The 2022

FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship The FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship is the Americas basketball championship for players under 18 years that take place every two years among national teams of the FIBA Americas zone. Before the 2006 edition, the tournament was played by unde ...

was an international under-18

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tournament that was held from 6 to 12 June 2022 in

Tijuana Tijuana ( ,"Tijuana"
(US) and < ...

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. The twelfth edition of the biennial competition, this is also the qualifying tournament for

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in the

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Hosts selection

On 9 May 2022,

has decided to grant

the hosting rights for the FIBA U18 Americas Men's Championship. The city of

Tijuana Tijuana ( ,"Tijuana"
(US) and < ...

will host the event which will take place from June 6 to 12. The tournament will be played again after the last edition held in 2018, since the 2020 event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This will be the first time that

will host the continental under-18 tournament.

Participating teams

* North America: ** ** * Central America/Caribbean: (2017 Central American/Caribbean U17 Championship in

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- 8–12 December 2021) ** ** (Hosts) ** * South America: (2022 South American U18 Championship in

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- 21–26 March 2022) ** ** **

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 16 May 2022 in FIBA Americas Regional Office in

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. ''All times are local ( UTC-7).''

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Bracket

Quarterfinals

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5–8th place semifinals

Semifinals

Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Statistics and awards

Awards

;All Tournament Team * Dylan Bordon * Vasean Allette * Reynan dos Santos *

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* Kel'el Ware

Final ranking

References

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