2026 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup
International men's youth basketball championship
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The 2026 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup (Turkish: 2026 FIBA 17 Yaş Altı Basketbol Dünya Kupası) will be the eighth edition of the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U17 national teams of the member associations of FIBA. It will be held in Istanbul, Turkey, from 27 June to 5 July 2026.[1] To be eligible for this competition, players must be born on or after 1 January 2009.[2]
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Turkey |
| City | Istanbul |
| Dates | 27 June – 5 July |
| Teams | 16 (from 4 confederations) |
| Venues | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Games played | 2 |
| Attendance | 444 (222 per game) |
| Official website | |
| www.fiba.basketball | |
Qualified teams
| Means of qualification | Date(s) | Venue(s) | Berth(s) | Qualifiers |
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| Host nation | N/a | N/a | 1 |  Turkey |
| 2025 FIBA U16 AmeriCup | 2–8 June 2025 |  Ciudad Juárez | 4 |  Canada Puerto Rico United States Venezuela |
| 2025 FIBA U16 EuroBasket | 8–16 August 2025 |  Tbilisi | 5 |  France Italy Lithuania Serbia Slovenia |
| 2025 FIBA U16 Asia Cup | 31 August–7 September 2025 |  Ulaanbaatar | 4 |  Australia China Japan New Zealand |
| 2025 FIBA U16 AfroBasket | 2–14 September 2025 |  Kigali | 2 |  Cameroon Ivory Coast |
| Total | 16 | |||
Squads
Draw
The draw took place on 29 January 2026 in Istanbul.[3][4]
Seeding
The seeding was announced on 27 January 2026.[3]
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Referees
The following 28 referees were selected for the tournament.[5]
Martin Davison- Ruben Woolcock
Alan Dos Santos- Nicolas Zivieri
Waseem Husainy
Gao Yijie- Sun Jian
Carlos Peralta
Mihkel Männiste
Ioannis Agrafiotis
Orlando Varela
Péter Praksch
Yevgeniy Mikheyev
Gatis Saliņš
Yann Davidson
Nataša Dragojević
Julio Anaya
Paulina Gajdosz- Wojciech Liszka
Julirys Guzmán
Jean Ruhamiriza
Petar Pešić
Arnold Moseya
Park Kyoung-jin
Ariadna Chueca
Cisil Güngör
Blanca Burns
Aline García
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+3).
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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| 1 | Italy |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | United States |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | France |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Japan |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: 27 June 2026. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
27 June 2026 17:30 |
| United States |
vs. | France |
Basketball Development Center (Main Venue), Istanbul Referees: Wojciech Liszka (POL), Alan Dos Santos (BRA), Sun Jian (CHN) |
27 June 2026 18:00 |
| Italy |
vs. | Japan |
Basketball Development Center (National Teams Venue), Istanbul Referees: Ariadna Chueca (ESP), Ruben Woolcock (AUS), Nataša Dragojević (MNE) |
Group B
Updated to match(es) played on 27 June 2026. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
27 June 2026 12:00 |
| Canada |
89–103 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–20, 22–23, 26–22, 18–38 | ||
| Pts: Mitakaro 22 Rebs: Edwards 12 Asts: St. Louis 7 |
Pts: Kukta 29 Rebs: Kukta 9 Asts: Kukta 10 | |
Basketball Development Center (Main Venue), Istanbul Attendance: 360 Referees: Péter Praksch (HUN), Orlando Varela (HON), Yann Davidson (MAD) |
27 June 2026 12:30 |
| Cameroon |
72–90 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–33, 11–17, 18–23, 23–17 | ||
| Pts: Ngangmeni 23 Rebs: Essoua 11 Asts: Mendoua 3 |
Pts: Zhang Yi. 23 Rebs: Zhang Yu., Zhang Z. 7 Asts: Zhang Yi. 6 | |
Basketball Development Center (National Teams Venue), Istanbul Attendance: 84 Referees: Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Aline García (URU), Jean Ruhamiriza (RWA) |
Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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| 1 | New Zealand |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Slovenia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Puerto Rico |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Turkey (H) |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: 27 June 2026. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
(H) Hosts
27 June 2026 20:15 |
| New Zealand |
vs. | Turkey |
Basketball Development Center (Main Venue), Istanbul Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ), Gao Yijie (CHN) |
27 June 2026 20:45 |
| Slovenia |
vs. | Puerto Rico |
Basketball Development Center (National Teams Venue), Istanbul Referees: Mihkel Männiste (EST), Petar Pešić (SRB), Nicolas Zivieri (BRA) |
Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
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| 1 | Venezuela |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Australia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Serbia |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Ivory Coast |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First match(es) will be played: 27 June 2026. Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head results; 3) Points difference; 4) Points scored.
27 June 2026 14:45 |
| Australia |
vs. | Serbia |
Basketball Development Center (Main Venue), Istanbul Referees: Carlos Peralta (ECU), Julirys Guzmán (PUR), Paulina Gajdosz (POL) |
27 June 2026 15:15 |
| Venezuela |
vs. | Ivory Coast |
Basketball Development Center (National Teams Venue), Istanbul Referees: Waseem Husainy (CAN), Cisil Güngör (TUR), Martin Davison (NZL) |
Final round
Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 1 July | ||||||||||||||
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| B4 | ||||||||||||||
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| D3 | ||||||||||||||
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Round of 16
1 July 2026 |
| A1 | vs. | B4 |
1 July 2026 |
| C2 | vs. | D3 |
1 July 2026 |
| A3 | vs. | B2 |
1 July 2026 |
| C4 | vs. | D1 |
1 July 2026 |
| A2 | vs. | B3 |
1 July 2026 |
| C1 | vs. | D4 |
1 July 2026 |
| A4 | vs. | B1 |
1 July 2026 |
| C3 | vs. | D2 |
9–16th classification playoffs
| Classification quarterfinals | Classification semifinals | Ninth place match | ||||||||
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| Classification semifinals | 13th place match | |||||
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9–16th place quarterfinals
13–16th place semifinals
15th place game
13th place game
9–12th place semifinals
Eleventh place game
Ninth place game
Quarterfinals
5–8th classification playoffs
| Classification semifinals | Fifth place match | |||||
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5–8th place semifinals
Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Semifinals
Third place game
Final
Final standings
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