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Under 19’s Men’s World Cup Team Announcement
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Under 19’s Men’s World Cup Team Announcement

 

Basketball Australia have completed the 4 day U19 Men’s camp at the HP Centre and finalised the team to participate in the 15th edition of the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2021, which will take place in the cities of Riga and Daugavpils from 3 -11 July 2021.

Australia have drawn Pool D along with USA, Turkey and Mali.

Head Coach Darren Perry said  “there was a consistent high level of performance by all players at selection camp resulting in some very tough calls being made. Our team for the World Cup in July is versatile and will be able to play with pressure defense and have the ability to score the basketball in many different ways. We know that all our opponents will be formidable and we look forward to meeting all challenges that come our way and to represent our country with honour.”

This is the third Junior World Championships for Tamuri Wigness, who previously participated in 2017 U17 and 2019 U19 FIBA World Cup’s.

The selected team has talent from across the NBL clubs , including: Akoldah Gak – Illawarra Hawks, Tamuri Wigness and Blake Jones – Brisbane Bullets, Jaylin Galloway and Biwali Bayles – Sydney Kings.

Number # Name Height Home State
4 Taran Armstrong 196cm Tasmania
5 Biwali Bayles 182cm New South Wales
6 Reyne Smith 185cm Tasmania
7 Tamuri Wigness 182cm Queensland
8 Jaylin Galloway 202cm Queensland
9 Blake Jones 204cm Queensland
10 Bol Dengdit 210cm Victoria
11 Dyson Daniels 202cm Victoria
12 Leyi Adebayo 204cm Victoria
13 Akoldah Gak 210cm New South Wales
14 David Okwera 210cm Western Australia
15 Yaak Yaak 210cm South Australia

Game Schedule
Saturday 3 July                 Mali v Australia
Sunday 4 July                   Australia v Turkey
Tuesday 6 July                 Australia v USA
Wednesday 7 July            Round of 16
Friday 9 July                     Quarter finals
Saturday 10 July              Semi Finals
Sunday 11 July                 Finals

FIBA U19 World Cup Website http://www.fiba.basketball/world/u19/2021/games

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