FIBA Americas Under-21 Championship
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The FIBA Americas Under-20 Championship was the name commonly used to refer to the American
basketball
championships for players under 20 years that took place every four years among national teams of the continents. The winners qualified for the now-defunct FIBA Under-21 World Championship
. This event was previously the FIBA Americas Under-21 Championship, but FIBA decided to lower the age limit for the FIBA 22 & Under World Championship in December 1998, and was renamed as the World Championship for Young Men. In 2004, the name was changed yet again to FIBA Under-21 World Championship, and the qualifying tournament was renamed to the present FIBA Americas Under-20 Championship.
FIBA Americas
FIBA Americas is a zone within FIBA which contains the 44 FIBA Federations located in the Americas. FIBA Americas is headquartered in San Juan, Puerto Rico.- National teams :CONCECABACaribbean...
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
championships for players under 20 years that took place every four years among national teams of the continents. The winners qualified for the now-defunct FIBA Under-21 World Championship
FIBA Under-21 World Championship
The FIBA Under-21 World Championship was a men's under-21-only basketball competition organized by FIBA. It was formerly the FIBA 22 & Under World Championship before FIBA lowered the age limit to 21 years in December 1998, and had its name changed to World Championship for Young Men. The...
. This event was previously the FIBA Americas Under-21 Championship, but FIBA decided to lower the age limit for the FIBA 22 & Under World Championship in December 1998, and was renamed as the World Championship for Young Men. In 2004, the name was changed yet again to FIBA Under-21 World Championship, and the qualifying tournament was renamed to the present FIBA Americas Under-20 Championship.
Results
| Year | Location | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th Place |
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| 1993 |  Rosario |
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| 1996 |  CaguasCaguas, Puerto Rico Caguas , founded in 1775, is a city and municipality of Puerto Rico located in the Central Mountain Range of Puerto Rico, south of San Juan and Trujillo Alto, west of Gurabo and San Lorenzo, east of Aguas Buenas, Cidra, and Cayey.... |
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| 2000 |  Ribeirão PretoRibeirão Preto Ribeirão Preto is a municipality and city in the Northeastern region of the state of São Paulo in Brazil. It is nicknamed Brazilian California, because of a combination of an economy based on agrobusiness plus high technology, wealth and sunny weather all year long. With 605,114 inhabitants,... |
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| 2004 |  Halifax |
Participation Details
| Team | 1993 |
1996 |
2000 |
2004 |
Total |
| 1st | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 4 | |
| - | - | - | 7th | 1 | |
| 3rd | 5th | 4th | 6th | 4 | |
| 4th | 4th | 5th | 4th | 4 | |
| 5th | - | - | - | 1 | |
| - | - | 3rd | 8th | 2 | |
| 5th | 8th | - | - | 2 | |
| 5th | 6th | 6th | - | 3 | |
| - | 2nd | 7th | 2nd | 3 | |
| 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 4 | |
| 5th | 7th | 8th | - | 3 | |
| - | - | - | 5th | 1 |