The 2020 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup (Bulgarian: 2020 Световна купа по баскетбол FIBA до 17 години) would have been the 6th edition of the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup, the biennial international men's youth

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championship contested by the U17 national teams of the member associations of

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. It was originally scheduled to take place between 4 and 12 July 2020, and hosted by

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. However, due to the

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, it was postponed to 15 to 23 August. On 12 June 2020, FIBA postponed the tournament again and options were examined to play in 2021, but the tournament was eventually cancelled.

Venues

Qualified teams

As the Asian tournament was cancelled, the FIBA used the World rankings to decide the participants. Japan and New Zealand were to play a play-off to decide the last participant as they are equal on points.

Draw

The draw for the tournament was held on 6 March 2020 in

Seedings

The seedings were announced on 6 March 2020.

Preliminary round

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Final round

Bracket

9–16th classification playoffs

5–8th classification playoffs

Final ranking

References

External links

Official website
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