Official Draw of the South American U17 Women’s Championship set for Thursday

SAN JUAN (FIBA U18 Americas Championship) - The International Basketball Federation in the Americas announced that the Official Draw for the South American U17 Women’s Championship 2017 will take place on Thursday, May 25 in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

The Draw will be held at the FIBA Americas Regional Office at 15:00 (GMT-4), and broadcasted live in Spanish on FIBA’s Youtube Channel.

The South American U17 Women's Championship will be played in Sucre, Bolivia from June 28 to July 2 and will feature the participation of the National Teams from Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Uruguay and Venezuela.

During the Draw, the participating teams will be divided in two (2) groups for the first phase of the competition.

The pairs for the South American U17 Women’s Championship Draw are:

Pot 1: Venezuela - Argentina
Pot 2: Ecuador - Peru
Pot 3: Chile - Uruguay
Pot 4: Colombia - Bolivia

The competition system of the tournament consists of two phases. In the Group Phase, the eight (8) participating teams will be divided into two (2) groups of four (4) teams. Teams will play in round-robin format for three days. The best two teams from each group will advance to the next phase, where the first place of Group A will play against the second place in Group B and vice versa. The winners of the Semi-Finals will advance to the Gold Medal Match, while the losers will play for the bronze.

The top-three teams from the tournament will qualify to the FIBA U18 Women’s Americas Championship 2018.

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