FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup


The FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup is a men's under-19 only world basketball competition organized by the International Basketball Federation. From its inauguration in 1979, until 2007, it was held every four years. Since 2007, it has been held biennially. The current champions are the United States, who defeated Mali in 2019.

Summaries

A round-robin tournament determined the final standings.

Medal table

Participation details

Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, on 8 March 2020 FIBA Europe announced the cancellation of all summer 2020 Youth European Championships, including the 2020 FIBA U18 European Championship, which would have decided the 5 European teams for this tournament. Hence, the top 5 European teams, apart from hosts Bulgaria, were chosen according to the Ranking Youth Men as of 4 March 2020:
  1. 378 points
  2. 367 points
  3. 339 points
  4. 311 points
  5. 309 points

    Tournament awards

Most recent award winners (2019)