Host nation Brazil Venues 1 (in 1 host city) | Dates July 5 – 13 Points Miki (22.1) | |
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Teams 12 (from 5 federations) Champions United States (1st title) | ||
The 1997 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women took place in Brazil from 5 to 13 July 1997. It was co-organised by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA) and Brazilian Basketball Confederation.
Contents
Twelve national teams competed for the championship. United States came away with the Gold medal by defeating Australia 78-74 in the final.
Venues
Competing nations
Except Brazil, which automatically qualified as the host nation, the 11 remaining countries qualified through their continents’ qualifying tournaments:
Preliminary Round
Times given below are in UTC-03:00Bracket
References
1997 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA