2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship

The 2007 FIBA Under-19 World Championship was held in Novi Sad, Serbia from July 12 to July 22, 2007. The host nation won the tournament after beating the United States 74–69 in the final.[1] Milan Mačvan was named the tournament MVP.

2007 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host nationSerbia
DatesJuly 12 – July 22
Teams16 
(from 5 federations)
Venues1 
(in 1 host city)
Champions Serbia
(1st title)
MVP Milan Mačvan
Tournament leaders
PlayersTeams
Points Paulão Prestes (23.0)  United States (93.7)
Rebounds Paulão Prestes (14.7)  Nigeria (51.6)
Assists Žygimantas Janavičius (6.6)  Lithuania (19.4)
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Venues
Novi Sad
SPC Vojvodina
Capacity: 11,000

Final standings
RankTeamRecord
 Serbia8–1
 United States8–1
 France6–3
4th  Brazil4–5
5th  Australia8–1
6th  China4–5
7th  Turkey4–5
8th  Spain4–5
9th  Lithuania4–4
10th  Canada4–4
11th  South Korea3–5
12th  Argentina1–7
13th  Nigeria2–3
14th  Lebanon1–4
15th  Mali1–4
16th  Puerto Rico0–5

Medal rosters

4 Mladen Jeremić, 5 Petar Despotović, 6 Dušan Katnić, 7 Stefan Marković, 8 Marko Kešelj, 9 Aleksandar Radulović, 10 Stefan Stojačić, 11 Marko Čakarević, 12 Milan Mačvan, 13 Miroslav Raduljica, 14 Boban Marjanović, 15 Slaven Čupković (Head coach: Miroslav Nikolić)

4 Tajuan Porter, 5 Stephen Curry, 6 Jonny Flynn, 7 Patrick Beverley, 8 Matt Bouldin, 9 David Lighty, 10 Donté Greene, 11 Raymar Morgan, 12 Deon Thompson, 13 Damian Hollis, 14 Michael Beasley, 15 DeAndre Jordan (Head coach: Jerry Wainwright)

4 Jessie Bégarin, 5 Nicolas Batum, 6 Antoine Diot, 7 Abdoulaye M'Baye, 8 Olivier Romain, 9 Alexis Ajinça, 10 Benoît Mangin, 11 Edwin Jackson, 12 Rudy Etilopy, 13 Kim Tillie, 14 Ludovic Vaty, 15 Adrien Moerman (Head coach: Richard Billant)

Referees
  • Carlos José Julio
  • Marcos Fornies Benito
  • Yanping Song
  • Eddie Viator
  • Konstantinos Koromilas
  • Enrico Sabetta
  • Yuji Hirahara
  • Tomas Jasevičius
  • Ilija Belošević
  • Recep Ankaralı
  • Jeff Nichols

References
  1. "SP U19: Srbija šampion sveta!" (in Serbian). b92.net. July 22, 2007.
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