to meet the 16 participating teams | FIBA Basketball

MIES (Switzerland) – The field for the FIBA ​​U19 World Cup 2025 is complete. We invite you to discover each of the 16 national teams which will be competing next summer in Lausanne (Switzerland), from June 28 to July 6.

Germany – 4^e participation

Germany made history last summer by winning the FIBA ​​EuroBasket U18 2024 – their first continental title at youth level. Absent from the world tournament since 2017, she appeared two other times in the competition: in 1983 and 1987.

The leaders of this talented team will be Christian Anderson, Jack Kayil, Ivan Kharchenkov and Hannes Steinbach.

Argentine – 16^e participation

Argentina qualified for the FIBA ​​U19 Basketball World Cup 2025 thanks to their runner-up finish at the FIBA ​​U18 AmeriCup 2024. The Argentines have only missed one edition of the world tournament so far, in 1987.

Argentina, however, has not been on the podium since 3^e place obtained in 1991, his second medal after that – also bronze – won in 1979. The Argentine selection will rely a lot on its star duo composed of Tyler Kropp and Felipe Minzer.

Australia – 15^e participation

Australia will be present in Switzerland thanks to its triumph at the FIBA ​​Asia Cup U18 2024. World champion in 2003, it missed the 2023 edition, which was only its second absence in 16 editions.

Australia also won the silver medal in 1995. Roman Siulepa and Dash Daniels will be the likely leaders of the “Emus”.

Cameroon – 1^re participation

Cameroon will participate in their first-ever FIBA ​​U19 Basketball World Cup thanks to their runner-up finish at the FIBA ​​AfroBasket U18 2024 – their best result at the youth continental level. This will be the second consecutive edition of the world tournament with the participation of a neophyte African team after Madagascar in 2023.

Cameroon will mainly rely on interior Amadou Seini, who plays in Italy, and Hermann Bel.

Canada – 14^e participation

Canada took 3^e place in the 2024 FIBA ​​AmeriCup U18, securing its tenth consecutive participation in the FIBA ​​U19 Basketball World Cup. The Canadians have reached the quarter-final stage in the last six editions, with the world title in 2017 and a 3^e place in 2021 – the only two times they have reached the podium so far.

Canada will probably make quite a few changes within its squad, but we should find leaders Tristan Beckford and Efeosa Oliogu in Switzerland next summer.

Chine – 13^e participation

China finished on 3^e rank of the FIBA ​​Asia Cup U18 2024. This will be their 13th participation in the global U19 event. This is the first time that she will take part in two consecutive editions since her three participations from 2011 to 2015.

China’s best result is 7^e place obtained in 2013. The Chinese team will be led by the duo composed of Boyuan Zhang and Sinan Huan.

Dominican Republic – 3^e participation

The Dominican Republic owes its qualification to the 4th place obtained in the FIBA ​​AmeriCup U18 2024.

After 1983 and 2015, with a 9 respectively^e and a 13^e rank, the Dominicans will make their third appearance in the U19 world tournament next summer. Danny Carbuccia and his friend Lucas Morillo will be the undisputed leaders of this team.

France – 8^e participation

France will play its fifth FIBA ​​U19 World Cup in a row thanks to its fifth place at the FIBA ​​EuroBasket U18 2024. Over the last three editions, the Bleuets are on a series of a third place and two second places. It is obviously on the first that they aspire to ride next summer in Switzerland.

France’s two biggest stars are Nolan Traoré and Noa Essengue. The player pool is very deep and there will be no shortage of talent.

Israel – 1^re participation

Israel will make its debut at the FIBA ​​U19 Basketball World Cup following its 4^e like FIBA ​​EuroBasket U18 2024.

This will be the first time that Israel will take part in a world youth tournament. Ben Saraf was named MVP of the European tournament and he will be able to count on the help of Omer Mayer.

Jordan – 2^e participation

Jordan finished at 4^e rank in the FIBA ​​Asia Cup U18 2024 to secure qualification for the world competition for the second time in its history – after 1995.

His only result is a 16^e place. Saif Al-Deen Saleh is the young all-rounder in the Jordanian selection and he will be able to count on the valuable support of Rawhi Zeid Kilani.

Mali – 5^e participation

Mali was crowned African champion at the end of the FIBA ​​AfroBasket U18 2024 – Mali’s third continental title in the last four editions – and it will thus return to a competition in which it did not participate in 2023.

In 2019, Mali reached the final of the U19 world tournament. Youssef Traoré, Amadou Traoré and Sekou Bagayoko will be the leaders of the Malian selection.

New Zealand – 4^e participation

New Zealand finished in 2nd^e place in the FIBA ​​Asia Cup U18 2024, obtaining a 4^e qualification for the world tournament. The Junior Tall Blacks have missed the last two editions and will look to do better than the 11^e place won in 2017.

Tamatoa Isaac and Carter Hopoi were the most high-profile New Zealanders at the continental tournament. It’s a safe bet that the squad heading to Switzerland will include players who took part in the FIBA ​​U17 Basketball World Cup 2024, with New Zealand writing a formidable page in its history there by reaching the last four. of the event.

Serbia – 8^e participation

Serbia lost in the final of the FIBA ​​EuroBasket U18 2024. This result opened the doors to a fourth consecutive FIBA ​​U19 Basketball World Cup, the 8^e over the last ten editions. Serbia won the world title in 2007 and took the 2^e rank in both 2011 and 2013.

The Serbian selection will have several assets, the best of them being Savo Drezgic. He will be well surrounded by Andrej Kostic, Aleksa Dimitrijevic and Mitar Bosnjakovic.

Slovenia – 3^e participation

Slovenia finished in 3rd^e place in the FIBA ​​EuroBasket U18 2024 to reach a second consecutive FIBA ​​U19 World Cup, while his only other participation dates back to 2003.

The Slovenes took the 7^e rank in 2003 and 9^e in 2023. Urban Krofic will be the leader of Slovenia, which will also count on the contributions of Zak Smrekar and Vit Hrabar.

Suisse – 1^re participation

Switzerland will be involved in this competition for the very first time, a participation that it owes to its role as host of the event. The Swiss have never played in a FIBA ​​EuroBasket U18 Division A and they only have 6^e place in Division B, acquired in 2024, on their record.

The hosts will be led by local star Dayan Nessah, while Andrin Njock and Lucas Maniema will be the other key elements of the Swiss selection.

USA – 17^e participation

The USA won the 2024 FIBA ​​AmeriCup U18 – the Americans’ seventh consecutive continental title in this competition. The USA is the only country to have participated in all 17 editions of the FIBA ​​U19 Basketball World Cup. They hold the record for titles with 8, which they accompany with three silver medals and one bronze.

In 2023, however, the Americans did no better than fourth place. For the moment, it is difficult to predict what squad the Americans will field in Switzerland next summer. It seems likely that 2024 FIBA ​​AmeriCup U18 MVP Darius Acuff will be in the mix, as will Koa Peat, who won his second U17 world title last summer.

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