2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup explained

Tourney Name:	2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup
Size:	270px
Country:	Hungary
Dates:	9–17 July
Num Teams:	16
Confederations:	5
Venues:	2
Cities:	1
Count:	5
Games:	56
Attendance:	4853
Mvp:	JuJu Watkins
Top Scorer:	Annika Soltau (20.3 points per game)
Website:	www.fiba.basketball
Prevseason:	2020
Nextseason:	2024

The 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup (Hungarian: 2022-es FIBA U17-es női kosárlabda-világbajnokság) was an international basketball competition held in Debrecen, Hungary from 9 to 17 July 2022.^[1] It is the seventh edition of the FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup. Sixteen national teams competed in the tournament.

The United States captured their fifth title after a finals win over Spain, while France defeated Canada to grab the bronze medal.^[2]

To be eligible for this competition, players must be born on or after 1 January 2005.^[3]

Qualified teams

Means of qualification	Date(s)	Venue(s)	Berth(s)	Qualifiers
Host nation	31 January 2020^[4]		1
2021 FIBA U16 Women's European Challengers^[5]	9–16 August 2021	Various	5	^1
	23–29 August 2021		4
	7–15 August 2021		2
	24–30 June 2022		4
Total			16

¹ Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and was replaced by Serbia.^{[6] [7]}

Draw

The draw took place on 22 March 2022.^{[8] [9]}

Seeding

+ Pot 1 width=150 Team

+ Pot 2 width=150 Team

+ Pot 3 width=150 Team

+ Pot 4 width=170 Team

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Final round

Round of 16

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9–16th classification playoffs

9–16th place quarterfinals

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13–16th place semifinals

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9–12th place semifinals

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Ninth place game

Quarterfinals

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5–8th classification playoffs

5–8th place semifinals

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Fifth place game

Semifinals

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Final

Final ranking

Rank	width=170	Team !	Record
		7–0
		6–1
		6–1
4th		4–3
5th		4–3
6th		5–2
7th		4–3
8th		2–5
9th		5–2
10th		2–5
11th		3–4
12th		2–5
13th		4–3
14th		1–6
15th		1–6
16th		0–7

Statistics and awards

Statistical leaders

Players

Points

Name	PPG^[10]
Annika Soltau	20.3
	18.0
Jana El-Alfy	16.4
Marine Dursus	14.7
	14.0

Rebounds

Name	RPG
Toby Fournier	11.4
Jana El-Alfy	11.0
Isla Juffermans	10.6
	10.0
Awa Fam Thiam	9.9

Assists

Name	APG
Iyana Martín Carrión	6.1
Lea Bartelme	5.6
Jaloni Cambridge	5.1
Lili Bajzáth	align=center rowspan=2	4.9
Saffron Shiels

Blocks

Name	BPG
Ritorya Tamilo	3.1
	3.0
Jana Sallman	2.3
Toby Fournier	align=center rowspan=2	2.1
Isla Juffermans

Steals

Name	SPG
	4.6
Inès Salahy	3.3
Mariam Sarr	3.1
Morgan Cheli	align=center rowspan=3	3.0
Marine Dursus
Kim Soo-in

Efficiency

Name	EFFPG
	22.4
Toby Fournier	19.4
	19.3
Awa Fam Thiam	18.4
Pauline Benoit	align=center rowspan=2	18.1
Jana El-Alfy

Teams

Points

Team	PPG^[11]
	94.7
	80.0
	74.9
	70.7
	70.0

Rebounds

Team	RPG
	57.3
	52.9
	49.9
	49.6
	48.9

Assists

Team	APG
	24.3
	20.7
	20.3
	19.6
	19.0

Blocks

Team	BPG
	align=center rowspan=2	6.4
	5.6
	5.4
	5.1

Steals

Team	SPG
	20.7
	16.4
	15.6
	15.3
	14.7

Efficiency

Team	EFFPG
	124.7
	97.0
	81.4
	79.6
	79.1

Awards

The awards were announced on 17 July 2022.^[12]

Position	Player
	Iyana Martín Carrión
	JuJu Watkins
	Jaloni Cambridge
	Cassandre Prosper
	Dominique Malonga
	JuJu Watkins

External links

• Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIBA Executive Committee get set for exciting line up of events in February. 2 February 2022. FIBA. 2 February 2022.
2. Web site: USA take down Spain for the gold, Malonga inspired France grab dramatic bronze. 17 July 2022. FIBA. 17 July 2022.
3. Web site: Women's U17 National Team Announced . https://web.archive.org/web/20220602023503/https://www.usab.com/news-events/news/2022/06/2022-wu17-national-team.aspx . dead . June 2, 2022 . www.usab.com . 22 June 2022.
4. FIBA Executive Committee focus on upcoming Olympic Qualifying Tournaments . FIBA . 30 August 2021 . Mies, Switzerland . 31 January 2020.
5. Web site: Successful FIBA Youth European Challengers 2021 conclude. 24 August 2021. FIBA. 24 August 2021.
6. Web site: FIBA statement on Russian teams and officials. 1 March 2022. FIBA. 1 March 2022.
7. Web site: FIBA decisions on Russia and Belarus for upcoming competitions. fiba.basketball. 18 May 2022. 4 February 2022.
8. Web site: Stage set for FIBA U17 Women's Basketball World Cup with Hungarian legend Timea Beres to perform draw. 21 March 2022. FIBA.basketball. 21 March 2022.
9. Web site: Draw results in for FIBA U17 Women's Basketball World Cup 2022. 22 March 2022. FIBA.basketball. 22 March 2022.
10. https://www.fiba.basketball/world/u17women/2022/playerstats Statistics
11. Web site: Teams statistical leaders. FIBA. 17 July 2022.
12. Web site: Watkins named TISSOT MVP, leads All-Star Five. 18 July 2022. FIBA.