2021 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup

2021 FIBA Under-19 Basketball
World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryLatvia
CityRiga
Daugavpils
Dates3–11 July
Teams16 (from 5 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions United States (8th title)
Runners-up France
Third place Canada
Fourth place Serbia
Tournament statistics
Games played56
Attendance3,198 (57 per game)
MVPUnited States Chet Holmgren
Top scorerSouth Korea Yeo Jun-seok
(25.6 points per game)
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
2019
2023

The 2021 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup (Latvian: 2021. gada FIBA Pasaules kauss basketbolā līdz 19 gadu vecumam) was the 15th edition of the FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U19 national teams of the member associations of FIBA. The tournament was hosted in Riga and Daugavpils, Latvia from 3 to 11 July 2021.[1][2]

The United States defeated France in the final to capture their eighth title.[3]

  1. ^ FIBA Calendar
  2. ^ "Latvia named as host of FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2021". FIBA. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  3. ^ "United States withstand valiant France effort to win 2021 crown – eighth U19 World Cup title". FIBA. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2021.