New system launched for FIBA World Ranking Youth, presented by Nike

08/02/2022

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New system launched for FIBA World Ranking Youth, presented by Nike

MIES (Switzerland) - Following a successful year of youth events with the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cups, FIBA has launched the new system for the FIBA World Ranking Youth categories.

The basic principle of the new Youth's system is the same as the FIBA World Ranking Senior system, introduced before the launch of the FIBA Basketball World Cup 2019 Qualifiers in November 2017.

Let's do the math!

Moving from a competition-based system to game-based, the new ranking is calculated according to the results of games from the past 2 editions of the U19 and U17 FIBA World Cups as well as the 2 most recent editions of Youth Continental Cups. This replaces the system in place under the previous ranking where an eight-year period was taken into consideration for ranking elaboration.

For the new FIBA World Ranking Girls, presented by Nike, champions of the most recent U19 and U17 Women's Basketball World Cups the USA maintain their top-ranked spot with 817.9 points, Australia second place with 684.7 points, France third with 666.2 points, China fourth with 641.9 points, and Spain a close fifth with 627.2 points. The full FIBA World Ranking Girls, presented by Nike, can be found here.

The top 2 teams of the FIBA World Ranking Girls, presented by Nike, battled during the 2021 FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup in Debrecen.

For the new FIBA World Ranking Boys, presented by Nike, champions of the most recent U19 and U17 Basketball World Cups the USA maintain their top-ranked spot with 828.7 points, Spain second place with 685.9 points, France third with 679.3 points, Canada fourth with 653.8 points, and Turkey fifth with 647.4 points. The full FIBA World Ranking Boys, presented by Nike, can be found here.

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