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USA Basketball Women's U17 World Cup Team - USA Basketball
Contested biennially since 2010, the FIBA U17 Women’s World Cup features the world's top 16 U17 national teams who qualify the year prior based on their finishes at the biennial U16 zone championships. The United States claimed six gold medals and one bronze.
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The FIBA U17 World Cup kicks off next Saturday, and there will be 10 players to keep an eye on, as well as 4 countries for UConn fans. From the United States, 6 players. From the 2025 class: Emilee Skinner and 5 from the 2026 class: Jacy Abii, Kelsey Andrews, Addison Bjorn, Jersy Robinson and McKenna Woliczko. From Canada, 2 players. From class 2025: Agot Makeer and Deniya Prawl. From Australia, 1 player. From class 2025: Lara Somfai. From Croatia, 1 player. From class 2026: Olivia Vukosa. HuskyNan can correct me if I've made a mistake.
The U17 World Cup is the key event in the age categories this summer. It's the first time we're going to see the entire world's players playing matches against each other. It's a great moment, both for the players and for all the scouts who attend the tournament. The USA and Canada have announced their line-ups, which are attached to the official tournament website. For Australia and Croatia, nothing yet official on their site at the time of writing.
The USA and Canada have sent a young team to this championship, although the age limit is set at January 1, 2007. The USA has only 7 players born in 2007, with a further 5 born in 2008. Canada's team is even smaller, with only 5 players born in 2007, 5 in 2008 and 2 in 2009. Dates of birth are available for Canada as an attachment: just click on the selected player to see her date of birth. For the Americans, the age is listed, but the date of birth is not, so we'll have to wait a few more days to get them on the official tournament website. However, my research has given me the dates, and there's only one player I'm not sure about: Ivanna Wilson Manyacka, born in 2008 or perhaps 2009. Birth dates are important, as it's worth noting that players born in 2007 will only be able to take part in one more FIBA international age-group tournament, while those born in 2008 will be able to do so three more times.
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. Also nice to see Parchment listed as she's under the radar in my opinion. She earned an all-star nod at the U16 Americas last year over team mates like Prawl.
