The FIBA (International Basketball Federation) U17 World Championship for Men

Officially Webapge: http://hamburg2010.fiba.com/

The FIBA U17 World Championship for Men will be played from July 2nd to July 11th, 2010 in Hamburg, Germany. Twelve teams from the five continents will compete for the _title_.

Qualification

Already qualified:
Host Nation: Germany

11 additional teams will qualify during the 2009 continental Championships
Americas (3 teams): United States of America, Argentina, Canada
Australia (1 team): Australia
Europe (4 teams): Spain, Lithuania, Serbia, Poland
Africa (1 team): Egypt
Asia (2 teams): China, Korea

The excitement and fun that Youth Basketball creates is visible every two years in Mannheim when the best U18 p_layer_s from all over the world compete with their National Teams at the well-known Albert Schweitzer Tournament. Since more than 50 years the tournament is one of the best known events in this age-range and proudly hosted by Germany. And the fan interest increased every year. Sold out gyms in Youth Basketball – it happens almost daily in Mannheim.

By introducing the Development Basketball Bundesliga (NBBL), which just started in its fourth season, we accomplished to offer young talents from 32 nationwide teams the opportunity to compete on a high level from October until May. This is crucial for the making the next step to senior level. In addition to the NBBL, the German Basketball Federation etstablished the JBBL (Youth Basketball Bundesliga) in which the Under 16 talents play for their champion. The first season with 56 teams in eight divisions starts this fall.

In addition, successful projects like "Talents with perspective" even younger age-ranges are encouraged intensively in basketball. By the way: among the youngest age range the German Basketball Federation noted their biggest increase in terms of new membership. The FIBA U17 World Championship will for sure push this development with young p_layer_s further.

Ort: Sporthalle Hamburg, Krochmannstraße 55, 22297 Hamburg
Spielplan: http://hamburg2010.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/10/fu17wc/men/p/schedule.html
Korea-Team: http://hamburg2010.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/10/fu17wc/men/team/p/eid/4718/lid//rid//sid/4718/tid/313/profile.html
Tickets: http://www2.reservix.de/reservation/reservation_events.php?vID=5121