Play started in Group D, where South Korea stunned France in overtime 90-84. Jaylen Hoard, who has decided to stop playing in France to attend high school at Wesleyan Christian, had an insane game in the loss, but the trio of Yang Jae-Min, Lee Jung-Hyun, and Shin Min-Suk helped their team over the line as they each played all 45 minutes. The reigning European champions Bosnia and Herzegovina picked up where they left off last summer and jumped on the Dominican Republic early to win 84-59. Dzanan Musa, who some tip to be the next talismanic European guard, led the team again.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2306/Korea-France#tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2306/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group C, Finland beat China 65-58 with Elias Valtonen leading the way. The next game was one of the most anticipated of this stage as Canada fended off Australia 81-78. The expected duo of the poor swear-filtered guy and R.J. Barrett led their team to the win as Dragan Elkaz had a weird shooting game in the loss.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2306/Finland-China#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2306/Australia-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group B, the hosts had an indifferent start against Mali, but eventually eased to an 86-55 win with Miguel Gonzalez leading the way. Lithuania had a balanced effort in a 74-57 win over an Argentina team that had Lautaro Lopez driving them.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2306/Spain-Mali#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2306/Argentina-Lithuania#|tab=boxscore_statistics

With both U17 tournaments in Zaragoza, the second games of each tournament are being spread over two days. On the Girl's side that meant that Groups A and B were playing on Thursday, but the absence of Nigeria meant that only three games were played. Canada finally made their debut, needing a second half comeback against Latvia to force overtime, winning 60-57.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2306/Canada-Latvia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group B, France refused to allow a repeat of the previous day and walloped Mexico 65-27. Australia continues to show their strength as they beat China 66-41.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2306/Mexico-France#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2306/China-Australia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The United States will be back in action on Friday with a tricky game against the Czech Republic at 8:15am ET.

Centrobasket had the final day of its group stage, starting with a Group B thriller. Mexico needed a furious fourth quarter comeback to beat the Bahamas 84-81. In the win, ex-Fresno State player Hector Hernandez had 24 points, the only NBA player in the group, Jorge Gutierrez, had 20 points, 12 rebounds, and 10 assists, and ex-Texas Pan-American player Paul Stoll and ex-Wyoming player Francisco Cruz had 12 points each. DeAndre Ayton was impressive with 24 points and 9 rebounds and he was helped by ex-NAIA player David Nesbitt, who had 16 points and 8 rebounds, ex-NAIA player Leon Cooper, who had 13 points and 6 assists, and Wagner's Michael Carey, who had 10 points and 6 rebounds. The Dominican Republic stayed undefeated by holding off the US Virgin Islands in the next game 75-69. In the win, Seton Hall's Angel Delgado had 21 points and 12 rebounds and ex-Eastern Washington player Adris De Leon had 12 points. In the loss, ex-Florida player Walter Hodge had 15 points, ex-DII player Georgio Milligan had 13 points, Marist's Khallid Hart had 12 points, and ex-TCU player Craig Williams had 11 points and 10 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2306/Bahamas-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2306/Dominican-Republic-Virgin-Islands#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Dominican Republic 4-0, Mexico 3-1, US Virgin Islands 2-2, Bahamas 1-3, Costa Rica 0-4

In Group A, Puerto Rico won in style 117-66 over Antigua and Barbuda. In the win, ex-FIU player Alex Galindo had 21 points, ex-Florida player Mike Rosario had 20 points, ex-Virginia Tech player A.D. Vassallo had 15 points, and ex-Miami player Guillermo Diaz and ex-Ole Miss player David Huertas had 12 points each. In the loss, ex-NAIA player Lennox McCoy had 16 points and ex-DIII player Joel McIntosh had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Panama had a tricky game to stay undefeated, but were buoyed by the home fans as they beat Cuba 76-71. In the win, ex-Texas A&M Corpus Christi player Michael Hicks had 18 points and ex-Virginia player Akil Mitchell had 11 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2306/Antigua-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2306/Cuba-Panama#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Panama 4-0, Puerto Rico 3-1, Cuba 2-2, Nicaragua 1-3, Antigua and Barbuda 0-4

Semifinals:
Panama vs Mexico
Dominican Republic vs Puerto Rico

5th Place Playoffs:
Nicaragua vs Bahamas
Cuba vs US Virgin Islands

[awhom111]

I'm guessing no last names on the jerseys?

Who are the Duke targets on the boys U17 team?

Hopefully not the swear filter guy. It is not an uncommon last name, but I suppose there are no other words that that one is a part of so I guess it just gets filtered.

I do not follow recruiting that much, but it seems like Carter, Knox, and Trent are the main guys with interest.

[awhom111]

The USA U17 Boy's team knew that they would have a tougher test in their second game, but won by the expected margin of 84-66 over Turkey. Collin Sexton had a turn in the spotlight with help from Markus Howard, Carte'Are Gordon, and Gary Trent.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2406/Turkey-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the other Group A game, Egypt beat Taiwan 88-71 despite the best efforts of Kentucky high schooler Benson Lin.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2406/Chinese-Taipei-Egypt#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group B play started with Mali beating Argentina 56-47. The highly anticipated game between the hosts and Lithuania went to Spain 65-61 as they needed to fight back to send the fans home happy.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2406/Mali-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2406/Lithuania-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The USA U17 Girl's team knew that their second game would be a tougher test and were pushed by the Czech Republic before winning 72-63.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2406/Czech-Republic-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the other Group C game, Italy also stayed unbeaten by beating Park Ji-Hyun and South Korea 78-67.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2406/Korea-Italy#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group D, Brazil fell behind to Portugal early, but fought back to win 58-54. Izabela Nicoletti, the highly regarded North Carolina prepster, led the way in the win. Hosts Spain had to navigate a tricky game against Mali, but moved to the top of the group with a 77-63 win. Sofia Galeron led her team in the win, but Mariam Traore did match her in the loss.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2406/Portugal-Brazil#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2406/Mali-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Standings:
Group A: Japan 1-0, Canada 1-0, Latvia 0-2
Group B: Australia 2-0, France 1-1, China 1-1, Mexico
Group C: United States 2-0, Italy 2-0, Czech Republic 0-2, South Korea 0-2
Group D: Spain 2-0, Brazil 1-1, Mali 1-1, Portugal 0-2

The more important games at Centrobasket were the playoffs for fifth place. The Bahamas rolled to a 120-77 win over Nicaragua in the seventh place game, using only nine players with eight of them reaching double figures. In the win, ex-TCU player J.R. Cadot had 18 points, Trevor Munnings of Louisina-Monroe had 16 points and 6 rebounds, ex-NAIA player Leon Cooper had 16 points and 6 assists, ex-Stetson player Kentwan Smith had 14 points and 8 rebounds, ex-NAIA player David Nesbitt had 13 points and 6 rebounds, ex-NAIA player Eugene Bain had 12 points and 7 rebounds, and Michael Carey of Wagner had 10 points. The Group B team also won the next game as the US Virgin Islands beat Cuba 95-70 for the key fifth place. In the win, ex-Florida player Walter Hodge had 19 points and 8 assists, Angel Rivera of Stetson had 16 points, ex-Murray State player Ivan Aska had 15 points, ex-TCU player Craig Williams had 14 points and 6 rebounds, and ex-DII player Georgio Milligan had 13 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2406/Nicaragua-Bahamas#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2406/Cuba-Virgin-Islands#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The first semifinal was between the Caribbean rivals and it was Puerto Rico coming back to beat the Dominican Republic 74-69. In the win, ex-Virginia Tech player A.D. Vassallo had 18 points, ex-South Carolina player Renaldo Balkman had 11 points and 8 rebounds, J.J. Barea had 11 points and 8 assists as he is starting to take charge, ex-Florida player Mike Rosario had 11 points, and ex-NBA player Peter John Ramos had 10 points. In the loss, ex-Kentucky player Eloy Vargas had 18 points and 6 rebounds and Angel Delgado of Seton Hall had 11 points and 6 rebounds. The hosts looked to remain the only unbeaten team in the last game, but Mexico got the 59-52 win to leave Panama's fans empty-handed. In the win, the other active NBA player Jorge Gutierrez had 15 points, ex-UCLA player Lorenzo Mata had 13 points and 11 rebounds, and ex-Fresno State player Hector Hernandez had 13 points. In the loss, Geno Luzcando of Idaho State had 18 points and 6 rebounds and ex-Texas A&M Corpus Christi player Michael Hicks had 13 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2406/Dominican-Republic-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2406/Panama-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

[awhom111]

The USA U17 Girl's team finished the group stage of the World Championship with another tough test, playing evenly with Italy for three quarters before having a decisive surge to start the final frame and hanging on to a 59-55 win behind Christyn Williams.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2506/USA-Italy#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the other Group C game, the Czech Republic finally got their first win by beating South Korea 92-54. Tereza Vitulova and Park Ji-Hyun led their teams respectively.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2506/Czech-Republic-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: United States 3-0, Italy 2-1, Czech Republic 1-2, South Korea 0-3

In Group A, the battle for the top spot in the group went to Canada 70-55 over Japan as Laeticia Amihere had a big game.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2506/Japan-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Canada 2-0, Japan 1-1, Latvia 0-2

In Group B, Australia stayed undefeated with a 55-48 win over France. China finished right behind them after beating Mexico 82-43.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2506/Australia-France#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2506/China-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Australia 3-0, China 2-1, France 1-2, Mexico 0-3

In Group D, Spain also complete the round undefeated as they beat Brazil 70-58. Portugal finally got a win 56-48 over Mali, creating a three-way tie at the bottom of the standings and coming out on top.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2506/Spain-Brazil#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2506/Mali-Portugal#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Spain 3-0, Portugal 1-2, Mali 1-2, Brazil 1-2

Bracket:
Canada vs Mexico
Italy vs Mali
Latvia vs China
South Korea vs Spain
Japan vs France
United States vs Brazil
Czech Republic vs Portugal
Australia automatically advances

On the Boy's side, the two groups that were not in action yesterday played on Saturday. Group C play started with China surprising Australia 90-72. Tom Fullarton was the game's leading scorer, but Bai Haotian helped his team to the win. Canada started their game at a blistering pace and beat Finland 92-68.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2506/China-Australia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2506/Canada-Finland#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group D, South Korea picked up another win, lacking depth again as they only played 7 players. Anderson Mirambeaux had a monster double-double for the Dominican Republic, but it was not enough as they fell 77-71. France recovered by beating Bosnia and Herzegovina 84-65. Jaylen Hoard won the individual battle with Dzanan Musa and got some help from Yves Pons.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2506/Dominican-Republic-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2506/France-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Standings:
Group A: United States 2-0, Egypt 1-1, Turkey 1-1, Taiwan 0-2
Group B: Spain 2-0, Lithuania 1-1, Mali 1-1, Argentina 0-2
Group C: Canada 2-0, China 1-1, Finland 1-1, Australia 0-2
Group D: South Korea 2-0, France 1-1, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-1, Dominican Republic 0-2

All teams play on Sunday to finish the group stage. The United States faces Egypt at 8:15am ET and can be seen here live or on replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pR9EvUGC5l4

Centrobasket concluded with the hosts being denied a medal by the Dominican Republic 64-48. In the win, ex-NAIA player Sadiel Rojas had 11 points and ex-Kentucky player Eloy Vargas had 10 points. Ex-LSU player Jaime Lloreda had 11 points and 11 rebounds in the loss. The last game was for the title with both teams keeping an eye on the upcoming Olympic qualifiers after an intense six games in six days. Puerto Rico nearly gave up their halftime lead, but held off Mexico 84-83. J.J. Barea took the lead at the end with 17 points and 9 assists, ex-Virginia Tech player A.D. Vassallo had 14 points, ex-Wichita State player Ramon Clemente had 12 points, and ex-NBA player Peter John Ramos had 11 points and 6 rebounds. In the loss, ex-Fresno State player Hector Hernandez had 20 points and 10 rebounds, ex-Texas Pan-American player Paul Stoll had 14 points and 8 assists, and ex-Marquette player Juan Anderson had 11 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2506/Panama-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/centrobasket/2016/2506/Mexico-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

[awhom111]

The USA U17 Boy's team wrapped up their group stage with an easy 104-57 win over Egypt. Four players did not play, but seven of the eight who did reached double figures in scoring.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2606/USA-Egypt#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The other game in the group went to Turkey 76-56 over Taiwan.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2606/Turkey-Chinese-Taipei#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: United States 3-0, Turkey 2-1, Egypt 1-2, Taiwan 0-3

In Group B, Spain won 59-49 over Argentina in front of the home fans to stay unbeaten. Lithuania beat Mali 96-73 despite the best efforts of Abdoul Karim Coulibaly as Vitalijus Kozys led the way.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2606/Argentina-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2606/Mali-Lithuania#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Spain 3-0, Lithuania 2-1, Mali 1-2, Argentina 0-3

In Group C, Australia came back to beat Finland 77-62, putting the three-way tie in play at the bottom of the group. China made that happen by getting blown out by Canada 105-54, but still held the tiebreaker to take second place in the group.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2606/Australia-Finland#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2606/China-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Canada 3-0, China 1-2, Australia 1-2, Finland 1-2

In Group D, South Korea tried to win the group outright, but lost to Bosnia and Herzegovina 105-85 to make the three-way tie at the top of the group the most likely outcome. Both teams lack depth, so several players on each team put on a show. Dzanan Musa was back to his brilliant best and Sani Campara chipped in as well. Lee Jung-Hyun and Lee Hyun-Jung led the way in the loss. In the other game, France rolled past the Dominican Republic 78-48 to complete the three-way tie at the top of the standings and won the tiebreaker to make up for a poor start.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2606/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2606/France-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: France 2-1, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-1, South Korea 2-1, Dominican Republic 0-3

Now all sixteen teams get a day off before the start of the knockout rounds.
Bracket:
United States vs Argentina
China vs South Korea
Egypt vs Lithuania
Finland vs France
Turkey vs Mali
Canada vs Dominican Republic
Taiwan vs Spain
Australia vs Bosnia and Herzegovina

After one part of the Americas had their tournament for future qualification, the other part started their tournament on Sunday as the South American Championship opened in Caracas with Venezuela hosting another tournament. The top teams will qualify for the federation wide tournament next summer. Three of the countries are preparing for the Olympics, but they had all slightly different approaches to the tournament ranging from bring a near full strength team to naming a roster that may have no Olympians.

The first game was in Group B as Chile beat Peru 78-59. In the win, Nico Carvacho of Colorado State had 17 points and 7 rebounds and ex-Portland State player Sebastian Suarez had 11 points. Ex-Vanderbilt player Kyle Fuller had 16 points in the loss. In the third time slot, Uruguay took care of business in the fourth quarter to beat Colombia 60-54 in what could be one of the key group stage games. In the loss, ex-Valparaiso player Stalin Ortiz had 15 points and 6 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/2606/Peru-Chile#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/2606/Uruguay-Colombia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group A play started with Paraguay beating Bolivia 74-55. The hosts ended the day by crushing Ecuador 97-34 as ex-NAIA player Nestor Colmenares had 13 points and 6 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/2606/Paraguay-Bolivia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/2606/Ecuador-Venezuela#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Here are the squads to the best of my ability:

Bolivia:
Raul Salvatierra, Caza y Pesca (Argentina)
Carlos Romero, Pichincha (Bolivia)
Victor Fernandez, La Salle Tarija (Bolivia)
Cristhian Camargo, Univerisdad San Simon (Bolivia)
Paolo Ramos, Universidad Tecnica de Santa Cruz (Bolivia)
Miguel Justiniano, Amistad (Bolivia)
Ronald Arze, La Salle Cochabamba (Bolivia)
Axel Veizaga, Univerisdad San Simon (Bolivia)
Rene Calvo, Pichincha (Bolivia)
Diego Olguin, Univerisdad San Simon (Bolivia)
Luis Mercado, Lanus (Argentina)
Martin Ochoa, La Salle Tarija (Bolivia)

Brazil:
Davi Rossetto, Cearense (Brazil)
Lucas Mariano, Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil)
Jefferson William Andrade, Bauru (Brazil)
Henrique Coelho, Minas (Brazil)
Gui Deodato, Rio Claro (Brazil)
Jimmy Oliveira, Mogi das Cruzes (Brazil)
Olivinha, Flamengo (Brazil)
Fulvio de Assis, Brasilia (Brazil)
Rafael Freire Luz, Flamengo (Brazil)
J.P. Batista, Flamengo (Brazil), Gonzaga
Leonardo Meindl, Bauru (Brazil)
Marcus Vinicius, Cearense (Brazil), NBA (2006-2008)

Ecuador:
Luis Riascos, Halcones de Cucuta (Colombia)
Christian Orozco, Universidad Tecnologia Equinoccial (Ecuador)
Alexaner Guerra, Juvenil (Ecuador)
Paul Cano, ComuniKT (Ecuador)
Carlos Delgado, ComuniKT (Ecuador)
Martin Martinez, ComuniKT (Ecuador)
William Guayaquil, Universidad Tecnologia Equinoccial (Ecuador)
Jonathan Arboleda, H.R. Portviejo (Ecuador)
Erick Cobena, H.R. Portviejo (Ecuador)
Nixon Mina, Importado Alvarado (Ecuador)
Eduard Caicedo, Universidad Tecnologia Equinoccial (Ecuador)
Carlos Carcelen, Universidad Tecnologia Equinoccial (Ecuador)

Paraguay:
Junior Peralta, Libertad (Paraguay)
Daniel Perez, Libertad (Paraguay)
Carlos Vallejos, Libertad (Paraguay)
Bruno Zanotti, Libertad (Paraguay), Merrimack (DII)
Edgar Riveros, Obreros (Paraguay)
Federico Mellone, Luqueno (Paraguay)
Ramon Sanchez, San Jose (Paraguay)
Diego Bareiro, Libertad (Paraguay)
Jose Fabio, Comunicaciones Mercedes (Argentina)
Alejandro Peralta, Comunicaciones Mercedes (Argentina)
Roberto Laratro, Libertad (Paraguay), Gettysburg (DIII)
Adolfo Lopez, Felix Perez Cardozo (Paraguay)

Venezuela:
Gregory Echenique, Guaros de Lara (Venezuela), Creighton
Dwight Lewis, Trotamundos de Carabobo (Venezuela), USC
Gregory Vargas, Maccabi Haifa (Israel)
David Cubillan, Trotamundos de Carabobo (Venezuela), Marquette
Jose Vargas, Marinos de Anzoategui (Venezuela)
Luis Bethelmy, Guaros de Lara (Venezuela)
Miguel Ruiz, Trotamundos de Carabobo (Venezuela)
Windi Graterol, Guaros de Lara (Venezuela)
Cesar Garcia, Cocodrilos de Caracas (Venezuela)
Anthony Perez, Ole Miss
Harol Cazorla, Gigantes de Guayana (Venezuela)
Nestor Colmenares, Guaros de Lara (Venezuela), Campbellsville (NAIA)

Argentina:
Nicolas Romano, Quimsa (Argentina)
Luca Vildoza, Quilmes (Argentina)
Nicolas De Los Santos, Gimnasia (Argentina)
Franco Balbi, Argentino de Junin (Argentina)
Nicolas Brussino, Penarol (Argentina)
Marcos Delia, Obras Sanitarias (Argentina)
Gabriel Deck, Quimsa (Argentina)
Leonardo Mainoldi, Gimnasia (Argentina)
Carlos Schattmann, Gimnasia (Argentina)
Federico Aguerre, Gimnasia (Argentina)
Roberto Acuna, Penarol (Argentina)
Javier Saiz, Regatas Corrientes (Argentina)

Chile:
Tomas Alvarez, Los Leones de Quilpue (Chile)
Ignacio Carrion, Los Leones de Quilpue (Chile)
Pablo Coro, Valdivia (Chile), BYU-Hawaii (DII)
Sebastian Herrera, Trier (Germany)
Carlos Aranda, La Anima (Chile)
Erik Carrasco, Valdivia (Chile)
Sebastian Suarez, Valdivia (Chile), Portland State
Cristobal Infante, Ancud (Chile)
Gerardo Isla, Valdivia (Chile), Columbia College (NAIA)
Fernando Schuler, Colo Colo (Chile)
Nicolas Carvacho, Colorado State
Juan Fontena, Castro (Chile)

Colombia:
Rodrigo Caicedo, Cimarrones del Choco (Colombia)
Jorge Salazar, Bucaros de Bucamaranga (Colombia)
Yildon Mendoza, Sunrise Christian Academy (Kansas)
Andres Ibarguen, Sunrise Christian Academy (Kansas)
Michael Jackson, Bucaros de Bucamaranga (Colombia)
Stalin Ortiz, Condores de Cundinamarca (Colombia), Valparaiso
Hansel Atencia, Liberty
Michael Javes, Academia de la Montana Alvaro Contreras (Colombia), Arkansas-Little Rock
Divier Perez, Academia de la Montana Alvaro Contreras (Colombia)
Yesid Mosquera, Carlisle (Virginia) and signed with UVA-Wise DII
John Hernandez, Sabios de Manizales (Colombia)
Jhan Paul Mejia, Northeast Oklahoma A&M (JC) and signed with Cal State Fullerton

Peru:
Jose Lopez Alva, Regatas Lima (Peru)
Julio Regalado, Real (Peru)
Luis Barrios, Faraday (Peru)
Manuel Chavez, Ejercito (Peru)
Alejandro Bellatin, Regatas Lima (Peru)
Manuel Morales, Regatas Lima (Peru)
Martin La Rosa Peron, Colegio Inmaculada (Peru)
Kyle Fuller, Regatas Lima (Peru), Vanderbilt
Carlos Cespedes, Regatas Lima (Peru)
Rodrigo Masias, Regatas Lima (Peru)
Angelo Parodi, Real (Peru)
Gianfranco Sambuceti, Regatas Lima (Peru)

Uruguay:
Bruno Fitipaldo, Obras Sanitarias (Uruguay)
Mauricio Aguiar, Regatas Corrientes (Argentina)
Mathias Calfani, Malvin (Uruguay)
Gustavo Barrera, Marinos de Anzoategui (Venezuela)
Juan Ducasse, Trouville (Uruguay)
Sebastian Vazquez, Goes (Uruguay)/Libertad (Argentina)
Esteban Batista, Beikong (China)/Olimpia Milano (Italy), NBA (2005-2007)
Federico Haller, Defensor (Uruguay)
Luciano Parodi, Hebraica Macabi (Uruguay)
Reque Newsome, Malvin (Uruguay)/Ponce Lions (Puerto Rico), Southern Indiana (DII)
Salvador Zanotta, Hebraica Macabi (Uruguay)
Kiril Wachsmann, Defensor (Uruguay), Iona

[awhom111]

The USA U17 Boy's team will be back in action on Tuesday against Argentina on Tuesday at 2:30pm ET and can be seen here live or on replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7PlWs3w6F4

The Girl's U17 team had a revenge mission to carry out in their Round of 16 game as their defeat to Brazil last year was the only loss ever by any American U16 or U17 team. The game was close in the first half, but favorites eventually pulled away 79-62 as they try to at least defend their World Championship.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2706/USA-Brazil#|tab=boxscore_statistics

All of the other Round of 16 games were also played. The first game was between two teams that had excelled at the European tournament last year and the Czech Republic prevailed in an ugly 49-31 win over Portugal. Canada overwhelmed Mexico 72-37. Mali continued a strong tournament with an early lead on Italy, but ended up losing 58-55 despite a big effort from Aissetou Coulibaly. France had a tougher than expected time with Japan, but eventually got the 58-52 win. China had an unexpectedly easy time against Latvia after an even first quarter as the final margin was 76-46. Hosts Spain ended the day by easing past South Korea 78-44.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2706/Czech-Republic-Portugal#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2706/Canada-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2706/Italy-Mali#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2706/Japan-France#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2706/Latvia-China#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2706/Korea-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The winning teams now all take a day off before the next game while the losing teams immediately start consolation play.

Quarterfinals:
Canada vs Italy
China vs Spain
France vs United States
Australia vs Czech Republic

Consolation Bracket:
Mexico vs Mali
Latvia vs South Korea
Japan vs Brazil
Portugal automatically advances

The South American Championship continued as Group B play started the day and Colombia beat Peru 81-46. In the win, ex-Valparaiso player Stalin Ortiz had 26 points and 8 assists and Hansel Atencia of Liberty had 17 points. Argentina played their first game of the tournament in the third timeslot, beating Uruguay 82-58 as their players look to compete for spots on their Olympic team alongside the bigger name players. In the loss, ex-NBA player Esteban Batista had 11 points and 11 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/2706/Colombia-Peru#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/2706/Argentina-Uruguay#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Brazil made their first Group A appearance in the second game of the day and their very weakened team blasted Ecuador 107-65. In the win, ex-Gonzaga player J.P. Batista had 11 points and 10 rebounds. Hosts Venezuela finished the day by beating Paraguay 77-48.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/2706/Brazil-Ecuador#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/2706/Venezuela-Paraguay#|tab=boxscore_statistics

[awhom111]

The USA U17 Boy's team started the knockout rounds of the World Championship with a 109-56 win over Argentina. As expected, it was a fairly balanced effort in the win.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2806/USA-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The other Round of 16 games included Lithuania beating Egypt 80-65 as the shooting of Ignas Sargiunas was needed to offset a big game from Ahmed Khalaf. Jaylen Hoard continues to shine as he led France past Finland 60-38. It took a while for Canada to reach full flight, but they beat the Dominican Republic 79-52. Turkey beat Mali 77-58 after taking a big early lead. Australia made a big comeback behind the shooting of Dragan Elkaz to spoil the party for Bosnia and Herzegovina 75-72, which got another mammoth effort from Dzanan Musa. Spain got a ridiculously efficient output from Sergi Martinez in a 112-60 win over Taiwan. South Korea held off China 75-70 as their lack of depth continues to be a concern even though Lee Jung-Hyun had a great game.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2806/Egypt-Lithuania#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2806/Finland-France#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2806/Canada-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2806/Turkey-Mali#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2806/Australia-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2806/Chinese-Taipei-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2806/China-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Consolation bracket games will start on Wednesday while the quarterfinals will be played on Thursday.

Quarterfinals:
United States vs South Korea
Lithuania vs France
Turkey vs Canada
Spain vs Australia

Consolation Bracket:
Argentina vs China
Egypt vs Finland
Mali vs Dominican Republic
Taiwan vs Bosnia and Herzegovina

With the other championship taking up the courts in Spain, only three games from the consolation bracket were played today. Mali beat Mexico 73-51 with a great second half as Aissetou Coulibaly and Salimatou Korouma led the way. Japan continued to make Brazil's life miserable by beating them 83-60 as Izumi Abe and Mayuko Fujinaga overcame the star power of their opponents. Latvia beat South Korea 78-71 behind Sabine Lipe and Aleksa Gulbe.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2806/Mexico-Mali#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2806/Japan-Brazil#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2806/Latvia-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The teams are back in action Wednesday along with the quarterfinals.

Consolation Brackets:

9th Place:
Mali vs Latvia
Japan vs Portugal

13th Place:
Mexico vs South Korea
Brazil advances automatically

The South American Championship continued as the two Group B games started the day. Argentina had an easy time with Peru, winning 105-43. Ex-Vanderbilt player Kyle Fuller did have 19 points and 6 rebounds in the loss. Colombia took the early lead on Chile only to give it up, fighting back to win 80-74. In the win, ex-Valparaiso player Stalin Ortiz had 28 points. In the loss, ex-Portland State player Sebastian Suarez had 19 points, ex-DII player Pablo Coro had 14 points, and ex-NAIA player Gerardo Isla had 10 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/2806/Peru-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/2806/Chile-Colombia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group A games started with Brazil breezing past Paraguay 101-63. In the win, ex-Gonzaga player J.P. Batista had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Hosts Venezuela closed the day with a 97-37 rout of Bolivia. In the win, Anthony Perez of Ole Miss had 27 points and ex-Marquette player David Cubillan had 15 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/2806/Paraguay-Brazil#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/2806/Bolivia-Venezuela#|tab=boxscore_statistics

[awhom111]

The USA U17 Girl's team got everything they could handle from France, but stifled their opponents enough down the stretch to win 56-45. Christyn Williams has emerged as one of the mainstays for the team.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2906/France-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the other quarterfinals, Italy won a tough battle with Canada 58-56 to knock out the champions of the Americas. Spain struggled with China early in front of the home fans, but looked to right the ship, only to see the visitors complete a comeback late to win 55-51. Australia broke open their game in the second half against the Czech Republic to win 83-53. Ezi Magbegor and Jasmine Simmons came alive as they prepare for the big semifinal game.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2906/Canada-Italy#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2906/China-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2906/Australia-Czech-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the race for the consolation final, Latvia beat Mali 83-52. Portugal continued to struggle to live up to their promise as they lost 71-59 to Japan.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2906/Mali-Latvia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2906/Japan-Portugal#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the battle for 13th place, Mexico came back late to beat South Korea 60-57, dominating the inside as Patricia Ayala provided a monster double-double.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/2906/Mexico-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The quarterfinals losers play again on Thursday with the other teams back in action on Friday.

Brackets:

Semifinals:
Italy vs China
United States vs Australia

5th Place:
Canada vs Spain
France vs Czech Republic

9th Place:
Latvia vs Japan

11th Place:
Mali vs Portugal

13th Place:
Mexico vs Brazil

15th Place:
South Korea wins automatically

The USA U17 Boy's team has their quarterfinal on Thursday and can be seen here live at 3:00pm ET:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xD2S51hXXfM

The consolation bracket games were played with the quarter-finalists taking the day off before all sixteen teams would play the next day. Finland beat Egypt 84-73 as Elias Valtonen and Ahmed Khalaf put in good performances for their respective teams. The Dominican Republic finally put things together for a whole game and held off Mali 74-70 as their star Alanzo Frink finally found his rhythm after joining the team from New Jersey. The two stars in the next game went to work and put on shows for their teams. Benson Lin thought he was having a good game for Taiwan, but he could not match Dzanan Musa, who set the new scoring record for the tournament with 50 points in 27 minutes as Bosnia and Herzegovina won 105-75. China beat Argentina 80-74 to end the day.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2906/Egypt-Finland#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2906/Mali-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2906/Chinese-Taipei-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/2906/Argentina-China#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Consolation Brackets:

9th Place:
China vs Finland
Dominican Republic vs Bosnia and Herzegovina

13th Place:
Argentina vs Egypt
Mali vs Taiwan

The South American Championship continued with Group A games starting the day. Paraguay controlled the first quarter against Ecuador, coasting to a 71-57 win as ex-DII player Bruno Zanotti had 16 points and 6 rebounds. Brazil continues to blow out opponents as they beat Bolivia 114-33. In the win, ex-Gonzaga player J.P. Batista had 14 points and 6 rebounds and ex-NBA player Marcus Vinicius had 10 points and 7 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/2906/Ecuador-Paraguay#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/2906/Brazil-Bolivia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group A, Uruguay beat Peru 95-50. In the win, ex-Iona player Kiril Wachsmann and ex-DII player Reque Newsome had 11 points each. In the loss, ex-Vanderbilt player Kyle Fuller had 21 points and 8 rebounds. Argentina rolled past Chile 112-71. In the loss, Nico Carvacho of Colorado State had 11 points and ex-DII player Pablo Coro had 10 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/2906/Uruguay-Peru#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/2906/Argentina-Chile#|tab=boxscore_statistics

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The USA U17 Boy's team had their quarterfinal game against South Korea, using the uptempo game favored by their opponents to their advance as they ran out 133-81 winners. There was the usual degree of balance in scoring, but Collin Sexton ended up leading the way with more points than minutes played.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/3006/USA-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The semifinal will be on ESPNU at 3:00pm ET on Friday.

In the other quarterfinals, Turkey pulled off a big surprise by knocking Canada out 80-74. Berke Atar had a big game in the paint as R.J. Barrett tried to win it on his own. The next game was even more exciting as Lithuania needed overtime to beat France 73-72. Arnas Velicka won his duel with Jaylen Hoard. Spain was boosted by their home crowd as they used a big second half to beat Australia 74-63 behind Sergi Martinez.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/3006/Turkey-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/3006/Lithuania-France#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/3006/Spain-Australia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the battle for ninth place, Dzanan Musa put on a show that Alanzo Frink could not match as Bosnia and Herzgovina beat the Dominican Republic 96-73. China shook off a slow start to dominate the second half in a 77-57 win over Finland.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/3006/Dominican-Republic-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina#tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/3006/China-Finland#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the race to avoid finishing last, Taiwan controlled the second half in a 77-61 win over Mali as Benson Lin led the way again. Teams certainly do not give up at this stage as Argentina finally prevailed in triple overtime against Egypt 76-73. Lautaro Lopez and Ahmed Khalaf took on starring roles for their team again.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/3006/Mali-Chinese-Taipei#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/3006/Argentina-Egypt#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Brackets:

Semifinals:
United States vs Lithuania
Turkey vs Spain

5th Place:
South Korea vs France
Canada vs Australia

9th Place:
China vs Bosnia and Herzegovina

11th Place:
Finland vs Dominican Republic

13th Place:
Argentina vs Taiwan

15th Place:
Egypt vs Mali

There were only two games in the other U17 tournament so the boys could take center stage. Teams had to bounce back from tough quarterfinals losses to try to capture fifth places. Hosts Spain made a comeback in the fourth quarter to beat Canada 75-72. The Czech Republic controlled the second half to wipe out a deficit against France to win 62-55.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/3006/Canada-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/3006/France-Czech-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The United States will have their big semifinal game against Australia on Friday at 10:00am and can be seen on ESPN3.

The South American Championship group stages ended on Thursday. Play started in Group A, where two teams fought for their first win and the chance to play another game as Bolivia prevailed 75-74 in overtime over Ecuador. The game that would determine the group winner closed out the night and it was Venezuela sending the fans home happy with a 70-60 win over Brazil. In the win, ex-USC player Dwight Lewis had 16 points and ex-Creighton player Gregory Echenique had 12 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/3006/Bolivia-Ecuador#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/3006/Venezuela-Brazil#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Venezuela 4-0, Brazil 3-1, Paraguay 2-2, Bolivia 1-3, Ecuador 0-4

In Group B, Uruguay put themselves in strong position by winning the second game of the day 88-56 over Chile. Ex-Iona player Kiril Wachsmann had 15 points and 9 rebounds in the win while Nico Carvacho of Colorado State had 10 points and 11 rebounds in the loss. Argentina won the group by beating Colombia 97-69. In the loss, Kansas prepster Andres Ibarguen had 11 points as a young Colombia team continues to gain valuable experience.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/3006/Chile-Uruguay#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/3006/Colombia-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Argentina 4-0, Uruguay 3-1, Colombia 2-2, Chile 1-3, Peru 0-4

Brackets:

Semifinals:
Venezuela vs Uruguay
Argentina vs Brazil

5th Place: Paraguay vs Colombia
7th Place: Bolivia vs Chile

[awhom111]

The result was not a surprise given the team's loss last summer with a different group of personnel and their general play in the tournament, but the United States U17 Girl's team officially lost their grip on the age group on the world stage with a 73-60 loss to Australia. While they managed to keep the Sapphire's star silent in the second half, they failed to contain Jazmine Shelley and further questions are likely to be raised about the program even though this was considered a fairly deep international pool this year.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/0107/USA-Australia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the other semifinal, Sara Madera led Italy past China 62-51 after a tight first half.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/0107/Italy-China#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Earlier in the day, there were a number of final games for teams in the consolation bracket. Brazil finished a disappointing tournament by beating Mexico 64-39 for 13th place. Mali concluded a promising tournament with a 69-47 win over Portugal for 11th place. Japan took a lead on Latvia in the second half to grab 9th place 72-67 despite the best efforts of Aleksa Gulbe.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/0107/Mexico-Brazil#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/0107/Mali-Portugal#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/0107/Latvia-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Final day of games:
1st Place: Italy vs Australia
3rd Place: China vs United States
5th Place: Spain vs Czech Republic
7th Place: Canada vs France

The United States will have their game on ESPNU at 12:30pm ET on Saturday.

The U17 Boy's team was looking to avoid its own upset moment and did so by taking care of business in the second half against Lithuania, winning 98-70.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/0107/USA-Lithuania#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The final will be on ESPNU at 3:00pm ET on Sunday.

The other semifinal was an absolute thriller as Turkey recovered from a poor first half to take Spain into overtime, edging the hosts 83-79. Onuralp Bitim showed his first signs of life in the tournament while Sergi Martinez could not do enough after a great tournament.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/0107/Turkey-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The losing teams from yesterday continued the battle for fifth place. Canada took out some lingering frustrations on Australia 96-58 with R.J. Barrett leading the way. There was another rematch as France made sure to avoid a repeat of their last game against South Korea, battering them 119-61. Jaylen Hoard led the way again in the win while Seomoon Sechan had a big game in the loss.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/0107/Canada-Australia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/0107/Korea-France#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Final set of games:

Saturday:
15th Place: Egypt vs Mali
13th Place: Argentina vs Taiwan
11th Place: Finland vs Dominican Republic
9th Place: China vs Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sunday:
7th Place: South Korea vs Australia
5th Place: France vs Canada
3rd Place: Lithuania vs Spain
1st Place: Turkey vs United States

South American Championship play started with the 7th place game as Chile controlled proceedings after an even first quarter to beat Bolivia 70-55. In the win, Nico Carvacho of Colorado State had 13 points and 15 rebounds and ex-Portland State player Sebastian Suarez had 12 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/0107/Bolivia-Chile#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the 5th place game, Colombia rolled past Paraguay 82-58 to help themselves in future qualification. In the win, ex-Valparaiso player Stalin Ortiz had 11 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/0107/Paraguay-Colombia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the first semifinal, Brazil prevailed in a wild 88-82 game against Argentina as ex-NBA player Marcus Vinicius had 10 points. Hosts Venezuela fell behind early, but recovered to beat Uruguay 74-62 as ex-Marquette player David Cubillan had 16 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/0107/Argentina-Brazil#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/0107/Venezuela-Uruguay#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The two medal games will be played on Saturday.

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The United States U17 Girl's team lacked some intensity, but still captured the bronze medal by beating China 65-50.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/0207/China-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Australia is the first country other than the United States to win a U17 World Championship as the Sapphires beat Italy 62-38.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/0207/Italy-Australia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Earlier in the day, there were several games for placement. Canada held off France 58-53 for 7th place. The Czech Republic beat hosts Spain 63-51 for fifth place.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/0207/Canada-France#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17women/2016/0207/Spain-Czech-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Final Standings:
Australia
Italy
United States
Czech Republic
Spain
Canada
France
Japan
Latvia
Mali
Portugal
Brazil
Mexico
South Korea

It was only consolation bracket games in the other U17 tournament. Dzanan Musa finished off an incredible tournament with one last show to give Bosnia and Herzegovina the consolation championship 88-84 over China. Chen Peidong put on his own shooting clinic in the loss.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/0307/China-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Earlier, the Dominican Republic beat Finland 65-56 for 11th place.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/0207/Finland-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Two of the standouts in the tournament had great games again as Lautaro Lopez and Argentina edged Benson Lin and Taiwan 67-64.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/0207/Argentina-Chinese-Taipei#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Abdoul Karim Coulibaly kept Mali out of last place as they beat Egypt 61-38.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/0207/Egypt-Mali#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The rematch in the final between the United States and Turkey will be on ESPNU at 3:00pm ET on Sunday.

The South American Championship finished on Saturday. Esteban Batista returned for Uruguay and having their former NBA player helped as they edged Argentina 87-83 for the bronze medal with 23 points and 13 rebounds from him.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/0207/Uruguay-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The gold medal game was quite exciting as Venezuela was encouraged by the home fans. Brazil was not intimidated, matching them until the end, when they lost 64-58. Ex-Marquette player David Cubillan had 10 points in the win while ex-NBA player Marcus Vinicius had 13 points and 6 rebounds in the loss.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/sudamericano/2016/0207/Venezuela-Brazil#|tab=boxscore_statistics

[awhom111]

It was the final day of the U17 World Championship and the USA Boy's team kept their perfect record by beating Turkey 96-56.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/0307/USA-Turkey#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The first game of the day was for 7th place, where Australia beat Lee Jung-Hyun and South Korea 83-76.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/0307/Korea-Australia#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Canada ran past France 99-68 for 5th place as they at least finished with a win after the disappointment of not being in contention for a medal. Ignas Brazdeikis unleashed a shooting barrage to finish proceedings.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/0307/France-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Lithuania grabbed a medal and left hosts Spain empty-handed by beating them 81-63.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/world/u17/2016/0307/Lithuania-Spain#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Final Standings:
United States
Turkey
Lithuania
Spain
Canada
France
Australia
South Korea
Bosnia and Herzegovina
China
Dominican Republic
Finland
Argentina
Taiwan
Mali
Egypt

[awhom111]

Even if there are no global implications, the U20 championships are the most prestigious youth tournaments in Europe and players are always expected to show up. The two women's tournaments started on Saturday. Teams are split into two divisions with the worst teams in Division A getting relegated to next summer's Division B and the top Division B teams getting promoted to next summer's Division A. The lower division is being played in Podgorica, Montenegro while the top teams visit Matosinhos, Portugal. Angela Salvadores is recovering from injury and is not playing for Spain and it looks like they could have used her as they try to defend their title won by a different set of players last year.

I will not do daily recaps, but here are some stats links for some of the players with ties to the United States in the tournament:

Division A:

A:

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
Tamara Brcina, Buffalo: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Tamara-BRCINA

Poland:
None

Portugal:
Carolina Bernardeco, Old Dominion: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Carolina-BERNARDECO
Chelsea Guimaraes, Georgia Tech: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Chelsea-GUIMARAES
Maria Kostourkova, Washington State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Maria-KOSTOURKOVA

Spain:
Maria Conde, Florida State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Maria-CONDE-ALCOLADO
Helena Orts, Fairfield: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Helena-ORTS
Laura Quevedo, ex-Miami: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Laura-QUEVEDO
Laia Flores, South Florida: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Laia-FLORES-COSTA
Iho Lopez, signed with Florida State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Iho-LOPEZ-TOBI

B:

Germany:
Sarah Stock, Fairfield: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Sarah-STOCK
Paulina Korner, Columbia: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Paulina-Maria-KÖRNER
Emma Stach, Gonzaga: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Emma-Lina-STACH

Italy:
None

Serbia:
Julijana Vojinovic, Duquesne: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Julijana-VOJINOVIC
Jovana Nogic, Providence: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Jovana-NOGIC

Sweden:
Linnea Rosendahl, Mercer: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Linnea-ROSENDAL
Amanda Kantzy, Colorado State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Amanda-KANTZY

C:

France:
None

Greece:
Christiana Gerostergiou, Maine: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Christiana-GEROSTERGIOU
Pinelopi Pavlopoulou, Washington State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Pinelopi-PAVLOPOULOU
Eleanna Christanaki, Florida: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Eleanna-CHRISTINAKI
Maria Fasoula, Boston College: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Maria-Emmanouela-FASOULA

Latvia:
Paula Strautmane, Quinnipiac: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Paula-STRAUTMANE
Kate Kreslina, Fordham: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Kate-KRESLINA

Netherlands:
Laura Cornelius, Miami: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Laura-CORNELIUS
Emese Hof, Miami: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Emese-HOF

D:

Belgium:
Julie Allemand, draft pick: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Julie-ALLEMAND
Eline Maesschalck, Drexel: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20women/2016/Eline-MAESSCHALCK-CORNAND

Russia:
None

Slovakia:
None

Turkey:
None

Division B:

A:

Czech Republic:
Tereza Kracikova, Drexel: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2016/Tereza-KRACIKOVA
Hana Vesela, Michigan State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2016/Hana-VESELA

Hungary:
Eniko Kuttor, Duquesne: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/3aac5b74-1143-4b0d-8da7-9a682f76d1be/dbb28463-ad7b-b9b4-5e5a-7ef03d095419

Ukraine:
None

B:

Belarus:
None

Bulgaria:
Iva Georgieva, Salt Lake (JC): http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/3aac5b74-1143-4b0d-8da7-9a682f76d1be/2cc6e0d0-ced4-860a-0d35-fc13f1f810fe
Borislava Hristova, Washington State: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/3aac5b74-1143-4b0d-8da7-9a682f76d1be/cdf94f3e-243f-1e1f-55cf-adc2e7310b7a

Croatia:
Lucija Bilic, Southern Idaho (JC): http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/3aac5b74-1143-4b0d-8da7-9a682f76d1be/f39db008-a919-3587-a079-c4dfc6b6271a
Anita Kelava, signed with Maine: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/3aac5b74-1143-4b0d-8da7-9a682f76d1be/b9f81eb6-43bf-3289-2c76-0601d27949a2
Tihana Stojsavljevic, signed with Maine: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/3aac5b74-1143-4b0d-8da7-9a682f76d1be/be0484d9-549d-3d7a-5d10-af77479037b9

Romania:
Kincso Kelemen, Colorado State: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/3aac5b74-1143-4b0d-8da7-9a682f76d1be/098e54e4-c7ab-fcce-1ceb-1edc82abc141

C:

Great Britain:
Jessica Davies, Lipscomb: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2016/Jessica-DAVIES
Kennedy Leonard, Colorado: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2016/Kennedy-LEONARD
Samantha Clement, Cornell: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2016/Samantha-Gwyn-CLEMENT

Israel:
Yarden Danan, Weber State: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/3aac5b74-1143-4b0d-8da7-9a682f76d1be/2fcaf698-dd81-7029-e299-68bcc1d2c5af

Lithuania:
None

D:

Ireland:
None

Montenegro:
Milena Bajic, Memphis: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20bwomen/2016/Milena-BAJIC

Slovenia:
None

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The USA U18 Girl's team will try to do what the U17 could not and win the title in the Americas. Their tournament starts on Wednesday in Chile against Guatemala and they can be seen here live at 6:00pm ET or on replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfDHoNR-WP4

[awhom111]

The United States U18 Women's Team had the expected start in Valdivia, Chile as they walloped Guatemala 117-32. In the win, TCU-bound Amber Ramirez had 14 points, Oregon-bound Ruthy Hebard had 12 points and 8 rebounds, and Harvard-bound Jeannie Boehm had 10 points and 9 rebounds.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1307/USA-Guatemala#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Their next game's link has not been posted, but will be at 6:00pm ET against Brazil on Thursday.

In the other Group A game, Brazil beat Venezuela 68-50 as North Carolina high school player Izabela Leite had 11 points and 7 assists.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1307/Venezuela-Brazil#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group B started the tournament as Canada beat Mexico 87-56. In the win, incoming North Carolina State player Aislinn Konig had 19 points and incoming Stanford player Mikaela Brewer had 11 points. Valeria Tapia, who attends high school in Texas, had 14 points in the loss. The hosts closed the day, but lost 88-74 to Puerto Rico. In the win, Syracuse commit Nikki Oppenheimer had 23 points, Connecticut high schooler Angelique Rodriguez had 22 points and 7 rebounds, and incoming Stony Brook player Giolibeth Perez had 13 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1307/Mexico-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1307/Chile-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Here are some of the other players that have ties to the states in the United States (not counting players with ties to just Puerto Rico):

Brazil:
Maria Paula Albiero, Neuse Baptist Christian (North Carolina)
Izabela Nicoletti, Neuse Baptist Christian (North Carolina)
Izabel De Angelo, Carolina Waves (AAU)

Canada:
Mikaela Brewer, signed with Stanford
Halle Bovell, signed with Duquesne
Kendra Van Leeuwen, signed with Wisconsin
Aislinn Konig, signed with North Carolina State

Chile:
Vanessa Medina, Wasatch Academy (Utah)

Mexico:
Valeria Tapia, St. Joseph's Academy (Texas)

Puerto Rico:
Veronica Cancio, Winter Park (Florida)
Talia Roldan, Griffith (Indiana)
Giolibeth Perez, Ferguson (Florida), signed with Stony Brook
Angelique Rodriguez, Capital Prep (Connecticut)
Yari Martinez, Doral Academy Prep (Florida)
Nicolette Oppenheimer, Montini Catholic (Illinois), committed to Syracuse
India Pagan, Marine Science Magnet (Connecticut)

The Men's U18 team roster was finalized ahead of their tournament next week:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2016/07/2017-mu18-team-named.aspx
http://www.usab.com/mens/u18/roster.aspx

[awhom111]

The United States U18 Women's team knew that they would have their biggest challenge of the group stage against Brazil, but handled it well and won 80-59. Incoming Baylor player Lauren Cox had 13 points and incoming South Carolina player Tyasha Harris had 10 points.
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1407/Brazil-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The next game will be against Venezuela at 1:30pm ET on Friday. FIBA has not placed the link on YouTube yet.

In the other Group A game, Venezuela beat Guatemala 82-57.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1407/Guatemala-Venezuela#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group B play started with an exciting game in the second game of the day as Puerto Rico edged Mexico 72-71 and virtually clinched their intended position. Players who play in the 50 states were key on both sides again as Valeria Tapia was valiant again in a loss with 14 points, 7 rebounds, and 7 assists. India Pagan had 20 points and 11 rebounds, Giolibeth Perez had 17 points and 9 assists, Nikki Oppenheimer had 14 points, and Angelique Rodriguez had 11 points. Canada eased past the hosts 88-39 to ensure that they and Puerto Rico would qualify and advance. Incoming Stanford player Mikaela Brewer had 22 points in the win.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1407/Puerto-Rico-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1407/Canada-Chile#|tab=boxscore_statistics

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The United States U18 Women's Team finished the group stage of the tournament with a 110-52 win over Venezuela. Harvard-bound Jeannie Boehm had an extremely efficient 20 points and 9 rebounds, incoming TCU player Amber Ramirez had 18 points and 6 assists, and future Baylor player Lauren Cox had 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1507/Venezuela-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the other Group A game, Brazil eased to a 109-43 win over Guatemala. Two North Carolina high school teammates had good games as Maria Paula Albiero had 12 points, 8 rebounds, and 7 assists and Izabela Leite had 12 points, 7 rebounds, and 9 assists.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1507/Guatemala-Brazil#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: United States 3-0, Brazil 2-1, Venezuela 1-2, Guatemala 0-3

In Group B, Canada took the top spot by beating Puerto Rico 69-47. A couple of future ACC players had good games as incoming North Carolina State player Aislinn Konig had 16 points and 9 rebounds and Syracuse commit Nikki Oppenheimer had 14 points. Mexico beat the hosts to stay out of last place. Utah prepster Vanessa Medina had her best game for Chile with 10 points, but it was not enough.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1507/Puerto-Rico-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1507/Chile-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Canada 3-0, Puerto Rico 2-1, Mexico 1-2, Chile 0-3

The United States will play at 6:00pm ET on Saturday, but FIBA has not posted the YouTube links yet.

Semifinals:
United States vs Puerto Rico
Canada vs Brazil

5th Place Playoffs:
Mexico vs Guatemala
Venezuela vs Chile

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It was a battle of two teams of Americans at the U18 level, with the United States beating Puerto Rico 104-36. In the win, future Woman of Troy Valerie Higgins had 11 points and 6 rebounds and incoming Baylor player Lauren Cox had 10 points and 13 rebounds. In the loss, Connecticut prepster Angelique Rodriguez had 15 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1607/USA-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The final will be at 8:15pm ET on Sunday with the YouTube link not ready yet.

The other semifinal ended up being quite the thriller as Canada needed a dominant fourth quarter to come back and beat Brazil 58-52.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1607/Canada-Brazil#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Earlier in the day, teams tried to avoid last place as Mexico beat Guatemala 65-38. Chile got their first win for the home fans as they beat Venezuela 54-49.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1607/Mexico-Guatemala#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1607/Venezuela-Chile#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Final day schedule:
7th Place: Venezuela vs Guatemala
5th Place: Chile vs Mexico
3rd Place: Puerto Rico vs Brazil
1st Place: United States vs Canada

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After an even first quarter, the United States U18 Women's team ran past Canada to win the championship 109-62. Tyasha Harris had 18 points as she heads to South Carolina, incoming Baylor player Lauren Cox had 15 points and 9 rebounds, Oregon-bound Ruthy Hebard had 11 points and 7 rebounds, and future TCU player Amber Ramirez had 10 points. In the loss, incoming Stanford player Mikaela Brewer had 16 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1707/USA-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Earlier in the team, it was a battle to avoid last place as Venezuela beat Guatemala for 77-64. Mexico left the hosts empty-handed by beating them 85-51 for fifth place. The battle for the last medal was a good one with Brazil edging Puerto Rico 70-64. Izabela Leite had 16 points and 8 rebounds in the win as she is still a highly-regarded recruit. Angelique Rodriguez had 28 points and 6 rebounds in the loss as she still has her senior year of high school while Giolibeth Perez had 16 points and 7 assists as she heads to Stony Brook.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1707/Venezuela-Guatemala#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1707/Chile-Mexico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18women/2016/1707/Puerto-Rico-Brazil#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Final Standings:
United States
Canada
Brazil
Puerto Rico
Mexico
Chile
Venezuela
Guatemala

The qualification process for the 2018 version of the tournament is well under way as the Caribbean countries determined qualifiers for the 2017 Centrobasket U17 tournaments with their U16 tournaments in Georgetown, Guyana. The Girl's tournament finished on Saturday with the Bahamas beating Suriname. The British Virgin Islands will also join them next summer after beating Antigua and Barbuda 44-38 as players start their dream of perhaps making the 2019 U19 World Championship.

Final Standings:
Bahamas
Suriname
British Virgin Islands
Antigua and Barbuda
Barbados
Trinidad and Tobago
Guyana

The Boy's tournament was played first and the Bahamas beat the hosts 84-57 last Saturday. Jamaica grabbed a spot for next summer as well after beating Barbados 66-58. Both tournaments had their share of countries that have not had much representation at the senior level recently with Dominica being one of the notable teams to put forward a squad at this level.

Final Standings:
Bahamas
Guyana
Jamaica
Barbados
Suriname
Antigua and Barbuda
British Virgin Islands
Aruba
Trinidad and Tobago
Dominica

Another youth championship concluded on Sunday as both divisions of the U20 European Women's Championships finished. The final was quite thrilling as Italy nearly came back to beat Spain before losing to the defending champions and winners of five of the last six tournaments 71-69 in Matosinhos, Portugal. The exciting action was at the bottom of the standings as the last three teams would be sent down to Division B next summer to be replaced by the top three teams in Podgorica, Montenegro. Germany and Slovakia already had their fates sealed with heartbreaking losses on Saturday. Turkey won an emotional 67-65 game over Greece to take the last survival spot with the lucky thirteenth place. The final in Division B was anti-climatic as Slovenia beat Lithuania 62-45 after both teams had done the hard work on Saturday to move up next summer. The game for the last place was also quite intense as Hungary just managed to get past the Czech Republic 50-49. Ireland finished at the bottom, but at least they showed up, which is more than can be said about a number of other countries.

Final Standings:

Division A:
Spain
Italy
Russia
Serbia
Belgium
France
Latvia
Poland
Netherlands
Portugal
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sweden
Turkey
Greece
Slovakia
Germany

Division B:
Slovenia
Lithuania
Hungary
Czech Republic
Great Britain
Montenegro
Croatia
Romania
Ukraine
Israel
Belarus
Bulgaria
Ireland

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The USA U18 Men's team starts their Americas Championship against Puerto Rico on Tuesday and can be seen here at 1:30pm ET or on replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srmvpWPUjBA

With the US Virgin Islands also in the group, Chile probably wonders if they were stuck in the wrong group, although I supposed their flag colors match the American flag.

The European U20 Men's tournaments started over the weekend with Division A in Helsinki, Finland and Division B in Chalkida, Greece.

Here are some of the players in the tournament with ties to the United States:

Division A:

A:

Germany:
Jonas Grof, ex-Lee Academy (Maine): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Jonas-GROF

Hungary:
Marko Krivacevic, Miami Dade (JC): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Marko-KRIVACEVIC

Lithuania:
Edvinas Rupkus, Skidmore (DIII): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Edvinas-RUPKUS

Turkey:
Omer Yurtseven, signed with North Carolina State: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Omer-YURTSEVEN

B:

Finland:
Tomas Murphy, Northfield Mount Hermon (Massachusetts): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Tomas-MURPHY
Lauri Markkanen, signed with Arizona: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Lauri-MARKKANEN
Samuli Nieminen, signed with Stephen F. Austin: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Samuli-NIEMINEN

France:
Sylvain Francisco, Liberty Christian Preparatory (Florida): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Sylvain-FRANCISCO

Israel:
None

Spain:
Yankuba Sima, St. John's: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Yankuba-SIMA
Francisco Alonso, UNC Greensboro: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Francisco-ALONSO
Jaume Sorolla, Sunrise Christian Academy (Kansas) and signed with Valparaiso: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Jaume-SOROLLA

C:

Latvia:
Rendijs Feikners, Impact Academy (Florida): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Rendijs-FEIKNERS
Rudy Stradnieks, Southern Illinois: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Rüdolfs-STRADNIEKS

Serbia:
None

Slovenia:
None

Ukraine:
Illia Antonenko, Sheridan (JC): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Illia-ANTONENKO
Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk, Kansas: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Sviatoslav-MYKHAILIUK

D:

Belgium:
Thomas Akyazili, Colorado: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Thomas-AKYAZILI

Czech Republic:
None

Italy:
Federico Mussini, St. John's: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Federico-MUSSINI

Sweden:
Sheriff Drammeh, Hawaii: http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Sheriff-DRAMMEH
Ludvig Swanstrom, Taft (Connecticut): http://www.fiba.com/europe/u20/2016/Ludvig-SVANSTROM

Division B:

A:

Armenia:
Matt Madoian, Johnson and Wales (DIII): http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/ece09f9b-2d80-4f13-839c-d8b3085ba0a1
Steven Enoch, UConn: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/ee37bcf3-bfdf-4756-987c-936973920327

Georgia:
None

Macedonia:
None

Montenegro:
Daniel Kalezic, Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (Tennessee): http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/0abf49d3-8079-ba37-9826-49711fed1da6

Portugal:
Francisco Amiel, Colgate: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/0d77f68a-2e73-f70c-6335-db95bf639570
Diogo Brito, Mountain Mission (Virginia) and signed with Utah State: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/84b283d3-b232-505a-8f6a-0327bd60f309

B:

Belarus:
None

Estonia:
Ivo Van Tamm, IMG Academy (Florida): http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/055358a8-3973-8f3b-f0fc-7f66637339e4

Iceland:
Jon Axel Gudmundsson, signed with Davidson: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/51590879-2544-4d3f-9ea8-5d30cc6f562f
Kristinn Palsson, Marist: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/1805586d-2e5f-215f-4aa1-0f2673a03c47

Poland:
Marcel Ponitka, ex-Monteverde Academy (Florida): http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/19c9d678-d496-8a26-e2f7-b301b1b12a2c
Dominik Olejniczak, Drake and transferring to Ole Miss: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/a02e4874-1816-0747-ee51-b6f64ad602d3
Jakub Niziol, Howard (JC) and transferring to Cal Poly: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/a323bb17-7ed3-7383-2d00-54ce4c8b161c
Maciej Bender, Mountain Mission (Virginia) and signed with West Virginia: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/70b959aa-c1d3-1094-c591-1e6de32a49e7

Russia:
None

C:

Albania:
None

Great Britain:
Earl Russell, Western Wyoming (JC): http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/38164bf6-100d-4730-a3f7-cdc20527cf45
Kyle Carey, signed with Northern Colorado: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/f49481b1-75b1-b1f7-2c96-7527bd37840a
Pharroh Gordon, Saint Rose (DII), http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/61afd1f1-9d9b-4dc3-bd45-8f0be59fd35c
Josh Steel, Duquesne: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/3b5079cc-0913-6b78-2121-38579622b936
Kingsley Nwagboso : Connors State (JC) http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/09cc861b-b894-4e85-a986-21b75ed3031a
Fraser Malcolm, Black Hills State (DII): http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/2ca5c782-cb4d-4f26-1ee0-8c0c303bc86f
Callum Lawson, Western Wyoming (JC): http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/1158f3d8-cefb-4813-849d-5b8bfa11e71c
Sam Idowu, St. Peters: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/88d516b8-f3c0-41a8-8ad9-ef8b6e61dcd9

Greece:
Georgios Tsalmpouris, ex-Iowa State
Kostas Antetokounmpo, Dominican (Wisconsin) and committed to Dayton: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/5fcc95a0-ee5d-4d8e-850a-1f492fd00f15

Ireland:
Stephen O'Hanlon, Trinity-Pawling (New York) : http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/a0522eb7-79c6-0640-aa34-46b7021a35b3
Charlie Coombes, Southeastern Oklahoma State (DII) http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/72a8c7d3-f347-4e27-988d-d7c90b9a9f81
Jordan Blount, Spire Institute (Ohio) and signed with Illinois-Chicago: http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/d89f5b70-4648-15c0-904d-57b7ca744502

Kosovo:
None

Netherlands:
Steve Bleeker, Harcum (JC): http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/8d44a323-1a75-4ff7-92c3-a5e7fd9b16c1
Mark Laros, Mineral Area (JC): http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/346eabed-1d0d-d7ac-a6a9-d2eed5e50c3c

D:

Bosnia and Herzegovina:
None

Bulgaria:
Alex Ouandie, Cuesta (JC): http://www.fiba.com/en/Page/f0fb822c-265d-434a-b6f8-996e93ed5c73/89a269ac-fee2-e450-a921-1a9627de5ed4

Croatia:
None

Romania:
None

Slovakia:
None

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The USA U18 Men's team started off with a win in Valdivia, Chile as they beat Puerto Rico 103-70. Michael Porter had a good game post-commitment with 20 points, Jarrett Allen got an early start to life under Shaka Smart with 18 points and 8 rebounds, Mohamed Bamba had 14 points, the other future Washington player Markelle Fultz had 14 points, and Matt Coleman had 10 points. All of the Puerto Ricans are American citizens of course, but a number of them have direct ties to schools with the states. Illinois high schooler Christian Negron led them with 23 points and 13 rebounds, California high schooler Ethan Thompson had 13 points and 8 rebounds, and Texas high schooler Jhivan Jackson had 10 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/1907/Puerto-Rico-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The next game will be against the US Virgin Islands on Wednesday at 3:45pm ET and can be seen live or on replay here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS9BygvlFpc

In the other Group B game, the hosts closed out the night by beating the US Virgin Islands 68-45.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/1907/Chile-Virgin-Islands#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group A, Canada pulled away from Argentina to win 92-58. A number of the players prepping in the United States had good games as Lindell Wigginton had 21 points, Nickeil Walker had 17 points, and O'Shae Brissett had 11 points and 7 rebounds. Brazil beat the Dominican Republic 74-58. In the loss, West Virginia high schooler Danny Vitiello had 14 points, Florida high schooler Lionel Figueroa had 13 points and 6 rebounds, and New York high schooler Jose Perez had 11 points and 7 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/1907/Argentina-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/1907/Dominican-Republic-Brazil#|tab=boxscore_statistics

As near as I can tell, these are the players with ties to the 50 states (not counting those that only have ties to Puerto Rico or the US Virgin Islands):

Canada:
Lindell Wigginton, Oak Hill Academy (Virginia)
Abu Kigab, Prolific Prep (California)
Nathan Darling, DeMatha Catholic (Maryland) and committed to UAB
Nickeil Walker, Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (Tennessee) and committed to Virginia Tech
Shai Alexander, Hamilton Heights Christian Academy (Tennessee) and committed to Florida
Josip Vrankic, Wasatch Academy (Utah)
O'Shae Brissett, Findlay Prep (Nevada)

Dominican Republic:
Ishmael Waldron, North Hills (Pennsylvannia)
Jose Perez, Wings Academy (New York)
Lionel Figueroa, West Oaks Academy (Florida)
Anderson Mirambeaux, Redemption Christian Academy (Massachusetts)
Victor Pena, Eastern (DIII)
Daniel Vitiello, Teays Valley Christian (West Virginia)

Puerto Rico:
Jorge Pacheco, Deep Run (Virginia) and signed with Liberty
Ethan Thompson, Bishop Montgomery (California)
Jesus Cruz, La Salle (Florida)
Leandro Allende, Chaminade-Madonna College Preparatory (Florida) and committed to Citadel
Ricardo Erans, Junction City (Kansas) and signed with Benedictine (NAIA)
Jhivan Jackson, Trinity (Texas)
Christian Negron, Larkin (Illinois)
Nicholas Washington, South Kent (Connecticut)
Marlon Hargis, St. Augustine Preparatory (New Jersey)

US Virgin Islands:
Jakhiebo Joseph, Scotland Performance Institute (Pennsylvannia)
Joshua Charlery, Oviedo (Florida)
James Kelbert, Leland (California) and committed to Pomona (DIII)
Nicolas Claxton, Legacy Charter (South Carolina)
Malcolm Farrington, Fort Pierce Central (Florida)
Earl Baker, Oviedo (Florida)
Jahmiah Simmons, Pace (Florida) and signed with Arkansas State

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The United States U18 Men's team continued battling other teams of Americans as they beat the US Virgin Islands 107-63. Michael Porter led the team in scoring again with 20 points and 6 rebounds as another future Washington player Markelle Fultz had 11 points. Among uncommitted players, P.J. Washington had 19 points and Hamidou Diallo had 14 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/2007/Virgin-Islands-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The last game of the group stage against Chile can be seen here at 8:15pm ET on Thursday or on replay:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wMQxD9vaAs

In the other Group B game, Chile nearly finished sealing up all the World Championship bids, but the hosts let Puerto Rico seize control in the fourth quarter to win 70-60. In the win, Florida high schooler Jesus Cruz and Texas high schooler Jhivan Jackson had 15 points each, California high schooler Ethan Thompson had 12 points and 7 rebounds, and Florida high schooler Leandro Allende, who is heading to the Citadel, had 10 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/2007/Puerto-Rico-Chile#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group A play started the day as Canada beat the Dominican Republic 87-74. In the win, Nevada prepster O'Shae Brissett had 23 points and 12 rebounds, Virginia Tech commit Nickeil Walker had 19 points and 7 rebounds, Florida commit Shai Alexander had 11 points, 6 rebounds, and 7 steals, and Virginia prepster Lindell Wigginton had 11 points. In the loss, Florida high schooler Lionel Figueroa had 22 points. Brazil edged Argentina 54-51 to ensure that both victors will move on to the semifinals and the U19 World Championship next summer.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/2007/Canada-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/2007/Brazil-Argentina#|tab=boxscore_statistics

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The USA U18 Men's team had a rather uninspired start against the hosts, but eventually took care of business in the second half, beating Chile 70-50. Kevin Huerter led the team in scoring with 14 points with his future head coach looking on as Markelle Fultz had to play a lot of minutes to collect 11 points and 8 rebounds and Matt Coleman added 10 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/2107/Chile-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the other Group B game, Puerto Rico struggled early against the US Virgin Islands, but eventually pulled away for the 85-61 win to put themselves in solid position for the next round. In the win, California high schooler Ethan Thompson had 24 points and 11 rebounds, Texas high schooler Jhivan Jackson had 15 points and 8 rebounds, Virginia high schooler and Liberty signee Jorge Pacheco had 15 points, and Illinois high schooler Christian Negron had 13 points and 11 rebounds. In the loss, Florida high schooler Michael Farrington had 17 points and 6 rebounds, Florida high schooler and Arkansas State signee Jahmiah Simmons had 10 points and 12 rebounds, and South Carolina high schooler Nicolas Claxton had 10 points and 6 rebounds.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/2107/Virgin-Islands-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: United States 3-0, Puerto Rico 2-1, Chile 1-2, US Virgin Islands 0-3

In Group A, the first game of the day was for the top spot in the group and it was close for a while before Canada took control in the second half and beat Brazil 74-58. In the win, Nevada prepster O'Shae Barrett had 19 points and Tennessee high school teammates Nickeil Walker and Shai Alexander, who are committed to Virginia Tech and Florida respectively, had 14 points and 11 points and 12 assists. Argentina beat the Dominican Republic 79-75 with a solid quarter to avoid last place. In the loss, New York high schooler Jose Perez had 21 points and West Virginia high schooler Danny Vitiello and Florida high schooler Lionel Figueroa had 13 points each.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/2107/Brazil-Canada#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/2107/Argentina-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Canada 3-0, Brazil 2-1, Argentina 1-2, Dominican Republic 0-3

Friday's games:

5th Place Playoffs:
Argentina vs US Virgin Islands
Chile vs Dominican Republic

Semifinals:
Canada vs Puerto Rico
United vs Brazil, 8:15pm ET, YouTube link pending

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YouTube link for tonight's U18 game at 8:15pm ET:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6U6Ad3ka6s

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The United States U18 Men's team returned to their usual rhythm in the semifinals as they beat Brazil 88-48. Michael Porter was back to leading the team in scoring with 17 points as Markelle Fultz had another good game with 10 points, 11 assists, and 6 steals with the Washington pipeline looking to continue for two more years. Jarrett Allen had 14 points and 10 rebounds for his current and future coach and Trae Young had his most productive game with 11 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/2207/USA-Brazil#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the other semifinal, Canada took the lead early on Puerto Rico and won 83-66. In the win, Virginia prepster Lindell Wigginton had 22 points, Nevada prepster O'Shae Brissett had 18 points and 8 rebounds, and Tennessee high schooler and Virginia Tech commit Nickeil Walker had 12 points and 7 rebounds. In the loss, Texas high schooler Jhivan Jackson had 15 points, Florida high schooler Jesus Cruz had 13 points, and Illinois high schooler Christian Negron had 11 points and 11 rebounds.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/2207/Canada-Puerto-Rico#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Earlier in the day, the consolation bracket games were played. Argentina beat the US Virgin Islands 91-79. In the loss, Jahmiah Simmons, who signed with Arkansas State while in high school in Florida, had 22 points and 16 rebounds and South Carolina high schooler Nicolas Claxton had 17 points and 8 rebounds. Chile held off the Dominican Republic as California high schooler and Colorado State commit Felipe Haase had 10 points and 7 rebounds. In the loss, Florida high schooler Lionel Figueroa had 25 points and 15 rebounds, Massachusetts high schooler Anderson Mirambeaux had 14 points and 7 rebounds, and West Virginia high schooler Danny Vitiello had 13 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/2207/Argentina-Virgin-Islands#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/2207/Chile-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Final Day Schedule:
7th Place: US Virgin Islands vs Dominican Republic
5th Place: Argentina vs Chile
3rd Place: Puerto Rico vs Brazil
1st Place: Canada vs United States, 8:15pm ET, YouTube link pending

While the picture is clearing up for the U19 World Championship next summer with two more continents starting their tournaments on Friday, it became less clear on other fronts. The Division A tournament for Europe was scheduled for Samsun, Turkey in a week, but due to conditions in the country, has been postponed indefinitely. Meanwhile, the Asia U18 tournament started in Tehran, Iran while the Africa U18 tournament started in Kigali, Rwanda.

Eric Boateng has been named in the preliminary squad as Great Britain prepares for qualifiers to next summer's EuroBasket. Ben Gordon is also on the list, which is a surprise, but of course Luol Deng is not.
http://www.gbbasketball.com/news/3974.php#.V5KGYLfr3mg

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Link for U18 final at 8:15pm ET tonight:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-L_k5nIS2M

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The USA U18 Men's team got everything they could handle from Canada for almost all of the game, but scored enough late to win 99-84. The Lorenzo Romar recruiting coups continued to lead the way as Markelle Fultz had 23 points and Michael Porter had 15 points and 8 rebounds. P.J. Washington finished a solid tournament with 19 points, Hamidou Diallo had 14 points and 6 rebounds, and Jarrett Allen had 10 points and 8 rebounds as he gets ready for more Shaka Smart coaching. In the loss, Tennessee high schooler Virginia Tech commit Nickeil Walker had 25 points, California prepster Abu Kigab had 17 points and 10 rebounds, and Nevada prepster O'Shae Brissett had 11 points and 7 rebounds.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/2307/Canada-USA#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Earlier in the day, the US Virgin Islands avoided last place by beating the Dominican Republic 77-63. In the win, South Carolina high schooler Nicolas Claxton had 17 points and 7 rebounds, Florida high schooler Jahmiah Simmons, who is Arkansas State-bound, had 16 points and 16 rebounds, California high schooler James Kelbert, who is DIII-bound had 15 points, and Florida high schooler Malcolm Farrington had 14 points. In the loss, New York high schooler Jose Perez had 15 points and 10 rebounds, Pennsylvannia high schooler Ishmael Waldron had 13 points, and West Virginia high schooler Danny Vitiello had 10 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/2307/Virgin-Islands-Dominican-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Argentina beat Chile 73-68 although California high schooler and Colorado State commit Felipe Braase had 18 points and 6 rebounds for the hosts.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/2307/Argentina-Chile#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Brazil edged Puerto Rico 59-58 for the Bronze Medal. In the loss, Florida high schooler Leandro Allende, who is headed to the Citadel, had 15 points and Illinois high schooler Christian Negron had 14 points and 23 rebounds.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/americas/u18/2016/2307/Puerto-Rico-Brazil#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Final Standings:
United States
Canada
Brazil
Puerto Rico
Argentina
Chile
US Virgin Islands
Dominican Republic

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The two European U20 Men's Championships finished today. Division A play concluded with Spain beating Lithuania 68-55. The other compelling action happened at the other end of the standings as France stays in the division for next summer after beating Belgium 79-70. Finland, which ran out of steam after putting on several impressive displays for the home fans with Arizona-bound Lauri Markkanen leading the way, and Hungary were already headed down a division after losses on Saturday.

Final Standings:
Spain
Lithuania
Turkey
Germany
Italy
Latvia
Czech Republic
Ukraine
Slovenia
Sweden
Serbia
Israel
France
Belgium
Finland
Hungary

The Division B finishes were wild. Montenegro beat Iceland 78-76 in overtime to win. Both teams had sealed their spots in next summer's Division A tournament with shocking upset wins on Saturday. The left hosts Greece and Croatia playing for the last spots and the home team prevailed 73-67 in a back and forth game.

Final Standings:
Montenegro
Iceland
Greece
Croatia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Poland
Great Britain
Georgia
Russia
Romania
Portugal
Ireland
Belarus
Macedonia
Netherlands
Slovakia
Armenia
Bulgaria
Estonia
Kosovo
Albania

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Elizabeth Williams got the start for the USA Select team and had 4 points in 14 minutes as they nearly beat the full Olympic team before falling 88-84.
http://www.usab.com/news-events/live-stats/2016/07/box-score-2016-wnt-showcase-game-usa-vs-select-team.aspx

Hungry Select team? Geno motivational trick? Veterans still getting in the flow? It is hard to know now, but there are several other exhibitions coming up for them against other countries.

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Geno and his crew had their first exhibition against another country, beating France 84-62. The game was even in the first half, but the superior offensive firepower of the United States helped them build a big lead.
http://www.usab.com/news-events/live-stats/2016/07/box-score-2016-wnt-showcase-game-usa-vs-france.aspx

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Both Olympic teams had exhibitions. The Women's team put the clamps on Canada early and won 83-43:
http://www.usab.com/news-events/live-stats/2016/07/box-score-2016-wnt-showcase-game-usa-vs-canada.aspx

Geno had the chance to coach against one of his current players and will do so again when the teams head to Rio.

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It was the last exhibition for the Women's Olympic team as their offense could not be stopped by medal contenders Australia in a 104-89 win.
http://www.usab.com/news-events/live-stats/2016/07/box-score-2016-wnt-showcase-game-usa-vs-australia.aspx

The European U18 Division A Championship was supposed to start this weekend, but it was going to be played in Turkey so it has been postponed indefinitely. Division B is still holding their tournament as 24 teams compete in Skopje, Macedonia for future placement.

The other continents did complete their qualification for the U19 World Championship to be held in Egypt next summer.

In Kigali in Rwanda, Angola beat Egypt 86-82 behind their start duo at Monteverde Academy to win the title. They had already qualified by beating Tunisia on Saturday. Egypt qualifies as hosts, so Mali grabbed the other berth after winning the Bronze Medal Game 59-52.
Final Standings:
Angola
Egypt
Mali
Tunisia
Rwanda
Democratic Republic of Congo
Algeria
Ivory Coast
Uganda
Gabon
Benin

There were three spots open in Tehran. Iran and Japan took two of them on Saturday with semifinal wins and the hosts won the title 71-65 as well. South Korea grabbed the last place with a fairly decisive 86-63 win over Lebanon, with the fourth place finish still a great hope for the hoops-mad country
Final Standings:
Iran
Japan
South Korea
Lebanon
China
Taiwan
Philippines
India
Fifth place teams in each group in group order: Iraq, Kazakhstan
Sixth place teams in each group in group order: Thailand, Indonesia

Five places were handed out for the 2017 U19 World Championship for Women tournament to be held in Italy as the European U18 A Division tournament concluded in Sopron, Hungary. France, Spain, Russia, and Latvia qualified with quarterfinal wins on Friday. France then pounded Spain 74-44 to win the title. The last spot was going to be affected by the placement of Italy, which automatically qualifies as hosts. Hungary used the home fans to beat Belgium 64-54 and secure the last spot. Teams were fighting at the other end to stay in the division for next summer. Slovakia and the Netherlands suffered devastating close losses on Saturday to be tossed out of this level. It was another nervy encounter in the 13th place on Sunday, but the Czech Republic just edged Israel 87-84 to survive.
Final Standings:
France
Spain
Russia
Latvia
Hungary
Belgium
Italy
Turkey
Lithuania
Slovenia
Serbia
Croatia
Czech Republic
Israel
Slovakia
Netherlands

The B Division teams converged on Sarajevo to try to earn a top three placement and jump up a division. Sweden won their semifinal rather decisively on Saturday with Greece having a tougher fight, but also making it. The two teams played for the title and Sweden won 64-47. Hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina then took the last spot by beating Iceland 82-67.
Final Standings:
Sweden
Greece
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iceland
Belarus
Poland
Germany
Ireland
Portugal
Finland
England
Estonia
Ukraine
Denmark
Bulgaria
Scotland
Romania
Macedonia
Albania

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If you want the other 11 rosters for the Olympic Women's Tournament for reference, here they are:

Australia:
Tessa Lavey, Perth Lynx (Australia)
Leilani Mitchell, Adelaide Lightning (Australia)/Phoenix Mercury, Utah
Stephanie Talbot, University of Canberra Capitals (Australia)/Norwood Flames (Australia), Drafted 33rd in 2014 by Phoenix Mercury
Penny Taylor, Phoenix Mercury
Elizabeth Cambage, Shanghai (China), WNBA (2011 and 2013)
Natalie Burton, Perth Lynx (Australia), West Virginia
Rachel Jarry, South East Queensland Stars (Australia), WNBA (2013)
Laura Summerton, Bourges (France), WNBA (2005-2006)
Katie-Rae Ebzery, Sydney University Flames (Australia)/Newcastle Hunters (Australia)
Erin Phillips, Dallas Wings
Marianna Tolo, Los Angeles Sparks
Cayla Francis, Townsville Fire (Australia)/Townsville Flames (Australia)/Phoenix Mercury

Belarus:
Maryia Papova, Enisey Krasnoyarsk (Russia)
Aliaksandra Tarasava, Halle (Germany)
Katsiaryna Snytsina, Hatay (Turkey)
Tatsiana Likhtarovich, Miskolc (Hungary)
Volha Ziuzkova, Tsmoki-Minsk (Belarus)
Anastasiya Verameyenka, Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Yelena Leuchanka, Yakin Dogu University (Turkey), West Virginia and WNBA (2006-2007, 2010, and 2012)
Lindsey Harding, Dynamo Kursk (Russia)/New York Liberty, Duke
Tatyana Troina, Gdynia (Poland), South Carolina
Nataliya Trafimava, Horizont Minsk (Belarus)
Maryia Filonchyk, Olympia Grodno (Belarus)
Yuliya Rytsikava, Horizont Minsk (Belarus)

Brazil:
Adriana Moises Pinto, America (Brazil), WNBA (2001-2002 and 2007)
Taina Paixao, America (Brazil)
Joice Rodrigues, Corinthians/Americana (Brazil)
Palmira Marcal, Sampaio (Brazil)
Iziane Castro Marques, Sampaio (Brazil), WNBA (2002-2003 and 2005-2013
Isabela Macedo, Sampaio (Brazil)
Tatiane Pacheco, America (Brazil)
Clarissa Dos Santos, Chicago Sky
Damiris Dantas, Corinthians/Americana(Brazil)/Atlanta Dream
Nadia Gomes Colhado, Sampaio (Brazil), WNBA (2014-2015)
Erika De Souza, America (Brazil)/Chicago Sky
Kelly Santos, America (Brazil), WNBA (2001-2002, 2008)

France:
Isabelle Yacoubou, Schio (Italy), Drafted 32nd in 2012 by Atlanta Dream
Endene Miyem, Dynamo Kursk (Russia)
Sandrine Gruda, UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia), WNBA (2008-2010 and 2014)
Sarah Michel, Lattes Montpellier (France)
Valeriane Ayayi, Lattes Montpellier (France)/San Antonio Stars
Gaelle Skrela, Lattes Montpellier (France)
Helena Ciak, Bourges (France)
Marine Johannes, Mondeville (France)
Amel Bouderra, Charleville (France)
Laetitia Kamba, Villeneuve (France)
Olivia Epoupa, Toulouse (France)
Marielle Amant, Villeneuve (France)

Japan:
Kaede Kondo, Antelopes (Japan)
Yuki Miyazawa, Sunflowers (Japan)
Yuka Mamiya, Sunflowers (Japan)
Mika Kurihara, Antelopes (Japan)
Maki Takada, Iris (Japan)
Naho Miyoshi, Magic (Japan)
Ramu Tokashiki, Sunflowers (Japan)/Seattle Storm
Moeko Nagaoka, Red Wave (Japan)
Asami Yoshida, Sunflowers (Japan)
Rui Machida, Red Wave (Japan)
Sanae Motokawa, Magic (Japan)
Wang Cenjing/Asako O, Koalas (Japan)

Turkey:
Olcay Cakir, Fenerbahce (Turkey), Drafted 27th in 2013 by New York Liberty
Tugce Canitez, Fenerbahce (Turkey), Westmont (NAIA)
Birsel Vardarli, Fenerbahce (Turkey)
Esra Ural, Abdullah Gul University (Turkey)
Bahar Caglar, Galatasaray (Turkey)
Isil Alben, Galatasaray (Turkey)
Nevriye Yilmaz, Galatasaray (Turkey), WNBA (2003-2004)
LaToya Pringle/Lara Sanders, Abdullah Gul University (Turkey)/Washington Mystics, UNC
Ayse Cora, Besiktas (Turkey)
Saziye Ivegin, Besiktas (Turkey)
Tilbe Senyurek, Botas (Turkey)
Sebnem Kimyacioglu, Yakin Dogu University (Turkey), Stanford

Canada:
Miah-Marie Langlois, Dynamo Novosibirsk (Russia)
Kia Nurse, UConn
Shona Thorburn, , Utah and WNBA (2006-2007)
Nayo Raincock-Ekunwe, Wasserburg (Germany)
Kim Smith, Mondeville (France), Utah and WNBA (2008-2008)
Miranda Ayim, Landes (France), Pepperdine
Nirra Fields, Phoenix Mercury, UCLA
Natalie Achonwa, Indiana Fever, Notre Dame
Lizanne Murphy, Angers (France), Hofstra
Tamara Tatham, Townsville Fire (Australia), UMass
Katherine Plouffe, Nantes (France), Marquette
Michelle Plouffe, Mondeville (France), Utah

China:
Zhao Zhifang, Tianjin University (China)
Chen Xiaojia, Jiangsu (China)
Li Shanshan, Jiangsu (China)
Shao Ting, Beijing (China)
Wu Di, Henan (China)
Sun Mengxin, Bayi (China)
Lu Wen, Bayi (China)
Huang Sijing, Guangdong (China)
Gao Song, Beijing (China)
Sun Mengran, Bayi (China)
Huang Hongpin, Shanxi (China)
Chen Nan, no club, WNBA (2009)

Senegal:
Oumoul Thiam, Promete (Spain), Southern Nazarene (DII)
Aya Traore, Conquero (Spain), Purdue
Bintou Dieme, no club
Fatou Dieng, Ville (Senegal)
Diodio Diouf, Dakar University (Senegal)
Lala Wane, Poinconnet (France)
Astou Traore, Namur (Belgium)
Maimouna Diarra, Primeiro de Agosto (Angola)
Mame Marie Sy, Lattes Montpellier (France)
Oumou Toure, Landerneau Bretagne (France)
Marie Rosche, Brive (France), Dayton
Aida Fall, no club

Serbia:
Tamara Radocaj, Gyor (Hungary)
Sonja Petrovic, USK Praha (Czech Republic)/Phoenix Mercury
Sasa Cado, Istanbul University (Turkey)
Sara Krnjic, Sopron (Hungary), Drafted 35th in 2011 by Washington Mystics
Nevena Jovanovic, Edirnespor (Turkey)
Jelena Milovanovic, Besiktas (Turkey), WNBA (2014)
Dajana Butulija, Lyon (France)
Dragana Stankovic, Pecs (Hungary), Drafted 30th in 2015 by San Antonio Stars
Aleksandra Crvendakic, Sopron (Hungary)
Milica Dabovic, Lyon (France)
Ana Dabovic, Los Angeles Sparks
Danielle Page, Bourges (France), Nebraska and WNBA (2008)

Spain:
Leticia Romero, Florida State
Laura Nicholls, Wisla Krakow (Poland)
Silvia Dominguez, Avenida (Spain)
Alba Torrens, UMMC Ekaterinburg (Russia), Drafted 36th in 2009 by Connecticut Sun
Laia Palau, USK Prague (Czech Republic)
Marta Xargay, USK Prague (Czech Republic)/Phoenix Mercury
Leonor Rodriguez, Avenida (Spain), Florida State
Lucila Pascua, Conquero (Spain)
Anna Cruz, Nadezhda Orenburg (Russia)/Minnesota Lynx
Laura Quevedo, Universitario Ferrol (Spain), Miami
Laura Gil, Sedis (Spain)
Astou Ndour, Avenida (Spain)/San Antonio Stars

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The Olympics is not the only international basketball taking place right now as the two European U16 Girls' Tournaments started over the weekend.

While the European U18 Boy's Division A tournament was postponed, Division B concluded Sunday in Skopje, Macedonia. Montenegro beat Ukraine 83-72 for the title as both teams had already clinched a spot in a future Division A tournament with semifinals wins on Saturday. Slovakia edged Hungary 63-62 for the last promotion place as both teams started rather nervously.

Final Standings:
Montenegro
Ukraine
Slovakia
Hungary
Belgium
Poland
Estonia
Czech Republic
England
Georgia
Belarus
Bulgaria
Iceland
Portugal
Denmark
Macedonia
Netherlands
Austria
Luxembourg
Romania
Albania
Scotland
Ireland
Cyprus

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The Olympics are not the only focus right now as the European teams who were not involved this summer are preparing for qualifiers for Eurobasket next year.

Olek Czyz has been training with Poland. He played 15 minutes last Friday against the Netherlands in an 84-79 win and played in the rematch the next day that was an 82-64 win. Then he had 2 points today in an 82-71 win over Iceland.

Eric Boateng and Great Britain have started their preparations with a tournament in Portugal, losing 72-68 to the hosts as he had 5 points in 19 minutes.

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Eurobasket preparations continued in earnest.

Olek had 5 points in 11 minutes in an 81-76 loss for Poland to Slovenia at the tournament in Austria.

Great Britain finished their tournament in Portugal with a 78-61 loss to Germany as Eric Boateng had 3 points and 6 rebounds in 7 minutes and Ben Gordon made his long-awaited debut as they missed out on the prime of his career.

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Olek finished with 6 points in 18 minutes as Poland completed their exhibition tournament in Austria with a 79-71 win over the hosts.

Also on Sunday, the two European U16 Girl's tournaments finished. While this is not for the direct qualification to a world championship, teams need to be in Division A next summer to qualify, so there was plenty at stake.

Division A was held in Udine, Italy as Spain beat Germany 64-48 to win the title. The important action was at the other end of the standings. Serbia just survived Portugal 77-74 to retain their place next summer. Both teams had that chance because they had relegated Sweden and Slovakia the day before.
Final Standings:
Spain
Germany
France
Italy
Croatia
Lithuania
Czech Republic
Belarus
Turkey
Latvia
Russia
Hungary
Serbia
Portugal
Sweden
Slovakia

Division B held its tournament in Oradea, Romania. Poland beat the hosts 66-52, but both teams already had good news with wins on Saturday. The Netherlands edged Israel 50-44 to take the other place.
Final Standings:
Poland
Romania
Netherlands
Israel
Greece
Ireland
Finland
Luxembourg
Belgium
England
Estonia
Slovenia
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Macedonia
Denmark
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Iceland
Norway
Austria
Scotland
Cyprus
Albania

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Olek and Poland continued their preparations for Eurobasket qualifiers with a tournament in Germany. He had 6 points in 11 minutes in an 89-77 loss to Russia on Friday. On Saturday, he had 3 points in 11 minutes in an 80-71 loss to Finland.

Eric Boateng and Great Britain had a game in Slovenia, losing 92-80. Eric had 6 points in 14 minutes before fouling out.

Both European U16 Boy's tournaments finished on Saturday. This year is not a qualifier for the World Championship, but instead determined which teams would compete in Division A next summer for qualification. A clash of unbeaten teams in the final went to Spain 74-72 over Lithuania. At the other end of the tournament, Estonia beat defending champions Bosnia and Herzegovina 85-59 to send them down a division. Greece and Poland had already suffered close losses on Friday to also drop a level.
Final Standings:
Spain
Lithuania
Turkey
Croatia
Finland
France
Italy
Montenegro
Germany
Serbia
Latvia
Sweden
Estonia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Poland
Greece

Division B held their tournament in Sofia, Bulgaria. Russia beat Israel 82-76 for the title, but both teams already got their important wins on Friday to move up to the big tournament. Slovenia took the last spot by beating Ukraine 79-71.
Final Standings:
Russia
Israel
Slovenia
Ukraine
England
Belarus
Belgium
Czech Republic
Portugal
Slovakia
Netherlands
Georgia
Hungary
Kosovo
Romania
Macedonia
Bulgaria
Norway
Denmark
Ireland
Iceland
Austria
Luxembourg
Scotland

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Olek had 5 points in 14 minutes in an 80-61 loss to the hosts as the tournament in Germany finished.

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Olek had 9 points in a 58-55 exhibition loss to Belgium as Poland is almost ready for qualifiers.

Other national teams spend a lot more time playing together. Today, the Centrobasket U15 tournament started in Patillas, Puerto Rico with weather possibly becoming an obstacle. Teams from the Caribbean and Central America are competing to qualify for next summer's FIBA Americas U16 tournament which will determine the teams for the 2018 U17 World Championship.

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Olek had 5 points in Poland's 80-71 win over Georgia as qualifiers are less than a week away.

Weather concerns scuttled Puerto Rico's women's league games yesterday, but apparently it was not bad enough to prevent any of the Centrobasket U15 games from taking place.

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Eric Boateng had 4 points in 12 minutes as Great Britain lost 83-71 to the Netherlands. It was a slightly unusual format, but this happens every so often as the teams played with no fans present and just played a game for exhibition purposes.

In more chaos on other continents news, the FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship will tip off with an odd number of teams.

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Eric Boateng had 4 points in 7 minutes as Great Britain lost their final exhibition 79-68 against the Netherlands.

The Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico have qualified for next summer's FIBA America's U16 Boy's Championship. The last spot will be determined on Sunday when Mexico faces Panama.

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EuroBasket qualifiers start tomorrow so there is never too long of a break without high level basketball.

The Centrobasket U15 Men's Championship finished with Puerto Rico beating the Dominican Republic 74-67 at home. Mexico also will play at the U16 FIBA Americas tournament next summer after a 100-46 win over Panama.

COCABA, which is contains Central American basketball federations opted to have their two U16 tournaments at the same time in San Jose, Costa Rica. They started on Monday and will run through Friday as teams look to qualify for the two 2017 U17 Centrobasket tournaments. That tournament qualifies teams for the two 2018 FIBA America U18 Championships. Finally, those two will feed into the two 2019 World U19 Championships. It is a significantly longer process for teams in the Americas that are not the United States and Canada to make it onto the global stage!

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The EuroBasket qualifiers started on Wednesday with 13 games spread across the 7 groups. Two former Duke players who later transferred are involved with their national teams. The host countries and teams that were a part of the Olympic process this summer have already qualified.

In Group A, Belgium hosted Cyprus in Antwerp and won 65-46 as Retin Obasohan, who just finished at Alabama, had 10 points. Iceland closed the day by beating Switzerland 88-72 in Reykjavik. In the win, Martin Hermannsson, who just opted to leave LIU early, had 14 points, ex-Maryland player Haukar Palsson had 12 points, and former California high schooler Jon Stefansson had 11 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/3108/Belgium-Cyprus#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/3108/Iceland-Switzerland#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group B, Germany took care of Denmark 101-75 in Kiel. Incoming NBA player Paul Zipser and recent Columbia graduate Maodo Lo had 17 points each while likely outbound NBA player Tibor Pleiss had 10 points and 9 rebounds. Ex-Arizona State player Jonathan Gilling had 18 points in the loss. It was an upset in Leiden as Austria visited the Netherlands and escaped with a 75-72 win as ex-NAIA player Max Hopfgartner had 11 points. In the loss, former Georgia high schooler Jessey Voorn had 11 points and ex-St. Bonaventure player Charlon Kloof had 10 points and 8 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/3108/Germany-Denmark#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/3108/Netherlands-Austria#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group C, the only group with three teams kicked off what should be an extremely competitive round robin. Bosnia and Herzegovina took the lead into halftime, but Russia used the home court advantage in Perm to dominate the second half and win 83-54. Timofey Mozgov at least showed his health with 14 points as ex-NBA player Sergey Karasev had 10 points and 9 rebounds. Jusuf Nurkic had 19 points and 15 rebounds in the loss as he returns to the national team fold and gives them more of an NBA pedigree.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/3108/Russia-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group D, Estonia breezed past Belarus at home in Talinn 81-62 as ex-Radford player Artsiom Parakhouski had 14 points in the loss. Olek Czyz and Poland eventually pulled away from Portugal to win 83-57 in Wloclawek. Olek had 10 points in 19 minutes. Their naturalized player, ex-Western Kentucky player A.J. Slaughter, had 12 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/3108/Estonia-Belarus#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/3108/Poland-Portugal#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group E, Ukraine welcomed Bulgaria to Kiev and won 79-69. The ex-NBA player led the way as Kyrylo Fesenko had 15 points and 10 rebounds and Slava Kravtsov had 13 points and 6 rebounds. Slovenia rolled out the red carpet for Kosovo's international debut in Ljubljana and then pounded them 113-68. The brothers Dragic led the way as Goran had 22 points and 8 assists and Zoran had 17 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/3108/Ukraine-Bulgaria#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/3108/Slovenia-Kosovo#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group F, Georgia eased to an 86-47 win over Albania in Tbilisi. Former draft pick Viktor Sanikidze had 20 points and 7 rebounds and ex-NBA player Tornike Shengalia had 12 points and 6 rebounds. The margin was also overwhelming in Podgorica, where Montenegro beat Slovakia 97-65. The hosts have managed to put together a reasonably strong roster as former draft pick Marko Todorovic had 13 points and 10 rebounds, Nikola Vucevic had 12 points and 6 rebounds, and former draft pick Bojan Dubljevic had 12 points. Boris Bojanovsky, who just finished at Florida State had 12 points in the loss.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/3108/Georgia-Albania#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/3108/Montenegro-Slovak-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group G, Eric Boateng and Great Britain started their campaign with a 96-77 loss to Hungary in their visit to Kecskemet. Eric had 4 points in 11 minutes. Ex-College of Charleson player Andrew Lawrence had 22 points and ex-Iowa player Gabriel Olaseni had 10 points. In the win, former draft pick Adam Hanga had 32 points. Macedonia built an early lead against Luxembourg at home in Kavadarci and cruised 92-83.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/3108/Hungary-Great-Britain#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/3108/MKD-Luxembourg#|tab=boxscore_statistics

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The next round of EuroBasket qualifiers will be on Saturday.

The two tournaments in San Jose, Costa Rica finished on Friday. As expected Mexico won both. Again, these are to determine qualification priority for next summer's U17 Centrobasket tournaments.

Final Standings:

Girls:
Mexico
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Panama

Boys:
Mexico
Panama
El Salvador
Costa Rica
Guatemala

[awhom111]

It was another set of EuroBasket qualifiers on Saturday as teams tried to gain the early advantage after the first third of the games.

In Group A, Iceland won 75-64 in Nicosia over Cyprus as Martin Hermannsson, who opted to leave LIU early, had 21 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists and ex-Maryland player Haukar Palsson had 19 points and 6 rebounds. Belgium joins them atop the standings after heading to Fribourg and beating Switzerland 87-72 with Retin Obasohan, who just finished at Alabama, leading the way.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0309/Cyprus-Iceland#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0309/Switzerland-Belgium#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Belgium 2-0, Iceland 2-0, Cyprus 0-2, Switzerland 0-2

In Group B, the Netherlands bounced back by beating Denmark 90-72 in Horsens. In the win, ex-St. Bonaventure player Charlon Kloof had 13 points and ex-Oregon State player Roeland Schaftenaar had 11 points while ex-Texas Tech player Alan Voskuil had 16 points in the loss. Austria nearly pulled off a second shocking result as they welcomed Germany to Schwechat, but they gave up their lead in the fourth quarter to fall 61-59. Incoming NBA player Paul Zipser had 10 points and 7 rebounds in the win.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0309/Denmark-Netherlands#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0309/Austria-Germany#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Germany 2-0, Netherlands 1-1, Austria 1-1, Denmark 0-2

In Group C, it was another battle as Bosnia and Herzegovina bounced back to beat Sweden 74-71 in Sarajevo and ended a day that was generally rough for the home teams. The NBA guys were critical as Jusuf Nurkic had 19 points and 15 rebounds and Mirza Teletovic had 12 points, but the phenom Dzanan Musa also chipped in with 19 points and 11 rebounds. In the loss, ex-Davidson player Chris Czerapowicz had 16 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0309/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-Sweden#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-1, Russia 1-0, Sweden 0-1

In Group D, Olek Czyz and Poland went to Minsk and beat Belarus 97-79 to sit at the top of the standings. Olek had a quiet 17 minutes. Ex-NBA player Maciej Lampe had 25 points and 8 rebounds and ex-JC player Przemyslaw Zamojski had 15 points. Ex-Radford player Artsiom Parakhouski had 14 points in the loss. Estonia is also unbeaten after going to Ovar and beating Portugal 76-68.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0309/Belarus-Poland#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0309/Portugal-Estonia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Poland 2-0, Estonia 2-0, Portugal 0-2, Belarus 0-2

In Group E, Slovenia had a very tricky time in Botevgrad, but eventually beat Bulgaria 83-78. Goran Dragic had to seize control for his team and had 20 points and 9 assists. Kosovo got to host their first ever game in Mitrovica and gave Ukraine everything they had before losing 70-63. Ex-NBA player Slava Kravtsov had 12 points in the win while naturalized ex-Xavier player Justin Doellman had 20 points in the loss.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0309/Bulgaria-Slovenia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0309/Kosovo-Ukraine#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Slovenia 2-0, Ukraine 2-0, Bulgaria 0-2, Kosovo 0-2

In Group F, Georgia won easily in Bratislava 94-63 over Slovakia. In the win, ex-NBA player Tornike Shengalia had 18 points and 9 rebounds, new naturalized ex-Memphis player Michael Dixon had 16 points and 7 assists, Duda Sanadze, who just finished his last year at San Diego had 14 points, and their star Zaza Pachulia had 12 points and 6 rebounds. Montenegro is also undefeated after a 113-73 pounding of Albania in Tirana. Nikola Vucevic had 19 points, but he had plenty of help as former draft pick Bojan Dubljevic had 16 points and 7 rebounds, former draft pick Marko Todorovic had 13 points and 8 rebounds, and ex-Georgia player Nemanja Djurisic had 10 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0309/Slovak-Republic-Georgia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0309/Albania-Montenegro#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Montenegro 2-0, Georgia 2-0, Slovakia 0-2, Albania 0-2

In Group G, Hungary remained undefeated by taking care of Luxembourg 89-64 in Sopron as former draft pick Adam Hanga had 14 points and 7 rebounds. Eric Boateng and Great Britain bounced back in London by recording an impressive 96-79 win over Macedonia. Eric was great with 18 points and 7 rebounds in 23 minutes. Ben Gordon had a better game this time with 17 points and 9 rebounds, ex-College of Charleston player Andrew Lawrence had 16 points, and ex-Duquesne player Kieron Achara had 11 points. Naturalized ex-Akron player Romeo Travis had 14 points in the loss.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0309/Hungary-Luxembourg#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0309/Great-Britain-MKD#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Hungary 2-0, Great Britain 1-1, Macedonia 1-1, Luxembourg 0-2

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After chaos and missing teams, the FIBA Africa U18 Women's Championship finished on Sunday. Mali beat hosts Egypt 84-61 for the title. Both teams had already qualified for the 2017 U19 World Championship for Women with wins on Saturday.
Final Standings:
Mali
Egypt
Mozambique
Angola
Madagascar
Tunisia
Algeria
Uganda

[awhom111]

We are now halfway through the EuroBasket qualifiers as teams start to jockey for the top position and automatic qualification from each group.

In Group A, Cyprus controlled the second half in Fribourg to beat Switzerland 80-76 and keep hopes alive. In the win, naturalized ex-Miami player Anthony King had 21 points and 9 rebounds and ex-DII player Niko Stylianou had 11 points. Belgium's second half in Antwerp helped them take the group lead with an 80-65 win over Iceland despite 21 points from ex-Maryland player Haukar Palsson.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0709/Switzerland-Cyprus#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0709/Belgium-Iceland#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Belgium 3-0, Iceland, 2-1, Cyprus 1-2, Switzerland 0-3

In Group B, Austria recovered by beating Denmark 86-66 in Schwechat as naturalized ex-Nevada player Joe Shaw had 11 points and 7 rebounds. In the loss, ex-Texas Tech player Alan Voskuil had 22 points and 6 assists and ex-Arizona State player Jonathan Gilling had 13 points. The Netherlands forged a three way tie at the top of the standings by going to Oberhausen and beating Germany 75-71 as ex-St. Bonaventure player Charlon Kloof had 20 points and 8 rebounds. In the loss, incoming NBA player Paul Zipser had 14 points and recent Columbia graduate Maodo Lo had 13 points and 8 assists.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0709/Austria-Denmark#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0709/Germany-Netherlands#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Germany 2-1, Austria 2-1, Netherlands 2-1, Denmark 0-3

In Group C, Russia took control of the top spot by beating Sweden 85-73 in Uppsala as Timofey Mozgov had 11 points. In the loss, ex-Davidson player Chris Czerapowicz had 14 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0709/Sweden-Russia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Russia 2-0, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-1, Sweden 0-2

In Group D, Belarus beat Portugal 72-62 in a battle of winless teams as ex-Radford player Artsioum Parakhouski had 16 points and 10 rebounds. Olek Czyz and Poland remained undefeated by beating Estonia 78-64 in Lublin. Olek had 3 points in 11 minutes. Ex-NBA player Maciej Lampe had 17 points and 11 rebounds and naturalized ex-Western Kentucky player A.J. Slaughter had 13 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0709/Belarus-Portugal#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0709/Poland-Estonia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Poland 3-0, Estonia 2-1, Belarus 1-2, Portugal 0-3

In Group E, Bulgaria dominated the second half in Botevgrade to beat Kosovo 105-84. In the battle of naturalized player, ex-Mississippi State player Dee Bost had 18 points, 6 rebounds, and 10 assists in the win while ex-Xavier player Justin Doellman had 16 points and 7 rebounds in the loss. Slovenia held off Ukraine 81-77 in Celje to stay on top of the standings. Of the Dragic brothers, it was Zoran who took the leading role here with 28 points and 7 rebounds while ex-NBA player Kyrylo Fesenko had 10 points and 7 rebounds in the loss.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0709/Bulgaria-Kosovo#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0709/Slovenia-Ukraine#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Slovenia 3-0, Ukraine 2-1, Bulgaria 1-2, Kosovo 0-3

In Group F, Slovakia picked up their first win by beating Albania 69-60 in Prievidza despite 23 points from naturalized ex-BYU player Rashaun Broadus. An exciting tilt at the top of the group saw Montenegro escape Tbilisi with a 76-74 win over Georgia. Nikola Vucevic had 17 points and 11 rebounds and naturalized ex-Fairfield player Derek Needham had 12 points. The NBA counterpart on the other end, Zaza Pachulia, had 22 points and 9 rebounds, ex-NBA player Tornike Shengalia had 13 points and 9 rebounds, naturalized ex-Memphis player Michael Dixon had 13 points and former draft pick Viktor Sanikidze had 10 points and 10 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0709/Slovak-Republic-Albania#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0709/Georgia-Montenegro#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Montenegro 3-0, Georgia 2-1, Slovakia 1-2, Albania 0-3

In Group G, Eric Boateng and Great Britain pulled away in the second half to beat Luxembourg 95-72 in London. Eric had 6 points in 14 minutes. Ex-LIU player Kyle Johnson had 14 points and 10 rebounds, ex-College of Charleston player Andrew Lawrence had 13 points, and ex-Iowa player Gabriel Olaseni had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Hungary maintained the top spot in the group by coming back in the second half in Kavadarci to beat Macedonia 76-66 as former draft pick Adam Hanga had 15 points and 7 rebounds. In the loss, naturalized ex-Akron player Romeo Travis had 12 points and 12 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0709/Great-Britain-Luxembourg#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/0709/MKD-Hungary#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Hungary 3-0, Great Britain 2-1, Macedonia 1-2, Luxembourg 0-3

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A quirky little tournament began play on Friday. FIBA Asia uses localized qualification tournaments based out of a number of small associations between countries to determine who gets to participate in the federation-wide events. In order to determine exactly how many championship berths each area should get, the FIBA Asia Challenge tournament is contested in the summer preceding the FIBA Asia Championship. As FIBA gains greater control over the continental federations, some of these weird methods will be standardized and hopefully more sensible formats will be adopted. The twelve teams arrived in Tehran, Iran and were divided into four groups of three for the first stage. The hosts were one of the few teams to field a virtually full strength roster.

Group D started the tournament as South Korea fought back in the fourth quarter to beat Japan 80-73. Naturalized ex-Gonzaga player Ira Brown had 14 points and 14 rebounds in the loss.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/0909/Japan-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The hosts took a big lead to start Group C play and eased past Qatar 81-49. There is only one player who has appeared in the NBA in the field and Iran used him to great effect as Hamed Haddadi had 15 points and 8 rebounds.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/0909/Iran-Qatar#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In Group A, China eventually pulled away from Jordan 94-76. Naturalized ex-DePaul player Dar Tucker had 29 points and 8 rebounds in the loss.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/0909/China-Jordan#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group B closed the day in exciting fashion as India beat the Philippines 91-83.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/0909/Philippines-India#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Here are the rosters to the best of my ability:

China (family name first):
Cui Jinming, Jilin (China)
He Tianju, Liaoning (China)
Fang Shuo, Beijing (China)
Yuan Shuai, Shanxi (China)
Liu Zhixuan, Liaoning (China)
Zou Yuchen, Bayi (China)
Fan Ziming, Liaoning (China)
Zhao Yanhao, Guangsha (China)
Hu Jinqiu, Guangsha (China)
Tao Hanlin, Shandong (China)
Zhao Dapeng, Guangsha (China)
Wu Qian, Zhejiang (China)

Jordan:
Amin Abuhawwas, Al Riyadi (Jordan), Mars Hill (DII)
Dar Tucker, Estudiantes Concordia (Argentina)/Atlantico Hurricanes (Dominican Republic), DePaul
Sami Bzai, Southeastern Oklahoma State (DII)
Sinan Eid, Adana (Turkey)
Yousef Abuwazaneh, Al Riyadi (Jordan)
Mohammad Shaher Hussein, FUS Rabat (Morocco)
Mohammad Hadrab, Orthodox (Jordan)
Zaid Abbas, Azad University (Iran)
Malek Kanaan, Orthodox (Jordan), West Valley (JC)
Mousa Alawadi, Al Riyadi (Jordan)
Ali Jamal Zaghab, Orthodox (Jordan)
Ahmad Alhamarsheh, Al Riyadi (Jordan)

Kazakhstan:
Pavel Ilin, Astana (Kazakhstan)
Shaim Kuanov, Tobol (Kazakhstan)
Ibragim Konyssov
Nikolay Bazhkin, Tobol (Kazakhstan)
Vassiliy Savchenko, Barsy (Kazakhstan)
Vitaliy Lapchenko, Astana (Kazakhstan)
Pavel Micheev, Barsy (Kazakhstan)
Askar Maidekin
Kadyrzhan Gubashev, Barsy (Kazakhstan)
Rustam Utegen
Mikhail Yevstigneyev, Barsy (Kazakhstan)
Yuriy Kozhanov, Almatynski (Kazakhstan)

India:
Arshpreet Singh Bhullar, Ludhiana Basketball Academy (India)
Vishesh Bhriguvanshi, ONGC (India)
Amritpal Singh, ONGC (India)
Basil Philip, Central Excise and Customs (India)
Yadwinder Singh, ONGC (India)
Rikin Shantilal Pethani, Income Tax (India)
Ravi Bhardwaj, Punjab Steelers (India)
Hariram Ragupathy, Loyola College Chennai (India)
Amjyot Singh, Tokyo Excellence (Japan)
Prasanna Venkatesh Sivakumar, India Overseas Bank (India)
Akilan Pari, Income Tax (India)
Talwinderjit Singh

Philippines:
Arnold Van Opstal, no club
Russell Escoto, Far East University (Philippines)/Phoenix Petroleum (Philippines)
Eduardo Daquioag, University of Santo Tomas (Philippines)/Phoenix Petroleum (Philippines)
Christopher Javier, University of the East (Philippines)/Racal Tile Masters (Philippines)
Mark Belo, Far East University (Philippines)/Phoenix Petroleum (Philippines)
Michael Tolomia, Far East University (Philippines)/Phoenix Petroleum (Philippines)
Kevin Ferrer, University of Santo Tomas (Philippines)/Mighty Sports (Philippines)
R.R. Pogoy, Far East University (Philippines)/Phoenix Petroleum (Philippines)
Jaymar Perez, Lyceum of the Philippines University (Philippines)
Carl Cruz, Cafe France Bakers (Philippines)
Von Pessumal, Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines)/Tanduy Rhum Masters (Philippines)
Alfonzo Gotladera, Ateneo de Manila University (Philippines)/Tanduy Rhum Masters (Philippines)

Taiwan (family names first when applicable):
Chien Wei-Ju, Kinmen Kaoliang Liquor (Taiwan)
Lee Wei-Che, Bank of Taiwan (Taiwan)
Liu Cheng, Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
Chou Yi-Hsiang, Dacin Tigers (Taiwan), Salt Lake (JC)
Chou Po-Chen, Yulon Luxgen (Taiwan)
Kevin Hu, Chaminade (DII)
Chiang Yu-An, Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
Lin Chih-Wei, Bank of Taiwan (Taiwan)
Chou Po-Hsun, Taiwan Beer (Taiwan)
Hu Kai-Hsiang, Yulon Luxgen (Taiwan)
Quincy Davis, Pure Youth (Taiwan), Tulane
Lee Te-Wei, Yulon Luxgen (Taiwan)

Iran:
Adnan Doraghi, Gorgan (Iran)
Sajjad Mashayekhi, Chemidor (Iran)
Farid Aslani, Chemidor (Iran)
Mohammad Hassanzadeh, Sanat Naft Abadan (Iran)
Behnam Yakhchali, Petrochimi (Iran)
Vahid Dalirzahan, Army (Iran)
Meisam Mirzaeitalarposhti, Petrochimi (Iran)
Oshin Sahakian, Chemidor (Iran)
Rouzbeh Arghavan, Azad University (Iran)
Mohammad Jamshidi, Sanat Naft Abadan (Iran)
Arsalan Kazemi, club unknown, USC and drafted 54th in 2013 by Washington Wizards before rights were traded to Philadelphia 76ers
Hamed Haddadi, Sichuan (China)/Petrochimi (Iran), NBA (2008-2013)

Iraq:
Ahmed Al Tameeni
Dhulfiqar Al Hichaimi, Al Shurtah (Iraq)
Ali Al Juboori, Al Mina (Iraq)
Ali Ismael, Al Shurtah (Iraq)
Omar Al Azawi
Kevin Galloway, Al Gharafa (Qatar)/Homenetmen (Lebanon), Texas Southern
Ali Hamad, Al Nift (Iraq)
Hussein Talib
Ali Hameed, Al Mina (Iraq)
Ihab Al Zuhairi
Mohammed Al Khafaji
Hassan Abdullah, Al Nift (Iraq)

Qatar:
Abdulrahman Saad, Al Gharafa (Qatar)
Malek Saleem Abdullah, Al Rayyan (Qatar)
Boney Watson, Al Wakrak (Qatar), Sam Houston State
Abdulrahman Al-Muftah, Qatar SC (Qatar)
Yassin Taha, Al Sadd (Qatar)
Mohamed Hassan Mohamed, Al Rayyan (Qatar)
Abduallah Shaher Matalkeh, Al Rayyan (Qatar)
Ali Saeed Erfan, Al Sadd (Qatar)
Abdelrahman Yehia Abdelhaleem, Al Rayyan (Qatar)
Mohd Mohamed, Al Jaysh (Qatar)
Khalid Abdalla Adam, Al Shamal (Qatar)
Mohamed Abdelaziz Abdelkawy, Al Rayyan (Qatar)

Japan:
Naoto Tsuji, Brave Thunders (Japan)
Yuki Mitsuhara, Sun Rockers (Japan)
Makoto Hiejima, Seahorses (Japan)
Ryusei Shinoyama, Brave Thunders (Japan)
Atsuya Ota, Phoenix (Japan)
Ryoma Hashimoto, Seahorses (Japan)
Takanobu Nishikawa, Hokkaido (Japan)
Yuma Fujii, Brave Thunders (Japan)
Takatoshi Furukawa, Brex (Japan)
Ira Brown, Sun Rockers (Japan), Gonzaga
Yuya Nagayoshi, Brave Thunders (Japan)
Tenketsu Harimoto, Alvark (Japan)

South Korea (family names first):
Kim Si-Rae, Korean Armed Forces (South Korea)
Lee Jung-Hyun, Anyang (South Korea)
Kim Sun-Hyung, Seoul Knights (South Korea)
Heo Hoon, Yonsei University (South Korea)
Heo Ung, Wonju (South Korea)
Cho Sung-Min, Busan (South Korea)
Heo Il-Young, Goyang (South Korea)
Jeong Hyo-Geun, Incheon (South Korea)
Choi Buk-Yung, Korean Armed Forces (South Korea)
Kim Jong-Kyu, Changwon (South Korea)
Jang Jae-Sok, Goyang (South Korea)
Lee Seoung-Hyun, Goyang (South Korea)

Thailand:
Sorot Sunthonsiri, Mono Vampire (Thailand)
Jittaphon Towaroj, Mono Vampire (Thailand)
Nakorn Jaisanuk, Hi-Tech (Thailand)
Anucha Langsui, OSK (Thailand)
Sukhdave Ghogar, Hi-Tech (Thailand)
Tony Korsah-Dick, American School of Bangkok (Thailand)
Nattakarn Muangboon, Mono Thew (Thailand)
Chanatip Jakrawan, TGE (Thailand)
Patiphan Klahan, Hi-Tech (Thailand)/TGE (Thailand)
Peeranat Semmesuk, Mono Vampire (Thailand)
Teerawat Chanthachon, Mono Vampire (Thailand)
Wutipong Dasom, Hi-Tech (Thailand)

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It was the second day of the FIBA Asia Challenge as some teams finished their first rounds while others made their debuts.

Group D started play again as South Korea welcomed Thailand to the tournament with an 84-43 win to decisively take the top spot.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1009/Korea-Thailand#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Taiwan made their Group B debut next and took a big step towards the top spot by beating India 90-66. In the win, ex-JC player Chou Yi-Hsiang had 23 points, naturalized ex-Tulane player Quincy Davis had 18 points and 14 rebounds, and Kevin Hu, who just finished his DII career, had 13 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1009/India-Chinese-Taipei#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Iraq opened their Group C campaign with a 71-54 win, leaving Qatar in last place. In the win, naturalized ex-Texas Southern player Kevin Galloway had 21 points and 6 rebounds.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1009/Qatar-Iraq#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Group A play closed the day as Jordan welcomed Kazakhstan to the competition by beating them 89-71. Naturalized ex-DePaul player Dar Tucker had 18 points and 6 assists in the win.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1009/Jordan-Kazakhstan#|tab=boxscore_statistics

EuroBasket qualifiers continued on Saturday as teams are now in position to seal bids for next summer.

In Group A, Belgium took a big step towards qualifying by beating Cyprus 72-55 in Nicosia. In the loss, ex-DII player Nikolao Stylianou had 15 points and naturalized ex-Miami player Anthony King had 10 points. Iceland suffered a blow to their own hopes by losing 83-80 in Fribourg to Switzerland. In the loss, recent LIU defector Martin Hermannsson had 19 points, ex-Maryland player Haukar Palsson had 18 points, and DII player Elvar Fridriksson had 16 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1009/Cyprus-Belgium#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1009/Switzerland-Iceland#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Belgium 4-0, Iceland, 2-2, Switzerland 1-3, Cyprus 1-3

In Group B, a thrilling game was played in Naestved as Denmark had multiple chances to put away Germany for their first win before finally prevailing in the third overtime 106-102. In the win, ex-Texas Tech player Alan Voskuil had 22 points and 6 rebounds and ex-Arizona State player Jonathan Gilling had 15 points and 8 rebounds. In the loss, recent Columbia graduate Maodo Lo had 16 points, 8 rebounds, and 9 assists and incoming NBA player Paul Zipser had 11 points. The Netherlands is suddenly on top of the standings after beating Austria 75-61 in Schwechat as ex-Oregon State player Roeland Schaftenaar had 10 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1009/Denmark-Germany#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1009/Austria-Netherlands#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Netherlands 3-1, Germany 2-2, Austria 2-2, Denmark 1-3

In Group C, Russia clinched a spot for next summer by going to Tuzla and beating Bosnia and Herzegovina 78-67. Players with NBA experienced starred on both sides as Timofey Mozgov had 17 points and 6 rebounds and Sergey Karasev had 15 points in the win while Mirza Teletovic had 23 points and Jusuf Nurkic had 18 points and 13 rebounds in the loss.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1009/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina-Russia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Russia 3-0, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1-2, Sweden 0-2

In Group D, Belarus defended their home court in Minsk to stay tied for second place with a 79-63 win over Estonia. That result should leave Olek Czyz and Poland safe after they went to Oliveira de Azemais and beat Portugal 81-74. Olek had 11 points and 6 rebounds in 18 minutes. Naturalized ex-Western Kentucky player A.J. Slaughter had 13 points and ex-JC player Przemyslaw Zamojski had 10 points and 8 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1009/Belarus-Estonia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1009/Portugal-Poland#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Poland 4-0, Estonia 2-2, Belarus 2-2, Portugal 0-4

In Group E, things are much more clear with the two teams at the bottom no longer having a chance. Ukraine escaped Botevgrad with a 72-67 win over Bulgaria to ensure at least second place. Slava Kravtsov had 18 points in the win while naturalized ex-Mississippi State player Dee Bost had 12 points in the loss. Kosovo put up another good fight, but still lost to a Slovenia team resting some players 91-81 in Mitrovica as the visitors should be in reasonable position to qualify if they can avoid slipups. Naturalized ex-Xavier player Justin Doellman had 30 points in the loss.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1009/Bulgaria-Ukraine#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1009/Kosovo-Slovenia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Slovenia 4-0, Ukraine 3-1, Bulgaria 1-3, Kosovo 0-4

In Group F, Montenegro continues to lead the way as they went to Nitra and beat Slovakia 99-62. In the win, Nikola Vucevic continued to drive his team on with 17 points and naturalized ex-Fairfield player Derek Needham had 13 points. Boris Bojanovsky, who just finished at Florida State, had 10 points in the loss. Georgia took a while to pull away from Albania, but got the 84-64 win in Tirana to keep pace. Zaza Pachulia had 20 points and another player with NBA experience in Tornike Shengalia had 12 points and 10 rebounds while naturalized ex-Memphis player Michael Dixon added 12 points and 6 rebounds in the win. Naturalized ex-BYU player Rashaun Broadus had 26 points in the loss.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1009/Slovak-Republic-Montenegro#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1009/Albania-Georgia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Montenegro 4-0, Georgia 3-1, Slovakia 1-3, Albania 0-4

In Group G, Eric Boateng and Great Britain had the early lead in London, but could not hold it against Hungary, missing a big chance to flip the standings back in their favor as the visitors are now in great position. Eric had 4 points in 17 minutes. Ex-Iowa player Gabriel Olaseni had 17 points and 8 rebounds, Ben Gordon had 11 points, and Alex Young, who just finished at UC Irvine, had 10 points and 7 assists. Former draft pick Adam Hanga had 18 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists in the win. Macedonia made it hard for themselves in Luxembourg, but did win 82-74 to stay in contention. Naturalized ex-Akron player Romeo Travis had 18 points in the win.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1009/Great-Britain-Hungary#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1009/Luxembourg-MKD#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Hungary 4-0, Great Britain 2-2, Macedonia 2-2, Luxembourg 0-4

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The first stage of the FIBA Asia Challenge concluded on Sunday.

Group D play opened the day as Japan beat Thailand 96-67 with naturalized ex-Gonzaga player Ira Brown leading the way with 19 points and 11 rebounds.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1109/Thailand-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: South Korea 2-0, Japan 1-1, Thailand 0-2

Group B was next as Taiwan sealed the top spot with an 87-76 win over the Philippines. In the win, naturalized ex-Tulane player Quincy Davis had 19 points and 16 rebounds, ex-JC player Chou Yi-Hsiang had 14 points, and Kevin Hu, who just finished his DII career, had 10 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1109/Chinese-Taipei-Philippines#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Taiwan 2-0, India 1-1, Philippines 0-2

Iran took Group C in front of the home fans with a 94-51 win over Iraq. Hamed Haddadi led the way again with 15 points while naturalized ex-Texas Southern player Kevin Galloway had 10 points and 7 rebounds in the loss.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1109/Iraq-Iran#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Iran 2-0, Iraq 1-1, Qatar 0-2

Group A closed the day as China beat Kazakhstan 106-85.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1109/Kazakhstan-China#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: China 2-0, Jordan 1-1, Kazakhstan 0-2

Now all of the teams will move on to the next round to play three more games. There had been talk that the groups would be mixed together after the first round, but Groups A and B will combine to form Group E and Groups C and D will combine to form Group F. All results will hold from the last round and teams will face the three teams in the group that they did not face in the first round. Why they did not just start with two groups in the first place is a mystery to all, but hopefully FIBA Asia along with some other organizations, continue to get fixed as part of wider FIBA reform. Here is how the groups stand after being combined:
Group E: China 2-0, Taiwan 2-0, Jordan 1-1, India 1-1, Philippines 0-2, Kazakhstan 0-2
Group F: Iran 2-0, South Korea 2-0, Japan 1-1, Iraq 1-1, Qatar 0-2, Thailand 0-2

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FIBA Asia Challenge play on Monday started with the three Group E games. Jordan had a surprisingly easy team with India in a 121-65 shellacking as naturalized ex-DePaul player Dar Tucker had 17 points and 6 rebounds and current DII player Sami Bzai had 17 points. China then beat the Philippines 75-65 to remain undefeated and keep the so called cadet roster of the Philippines winless. Taiwan moved to the top of the group with a decisive victory margin as they bested last place Kazakhstan 92-77 with 14 points from naturalized ex-Tulane player Quincy Davis.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1209/Jordan-India#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1209/China-Philippines#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1209/Kazakhstan-Chinese-Taipei#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Taiwan 3-0, China 3-0, Jordan 2-1, India 1-2, Philippines 0-3, Kazakhstan 0-3

In Group F, Japan came back in the second half to edge Iraq 67-65 to give themselves a good chance at advancing. In the battle of naturalized players, ex-Gonzaga player Ira Brown had 12 points and 18 rebounds in the win while ex-Texas Southern player Kevin Galloway had 15 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists. The hosts had no trouble with beating Thailand 114-41 as they stand in first place. Minutes were relatively balanced as ex-Oregon player Arsalan Kazemi had 13 points. South Korea kept pace with an 86-60 win over Qatar despite 18 points from naturalized ex-Sam Houston State player Boney Watson.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1209/Iraq-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1209/Iran-Thailand#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1209/Qatar-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Iran 3-0, South Korea 3-0, Japan 2-1, Iraq 1-2, Qatar 0-3, Thailand 0-3

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Group E games started the FIBA Asia Challenge again and it turned out to be a big day. First, the Philippines beat Kazakhstan 98-86 in the battle of winless teams as both knew that the chances of advancing were slim. India then completely stunned China 70-64 despite not being able to play their desired style, putting themselves in position for the next round. The surprises were complete when Jordan had a shockingly easy time with Taiwan to win 109-83 and push the tiebreakers in their favor. The battle of naturalized players went the same way as the result as ex-DePaul player Dar Tucker had 36 points and 9 rebounds while ex-Tulane player Quincy Davis had 24 points and 9 rebounds. The qualifiers from this group are now set although their final order may still shift.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1309/Philippines-Kazakhstan#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1309/India-China#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1309/Chinese-Taipei-Jordan#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Jordan 3-1, China 3-1, Taiwan 3-1, India 2-2, Philippines 1-3, Kazakhstan 0-4

In Group F, the battle of winless teams went to Qatar 64-62 as naturalized ex-Sam Houston State player Boney Watson had 12 points and 7 assists. Iran stayed unbeaten in front of the home fans with a 68-57 win over Japan. Hamed Haddadi flashed his NBA pedigree with 20 points and 14 rebounds although naturalized ex-Gonzaga player Ira Brown had 12 points and 16 rebounds. South Korea kept pace with the hosts at the top by beating Iraq 102-80. The teams will meet tomorrow to decide the group winner. Iraq got 22 points from naturalized ex-Texas Southern player Kevin Galloway.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1309/Thailand-Qatar#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1309/Japan-Iran#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1309/Korea-Iraq#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Iran 4-0, South Korea 4-0, Japan 2-2, Iraq 1-3, Qatar 1-3, Thailand 0-4

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Group E started the final day of FIBA Asia Challenge group play. Jordan knew that their game was largely going to be meaningless as long as they won and both teams put on a show as they beat the Philippines 119-105. Naturalized ex-DePaul player Dar Tucker put on a lot of that show himself with 37 points and 6 rebounds on only 15 field goal attempts in 26 minutes. The next game was the most important as it would determine the final group order and it was China holding off Taiwan 93-88 to take the top spot. In the loss, naturalized ex-Tulane player Quincy Davis had 19 points and 7 rebounds and ex-JC player Chou Yi-Hsiang had 18 points. The last game was meaningless, but India went ahead and took care of business in the fourth quarter to beat Kazakhstan 100-90 to maintain some momentum for the next
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1409/Jordan-Philippines#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1409/China-Chinese-Taipei#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1409/Kazakhstan-India#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: China 4-1, Jordan 4-1, Taiwan 3-2, India 3-2, Philippines 1-4, Kazakhstan 0-5

Group F play started with Iraq beating Thailand 102-69 to put themselves in solid position to advance as naturalized ex-Texas Southern player Kevin Galloway had 37 points and 13 rebounds. The next game would determine the top spot in the group as Iran dismantled South Korea 85-47 to stay unbeaten in front of the home fans. Hamed Haddadi had a tremendous 28 minutes with 29 points and 10 rebounds on only 15 field goal attempts. Japan made sure that they would advance to the quarterfinals with a 79-65 win over Qatar as naturalized ex-Gonzaga player Ira Brown had 10 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1409/Iraq-Thailand#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1409/Iran-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1409/Qatar-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Iran 5-0, South Korea 4-1, Japan 3-2, Iraq 2-3, Qatar 1-4, Thailand 0-5

Now the top four teams in each group advance to the quarterfinals on Friday. The winners will each earn their regional federations an additional berth to next summer's FIBA Asia Championship. That is good news for East Asia, since South Korea and Taiwan being matched up against each other means that they have already taken one of those spots. The losers will fight for one last extra bid.

Quarterfinals:
South Korea vs Taiwan
Iraq vs China
India vs Iran
Jordan vs Japan

There is only one set of qualification games left for EuroBasket after today as more teams put themselves in position to play next summer.

In Group A, Belgium officially locked up its bid in Antwerp as they jumped on Switzerland early and won 87-49 with 16 points and 6 rebounds from Retin Obasohan, who just finished at Alabama. Iceland closed a long day by beating Cyprus 84-62 in Reykjavik, and may need a repeat performance in the last game to qualify again. In the win, ex-Maryland player Haukur Palsson had 15 points and 6 rebounds and Furman's Kris Acox had 10 points and 7 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1409/Belgium-Switzerland#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1409/Iceland-Cyprus#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Belgium 5-0, Iceland 3-2, Cyprus 1-4, Switzerland 1-4

In Group B, Germany put themselves back in firm position to qualify after a decisive 78-58 win over Austria in Bamberg. In the win, ex-Boston College player Patrick Heckmann had 14 points and incoming NBA player Paul Zipser had 13 points. Denmark tried to play spoiler again when they visited Leiden, but the Netherlands prevailed 98-88 in overtime. In the win, ex-Oregon State player Roeland Schaftenaar had 14 points and 11 rebounds and ex-St. Bonaventure player Charlon Kloof had 12 points, 6 rebounds, and 6 assists. In the loss, ex-Arizona State player Jonathan Gilling had 16 points and ex-Texas Tech player Alan Voskuil had 15 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1409/Germany-Austria#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1409/Netherlands-Denmark#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Netherlands 4-1, Germany 3-2, Austria 2-3, Denmark 1-4

In Group C, Bosnia and Herzegovina was the first team to finish their games by going to Stockholm and edging Sweden 78-76. Now they must wait for the rest of the games to be played to find out if their performance as a second place team was enough. Amid turmoil, Jusuf Nurkic had 21 points and 10 rebounds in the win.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1409/Sweden-Bosnia-and-Herzegovina#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Russia 3-0, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-2, Sweden 0-3

In Group D, Estonia beat Portugal 82-63 in Tallinn as the group situation became more murky overall. That is due to the result in Torun, where Olek Czyz and Poland dropped a game decisively to Belarus 76-57, even though they still sit in the pole position to qualify. Olek had 4 points in 16 minutes while ex-NBA player Maciej Lampe had 10 points and 7 rebounds. With his team facing elimination, naturalized ex-Villanova player Maalik Wayns chose a good time to have his best game so far with 21 points while ex-Radford player Artsiom Parakhouski added 14 points and 10 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1409/Estonia-Portugal#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1409/Poland-Belarus#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Poland 4-1, Estonia 3-2, Belarus 3-2, Portugal 0-5

In Group E, Ukraine took care of business having to play a home game in Vilnius, as they beat Kosovo 100-61 and stay in solid position to qualify. The former NBA duo continues to lead the way as Slava Kravtsov had 16 points and 12 rebounds and Kyrylo Fesenko had 16 points while naturalized ex-Xavier player Justin Doellman had 13 points in the loss. Slovenia shook off a slow start to beat Bulgaria 85-63 in Ljubljana and ensure qualification with Goran Dragic providing 17 points and 10 assists. The visitors changed approaches for their naturalized player spot and ex-Utah player Jason Washburn had 18 points and 8 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1409/Ukraine-Kosovo#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1409/Slovenia-Bulgaria#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Slovenia 5-0, Ukraine 4-1, Bulgaria 1-4, Kosovo 0-5

In Group F, Georgia is in a solid position after handling Slovakia 96-68 in Tbilisi. In the win, ex-NBA player Tornike Shengalia had 31 points and 6 rebounds, former draft pick Viktor Sanikidze had 11 points and 8 rebounds, naturalized ex-Memphis player Michael Dixon had 11 points and 6 assists, and Zaza Pachulia had 10 points and 7 rebounds. Montenegro was almost certainly going to advance, but made it official after a 94-56 win over Albania in Bar. In the win, Nikola Vucevic had 12 points, ex-Georgia (the school and not the country) player Nemanja Djurisic had 11 points, and former draft pick Bojan Dubljevic had 10 points and 9 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1409/Montenegro-Albania#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1409/Georgia-Slovak-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Montenegro 5-0, Georgia 4-1, Slovakia 1-4, Albania 0-5

In Group G, Eric Boateng and Great Britain put themselves in a reasonable position to qualify after going to Kavadarci and beating Macedonia 89-62. Eric had 6 points and 9 rebounds in 12 minutes. Ex-College of Charleston player Andrew Lawrence had 14 points, ex-Iowa player Gabriel Olaseni had 13 points and 8 rebounds, and Ben Gordon continued to show signs of life with 12 points. Hungary already qualified and clearly were not at their best in Luxembourg, but still managed to escape with a 68-65 win. Former draft pick Adam Hanga had 18 points and 6 rebounds in the win while ex-DII player Tom Schumacher had 13 points in the loss.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1409/MKD-Great-Britain#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1409/Luxembourg-Hungary#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Hungary 5-0, Great Britain 3-2, Macedonia 2-3, Luxembourg 0-5

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The quarterfinals of the FIBA Asia Challenge were played on Friday as teams tried to win the games and the accompanying spot that would be award to their regional federation for next summer's main championship. South Korea started the day by winning the battle of teams from East Asia 70-69 over Taiwan. In the loss, naturalized ex-Tulane player Quincy Davis had 21 points and 12 rebounds and ex-JC player Chou Yi-Hsiang had 20 points. Iraq then stunned China 85-79 with a big fourth quarter to help out West Asia as naturalized ex-Texas Southern player Kevin Galloway had 26 points, 13 rebounds, and 8 assists. It took a half, but Iran pulled away from India for a 77-47 win as Hamed Haddadi demonstrated his NBA pedigree with 17 points and 23 rebounds, giving West Asia another berth. West Asia continued their strong day with Jordan's 87-80 win over Japan. In the battle of naturalized players, ex-DePaul player Dar Tucker had 33 points, 9 rebounds, and 7 assists while ex-Gonzaga player Ira Brown had 17 points and 12 rebounds in the loss.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1609/Korea-Chinese-Taipei#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1609/Iraq-China#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1609/India-Iran#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1609/Jordan-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Saturday's Schedule:

Semifinals:
Jordan vs Iran
South Korea vs Iraq

5th Place Playoffs:
Taiwan vs China
Japan vs India

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It took a while to create some separation, but Iran continued their strong FIBA Asia Challenge campaign with a 74-63 win over Jordan. Hamed Haddadi continues to be the key player with 26 points, 20 rebounds, and 6 blocks while naturalized ex-DePaul player Dar Tucker had 25 points in the loss. Iraq looked to pull off another upset in the other semifinal, but South Korea did enough in the fourth quarter to win 78-72. In the loss, naturalized ex-Texas Southern player Kevin Galloway had 16 points, 9 rebounds, and 8 assists.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1709/Jordan-Iran#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1709/Korea-Iraq#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The other teams were still fighting for their regional federations as they played for fifth place. China beat Taiwan 88-66 although naturalized ex-Tulane player Quincy Davis had 16 points and 7 rebounds. Japan kept the final extra qualification bid in East Asia's hands by beating India 77-66 with naturalized ex-Gonzaga player Ira Brown leading them with 20 points and 14 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1709/Chinese-Taipei-China#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1709/Japan-India#|tab=boxscore_statistics

Sunday's Schedule:
1st Place: Iran vs South Korea
3rd Place: Jordan vs Iraq
5th Place: China vs Japan
7th Place: Taiwan vs India

It was the final day of EuroBasket qualifiers with a few more spots up for grabs.

In Group A, already-qualified Belgium handed Iceland a boost by giving them the 74-68 win in Reykjavik. In the win, recent LIU departure Martin Hermannsson had 18 points, ex-Maryland player Haukur Palsson had 11 points, and former California prepster Jon Stefansson had 10 points. The key game was then in Nicosia, where Cyprus beat Switzerland 92-78 with a strong second half as an island nation helped another. The result wiped Iceland's loss in Switzerland from the standings for second place teams and left them in position to qualify with ease. In the win, ex-DII player Nikolao Stylianou had 26 points and naturalized ex-Miami player Anthony King had 12 points and 7 rebounds.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1709/Iceland-Belgium#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1709/Cyprus-Switzerland#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Belgium 5-1, Iceland 4-2, Cyprus 2-4, Switzerland 1-5

In Group B, the game in Naestved had no impact on the teams involved, but would still factor into the final standings for whichever team would finish second in the group. Denmark did beat Austria 86-72, but still finished last as ex-Texas Tech player Alan Voskuil had 17 points. The game in Leiden would determine the group winner and Germany quickly seized control to win 82-51. That left the Netherlands waiting on other results to find out their fate. In the win, incoming NBA player Paul Zipser had 13 points, recent Columbia graduate Maodo Lo had 11 points, 11 rebounds, and 6 assists while ex-St. Bonaventure player Charlon Kloof had 18 points in the loss.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1709/Denmark-Austria#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1709/Netherlands-Germany#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Germany 4-2, Netherlands 4-2, Austria 2-4, Denmark 2-4

In Group C, the only remaining game was completely meaningless, but already-qualified Russia did remain undefeated by beating already-eliminated Sweden 63-59 at home in Krasnodar as ex-NBA player Sergey Karasev had 12 points.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1709/Russia-Sweden#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Russia 4-0, Bosnia and Herzegovina 2-2, Sweden 0-4

In Group D, Portugal got their first win by eliminating Belarus 77-62 in Sines. Olek Czyz and Poland then took care of business in Tartu, beating Estonia 94-63 to take the top spot. That left the hosts in second place, but in an unfavorable position to grab a runners up place. Olek had 8 points in 14 minutes. Ex-JC player Przemyslaw Zamojski had 15 points, naturalized ex-Western Kentucky player A.J. Slaughter had 12 points and 6 assists, and ex-NBA player Maciej Lampe had 12 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1709/Portugal-Belarus#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1709/Estonia-Poland#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Poland 5-1, Estonia 3-3, Belarus 3-3, Portugal 1-5

In Group E, Slovenia made sure they finished unbeaten by going to Kiev and coming back to beat Ukraine 80-69. That left the hosts waiting on other results to see if they advanced. Goran Dragic had 22 points in the win as he gets ready for his NBA season. Kosovo was hoping to finally get that win in front of the home fans in Mitrovica, but lost 67-62. Naturalized ex-Utah player Jason Washburn had 14 points and 6 rebounds in the win while Kosovo swapped naturalized players for the last game and ex-Weber State player Scott Bamforth had 21 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1709/Ukraine-Slovenia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1709/Kosovo-Bulgaria#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Slovenia 6-0, Ukraine 4-2, Bulgaria 2-4, Kosovo 0-6

In Group F, Albania picked up their first win in a meaningless game in Tirana as they beat Slovakia 72-65 with naturalized ex-BYU player Rashaun Broadus providing 17 points. The game that actually mattered was in Bar to close the day. Montenegro could have completely conceded the game and let Georgia join them easily, but still fought hard before losing 90-84 and leaving both teams content with the result. In the win, naturalized ex-Memphis player Michael Dixon had 31 points and 6 rebounds, Zaza Pachulia had 21 points and 13 rebounds as he heads back to the NBA, and former draft pick Viktor Sanikidze had 14 points and 7 rebounds. In the loss, Nikola Vucevic had 17 points and 8 rebounds as he heads back to the NBA, former draft pick Bojan Dubljevic had 17 points and 6 rebounds, and ex-Georgia (school not country) player Nemanja Djurisic had 17 points.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1709/Albania-Slovak-Republic#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1709/Montenegro-Georgia#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Georgia 5-1, Montenegro 5-1, Slovakia 1-5, Albania 1-5

In Group G, Hungary had already qualified, but still came back and provided the home fans in Szolnok with something to cheer as beat Macedonia 63-61. Eric Boateng and Great Britain had a meaningless game in Luxembourg as they knew that they would finish in second place and this game against a last place team would be wiped out when the final comparison was made for the last tournament berths. He had 4 points in 10 minutes in an 82-75 loss. Ex-College of Charleston player Andrew Lawrence had 16 points, ex-Iowa player Gabriel Olaseni had 14 points and 15 rebounds, and ex-LIU player Kyle Johnson had 14 points. Ex-DII player Tom Schumacher had 20 points in the win.
Boxscores:
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1709/Hungary-MKD#|tab=boxscore_statistics
http://www.fiba.com/eurobasket/2017/qualifiers/1709/Luxembourg-Great-Britain#|tab=boxscore_statistics
Standings: Hungary 6-0, Great Britain 3-3, Macedonia 2-4, Luxembourg 1-5

The group winners all qualified. Then the second place teams were grouped together and had their results against the fourth place teams removed in order to create an even comparison across groups of different sizes. The top four teams in those standings advanced with Montenegro and Iceland knowing that they would advance based on record. On the other side of the standings, Estonia knew that they would not be in position to join the massive tiebreaker in the middle due to their poor record. That left four teams for two spots with Great Britain and Ukraine edging out the Netherlands and Bosnia and Herzegovina. They joined the other thirteen teams that already qualified. The four hosts, Finland, Israel, Romania, and Turkey are set. They will also be joined by the teams involved in Olympic play this summer, Spain, Lithuania, France, Serbia, Greece, Italy, the Czech Republic, Latvia, and Croatia.

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The first game of the final day of the FIBA Asia Challenge was for 7th place. India concluded a fairly successful tournament with an 80-68 win over Taiwan. In the loss, ex-JC player Chou Yi-Hsiang had 15 points and naturalized ex-Tulane player Quincy Davis had 13 points and 15 rebounds.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1809/Chinese-Taipei-India#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the fifth place game, China beat Japan 75-67. If the two teams had been from different regional federations, this game would have mattered more, but instead was just a game of pride.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1809/China-Japan#|tab=boxscore_statistics

In the third place game, Jordan beat Iraq 94-72. In the win, naturalized ex-DePaul player Dar Tucker had 19 points and 7 rebounds and ex-DII player Amin Abuhawwas had 13 points. Naturalized ex-Texas Southern player Kevin Galloway concluded his strong tournament with 12 points and 9 rebounds in the loss.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1809/Jordan-Iraq#|tab=boxscore_statistics

The final was not particularly surprising as Iran jumped out to a big lead in front of the home fans and beat South Korea 77-47. Hamed Haddadi capped off his tournament with 20 points and 23 rebounds. It will remain to be seen how the berths will finally be allocated for next summer's tournament now that Australia and New Zealand are set to make their appearance within the region. Historically, Iran's win would give them a berth independent of West Asia's bids and the hosts and defending champions China would also qualify.
Boxscore:
http://www.fiba.com/asia/challenge/2016/1809/Iran-Korea#|tab=boxscore_statistics

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Lindsey Harding did not play in Belarus's EuroBasket Women 2017 qualifier on Saturday. They lost to Belgium 67-61, leaving their qualification uncertain with no more games to play with a bye on Wednesday. If you want more information on games that were played, I wrote about them here:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2016/11/eurobasket-qualifiers-round-5-november-19th/

A couple of other events finished over the weekend.

The FIBA Asia U18 Championship for Women was conducted over the past week in Bangkok. China eased to the championship by beating Japan 78-47 as both teams secured spots for next summer with semifinal wins on Saturday. South Korea grabbed the third spot for next summer's U19 World Championship for Women with a 66-63 win over Taiwan. The tournament has two division with the teams not qualifying for the semifinals having to play teams in one game playoffs for the right to remain in the top division of the next edition of the tournament. Both top division teams were relegated as Indonesia beat India 49-38 and Thailand was not helped by homecourt advantage after losing 50-44 to Malaysia. Hong Kong, Kazakhstan, Singapore, and Sri Lanka did not even get the chance to fight their way out of the bottom division after not finishing high enough in round robin play.

Ecuador was the host of the U15 South American Championship for Women as the top three teams looked to advance to next summer's U16 FIBA Americas tournament. Argentina and the hosts advanced from Group A ahead of Peru while Venezuela and Colombia moved on from Group B in front of Chile and Uruguay. Venezuela and Argentina won their semifinals and qualification on Saturday and then Argentina prevailed 65-54 to leave Ibarra as the champions on Sunday. Colombia left the hosts disappointed 57-44 in the key final day game. Uruguay beat Peru on Saturday and then Chile on Sunday to finish 5th.

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Belarus qualifies for EuroBasket Women 2017 thanks to other results. It is unclear if Lindsey Harding will be playing for them again or if she will have other priorities during the European offseason after retiring from the WNBA. Here is a recap I wrote of all of the games played on Wednesday:
http://www.womensbasketball247.com/2016/11/eurobasket-qualifiers-round-6-november-23rd/

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Oceania held both U18 championship in Suva, Fiji. Australia's won the women's championship easily, but were stunned by New Zealand on the men's side so they will miss out on the world championship next summer with only one spot for the confederation. Jack White would be too old for the team.

Final Standings:

Men:
New Zealand
Australia
Guam
New Caledonia
Samoa
Fiji
Tahiti

Women:
Australia
New Zealand
Samoa
New Caledonia
Fiji
Tahiti
Papua New Guinea
Guam

I forgot to post this when it happened, but feel like it deserves a mention. Stojko Vrankovic, Antonio's father was recently named president of Croatia's basketball federation.

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2016 is in the books for international play now. The FIBA Europe U18 Championship A Division tournament that was postponed due to the coup attempt in Turkey was finally played in Samsun. There were a number of absences for a variety of reasons, but the compressed format made for a pretty exciting tournament. France beat Lithuania 75-68 for the title. Those two teams along with quarterfinals winners Italy and Greece qualified for the U19 World Championship in the summer with their wins on Tuesday. The final spot was determined today when Spain beat Bosnia and Herzegovina for 5th place. At the other end of the standings, Israel and Sweden were already demoted to Division B in 2017 after losses on Wednesday and were joined by Croatia, who lost 90-76 to Latvia.

Final Standings:
France
Lithuania
Italy
Germany
Spain
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Russia
Finland
Greece
Serbia
Slovenia
Turkey
Latvia
Croatia
Israel
Sweden