Canada crowned champions for FIBA U-19 Basketball World Cup

CAIRO – 10 July 2017: The Canadian U-19 Basketball team won the FIBA U-19 Basketball World Cup that was held in Egypt from July 1 to July 9.

The Canadian team was crowned the champions after beating Italy in the final by a score of 79-60. This is the first time in the history of Canada’s U-19 basketball team that they are crowned champions of the FIBA U-19 Basketball World Cup. On the other side, this is Italy’s second time finishing in second place, after coming up as runners up in the 1991 World Cup.

On a similar note, the hosts, Egypt, finished in 12th place after losing to New Zealand with a score of 85-69.

The following is the ranking of the 16 teams that participated in the FIBA U-19 Basketball World Cup:

1. Canada
2. Italy
3. USA
4. Spain
5. Germany
6. Lithuania
7. France
8. Argentina
9. Puerto Rico
10. Japan
11. New Zealand
12. Egypt
13. Angola
14. South Korea
15. Iran
16. Mali
Canada managed to beat France in the quarter finals before winning previous U-19 World Cup Champions USA in the semi-finals.