Under 19 World Basketball Championships

[Payam_Ali]

The Under 19 World Basketball Championships start in a few days in New Zealand

http://newzealand2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/u19men/p/index.html

In group play, Iran plays:
July 2 - US
July 3 - Egypt
July 4 - France

I think Iran can do well at this tournament. Basketball is a relatively new sport in Iran and much of talent is young, so the U19 tournament could be a good one for us. Also, the other teams dont have their superstars like they did in the Olympics. I didn't recognize a single name on the American Team

[EKBATAN]

will they show the games anywhere? i hope we can atleast find streaming

[shayan_esteghlali]

Iran Chekaresh Mikoneh??

[radin119]

they cant "soorakh soorakh"

the net in basketball has a soorakh

[Demis-11]

I hope Greece and Iran match up, they never ever play each other in anything

[merah_putih]

I saw those kids from Iran U19 two years ago at some tournament in our region ( South East Asia) on our local TV,

at that time I didnt know their names but I know they will be the backbone of Iran NT someday, based on theirs talent showed on that tournament ,the best player on that tournament was Arsalan kazemi ( he's 17 yo at that time and facing much older opponents )

[Payam_Ali]

heres the tv schedule.. doesnt look like irans games are shown unless we make it past the first round

http://newzealand2009.fiba.com/pages/eng/fe/09/u19men/news/p/eid/4034/lid//nid/30763/rid//sid/4034/article.html

[Payam_Ali]

Hopefully we will see some highlights on american tv though. Seth Curry is on the US team. He is the younger brother of Stephen curry, who played for davidson and was just picked by the warriors with the 7th pick in the nba draft

[Payam_Ali]

Iran vs US Pics

[Nokhodi]

They're huge.