FIBA U17 World Championship is underway, BiH arrive as European champions

The 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship will take place in Zaragoza, Spain, from 23 June to 3 July. The only country from our region that will participate at this tournament is Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Can someone dethrone the USA? That is the main question before the 4th edition of the FIBA U17 World Championship, simply because the Americans have won all 3 gold medals so far. In 2010 they defeated Poland in the finals, while both in 2012 and 2014 the USA overpowered Australia in the gold medal match.

One of the teams that will try to confront the mighty Americans this year is Bosnia and Herzegovina. They are arriving at the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship as the reigning European champions and with extremely talented group of players led by Cedevita top prospect Džanan Musa.

This is the roster of Bosnia and Herzegovina that will compete at the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship: Sani Čampara, Adi Alikadić, Emir Bačvić, Džanan Musa, Miladin Vlačić, Lazar Mutić, Vedran Mirković, Srđan Kočić, Amar Barukčija, Drago Cvitanović, Emir Čerkezović i Aljoša Janković.

Take a look at all Groups at the 2016 FIBA U17 World Championship:

Group A: USA, Egypt, Turkey, Chinese Taipei.

Group B: Argentina, Spain, Mali, Lithuania.

Group C: Australia, Finland, China, Canada.

Group D: Bosnia and Herzegovina, South Korea, France, Dominican Republic.

Each team will play against all other teams in its own group (a total of 3 games for each team), while then all teams will qualify for the Round of 16, where they will cross between Groups A & B and C & D (A1 v B4, C2 v D3, etc.). The winners of the Round of 16 games advance to the Quarter-Finals.