Interesting Pool For New Zealand At U19 World Champs In Auckland

The New Zealand Junior Tall Blacks have been pooled with Argentina, Croatia and Kazakhstan in group D for the FIBA U19 Championship for Men in Auckland from July 2-12 after the official draw on Monday.

The JTBs, who will be competing in the U19 world championship for the first time, open their tournament against Argentina at the North Shore Events Centre on Tuesday, June 2.

“We’ve played both Argentina and Croatia at the Albert Schweitzer tournament last year, so we’ve experienced how they play,” Junior Tall Blacks point guard Logan van Beek(Canterbury) said following the draw for the ninth U19 championship at SkyCity in Auckland.
“It’s going to be tough but we’ve seen these teams before and we know what areas we have to improve to beat them. This is the first time the world championships have been in New Zealand and to play at home is going to be amazing.”

The USA, beaten finalists at the last U19 world championship in 2007, will be joined by France, Iran and Egypt in group B, while European power Spain will play Oceania champions Australia, Canada and Syria in group C, and Greece, Lithuania, Angola and Puerto Rico meet in group A.

The FIBA U19 Championship for Men, the third largest FIBA tournament and biggest for 2009, runs from July 2-12 at the North Shore Events Centre and ASB Stadium. The championship will be broadcast to 140 countries and an estimated audience of over 100 million.

 

Group A

Lithuania

Greece

Angola

Puerto Rico

 

Group B

France

Iran

USA

Egypt

 

Group C

Canada

Spain

Syria

Australia

 

Group D

Argentina

Croatia

New Zealand

Kazakhstan

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K
1	FIBA U 19 World Championship 2009 - Auckland, New Zealand
2
3
4			Seed 1							Seed 2
5			USA							LTU
6			ARG							CRO
7			AUS							FRA
8			GRE							ESP
9
10			Seed 3							Seed 4
11			NZL							KAZ
12			CAN							SYR
13			PUR							EGY
14			IRI							ANG
15
16
17			A							C
18			GRE							AUS
19			LTU							ESP
20			PUR							CAN
21			ANG							SYR
22
23			B							D
24			USA							ARG
25			FRA							CRO
26			IRI							NZL
27			EGY							KAZ
28
29
30			A							C
31		1	LTU						1	CAN
32		2	GRE						2	ESP
33		3	ANG						3	SYR
34		4	PUR						4	AUS
35
36			B							D
37		1	FRA						1	CRO
38		2	IRI						2	ARG
39		3	USA						3	NZL
40		4	EGY						4	KAZ
41
42
43	Day 1										02.07.
44		1	LTU	vs	PUR		5	CAN	vs	AUS
45		2	GRE	vs	ANG		6	ESP	vs	SYR
46		3	FRA	vs	EGY		7	CRO	vs	KAZ
47		4	IRI	vs	USA		8	ARG	vs	NZL
48
49	Day 2										03.07.
50		9	ANG	vs	LTU		13	SYR	vs	CAN
51		10	PUR	vs	GRE		14	AUS	vs	ESP
52		11	USA	vs	FRA		15	NZL	vs	CRO
53		12	EGY	vs	IRI		16	KAZ	vs	ARG
54
55	Day 3										04.07.
56		17	LTU	vs	GRE		21	CAN	vs	ESP
57		18	ANG	vs	PUR		22	SYR	vs	AUS
58		19	FRA	vs	IRI		23	CRO	vs	ARG
59		20	USA	vs	EGY		24	NZL	vs	KAZ
60
61	Day 4					Day off					05.07.
62
63					E	F
64					A1	C1
65					A2	C2
66					A3	C3
67					B1	D1
68					B2	D2
69					B3	D3
70
71	Day 5										06.07.
72		25	A4	vs	B4		26	C4	vs	D4
73		27	B2	vs	A2		28	B3	vs	A1
74		29	B1	vs	A3		30	D2	vs	C2
75		31	D3	vs	C1		32	D1	vs	C3
76
77	Day 6										07.07.
78		33	Loser