Tournament website: http://www.fiba.basketball/3x3U18WorldCup/2021
Men
Pool A: Kazakhstan, Brazil, France, Indonesia, Ukraine
Pool B: Russia, Dominican Republic, Lithuania, Hungary, Mongolia
Pool C: Egypt, Belarus, Germany, Romania, Israel
Pool D: Estonia, Latvia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, United States
Women
Pool A: Egypt, Netherlands, Ukraine, Spain, Romania
Pool B: Russia, Belarus, Mongolia, Slovenia, United States
Pool C: Germany, Latvia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Israel
Pool D: France, Estonia, Hungary, Switzerland
Apparently Egypt is the #1 ranked team in the women's tournament. The US, having won four of the last six tournaments and finished runner-up in the other two, is seeded #18 of the 19 teams.
US teams:
Astute readers of this forum may remember that Dick, Filipowski, and Rice all played in the inaugural Jr. NBA championship a few years ago.
Men
Pool A: Kazakhstan, Brazil, France, Indonesia, Ukraine
Pool B: Russia, Dominican Republic, Lithuania, Hungary, Mongolia
Pool C: Egypt, Belarus, Germany, Romania, Israel
Pool D: Estonia, Latvia, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, United States
Women
Pool A: Egypt, Netherlands, Ukraine, Spain, Romania
Pool B: Russia, Belarus, Mongolia, Slovenia, United States
Pool C: Germany, Latvia, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Israel
Pool D: France, Estonia, Hungary, Switzerland
Apparently Egypt is the #1 ranked team in the women's tournament. The US, having won four of the last six tournaments and finished runner-up in the other two, is seeded #18 of the 19 teams.
US teams:
Playing for the U.S. men will be: Eric Dailey Jr. (IMG Academy/Tampa, Fla.), Gradey Dick (Sunrise Christian Academy/Wichita, Kan.), Kyle Filipowski (Wilbraham & Monson Academy, Mass./Slate Hill, N.Y.) and Keyonte George (iSchool of Lewisville/Lewisville, Texas).
The U.S. women’s team features: Janiah Barker (Tampa Bay Tech H.S., Fla./Marietta, Ga.), Ayanna Patterson (Homestead H.S./Fort Wayne, Ind.), Kiki Rice (Sidwell Friends School/Bethesda, Md.) and Mikaylah Williams (Parkway H.S./Bossier City, La.).
The U.S. women’s team features: Janiah Barker (Tampa Bay Tech H.S., Fla./Marietta, Ga.), Ayanna Patterson (Homestead H.S./Fort Wayne, Ind.), Kiki Rice (Sidwell Friends School/Bethesda, Md.) and Mikaylah Williams (Parkway H.S./Bossier City, La.).
Astute readers of this forum may remember that Dick, Filipowski, and Rice all played in the inaugural Jr. NBA championship a few years ago.
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