LC
Years ago

U17 World Championships for Men

The draw for the inaugural 2010 U17 World Championships was held overnight, and this is how the balls fell...

Group A: Argentina, China, Egypt, Lithuania, Serbia, USA.
Group B: Australia, Canada, Germany, Korea, Poland, Spain.

During the first round, which will begin on 2nd July 2010, each team plays the five others in their respective groups. The top four teams from each group advance to the quarter-finals, at which point the competition continues through to the final - held on 11th July 2010 – in a standard knock-out format.

The event is being held in Hamburg, Germany.

Offical Website Link: http://linky.com.au/j380z

Spain should be really tough in our group, which is likely to be failry even IMO.

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Anonymous
Years ago

DOnt forget the home country Germany!!!!

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jawoi
Years ago

the only big thing about basketball in Australia, is this Youth World Championships where many times we've got impressive results even championships. So we are that good after all. thanks AIS for creating players/team to be one of the best in the world when the country and its government can only look after cricket, rugby and even netball.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Jawoi, a little bit negative and lack credibility considering this is the first World U17 Championships for men ever! I don't think you should be thanking the AIS for this either..... These kids would only just be starting to think about the AIS now and most have come through their state, ITC and club programs.

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HO
Years ago

Australia has an extraordinary record of performing at junior levels and I cannot see the new U17's changing that - as Anon says our ITC and general junior development programs are to be commended for this.

And Jawoi, the federal government, via ASC and AIS, spends more money on basketball than netball or cricket or rugby as far I am aware. It spends lots more on soccer, rowing, athletics and cycling ... but basketball gets pretty well looked after when you list the 72 or so sports that it funds.

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LC
Years ago

ASpan were the Euro U16 champions and hence would still be considered the team t beat in our group.

And yes, Australia have an outstanding record at junior world champs in the past. I totally concur that our ITC development pathways have playe sa big part of this in the past, and of course there is also the AIS for our old age groups as well.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Don't forget, the European kids have the chance to play at junior European championships every year. They are hardened and ready to go.

Their system is a little better. They play and train with their clubs in the winter and go away with their National Teams in the summer.

There's no ITC/State/Domestic/Representative/School conflict where one of our guys has 5 weekly sessions with 5 different coaches.

We do extremely well at junior levels and the AIS/ITC plays a massive role in this. it's why we have the system we have.

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LC
Years ago

And this nice little article posted on FIBA.com that includes quotes from Australian coach Guy Molloy.

Link: http://linky.com.au/u8yan

Head coach Guy Molloy said it is hard to predict how his team will fare against their previously unseen opposition.

"It's a bit of an unknown because it is the first World Championship for the U17 age group so we don’t have any prior knowledge of the opposition players," he reasoned.

“You would assume that Spain will be the favoured team in our group as they are the number one seed out of Europe, and Germany, as the host nation, are going to make a very concerted effort to perform well. After that, it’s very hard to say.”

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LC
Years ago

And this posted on FIBA.com from a Canadian perspective...

"What a great opportunity to face countries like Spain, Australia and host team Germany," head coach Roy Rana said after the draw took place.

"Spain, winners of last year's U16 European Championship in Lithuania, look to be the top-rated team in Group B. Australia, who took top honours at last summer's Oceanic U16 Championship, are also a side to be reckoned with."

Link: http://linky.com.au/phx9p

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