| 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship | |
| Continent: | World U-17 |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Size: | 261px |
| Host: | Lithuania |
| City: | Kaunas |
| Dates: | 29 June – 8 July |
| Teams: | 12 |
| Confederations: | 5 |
| Venues: | 1 |
| Cities: | 1 |
| Champions: | USA |
| Title Number: | 2 |
| Mvp: |  Jahlil Okafor |
| Ppg P: |  Deck (21.5) |
| Ppg T: | (100) |
| Rpg P: |  Zhou (10.1) |
| Rpg T: | (54.8) |
| Apg P: |  Kouřil (9.6) |
| Apg T: | (18.5) |
| Website: | archive.fiba.com |
| Prevseason: | 2010 |
| Nextseason: | 2014 |
The 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship (Lithuanian: 2012 m. FIBA iki 17 metų pasaulio čempionatas) was the 2nd edition of the FIBA Under-17 World Championship, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U17 national teams of the member associations of FIBA. It was hosted by Kaunas, Lithuania from 29 June to 8 July 2012.
The United States defeated Australia to win their second title.[1] Jahlil Okafor was named tournament MVP.
12 teams have qualified for this year's edition.[2]
The draw took place on January 10, 2012.[3]
| Team advanced to Quarterfinals | ||
| Team competed in Placement matches |
Times given below are in EEST (UTC+3).
| width=170 | Team | width=25 | Pld | width=25 | W | width=25 | L | width=35 | PF | width=35 | PA | width=35 | PD | width=25 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 497 | 334 | +163 | 10 | |||||||||
| 5 | 4 | 1 | 374 | 347 | +27 | 9 | |||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 382 | 397 | –11 | 8 | |||||||||
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 331 | 363 | –32 | 7 | |||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 287 | 333 | –46 | 6 | |||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 338 | 435 | –97 | 5 |
| width=170 | Team | width=25 | Pld | width=25 | W | width=25 | L | width=35 | PF | width=35 | PA | width=35 | PD | width=25 | Pts | width=50 | Tiebreaker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5 | 0 | 423 | 335 | +88 | 10 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 380 | 348 | +32 | 8 | 1–1, +11 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 410 | 357 | +53 | 8 | 1–1, +6 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 3 | 2 | 346 | 349 | –3 | 8 | 1–1, –17 | ||||||||||
| 5 | 1 | 4 | 425 | 442 | –17 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 5 | 0 | 5 | 358 | 511 | –153 | 5 |
| Rank | width=170 | Team ! | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8–0 | |||
| 6–2 | |||
| 7–1 | |||
| 4th | 4–4 | ||
| 5th | 5–3 | ||
| 6th | 4–4 | ||
| 7th | 4–4 | ||
| 8th | 2–6 | ||
| 9th | 3–4 | ||
| 10th | 2–5 | ||
| 11th | 1–6 | ||
| 12th | 0–7 |
All-Tournament Team
See also: FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup Most Valuable Player.
See also: FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup All-Tournament Team.
Points
| Name | PPG |
|---|---|
| 21.5 | |
| 20.8 | |
| 17.7 | |
| 17.3 | |
 Edvinas Šeškus | 15.7 |
 Ehab Amin |
Rebounds
| Name | RPG | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhou Qi | 10.1 | |
| Karlo Žganec | 9 | |
| Edvinas Šeškus | ||
| Justise Winslow | 8.8 | |
| Martin Peterka | 8.6 |
Assists
| Name | APG | |
|---|---|---|
| Radovan Kouřil | 9.6 | |
| 5.6 | ||
| Tyus Jones | 5.4 | |
| Alvaro Merlo | 5.1 | |
| Paolo Marinelli | 4.4 |
Blocks
| Name | BPG | |
|---|---|---|
| Zhou Qi | 4 | |
| Moataz Hosny | ||
| 2.6 | ||
| 2.1 | ||
 Park In-Tae | 2 |
Steals
| Name | SPG |
|---|---|
| Zhao Jiwei | 2.9 |
 Alberto Martín | 2.6 |
| Justise Winslow | |
| Ehab Amin | 2.4 |
| 2.3 | |
| Alvaro Merlo |
The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) named the following 19 referees to officiate the basketball games at this tournament.
Damir Javor Jurgis Laurinavičius
Guilherme Locatelli
Petri Mantyla
Sergey Mikhaylov
Christopher Antony Reid Diego Hernan Rougier Thomas James Short
Borys Shulga
Eddie Viator Robert Vyklicky
Jakub Zamojski