FIBA U17 World Cup 2022 friendlies
Here is a list of played and up-coming friendlies ahead of the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2022 - including box scores and videos/highlights where available
The FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2022 is right around the corner and the teams are in final preparations for the sixth edition of the competition - including friendly games. Here is a list of the games that have been played and are planned. Box scores and videos/highlights have been included where available.
June 4: Slovenia 74-69 Poland
Slovenia: Dizadrevic 7, Popovic 0, Smitran 0, Vukovic 0, Stebe 0, Vrabec 7, Pris 9, Lican 17, Rener 2, Urbanja 15, Tratar 13, Bolcina 2, Kump 2, Dragan 0
Poland: Kuczawski 12, Kosiorowski 10, Samiec 10, Jaworski 2, Orlowski DNP, Sowinski 3, Nowicki 17, Urban 0, Sternicki 1, Zapart 2, Nagel 0, Szumert 11, Siewruk 1
June 5: Slovenia 77-72 Poland
Slovenia: Vukotic 0, Tratar 16, Smitran 0, Popovic 7, Urbanja 13, Dizadrevic 9, Vrabec 6, Regorsek 4, Lican 6, Borisek 2, Pris 6, Rener 2, Dragan 2, Stebe 4
Poland: Kuczawski 12, Kosiorowski 9, Samiec 10, Jaworski 6, Orlowski 3, Sowinski 5, Nowicki 16, Urban 0, Sternicki 2, Zapart DNP, Nagel 0, Szumert 4, Siewruk 5
June 11: Serbia 77-59 Slovenia (17-12, 24-16, 23-17, 13-14)
Serbia: Curcic 8, Djulovic 10, Markovic 4, Musicki, Bosnjakovic 7, Tasic 2, Stankovic 7, Dozic 2, Avlijas, Milosevic 16, Jovic 14, Gacic 4, Mikic 1, Gagic 2.
Slovenia: Rener 11, Urbanija, Popovic 2, Lican 5, Vrabec, Vide 13, Pierce 7, Dizdarevic 8, Smitran 2, Tratar 12, Regorsek, Pehernik.
June 12: Serbia 80-65 Slovenia (25-15, 17-10, 18-21, 20-19)
Serbia: Romic, Curcic, Djulovic 12, Markovic 4, Bosnjakovic 11, Nikolic 8, Tasic, Popovic, Ristic 7, Stankovic 12, Dozic, Avlijas, Milosevic 3, Jovic 18, Gacic 3, Nekic 2.
Slovenia: Lican 8, Popovic, Urbanija 11, Smitran, Rener 4, Borisek, Vide 22, Dizdarevic 3, Pierce 13, Vrabec 2, Pahernik 2, Regorsek, Tratar.
June 17: France 69-55 Serbia
June 17 Poland 81-68 Lithuania
June 18: Spain 64-62 France
June 18 - Poland 82-77 Lithuania
June 18: Slovenia U17 66-71 Slovenia U18 (20-13, 10-22, 25-16, 11-20)
June 19: Serbia 85-74 Spain
June 19: Slovenia U17 73-67 Slovenia U18 (16-21, 17-12, 16-14, 24-20)
June 22: France 95-79 Poland (47-39 halftime)
Here is a link to the streamed France vs Poland game
June 23: France 92-81 Poland
France picked up another win in their preparations for the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2022, knocking off Poland 92-81. Zaccharie Risacher made 7-of-11 shots in scoring 19 points while Killian Malwaya scored 12 points, Illane Fibleuil and Pacome Dadiet both had 11 points and Elidjah Lamart chipped in 10 points.
France shot a shot 36 percent from three-point range and dominated the boards 47 to 33, but Bernard Faure’s men committed 26 turnovers - including nine combined by Fiblueil and Dadiet.
Poland saw France pull away in the second quarter and lead by 19 points at the break, but Jakub Szumert helped Poland come back and only lost by 11 points. Szumert poured in a game-high 27 points with Marcin Kosiorowski picking up 14 points and Jan Nowicki scoring 13 points. Poland made just 41 percent from the field.
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France coach Bernard Faure after second France-Poland game: (quotes Google translated)
“A catchy Polish team that doesn't let go but certainly blunted from the match the day before. A score largely in our favor at halftime and a slightly more difficult second half, especially in the third quarter during which we tried to vary the defenses. We're not ready for that yet. This match confirms the rise of Zaccharie Risacher and the confirmation of Wilson Jacques who brings us more than in Spain where he was tired. The mark is distributed, we are starting to have good phases of the game in attack with a better sharing of the ball. We still have to realize that the defensive base will allow us to go far in the competition and we still have work to do on this aspect.”
Here is a link to the live stream
June 24: Serbia 74-47 Egypt (13-9, 16-18, 23-16, 22-4)
Serbia: Ćurčić 5, Đulović 4, Marković 12, Mušicki 4, Bošnjaković 4, Nikolić 6, Tasić, Ristić 10, Dožić, Malešević 6, Jović 6, Gačić 3, Nekić 3, Mikić 9, Gagić 2.
June 24: Spain 82-54 Australia
Spain gave Australia a wakeup call after their undefeated - and unchallenged - run to the FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2022 title with an 82-54 victory in a FIBA U17 Baksetball World Cup 2022 friendly.
Izan Almansa scored 17 points and 8 rebounds to lead Spain while Ruben Vicente and Lucas Langarita both had 11 points, Sergio De Larrea picked up 8 points and 7 assists and Aday Mara chipped in 4 points, 7 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 blocks.
Spain forced 22 turnovers from Australia, who made just 2-of-5 three-pointers. Rocco Zikarsky led the way with 11 points, 9 rebounds and 2 blocks
June 25: Serbia 81-34 Egypt (21-9, 16-8, 27-12, 17-5)
Serbia: Ćurčić 2, Đulović 7, Marković 7, Mušicki, Bošnjaković, Nikolić 5, Ristić 5, Dožić 18, Milošević 4, Gačić 4, Nekić 10, Mikić 15, Gagić 4.
June 25: France 89-59 Argentina
France: Pietrus 13, Pichard 6, Filbleuil 8, Dadiet 9, Lamart 2, Risarcher 7, Penda 5, Logue 10, Majstorovic 0, Diawara 7, Jacques 4, Malwaya 18
Argentina: Bilbao 3, Drocezeski 11, Sinigo 7, Bocca 9, Lomello 2, Perez Barrios 4, Giovannetti 9, Respaud 6, Prome 2, Prato 0, Lopez Lorens 2, Viatri 4
June 26: France 105-38 Argentina
France coach Bernard Faure after the second Argentina game (Quotes Google-translated):
“The first match against Argentina was close until half-time against an opponent tired by travel and jet lag. We have really imposed our game which is getting better and better. Individualities emerge from this match. Killian Malwaya was very skilful. Illian Pietrus takes on an interesting dimension on position 1. Everyone participated in the brand. Our opponent had some limits, especially in the interior game. The revenge was one-sided, the Argentinians did not know how to find the means to approach our defense which was much better in place. We only lost 7 balls. We will have to increase our level of play to approach the World Cup but this preparation has been beneficial in every way. We have a small concern about Killian Malwaya who played very little yesterday due to a sore knee. We will do the exams during the day.”
June 27: Spain 80-49 Lithuania 19-13, 19-10, 19-12, 23-14
Spain picked up another comfortable victory in their preparations for the home FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2022, easing past Lithuania 80-49. Sergio De Larrea led the way with 18 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 5 steals while Conrad Martinez had 11 points and 6 assists. Bruno Vidarte was the only Spanish player to play more than 21 minutes but the team struggled to just 27 percent on three-pointers (7/26) and committed 20 turnovers.
Lithuania committed 25 turnovers and shot only 30 percent for the game. Danas Kazakevicius had 11 points, Justas Stonkus scored 10 points and Petras Padegimas was limited to 5 points on 2/10 shooting but did grab 9 rebounds (6 ORs), 3 assists and 2 steals.
June 27: Slovenia 83-73 Canada
June 27: Australia 70-73 Unicaja Malaga U20 team
June 27: Egypt vs Serbian club - game cancelled
June 28: Egypt vs Serbian club (updates coming soon)
June 28: Spain vs Dominican Republic (update coming soon)
June 28: Slovenia vs Canada (update coming soon)
June 28: Lithuania vs USA (update coming soon)
June 29: Spain vs USA
Halftime stats
Third quarter stats
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