U17 World Cup title fortifies USA's No. 1 spot in FIBA World Ranking Boys, presented by Nike

MIES (Switzerland) - USA remain atop the FIBA World Ranking Boys, presented by Nike, after two impressive title-winning performances this past summer.

USA Basketball won all seven of their games at the FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2022 in Malaga, Spain, including a 79-67 triumph over the hosts in the Final. The USA also won the FIBA U18 Americas Championship 2022 in Mexico, recording six wins in as many games.

Following their latest championship successes, the USA are ranked No. 1 with 828 points while Spain are No. 2 with 722.6 points. In addition to reaching the title game in Malaga, Spain won the FIBA U18 European Championship 2022 in Izmir, Turkey, claiming seven victories in as many games.

At No. 3 are France (720.7), whose only defeat at the U17 World Cup was in the Semi-Finals against Spain. The French won the Third-Place Game against Lithuania to finish with six wins in seven games, and at the U18 European Championship, the team won six of its seven games and came in fifth.

Australia have jumped four places to No. 4 after going 5-2 at the U17 World Cup, with their only two defeats coming against higher ranked teams, Spain and Serbia. The Australians also won the FIBA U16 Asian Championship 2022 in Qatar with a perfect 6-0 record.

Both Brazil and Poland had huge jumps to climb into the top 15. Aiding Brazil's rise was an appearance in the Final at the FIBA U18 Americas Championship, where the country won one of its two games against higher-ranked Canada. Poland were No. 49 but jumped 33 places to No. 15. Contributing factors were the victories over higher ranked teams - Argentina and Egypt - at the U17 World Cup, and at the U18 European Championship - Germany, Greece and Montenegro.

The new system for the FIBA World Ranking Youth was launched earlier this year.

For more information about the method used in the calculation of the FIBA World Ranking Boys, please refer to the "How it works" section.

Click here to view the full FIBA World Ranking Boys, presented by Nike.

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