USA Continue Dominance with 11th FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup title

 USA are celebrating another piece of silverware after successfully defending their crown at the FIBA U19 Women's Basketball World Cup 2025 with an 88-76 victory over Australia in the Final.

Winning a fourth consecutive edition and an 11th title in total, USA also extended their record-breaking winning streak in the competition to 28 games.

Their success in the Final was built around yet another sensational effort from Saniyah Hall. She excelled with a brilliant performance efficiency valuation of 35 after contributing 25 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists.

Australia finished as runners-up in the competition for the third time in four editions.

Saniyah Hall capped a tremendous individual tournament by being deservedly named TISSOT Most Valuable Player. She collected the prestigious award having averaged 19.9 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 2.9 steals per game in the tournament. She shot 52.6 percent from the field - helped by 39.3 percent from the perimeter.

Hall was joined on the All-Star Five by teammate Sienna Betts, along with Bonnie Deas of Australia, Somtochukwu Okafor of Spain and Syla Swords of Canada.

Spain won bronze as they squeezed out Canada 70-68 in a thrilling Third Place Game. Okafor proved to be the game-winner with a superb 23 points, 11 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals.