FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup

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basketball world championship international youth basketball competition under-17 basketball tournament

The FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup is an international youth basketball championship featuring the world’s top under-17 national teams competing for a global title.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup	5
FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup canonical	3
FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup	1
FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup	1
FIBA Under-17 Women’s Basketball World Cup	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1141719 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup
Context triple: [FIBA, organizes, FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup]

A. FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup
The FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup is an international youth basketball championship that brings together the world’s top under-19 national teams to compete for a global title.
B. FIBA Basketball World Cup
The FIBA Basketball World Cup is the premier international basketball championship for men's national teams, held every four years and featuring top squads from around the globe competing for the world title.
C. FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship
The FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship is a continental basketball tournament for national teams of players under 16 from the Americas, serving as a qualifier for global youth competitions.
D. FIBA
FIBA is the international governing body for basketball, responsible for overseeing global competitions, setting the rules of the game, and organizing major tournaments such as the Basketball World Cup and Olympic qualifying events.
E. FIBA AmeriCup
The FIBA AmeriCup is the premier international basketball championship for national teams from the Americas, serving as the continent’s top-level competition under FIBA.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup
Target entity description: The FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup is an international youth basketball championship featuring the world’s top under-17 national teams competing for a global title.

A. FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup
The FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup is an international youth basketball championship that brings together the world’s top under-19 national teams to compete for a global title.
B. FIBA Basketball World Cup
The FIBA Basketball World Cup is the premier international basketball championship for men's national teams, held every four years and featuring top squads from around the globe competing for the world title.
C. FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship
The FIBA Americas Under-16 Championship is a continental basketball tournament for national teams of players under 16 from the Americas, serving as a qualifier for global youth competitions.
D. FIBA
FIBA is the international governing body for basketball, responsible for overseeing global competitions, setting the rules of the game, and organizing major tournaments such as the Basketball World Cup and Olympic qualifying events.
E. FIBA AmeriCup
The FIBA AmeriCup is the premier international basketball championship for national teams from the Americas, serving as the continent’s top-level competition under FIBA.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	basketball world championship ⓘ international youth basketball competition ⓘ under-17 basketball tournament ⓘ
ageCategory	under-17 ⓘ
ageLimitRule	players must be 17 years old or younger during the year of the competition ⓘ
category	international basketball competitions ⓘ recurring sporting events established in 2010 ⓘ world youth championships ⓘ
competitionLevel	youth ⓘ
continentRepresentation	Africa ⓘ Americas ⓘ Asia ⓘ Europe ⓘ Oceania ⓘ
firstHeld	2010 ⓘ
format	group stage and knockout stage ⓘ
frequency	biennial ⓘ
gender	men ⓘ
globalReach	worldwide audience ⓘ
governingBody	FIBA ⓘ surface form: International Basketball Federation
governingBodyAbbreviation	FIBA ⓘ
governingRules	FIBA rules ⓘ
inauguralEditionHostCity	Hamburg ⓘ
inauguralEditionHostCountry	Germany ⓘ
mediaCoverage	online streaming ⓘ television ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
organizer	FIBA ⓘ
organizerHeadquarters	Mies, Switzerland ⓘ
purpose	determine world champion for under-17 men’s national teams ⓘ develop elite youth basketball talent ⓘ
qualificationBasis	continental youth championships ⓘ
relatedCompetition	FIBA Basketball World Cup ⓘ FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup ⓘ
scope	world ⓘ
sport	basketball ⓘ
sportType	team sport ⓘ
teamType	national under-17 teams ⓘ
trophy	FIBA U17 World Cup trophy ⓘ
typicalNumberOfTeams	16 ⓘ

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