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
basketball
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championship contested by the U19 national teams of the member associations of
FIBA
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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
round robin
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schedule, with the top three teams advancing to the knockout stage.
Lithuania won their first title, and captain
Jonas Valančiūnas
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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
Liepāja
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. In addition to the
FIBA
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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
;5th place bracket
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
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Aleksandar Cvetković
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Hugh Greenwood
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Jeremy Lamb
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Dmitry Kulagin
Dmitry Andreyevich Kulagin (russian: Дмитрий Андреевич Кулагин; born July 1, 1992) is a Russian professional basketball player for Zenit Saint Petersburg of the VTB United League.
Professional career
Kulagin started his pro ...
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Jonas Valančiūnas
Jonas Valančiūnas ( ; ; born 6 May 1992) is a Lithuanian professional basketball player for the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was selected by the Toronto Raptors with the fifth overall pick in the 2011 ...
Referees
FIBA named 26 referees that officiated at the tournament.
Referees
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* 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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2011
2011 in basketball
2011–12 in Latvian basketball
2011