2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup

2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
CityUdine, Cividale del Friuli
Dates22–30 July
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Russia (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPRussia Maria Vadeeva
Top scorerRussia Vadeeva (18.4)
Top reboundsRussia Vadeeva (14.0)
Top assistsChina Wang (7.6)
PPG (Team) United States (84.1)
RPG (Team) Russia (56.6)
APG (Team) Russia (25.7)
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
2015
2019

The 2017 FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup (Italian: Campionato mondiale di basket femminile Under 19 FIBA 2017) was hosted by Italy from 22 to 30 July 2017.[1][2]

Russia won their first title (or third if the Soviet Union is included) by defeating the United States 86–82 in the final.[3] The bronze medal went to Canada who defeated Japan 67–60.[4]

  1. ^ "FIBA Calendar". Archived from the original on July 20, 2017.
  2. ^ "Spanish city of Zaragoza to host 2016 FIBA U17 World Championships; Egypt and Italy to stage 2017 FIBA U19 World Championships". FIBA.com. 12 March 2016. Archived from the original on July 14, 2018. Retrieved 18 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Russia end USA reign and land first U19 Women title in 28 years". fiba.basketball. 30 July 2017.
  4. ^ "Canada sink Japan to take a podium step for first time". fiba.basketball. 30 July 2017.