{"id":777968,"date":"2026-07-04T06:13:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T06:13:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/777968\/"},"modified":"2026-07-04T06:13:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T06:13:23","slug":"aau-boys-basketball-world-championships-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/777968\/","title":{"rendered":"AAU Boys Basketball World Championships 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) will host the 2026 AAU Boys Basketball World Championships from July 2 to July 9, 2026. The event returns to the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort, marking its 27th year at the facility.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The week-long championship is expected to welcome approximately 43,650 attendees to Central Florida. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Teams from 7U\/1st Grade through 19U\/12th Grade divisions will compete, showcasing their skills during the penultimate event for the AAU Basketball summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The older age divisions, 14U\/8th Grade through 19U\/12th Grade, will tip off from July 2 to July 5. Following that, the younger divisions, 7U\/1st Grade through 13U\/7th Grade, will conclude the tournament from July 6 to July 9.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Sports Vice President Adam Ball at Walt Disney World Resort highlighted the focus on player experience. \u201cThis event brings together some of the top young talent in the game, and we\u2019re focused on creating experiences that stay with them beyond their time here,\u201d Ball said. \u201cThat comes to life through elite competition, incredible cast members, and world-class facilities with one-of-a-kind Disney magic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/APP DOWNLOAD LOCAL_1541693885678.jpg_13622062_ver1.0.jpg\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM WFTV CHANNEL 9<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) will host the 2026 AAU Boys Basketball World Championships from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":777969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[574],"tags":[368708,64,63,726,437,85],"class_list":["post-777968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-basketball","tag-aau","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball","tag-disney","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}