Iran’s under nineteen basketball team will leave Tehran on Saturday to take part in the 9th FIBA U19 World Championship to be held in Auckland, New Zealand, from July 2 to 12.
MNA
Iran was
drawn in Group B with the three-time world basketball title holder U.S., Egypt
and France.
The 2009
FIBA U19 World Championship features 16 national teams comprised of athletes
19-years-old or younger (born on or after Jan. 1, 1990) that qualified through
their FIBA zone tournaments.