In Greece the U17 World Basketball Cup in 2028

Another major basketball event will take place in our country. OR Fiba assigned to Greece for the first time in Greece World U17 Basketball Cup of 2028. Probably the event that will bring to the country the world’s greatest talents will take place in Athens.

The Central Council of the World Federation acknowledged that the Hellenic Basketball Federation has built an impressive history of FIBA ​​hosting, including the highly successful pre -Olympic tournament in 2023, while in the EU and the Women’s End. Greece has also recently undertaken to host a group of Men’s Eurobasket of 2029.

Greece will host the ninth event of the FIBA ​​World Cup, where many of the leading young players in world basketball will gather to show their talent and prove why they will be the stars of tomorrow. It is recalled that the U19 World Cup has become four times in the past four times in Athens in Athens, 2003 in Thessaloniki and 2015 and 2019 in Heraklion.

THE Secretary General of FIBA, Andreas Zaglisstated: ‘The FIBA ​​Central Council once again recognized the ability of the Hellenic Basketball Federation to promote our sport through the experience and high quality of hospitality of FIBA ​​events. Taking a look at the previous events, we see how the U17 World Cup showed out players such as Bradley Bill (USA), Mario Hezonia (Croatia), Gabriel Dek (Argentina), Dante Emmou (Australia), or Australia, or Australia. Just a few days before basketball goes on the stage of the Olympic Games in Los Angeles and we are sure that Greece will offer the ideal setting for tomorrow’s stars”

Prior to the 2028 event in Greece, FIBA’s U17 World Cup for 2026 will take place in Turkey from June 27 to July 5th. The 2026 World Women’s World Cup will take place in the Czech Republic from July 11th to 19th, while Indonesia will be the FIBA ​​World Women’s World Cup organizer for 2028.