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2021 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
The 2021 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup (Latvian: 2021. gada FIBA Pasaules kauss basketbolā līdz 19 gadu vecumam) was the 15th edition of the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U19 national teams of the member associations of FIBA. The tournament was hosted in Riga and Daugavpils, Latvia from 3 to 11 July 2021. The United States defeated France in the final to capture their eighth title. Venues Qualified teams China withdrew before the competition due to strict anti-epidemic measures. They were replaced by Iran. Draw The draw took place on 28 April 2021 in Berlin, Germany. Seeding On 27 April 2021, the pots were announced. Preliminary round ''All times are local (UTC+3).'' Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- Knockout stage Bracket Round of 16 ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- ---- 9–16th place quarterfi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riga
Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Baltic Sea. Riga's territory covers and lies above sea level, on a flat and sandy plain. Riga was founded in 1201 and is a former Hanseatic League member. Riga's historical centre is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, noted for its Art Nouveau/Jugendstil architecture and 19th century wooden architecture. Riga was the European Capital of Culture in 2014, along with Umeå in Sweden. Riga hosted the 2006 NATO Summit, the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, the 2006 IIHF Men's World Ice Hockey Championships, 2013 World Women's Curling Championship and the 2021 IIHF World Championship. It is home to the European Union's office of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC). In 2017, it was named the European Region of Gastronomy. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cairo
Cairo ( ; ar, القاهرة, al-Qāhirah, ) is the capital of Egypt and its largest city, home to 10 million people. It is also part of the largest urban agglomeration in Africa, the Arab world and the Middle East: The Greater Cairo metropolitan area, with a population of 21.9 million, is the 12th-largest in the world by population. Cairo is associated with ancient Egypt, as the Giza pyramid complex and the ancient cities of Memphis and Heliopolis are located in its geographical area. Located near the Nile Delta, the city first developed as Fustat, a settlement founded after the Muslim conquest of Egypt in 640 next to an existing ancient Roman fortress, Babylon. Under the Fatimid dynasty a new city, ''al-Qāhirah'', was founded nearby in 969. It later superseded Fustat as the main urban centre during the Ayyubid and Mamluk periods (12th–16th centuries). Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life, and is titled "the city of a thousand m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ąžuolas Tubelis
Ąžuolas Tubelis (born 22 March 2002) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA), on a two-way contract with the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League. He played college basketball player for the Arizona Wildcats men's basketball, Arizona Wildcats of the Pac-12 Conference. A Power forward (basketball), power forward, he was named first-team List of All-Pac-12 Conference men's basketball teams, All-Pac-12 twice with the Wildcats. Youth career In May 2018, Tubelis won the 2017–18 Euroleague Basketball Next Generation Tournament, 2017–18 Adidas Next Generation Tournament (ANGT) with the U18 team of BC Rytas, Lietuvos rytas Vilnius. On 18 October 2018, he signed a long-term contract with Rytas Vilnius. In the 2018–19 season, he played for Perlas (basketball club), Perlas in the National Basketball League (Lithuania), National Basketball League (NKL), the second-tier league of Lithuania. He averaged 9. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zach Edey
Zach Edey (; born May 14, 2002) is a Canadian college basketball player for the Purdue Boilermakers of the Big Ten Conference. He is listed at , making him the tallest player in Big Ten history. At the close of the 2023 season, Edey was named the Big Ten Player of the Year and consensus National Player of the Year. Edey also represented Canada at the 2021 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup in Latvia. Early life and high school career Zach Edey was born in Toronto on May 14, 2002, to Julia and Glen Edey. His mother was born to Chinese immigrants in Toronto, where she grew up and played basketball; his father is white. Edey grew up playing ice hockey as well as baseball, which his father also played growing up. As a sophomore at Leaside High School in Toronto, Edey started playing basketball with the Northern Kings Amateur Athletic Union program. He only committed to the game when his exceptional height made baseball impractical, as his strike zone impacted his ability to play. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ryan Nembhard
Ryan Nembhard (born March 10, 2003) is a Canadian college basketball player for the Gonzaga Bulldogs of the West Coast Conference (WCC). He previously played for the Creighton Bluejays. High school career Nembhard attended Montverde Academy, where he played alongside Division I prospects Precious Achiuwa, Cade Cunningham, Scottie Barnes, Day'Ron Sharpe, Moses Moody, Jalen Duren, Caleb Houstan and Langston Love. Following his freshman season, he opted to reclassify from the class of 2022 to the class of 2021. As a senior, Nembhard helped Montverde defeat Sunrise Christian Academy 62–52 to win the 2021 GEICO High School Basketball Nationals. He finished with 12 points, 7 assists, 3 rebounds and 2 steals and won game MVP honors. Regarded as a four-star recruit, Nembhard was ranked No. 68 in his class and the No. 11 point guard according to 247Sports. In June 2020, he committed to playing college basketball for Creighton, choosing the Bluejays over Ohio State, Stanford, Florida an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caleb Houstan
Caleb Michael David Houstan (born January 9, 2003) is a Canadian professional basketball player for the Orlando Magic of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Michigan Wolverines. Houstan was a consensus five-star recruit and one of the top players in the 2021 class. He won a silver medal with Canada at the 2019 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship. High school career For his first three years, Houstan attended Montverde Academy in Montverde, Florida. On July 17, 2020, Houstan announced he would forgo his senior year, graduate from high school early, and reclassify to class of 2021. As a freshman, he helped lead the Eagles to a 22–3 record and the semifinal of the prep national championship. As a sophomore, he averaged 10 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.2 assists while shooting 53.1 percent on 3-pointers, helping lead the Eagles to a perfect 25–0 record, and ranked No. 1 in the country, before the season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Özlem Yalman
Özlem Yalman (born 30 April 1977 in Antalya, Turkey) is a Turkish female pro basketball referee, a former basketball player, and a school teacher for physical education. Early years Özlem was born in Adana, Turkey in 1977 to Nezih Yalman, who died in Izmir at age 64 in 2014. She studied Physical Education and Sports at Ege University in Izmir. After graduation, she was appointed teacher for physical education in a school at Antalya, in which she serves as the only instructor for her branch. Sports career Yalman played basketball during her university years, and in Karşıyaka Basket in the Turkish Women's Basketball Second League. In 1995, she obtained a referee license, and in 2004 she was promoted to A-class official status. Currently, she officiates basketball matches of the Turkish Basketball Super League and Turkish Women's Basketball League. After successfully completing the FIBA referee candidate program in Bologna, Italy in 2010 and passing the subsequent exam in Gazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Java Yoneyama
Java (; id, Jawa, ; jv, ꦗꦮ; su, ) is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia. It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the south and the Java Sea to the north. With a population of 151.6 million people, Java is the world's most populous island, home to approximately 56% of the Indonesian population. Indonesia's capital city, Jakarta, is on Java's northwestern coast. Many of the best known events in Indonesian history took place on Java. It was the centre of powerful Hindu-Buddhist empires, the Islamic sultanates, and the core of the colonial Dutch East Indies. Java was also the center of the Indonesian struggle for independence during the 1930s and 1940s. Java dominates Indonesia politically, economically and culturally. Four of Indonesia's eight UNESCO world heritage sites are located in Java: Ujung Kulon National Park, Borobudur Temple, Prambanan Temple, and Sangiran Early Man Site. Formed by volcanic eruptions due to geologic subduction of the Australian P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jumpei Iwashita
Chinese Given Name In Chinese, Junpei is a name composed of two Chinese characters, where jun could be 君, 军, 俊, 骏, 峻, 筠, 珺, 均, 郡, 钧, 竣, 浚, 麇 or 隽, while pei could be 沛, 佩, 培, 裴, 霈, 旆 or 珮. Given a Chinese given name Junpei, it is usually difficult to tell whether it is a masculine or feminine given name. For example, 军佩 is more like a masculine given name, while 珺珮 is more like a feminine given name. Japanese Given Name In Japanese, Junpei or Jumpei (written: 淳平, 純平, 順平, 隼平 or 潤平) is a masculine given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese music arranger and composer *, Japanese shogi player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese actor *, Japanese judoka *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese painter *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese baseball player *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese voice actor *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese journalist *, Japanese speed skater Fictional characters *Junpei Ryuzouji, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khalifa Diop
Khalifa Ababacar Diop (born 15 January 2002) is a Senegalese professional basketball player for Baskonia of the Spanish Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. He also plays for the Senegalese national team. Diop was drafted 39th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2022 NBA draft. Early career Diop trained with the junior teams of CB Gran Canaria and CB TerrAlfas. In 2018, he was named the MVP of the national junior club championship. He debuted with Gran Canaria B in the Liga EBA, the Spanish fourth level league, at age 15. On 3 November 2019, Diop recorded 25 points and a league record 28 rebounds in a Liga EBA game against Novum Energy Lyceum. Professional career Gran Canaria (2017–2023) On 28 March 2019, Diop made his senior debut for Gran Canaria, recording three points and four rebounds in a 90–55 loss to Maccabi Tel Aviv in the EuroLeague. On 24 November 2019, he made his Liga ACB debut, playing three minutes in a loss to Real Madrid. Diop was named EuroCup Rising S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheikh Sow
Sheikh (pronounced or ; ar, شيخ ' , mostly pronounced , plural ' )—also transliterated sheekh, sheyikh, shaykh, shayk, shekh, shaik and Shaikh, shak—is an honorific title in the Arabic language. It commonly designates a chief of a tribe or a royal family member in Arabian countries, in some countries it is also given to those of great knowledge in religious affairs as a surname by a prestige religious leader from a chain of Sufi scholars. It is also commonly used to refer to a Muslim religious scholar. It is also used as an honorary title by people claiming to be descended from Hasan ibn Ali and Husayn ibn Ali both patrilineal and matrilineal who are grandsons of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The term is literally translated to "Elder" (is also translated to "Lord/Master" in a monarchical context). The word 'sheikh' is mentioned in the 23rd verse of Surah Al-Qasas in the Quran. Etymology and meaning The word in Arabic stems from a triliteral root connected with ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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