2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women

FIBA World Championship
for Women 2009
15.75th FIBA Basketball World
Championship for Women
Official website
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Tournament details
Host nation  Thailand
Dates July 23 – August 2
Teams 16 (from 5 federations)
Venues (in 1 host city)
Champions  United States (4th title)
MVP Marta Xargay
Tournament statistics
Players Teams
PPG Cambage (20.4) United States (86.6)
Rebounds Coulibaly (11.5) United States (45.7)
Assists Qiu (4.6) Australia(12.8)

The 2009 FIBA Under-19 World Championship for Women was hosted by Thailand from July 23 until August 2, 2009. Teams will play a round robin schedule, with the top four teams of the eighth-final four advancing to the knockout stage.

The USA won their fourth title. The other medalists in the tournament were Spain (silver) and Argentina (bronze). Spain's Marta Xargay was chosen as the tournaments MVP with an average of 15.4 PPG. Australia also had a strong tournament led by Elizabeth Cambage and had a solid 8-1 record at the end of the tournament. Unfortunately they dropped the one match by one point to Canada in the Quarter-Finals. Eventually they finished 5th.

In the Gold Medal Game, the USA defeated Spain 87-71 despite losing the previous time they met at the tournament 86-90. In the Bronze Medal Match Argentina slipped a victory against the Canadians 58-51.

The host nation Thailand suffered in the tournament despite the home crowd finishing 16th in the 16 team tournament. They finished with a final record of 0-5.

Contents

Venues

The tournament was played in one venue. It was held at the Bangkok Thai-Japan Youth Center. The center had two arenas.

Competing Nations

FIBA Africa (2)
FIBA Asia (4)
FIBA Americas (4)
FIBA Oceania (1)
FIBA Europe (5)

Group Stage

Times Given Below are in Thai Standard Time (UTC+07)

Group A

Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Tiebreaker
 Australia 3 3 0 240 149 +91 6
 Argentina 3 2 1 184 196 -12 5
 France 3 1 2 204 173 +31 4
 Korea 3 0 3 151 261 −110 3
23 July 2009 Report France  89–47  Korea    Bangkok Thai-Japan Youth Center-Arena, Bangkok
Scoring by quarter: 21-14, 26-12, 16-16, 26-5
Pts: Vernerey , Thizy 14
Rebs: Vernerey 8
Asts: Konate 5
Pts: Kim 12
Rebs: Lee 9
Asts: Lee, Ahn, Cha, Kim 1