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The 2017
FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship The FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship is the Americas basketball championship for players under 16 years that take place every two years among national teams of the FIBA Americas zone. The event started in 2009. The top four finishers qualify ...
was the men's international basketball competition that was held in Formosa,
Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
from 14–18 June 2017. The successfully defended their title against , 111–60, in the rematch of the Finals. Meanwhile, upended the hosts in the bronze medal game, 78–67, to notch their first ever podium finish in the tournament. Due to named as the hosts of the U17 World Cup next year, another slot was awarded to FIBA Americas, wherein grabbed the fifth spot by subduing , 71–51. The top four teams, excluding Argentina qualified for the
2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup The 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup (Spanish: Copa del Mundo de Baloncesto FIBA Sub-17 2018) was the 5th edition of the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U17 ...
as host.


Venue


Qualified teams

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Group phase

A draw was held on 23 May 2017 in
San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the juri ...
. ''All times are local ( UTC−3).''


Group A


Group B


Classification round

''All times are local ( UTC-3).''


Classification 5–8


Seventh place game


Fifth place game


Final round

''All times are local ( UTC-3).''


Semifinals


Third place game


Final


Awards


Final ranking


References


External links


2017 FIBA Americas U-16 Championship
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