The 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Latvian: 2011. gada FIBA pasaules čempionāts līdz 19 gadu vecumam) was the 10th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth

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championship contested by the U19 national teams of the member associations of

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. It was hosted by Latvia from 30 June to 10 July 2011. The draw for the tournament took place on 17 February 2011 in Riga. Teams played a

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schedule, with the top three teams advancing to the knockout stage. Lithuania won their first title, and captain

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was chosen the tournament MVP.

Venues

Below is a list of the venues which were used to host games during the 2011 FIBA Under-19 World Championship. All games of a preliminary round group were held in a single arena, as well as the games in the knockout round.

Draw

The draw held on February 17 divided the qualified teams into four groups named A, B, C, and D, as listed for the preliminary round. Aside from the fact that those teams in the same pot would not be in the same preliminary round groups, there were restrictions on how teams may be drawn. Before the draw was aware that Latvia will not be the same group with Lithuania, who will play in

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. In addition to the

wanted the first stage in each city to play over the three European teams, which meant that Russia should play a sample set of Valmiera groups.

Group stage

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Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Eighth-final round

Group E

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Group F

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Classification round

13th–16th place

Semifinals

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Fifteenth place game

Thirteenth place game

9th–12th place

Semifinals

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Eleventh place game

Ninth place game

Final round

Bracket

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Quarterfinals

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Classification 5–8

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Semifinals

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Seventh place game

Fifth place game

Bronze medal game

Final

Final standings

Statistical leaders

Points Rebounds Assists Blocks Steals

Awards

All-Tournament Team * Aleksandar Cvetković *

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Referees

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/ref> * Fernando Jorge Samprieto * Philip Lawrence Poulton Haines * Guilherme Locatelli * Michael John Weiland * Zhiyuan Jiang * Yi-Chih Chung * Jose Hernan Melgarejo Pinto * Joseph Bissang * Robert Lottermoser * Elias Koromilas * Guerrino Cerebuch * Takao Udagawa * Olegs Latisevs * Arnis Ozols * Marwan Egho * Samir Abaakil * Naftal Candido Chongo * Fernando Rocha * Roberto Vazquez * Sergey Mikhaylov * Milivoje Jovcic * Damir Javor * Vicente Bulto * Borys Ryzhyk * Alejandro Sanchez Varela * John Daniel Goble

References

External links

Official website

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