1999 FIBA Under-19 Basketball World Cup
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates15–25 July
Teams16
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Spain (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPRussia Andrei Kirilenko
Top scorerQatar Yasseen Musa (25.0)
Top reboundsNigeria Olumide Oyedeji (13.0)
Top assistsVenezuela Manuel Berroteran (5.0)
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1999 FIBA U19 World Championship
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The 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship (Portuguese: Campeonato Mundial Sub-19 da FIBA de 1999) was the 6th edition of the FIBA U19 World Championship. It was held in multiple cities in Portugal, with the later rounds held in the capital city of Lisbon, from 15 to 25 July 1999. Spain won their first championship in the tournament, by defeating the United States, 94–87 in the Gold Medal Game. Croatia notched their first-ever podium finish, after defeating Argentina 66–59, in the Bronze Medal Game.[1] Andrei Kirilenko of Russia, was named the tournament MVP.[2]

Venues

Location City Round
Lisbon Second and knockout stages
Porto Preliminary stage
Aveiro Preliminary stage
Almada Preliminary stage
Faro Preliminary stage

Qualified teams

Means of Qualification Dates Venue Berths Qualifiers
Host Nation — — 1  Portugal
Defending Champions 12–22 July 1995 Greece Athens 1  Greece
1998 FIBA Under-18 African Championship 27 August – 3 September 1998 Egypt Alexandria 2  Nigeria
 Egypt
1998 FIBA Under-18 Americas Championship 5–11 July 1998 Dominican Republic Puerto Plata 4  United States
 Argentina
 Brazil
 Venezuela
1998 FIBA Under-18 Asian Championship 5–13 November 1998 India Kolkata 3  China
 Qatar
 Japan
1998 FIBA Under-18 European Championship 3–12 July 1998 Bulgaria Varna 4  Spain
 Croatia
 Latvia
 Russia
1998 FIBA Under-18 Oceania Championship — — 1  Australia
Total 16

Preliminary round

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 3 0 263 219 +44 6 Quarterfinal round
2  Brazil 3 2 1 240 231 +9 5
3  Latvia 3 1 2 215 248 −33 4 Classification Round
4  Nigeria 3 0 3 195 215 −20 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points difference.


15 July 1999
15:30
Nigeria  65–69  Latvia
Scoring by half: 40–28, 25–41
Pts: Oyedeji 15
Rebs: Eze 13
Asts: Oboh, Ideh, Oyedeji 1		 Pts: Ļaksa 16
Rebs: Cipruss 11
Asts: Jumikis 2
15 July 1999
17:30
Spain  91–83  Brazil
Scoring by half: 46–40, 45–43
Pts: Navarro 21
Rebs: Reyes 12
Asts: Navarro, López 2		 Pts: Moura 23
Rebs: Moura 10
Asts: Moura 2
16 July 1999
15:30
Brazil  72–67  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 34–29, 38–38
Pts: Faggeane, Brügger 16
Rebs: Valentin 6
Asts: Moura 3		 Pts: Oyedeji 21
Rebs: Oyedeji 15
Asts: Odaudu 4
16 July 1999
17:30
Latvia  73–98  Spain
Scoring by half: 31–44, 42–54
Pts: Vaikulis 17
Rebs: Grafs 13
Asts: Valters 2		 Pts: Navarro 14
Rebs: Gabriel, Gasol 6
Asts: Navarro, Gonzalez 2
17 July 1999
15:30
Nigeria  63–74  Spain
Scoring by half: 27–38, 36–36
Pts: Jibril 24
Rebs: Oyedeji 8
Asts: Odaudu 4		 Pts: López 22
Rebs: Reyes 13
Asts: Rodríguez 3
17 July 1999
17:30
Brazil  85–73  Latvia
Scoring by half: 43–41, 42–32
Pts: Faggeane 26
Rebs: Giovannoni 9
Asts: Giovannoni 3		 Pts: Ļaksa 26
Rebs: Grafs 6
Asts: Valters 4

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 307 199 +108 6 Quarterfinal round
2  Greece 3 2 1 298 231 +67 5
3  Egypt 3 1 2 201 267 −66 4 Classification Round
4  China 3 0 3 197 306 −109 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points difference.
15 July 1999
19:30
Egypt  66–106  Greece
Scoring by half: 29–47, 37–59
Pts: Abdel-Bary 11
Rebs: Badran 8
Asts: Hussein, Abdel-Bary, El-Kirdani 1		 Pts: Diamantopoulos 27
Rebs: Papadopoulos 13
Asts: Papadopoulos 3
15 July 1999
21:30
United States  119–59  China
Scoring by half: 71–20, 48–39
Pts: C. Williams 18
Rebs: C. Williams 6
Asts: Logan 4		 Pts: Yue 13
Rebs: Jia 4
Asts: Wang 5
16 July 1999
19:30
China  65–82  Egypt
Scoring by half: 36–46, 29–36
Pts: Yue 18
Rebs: Jiao 6
Asts: Liu 5		 Pts: Fanan 20
Rebs: El-Sehrty 10
Asts: Abdel-Bary 5
16 July 1999
21:30
Greece  87–92  United States
Scoring by half: 43–48, 44–44
Pts: Diamantopoulos 26
Rebs: Fotsis 8
Asts: Fotsis 2		 Pts: Wright 28
Rebs: Wright 9
Asts: Dooling 5
17 July 1999
19:30
Egypt  53–96  United States
Scoring by half: 29–48, 24–48
Pts: Abdel-Bary 14
Rebs: Sarhan 8
Asts: Fanan 2		 Pts: Lepore 13
Rebs: Parker 7
Asts: Logan 4
17 July 1999
21:30
China  73–105  Greece
Scoring by half: 40–55, 33–50
Pts: Mo, Jia 16
Rebs: Mo 4
Asts: Liu 6		 Pts: Petropoulos 18
Rebs: Fotsis 10
Asts: Papamakarios 4

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Croatia 3 3 0 207 175 +32 6 Quarterfinal round
2  Argentina 3 2 1 223 199 +24 5
3  Qatar 3 1 2 184 216 −32 4 Classification Round
4  Portugal (H) 3 0 3 222 246 −24 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points difference.
(H) Hosts
15 July 1999
19:30
Argentina  87–82  Portugal
Scoring by half: 43–47, 44–35
Pts: Carrizo [it] 22
Rebs: Carrizo [it], Leiva 6
Asts: Ciorciari 3		 Pts: Silva 14
Rebs: Cunha 5
Asts: Lacerda, Rodrigues, Lourenço 2
15 July 1999
21:30
Qatar  54–61  Croatia
Scoring by half: 27–31, 27–30
Pts: Musa 33
Rebs: Zaidan 12
Asts: Daoud 2		 Pts: Stojić 14
Rebs: Bagarić 11
Asts: Stojić 4
16 July 1999
19:30
Portugal  73–77  Qatar
Scoring by half: 41–40, 32–37
Pts: Cunha 16
Rebs: Cunha 9
Asts: Goncalves 3		 Pts: Musa 34
Rebs: Musa 18
Asts: Musa 4
16 July 1999
21:30
Croatia  64–54  Argentina
Scoring by half: 28–29, 36–25
Pts: Stojić 19
Rebs: Žižić 11
Asts: Stojić 2		 Pts: Chahab 10
Rebs: Kammerichs 6
Asts: Carrizo [it], Lauro 2
17 July 1999
19:30
Portugal  67–82  Croatia
Scoring by half: 39–40, 28–42
Pts: Rodrigues 12
Rebs: Rodrigues 5
Asts: Lacerda 3		 Pts: Stojić 21
Rebs: Džidić 12
Asts: Stojić 4
17 July 1999
21:30
Qatar  53–82  Argentina
Scoring by half: 28–36, 25–46
Pts: Musa 13
Rebs: Rahman, Zaidan 6
Asts: Salem 2		 Pts: Chahab 22
Rebs: Malara, Leiva 7
Asts: Alba, Lauro, Leiva 2

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 3 0 284 209 +75 6 Quarterfinal round
2  Australia 3 2 1 226 193 +33 5
3  Venezuela 3 1 2 213 218 −5 4 Classification Round
4  Japan 3 0 3 205 308 −103 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points difference.
15 July 1999
15:30
Japan  82–118  Russia
Scoring by half: 39–62, 43–56
Pts: Murayama 31
Rebs: Kashiwakura 5
Asts: Kashiwakura, Murayama, K. Sato 2		 Pts: Kirilenko 26
Rebs: Kirilenko 13
Asts: Kirilenko 6
15 July 1999
17:30
Australia  70–52  Venezuela
Scoring by half: 32–18, 38–34
Pts: Rice 14
Rebs: Andersen 12
Asts: Clowry, Black 2		 Pts: M. Berroterán 18
Rebs: Julio 6
Asts: M. Berroterán, Herrera 1
16 July 1999
15:30
Venezuela  95–59  Japan
Scoring by half: 46–24, 49–35
Pts: Romero 15
Rebs: Julio 12
Asts: Julio 3		 Pts: Murayama 20
Rebs: Uzawa 4
Asts: Tabuse 4
16 July 1999
17:30
Russia  77–61  Australia
Scoring by half: 34–32, 43–29
Pts: Kirilenko 19
Rebs: Kirilenko 12
Asts: Vokhmianine 2		 Pts: Rice 14
Rebs: Andersen 8
Asts: Andersen 2
17 July 1999
15:30
Japan  64–95  Australia
Scoring by half: 28–38, 36–57
Pts: Kikuchi 15
Rebs: Kashiwakura 5
Asts: Kashiwakura 4		 Pts: Andersen 22
Rebs: Andersen 16
Asts: Black 6
17 July 1999
17:30
Venezuela  66–89  Russia
Scoring by half: 30–46, 36–43
Pts: Cappare 16
Rebs: Julio 5
Asts: M. Berroterán 2		 Pts: Toporov 25
Rebs: Kirilenko 13
Asts: Kirilenko 4

Quarterfinal round

Group E

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Spain 3 2 1 218 208 +10 5 Semi-finals
2  Croatia 3 2 1 186 185 +1 5
3  Australia 3 1 2 203 208 −5 4 5th–8th Classification
4  Greece 3 1 2 207 213 −6 4
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points difference.
19 July 1999
15:30
Spain  80–75  Australia
Scoring by half: 41–40, 39–35
Pts: Navarro 26
Rebs: Reyes 9
Asts: Cabezas, Navarro 3		 Pts: Andersen 21
Rebs: Looke, Sheridan 5
Asts: Andersen 6
19 July 1999
17:30
Croatia  73–59  Greece
Scoring by half: 29–25, 44–34
Pts: Stojić 25
Rebs: Džidić 10
Asts: Stojić 4		 Pts: Papadopoulos 17
Rebs: Papadopoulos 9
Asts: Papamakarios 4
20 July 1999
15:30
Australia  56–58  Croatia
Scoring by half: 24–21, 32–37
Pts: Rice 20
Rebs: Andersen 13
Asts: Andersen, Black 3		 Pts: Žižić 19
Rebs: Žižić 9
Asts: Džidić, Stojić 2
20 July 1999
17:30
Greece  78–68  Spain
Scoring by half: 45–34, 33–34
Pts: Diamantopoulos 25
Rebs: Papadopoulos 7
Asts: Diamantopoulos, Agadakos 2		 Pts: Navarro 15
Rebs: Reyes 6
Asts: López 3
21 July 1999
15:30
Spain  70–55  Croatia
Scoring by half: 41–36, 29–19
Pts: Navarro 19
Rebs: Gabriel 11
Asts: López 3		 Pts: Žižić 13
Rebs: Stojić 10
Asts: Stojić 2
21 July 1999
17:30
Greece  70–72  Australia
Scoring by half: 43–39, 27–33
Pts: Fotsis 16
Rebs: Papadopoulos 8
Asts: Pappas 2		 Pts: Rice 25
Rebs: Black 4
Asts: Black 4

Group F

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  United States 3 3 0 256 212 +44 6 Semi-finals
2  Argentina 3 1 2 215 206 +9 4[a]
3  Russia 3 1 2 222 235 −13 4[a] 5th–8th Classification
4  Brazil 3 1 2 222 262 −40 4[a]
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points difference.
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Argentina ahead on head-to-head points difference: ARG +21; RUS +1; BRA –22
19 July 1999
19:30
Brazil  91–89 (OT)  Russia
Scoring by half: 32–44, 45–33 Overtime: 14–12
Pts: Faggeane 24
Rebs: Moura 11
Asts: Pinheiro 3		 Pts: Karimov 23
Rebs: Karimov 13
Asts: Padius 5
19 July 1999
21:30
Argentina  71–83  United States
Scoring by half: 35–51, 36–32
Pts: Calderon 17
Rebs: Calderon 6
Asts: Leiva 3		 Pts: Logan 15
Rebs: Simmons 8
Asts: Simmons 3
20 July 1999
19:30
United States  89–71  Brazil
Scoring by half: 36–37, 53–34
Pts: L. Williams 22
Rebs: L. Williams 8
Asts: Logan 4		 Pts: Pinheiro 25
Rebs: Moura 8
Asts: Campos, Amaral 2
20 July 1999
21:30
Russia  63–60 (OT)  Argentina
Scoring by half: 19–22, 32–29 Overtime: 12–9
Pts: Vokhmianine, Padius 12
Rebs: Karimov 10
Asts: Vokhmianine 3		 Pts: Chahab 17
Rebs: Calderon 13
Asts: Lauro 3
21 July 1999
19:30
Brazil  60–84  Argentina
Scoring by half: 33–37, 27–47
Pts: Faggeane, Valentin 10
Rebs: Valentin 5
Asts: Giovannoni 3		 Pts: Carrizo [it] 17
Rebs: Leiva 8
Asts: Leiva 5
21 July 1999
21:30
United States  84–70  Russia
Scoring by half: 43–40, 41–30
Pts: Dooling 18
Rebs: Wright 7
Asts: Logan 4		 Pts: Kirilenko 23
Rebs: Karimov 8
Asts: Kirilenko 1

Group G

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Latvia 3 3 0 272 222 +50 6 9th–12th Classification
2  Qatar 3 2 1 236 213 +23 5
3  Japan 3 1 2 234 254 −20 4 13th–16th Classification
4  China 3 0 3 207 260 −53 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points difference.
19 July 1999
19:30
Latvia  94–86  Japan
Scoring by half: 51–52, 43–34
Pts: Jumikis 22
Rebs: Grafs 15
Asts: Grafs 4		 Pts: Kikuchi 29
Rebs: Yamada 5
Asts: Tabuse, Kashiwakura, K. Sato 5
19 July 1999
21:30
Qatar  83–64  China
Scoring by half: 50–33, 33–31
Pts: Musa 27
Rebs: Zaidan 14
Asts: Al Nasr 4		 Pts: Mo 14
Rebs: Mo 6
Asts: Liu, Mo, Li D. 1
20 July 1999
19:30
China  66–98  Latvia
Scoring by half: 29–50, 37–48
Pts: Yan 17
Rebs: Jia 14
Asts: Li D. 3		 Pts: Vaikulis 21
Rebs: Jumikis 10
Asts: Valters, Vaikulis 4
20 July 1999
21:30
Japan  69–83  Qatar
Scoring by half: 36–40, 33–43
Pts: Kikuchi 25
Rebs: Sato, Yamada 6
Asts: Tabuse 4		 Pts: Musa 32
Rebs: Musa 24
Asts: Zaidan 3
21 July 1999
19:30
China  77–79  Japan
Scoring by half: 39–48, 38–31
Pts: Liu 22
Rebs: Wang, Li D. 8
Asts: Li D. 3		 Pts: Murayama 17
Rebs: Sato 6
Asts: Tabuse 7
21 July 1999
21:30
Latvia  80–70  Qatar
Scoring by half: 46–36, 34–34
Pts: Valters 24
Rebs: Grafs 13
Asts: Valters, Jumikis 3		 Pts: Musa 29
Rebs: Musa 17
Asts: Daoud 4

Group H

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1  Venezuela 3 3 0 250 230 +20 6 9th–12th Classification
2  Nigeria 3 2 1 210 186 +24 5
3  Egypt 3 1 2 200 224 −24 4 13th–16th Classification
4  Portugal (H) 3 0 3 185 205 −20 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points difference.
(H) Hosts
19 July 1999
15:30
Nigeria  71–75 (OT)  Venezuela
Scoring by half: 38–32, 26–32 Overtime: 7–11
Pts: Jibril 12
Rebs: Oyedeji 19
Asts: Odaudu 5		 Pts: Romero 27
Rebs: Nava 7
Asts: M. Berroterán 7
Faro
Attendance: 1100
19 July 1999
17:30
Portugal  57–58  Egypt
Scoring by half: 30–27, 27–31
Pts: Silva 11
Rebs: Sekunda 10
Asts: Silva 3		 Pts: Abdel-Bary 15
Rebs: Fanan 7
Asts: Hussein 3
Faro
Attendance: 1200
20 July 1999
15:30
Egypt  50–67  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 22–27, 28–40
Pts: Abdel-Bary 15
Rebs: Badran 12
Asts: Fanan 5		 Pts: Eze 12
Rebs: Oyedeji 19
Asts: Odaudu 5
20 July 1999
17:30
Venezuela  75–67  Portugal
Scoring by half: 39–31, 36–36
Pts: Romero 17
Rebs: Nava 12
Asts: M. Berroterán 7		 Pts: Pereira 17
Rebs: Rodrigues 9
Asts: Alves 3
Faro
Attendance: 1300
21 July 1999
15:30
Egypt  92–100 (OT)  Venezuela
Scoring by half: 39–36, 45–48 Overtime: 8–16
Pts: Fanan 24
Rebs: Badran 10
Asts: Hussein 5		 Pts: Cappare 33
Rebs: Nava 11
Asts: M. Berroterán 11
21 July 1999
17:30
Nigeria  72–61  Portugal
Scoring by half: 42–40, 30–21
Pts: Jibril 16
Rebs: Oyedeji 16
Asts: Okafor 1		 Pts: Silva 25
Rebs: Sekunda 12
Asts: Goncalves 2
Faro
Attendance: 1300

Classification 13th–16th

 
13th–16th classificationThirteenth place
 
      
 
23 July – Lisbon
 
 
 Japan87
 
24 July – Lisbon
 
 Portugal85
 
 Japan83
 
23 July – Lisbon
 
 Egypt90
 
 China71
 
 
 Egypt79
 
Fifteenth place
 
 
25 July – Lisbon
 
 
 Portugal75
 
 
 China76

Semifinals

23 July 1999
Japan  87–85  Portugal
Scoring by half: 38–36, 49–49
Pts: Kikuchi 27
Rebs: Uzawa 9
Asts: Kashiwakura 2		 Pts: Silva 19
Rebs: Cunha 14
Asts: Goncalves 4
23 July 1999
China  71–79  Egypt
Scoring by half: 37–37, 34–42
Pts: Jia 20
Rebs: Jia 8
Asts: Liu 2		 Pts: Abdel-Bary 29
Rebs: El-Sehrty 10
Asts: Hussein 3

15th place

24 July 1999
China  76–75  Portugal
Scoring by half: 38–48, 38–27
Pts: Liu 18
Rebs: Mo 11
Asts: Jia 4		 Pts: Silva 22
Rebs: Cunha 9
Asts: Lacerda 3

13th place

24 July 1999
Egypt  90–83  Japan
Scoring by half: 43–33, 47–50
Pts: Abdel-Bary 25
Rebs: Badran 18
Asts: Fanan 5		 Pts: Murayama 22
Rebs: Uzawa 9
Asts: Kashiwakura 4

Classification 9th–12th

 
9th–12th classificationNinth place
 
      
 
23 July – Lisbon
 
 
 Latvia71
 
25 July – Lisbon
 
 Nigeria56
 
 Latvia68
 
23 July – Lisbon
 
 Qatar61
 
 Qatar70
 
 
 Venezuela69
 
Eleventh place
 
 
25 July – Lisbon
 
 
 Nigeria92
 
 
 Venezuela71

Semifinals

23 July 1999
Latvia  71–56  Nigeria
Scoring by half: 27–30, 44–26
Pts: Grafs 17
Rebs: Grafs 19
Asts: Ļaksa 4		 Pts: Jibril 22
Rebs: Oyedeji 12
Asts: Jibril 3
23 July 1999
Qatar  70–69  Venezuela
Scoring by half: 31–33, 39–36
Pts: Daoud 21
Rebs: Musa 11
Asts: Mubarak 1		 Pts: Romero 18
Rebs: Julio 9
Asts: M. Berroterán 7

11th place

25 July 1999
Nigeria  92–71  Venezuela
Scoring by half: 43–31, 49–40
Pts: Jibril 26
Rebs: Eze 5
Asts: Varem 5		 Pts: Romero 21
Rebs: Julio 5
Asts: M. Berroterán 3

9th place

25 July 1999
Latvia  68–61  Qatar
Scoring by half: 29–31, 44–26
Pts: Valters 18
Rebs: Grafs 9
Asts: Valters 4		 Pts: Musa 12
Rebs: Zaidan 9
Asts: Musa 2

Classification 5th–8th

 
5th–8th classificationFifth place
 
      
 
24 July – Lisbon
 
 
 Australia81
 
25 July – Lisbon
 
 Brazil74
 
 Australia63
 
24 July – Lisbon
 
 Russia51
 
 Greece71
 
 
 Russia74
 
Seventh place
 
 
25 July – Lisbon
 
 
 Brazil61
 
 
 Greece84

Semifinals

24 July 1999
Australia  81–74  Brazil
Scoring by half: 40–40, 44–26
Pts: Rice 18
Rebs: Andersen 16
Asts: Black 8		 Pts: Souza 22
Rebs: Moura 11
Asts: Moura 6
24 July 1999
Greece  71–74  Russia
Scoring by half: 41–30, 30–44
Pts: Papamakarios 16
Rebs: Pappas 6
Asts: Papadopoulos 2		 Pts: Toporov 21
Rebs: Kirilenko 9
Asts: Kirilenko 6

7th place

25 July 1999
Brazil  61–84  Greece
Scoring by half: 29–42, 32–42
Pts: Pinheiro 15
Rebs: Rodrigues 7
Asts: Faggeane, Giovannoni 2		 Pts: Fotsis 29
Rebs: Fotsis 8
Asts: Papadopoulos 4

5th place

25 July 1999
Australia  63–51  Russia
Scoring by half: 30–24, 33–27
Pts: Rice 15
Rebs: Andersen 13
Asts: Black 3		 Pts: Kirilenko 28
Rebs: Kirilenko 7
Asts: three players 2

Final round

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 July – Lisbon
 
 
 Spain81
 
25 July – Lisbon
 
 Argentina80
 
 Spain94
 
24 July – Lisbon
 
 United States87
 
 Croatia62
 
 
 United States83
 
Third place
 
 
25 July – Lisbon
 
 
 Argentina59
 
 
 Croatia66

Semifinals

24 July 1999
Croatia  62–83  United States
Scoring by half: 26–51, 36–32
Pts: Džidić 12
Rebs: Pehar 6
Asts: Bagarić 3		 Pts: C. Williams, Wright 15
Rebs: Collison 8
Asts: Logan, C. Williams 2
24 July 1999
Spain  81–80  Argentina
Scoring by half: 41–31, 40–49
Pts: Navarro 22
Rebs: Gabriel 5
Asts: Gasol 6		 Pts: Calderon, Chahab 13
Rebs: Calderon, Mikulas 4
Asts: Ciorciari, Carrizo [it] 2

3rd place

25 July 1999
Croatia  66–59  Argentina
Scoring by half: 32–30, 34–29
Pts: Stojić 24
Rebs: Žižić 14
Asts: Stojić 4		 Pts: Chahab 13
Rebs: Malara 5
Asts: Alba 2

Final

25 July 1999
United States  87–94  Spain
Scoring by half: 47–47, 40–47
Pts: Simmons 19
Rebs: Simmons 6
Asts: Dooling 5		 Pts: Navarro 25
Rebs: Drame 8
Asts: Navarro 6

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain 7–1
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  United States 7–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Croatia 6–2
4th  Argentina 3–5
5th  Australia 5–3
6th  Russia 5–3
7th  Greece 4–4
8th  Brazil 3–5
9th  Latvia 6–2
10th  Qatar 4–4
11th  Nigeria 3–5
12th  Venezuela 4–4
13th  Egypt 4–4
14th  Japan 2–6
15th  China 1–7
16th  Portugal 0–8

Source: FIBA Archive

Awards

 1999 FIBA Under-19 World Championship 

Spain
First title
Most Valuable Player
Russia Andrei Kirilenko

References

  1. ^ "SIXTH FIBA MEN'S JUNIOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP -- 1999". usab.com. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. ^ "History, All time Medalists - FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2019". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 1 August 2020.

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