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2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup
The 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup (Spanish: Copa del Mundo de Baloncesto FIBA Sub-17 2018) was the 5th edition of the FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup, the biennial international men's youth basketball championship contested by the U17 national teams of the member associations of FIBA. It was hosted by Rosario and Santa Fe, Argentina, from 30 June to 8 July 2018. The United States won their fifth title at the Under-17 World Cup, after defeating France in the final. Bids The host was chosen in 2017 with it being decided to be held in Argentina over Bulgaria, which hosted in 2020, by beating out Israel. * * * Qualified teams Draw The draw was held on 14 March 2018 in Rosario, Argentina. Preliminary round ''All times are local ( UTC–3).'' Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Group C ---- ---- Group D ---- ---- Final round Round of 16 9–16th classification playoffs 9–16th place quarterfinals 13–16th pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Qualified Teams
Qualification may refer to: Processes * Qualifications-Based Selection (QBS), a competitive contract procurement process established by the United States Congress * Process qualification, ensures that manufacturing and production processes can consistently meet standards during commercial production * Qualification principle, in programming language theory, the statement that syntactic classes may admit local definitions * Pre-qualification (lending), a process by which a lending institution estimates how much it is willing to lend to a borrower Credentials * Professional qualification, attributes developed by obtaining academic degrees or through professional experience * Qualification badge, a decoration of People's Liberation Army Type 07 indicating military rank or length of service * Qualifications for professional social work, professional degrees in social work in various nations * Qualification types in the United Kingdom, various levels of academic, vocational or skil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vacoas-Phoenix
Vacoas-Phoenix () also known as French language, French: ''Villes Jumelles'' (Twin Cities), is a town in Mauritius, located in the Plaines Wilhems District, the eastern part also lies in the Moka District. The town is administered by the Municipal Council of Vacoas-Phoenix. The town lies between Quatre Bornes and Curepipe. History The towns of Vacoas and Phoenix fused in 1963. Vacoas-Phoenix fully became a municipality in 1968. Politics For the Elections in Mauritius, general elections, the town is classified as the No 15 constituency known as ''La Caverne and Phoenix'' and the No 16 ''Vacoas and Floreal'' constituency. Sports The football team of the town is the AS de Vacoas-Phoenix, they play in the Mauritian League, the top football division of the island nation. The town hosted the official 2017 FIBA Under-16 African Championship. Education JSS Academy of Technical Education, Mauritius is a college located at Avenue Droopnath Ramphul, Bonne Terre, Vacoas, Mauritius. Sub-lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Jones (basketball)
David, Dafydd, Dai, Dave, Davy, or Di Jones may refer to: People Arts and entertainment Music * David Bowie (David Robert Jones, 1947–2016), English musician and actor * Dave Jones (drummer) (active since 1983), drummer with New York band Agnostic Front * David Jones (jazz musician) (1888–1956), American jazz saxophonist * David Jones (drummer) (born c.1958), Australian drummer * David Evan Jones (composer) (born 1946), American composer, pianist, and educator * David Lynn Jones (born 1950), American country music singer-songwriter * Davy Jones (musician) (1945–2012), English musician and member of The Monkees Other * David Jones (director) (1934–2008), English stage, television and film director * David Jones (presenter), English sports broadcaster on Sky Sports since 1999 * David Jones (artist-poet) (1895–1974), British modernist poet, writer, and artist * David Jones (programmer) (active in 1980s), former freelance computer game programmer * David Jones (video game de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexis Matos
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Jean Montero
Jean Claudio Montero Berroa (born 3 July 2003) is a Dominican professional basketball player for Valencia of the Spanish Liga ACB. He has previously played for CB Gran Canaria. Early life and youth career Born in Santo Domingo, Montero grew up playing basketball and baseball and was introduced to basketball when he visited a court to entertain himself. He first played basketball with his cousin near his home, using the wheels of an old bicycle to make a rim. He started playing the sport seriously at the age of 10 or 11 through Club DOSA in the Villa Juana sector. Montero subsequently moved to Club Mauricio Báez, also based in Villa Juana. In 2018, Montero began attending DME Academy in Daytona Beach, Florida, where he averaged 20 points and eight rebounds per game. At the time, he also competed for NightRydas Elite at the Nike Elite Youth Basketball League under-15 division. After having success at the 2019 FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship in June 2019, Montero received offer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamuri Wigness
Tamuri Slim Wigness Jr. (born 26 March 2002) is an Australian professional basketball player for the Southern Districts Spartans of the NBL1 North. Early life Wigness was born in the Torres Strait Islands region of Queensland, Australia, to a Torres Strait Islander mother and Gambian father. He moved with his family to Cairns at an early age to begin his primary schooling education. His first sporting interest began to develop while in Cairns when he played junior rugby league up until the age of 10 when his mother advised him to play basketball instead because it involved less contact. Within a year of picking up the sport, Wigness was placed in Cairns Basketball's Tiny Taipans development program and was given the opportunity to train with professional Cairns Taipans players at the age of 11. Wigness attended Cairns State High School throughout his teenage years and while in high school he continued to play basketball as well as picking up junior Australian rules football with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Jackson (footballer)
Luke Stephen Jackson (born 29 September 2001) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for the Melbourne Football Club. Early life Jackson attended Willetton Senior High School in Perth, Western Australia. He was childhood friends with NBA draft pick Luke Travers. The pair both attended Willetton Senior together as part of their renowned basketball academy. He was also childhood friends with fellow 2019 AFL draft pick Trey Ruscoe, the pair attended the same primary school and played junior football together. Early basketball and football In 2018, Jackson represented Australia at the Under-17 FIBA Basketball World Cup in Argentina and won gold at the Under-16 FIBA Asia Championship in China. He was named in the all-tournament team for the U16 Asian Championship. The AIS basketball program was keen for him to move to Canberra in 2019 and begin a pathway which could have led hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Capetola , a community in the United States
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Joel or Yoel is a name meaning "Yahweh Is God" in Hebrew and may refer to: * Joel (given name), including a list of people named Joel or Yoel * Joel (surname), a surname * Joel (footballer, born 1904), Joel de Oliveira Monteiro, Brazilian football goalkeeper * Joel (footballer, born 1980), Joel Bertoti Padilha, Brazilian football centre-back * Joel (prophet), a prophet of ancient Israel ** Book of Joel, a book in the Jewish Tanakh, and in the Christian Bible, ascribed to the prophet * Joel, Georgia, a community in the United States * Joel, Wisconsin The Town of Clayton is located in Polk County, Wisconsin, Polk County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was reported as 958 in 2020 according to the 2020 US census. The Clayton (village), Wisconsin, Village of Clayton is distinct and cont ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Ángel Malvicino
The Estadio Ángel P. Malvicino is an indoor arena in Santa Fe, Argentina. It hosts basketball, volleyball, futsal, boxing, and handball matches, as well as artistic events. Unión de Santa Fe currently plays its home matches at this stadium for the Liga Nacional de Básquet, the highest level of the Argentine basketball league system. The name of the stadium honors Ángel Malvicino, who was president of the Unión de Santa Fe from 1980 to 1981, from 1995 to 2003, and from 2005 to 2007. Malvicino donated the stadium directly to the club. Facilities The stadium's capacity ranges from 4,500 to 7,000 spectators, depending on the type of event being hosted. It also has an authorities box, a VIP lounge, and a press area with eleven booths equipped for radio and TV live transmission. There are medical facilities, a drug lab, and several changing rooms for athletes and referees. Events During the 2002 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, this stadium hosted Group B, which con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Time In Argentina
Argentina is located at a longitude that would naturally put it in the UTC−04:00 or UTC−05:00 time zone; however, it actually uses the UTC−03:00 time zone. Argentina determines whether to change clocks in observation of daylight saving time on a year-by-year basis, and individual provinces may opt out of the federal decision. At present, Argentina does not change clocks. The Argentine Hydrographic Service maintains the official national time. History The first official standardization of time in Argentina took place on 31 October 1894, with establishment of UTC−04:00 as the nation's standard time Standard time is the synchronization of clocks within a geographical region to a single time standard, rather than a local mean time standard. Generally, standard time agrees with the local mean time at some meridian that passes through the r .... From 1920 to 1969, the official time switched biannually between UTC−04:00 as standard time in winter and UTC−03:0 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosario
Rosario () is the largest city in the central provinces of Argentina, Argentine province of Santa Fe Province, Santa Fe. The city, located northwest of Buenos Aires on the west bank of the Paraná River, is the third-most populous city in the country after Buenos Aires and Cordoba. With a growing and important metropolitan area, Greater Rosario has an estimated population of 1,750,000 . One of its main attractions includes the neoclassical architecture, neoclassical, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco architecture that has been preserved in hundreds of residences, houses and public buildings. The city is also famous for being the birthplace of the Argentine footballer Lionel Messi. Rosario is the head city of the Rosario Department and is located at the heart of the major industrial corridor in Argentina. The city is a major rail transport, railroad terminal and the shipping center for north-eastern Argentina. Ships reach the city via the Paraná River, which allows the existence of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foshan
Foshan (, ; Chinese: 佛山) is a prefecture-level city in central Guangdong Province, China. The entire prefecture covers and had a population of 9,498,863 as of the 2020 census. The city is part of the western side of the Pearl River Delta megalopolis, a conurbation housing 86,100,000 inhabitants, making it the biggest urban area of the world. Foshan is regarded as the home of Cantonese opera, a genre of Chinese opera; Nanquan, a martial art; and lion dancing. Name ''Fóshān'' is the pinyin romanization of the city's Chinese name , based on its Mandarin pronunciation. The Postal Map spelling "Fatshan" derives from the same name's local Cantonese pronunciation. Other romanizations include Fat-shan and Fat-shun. Foshan means " BuddhaMountain" and, despite the more famous present-day statue of Guanyin (or Kwanyin) on Mount Xiqiao, who isn't a Buddha, it refers to a smaller hill near the centre of town where three bronze sculptures of Buddha were discovered in AD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
