2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women explained

2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women
Gender:	women
Continent:	World U-17
Size:	270px
Host:	Netherlands
City:	Amsterdam
Dates:	17–26 August
Teams:	12
Confederations:	5
Venues:	1
Cities:	1
Champions:	United States
Title Number:	2
Mvp:	Diamond DeShields
Ppg P:	Ben Abdelkader (19.4)
Ppg T:	(90.8)
Rpg P:	Coklar (11.9)
Rpg T:	(60.4)
Apg P:	Allen (4.1)
Apg T:	(17.0)
Website:	Amsterdam2012.fiba.com/
Prevseason:	2010
Nextseason:	2014

The 2012 FIBA Under-17 World Championship for Women was an international basketball competition held in Amsterdam, Netherlands from August 17–26, 2012. It was the second edition of the Under-17 World Championships.

After their win last year, the United States successfully defended their title by defeating Spain 75–62 in the final.^[1]

Qualification

12 teams were qualified for this edition.^[2]

• 2011 FIBA Africa Under-16 Championship for Women
  1. • 2011 FIBA Asia Under-16 Championship for Women
       1. • 2011 FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship for Women
            1. • 2011 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women
                 1. • 2011 FIBA Oceania Under-16 Championship for Women
     • Host country

Groups

width=25%	Group A !	width=25%	Group B

Preliminary round

The draw was held on 10 February 2012 at Amsterdam, Netherlands.^[3]

All Times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

width=10px bgcolor="ccffcc"		Advance to the quarterfinals
width=10px bgcolor="ffffbb"		Relegated to 9th-12th place classification playoffs

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	478	257	+221	10
	5	4	1	320	273	+47	9
	5	3	2	303	302	+1	8
	5	2	3	311	287	+24	7
	5	1	4	332	429	−97	6
	5	0	5	207	403	−196	5

Group B

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	4	1	397	378	+19	9	1–0
	5	4	1	308	274	+34	9	0–1
	5	3	2	337	279	+58	8	1–0
	5	3	2	330	300	+30	8	0–1
	5	1	4	263	339	−76	6
	5	0	5	287	352	−65	5

Knockout stage

Championship

Final

5th–8th playoffs

Fifth place playoff

9th–12th playoffs

Ninth place playoff

Final standings

Rank	width=170	Team !	Record
		8–0
		5–3
		5–3
4th		5–3
5th		5–3
6th		5–3
7th		3–5
8th		4–4
9th		3–4
10th		1–6
11th		2–5
12th		0–7

Awards

All-Tournament Team

• Diamond DeShields
• Linnae Harper
• Leticia Romero
• Yunika Nakamura
• Evelyn Mawuli

Statistical leaders

Points

Name	PPG
Hind Ben Abdelkader	19.4
Yunika Nakamura	17.8
Ai Yamada	15.0
Diamond Deshields	14.8
Hülya Coklar	14.7

Rebounds

Name	RPG
Hülya Coklar	11.9
Awa Keita	10.1
Monique Soares	9.9
Evelyn Mawuli	9.5
Saicha Grant-Allen	8.9

Assists

Name	APG
Lindsay Allen	4.1
Julie Allemand	3.8
Saori Miyazaki	3.6
An He-Ji	3.6
Leticia Romero	3.4

Blocks

Name	BPG
Park Ji-Su	3.9
Alanna Smith	1.8
Emma Wolfram	1.8
Hülya Coklar	1.7
Awa Keita	1.7
Monique Soares	1.7

Steals

Name	SPG
Linnae Harper	4.3
Saori Miyazaki	3.9
Awa Keita	3.3
Carla Lucchini	3.0
Shaylisha Colley	2.8

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIBA U17W - USA Golden again, undefeated again. 2011-12-26. fiba.com. 2012-08-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20120906020439/http://amsterdam2012.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/12/fu17wc/women/news/p/eid/9041/nid/53651/sid/9041/article.html. 2012-09-06. dead.
2. Web site: FIBA – Fields set for U17 World Championships. 2011-12-26. fiba.com. 2012-05-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20150118235823/http://kaunas2012.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/12/fu17wc/men/news/p/nid/50238/article.html. 2015-01-18. dead.
3. Web site: FIBA – Groups set for U17 Women following Amsterdam draw. https://web.archive.org/web/20120216210038/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/news/presRele/p/newsid/50598/presReleArti.html. dead. February 16, 2012. 2012-09-10. fiba.com.