Islam Times - Iran to attend New Zealand 19 World Championship

Iran's basketball squad left for New Zealand on Saturday for Under 19 World Championship teammates to run July 2-12.

Iran is placed in Group B, along with Egypt, France and the US.

The 2009 Federation of International Basketball Associations(FIBA) U19 World Championship involves 16 national teams of athletes who are 19 years old or younger.

Group A includes Angola, Greece, Lithuania and Puerto Rico; Group C consists of Australia, Canada, Spain and Syria and Group D is comprised of Argentina, Croatia, Kazakhstan and New Zealand.