LAUSANNE (Switzerland) - The FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup assist record of Thiago Sucatzky lasted just over 24 hours.
Only one day after Argentina's point guard set a new mark with 15 assists, China's Yi Yang raised the bar again - and did it with perfection. The Chinese point guard dished out 17 assists with zero turnovers in a 97-78 victory over Jordan in Classification 13-16 action, rewriting the record books with a historic performance.
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Player (Team) | Opponent | Date | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Yi Yang (CHN) | Jordan 97-78 | 7/5/2025 | 17 |
2. | Thiago Sucatzky (ARG) | Cameroon 85-67 | 7/4/2025 | 15 |
- | Alexandre Bouzidi (FRA) | Madagascar 119-56 | 6/28/2023 | 14 |
4. | Andre Curbelo (PUR) | China 94-99 | 7/2/2019 | 13 |
- | John Harper Jr (JPN) | Korea 92-95 | 7/11/2021 | 13 |
6. | Jack Kayil (GER) | Australia 80-67 | 7/4/2025 | 12 |
- | Christian Anderson (GER) | Serbia 92-83 | 7/2/2025 | 12 |
- | Dario Saric (CRO) | Korea 106-89 | 6/27/2013 | 12 |
- | Borna Kapusta (CRO) | Islamic Republic of Iran 86-36 | 6/30/2015 | 12 |
- | Nikita Mikhailovskii (RUS) | Greece 83-75 | 6/30/2019 | 12 |
- | Haowen Guo (CHN) | Latvia 84-87 | 7/5/2019 | 12 |
- | Aaron Clark (PUR) | Korea 99-89 | 7/10/2021 | 12 |
It was a masterclass in playmaking as Yi orchestrated China’s offense with precision, helping the team register 34 total assists, which also tied for the tenth-most in a single game in tournament history.
Yi Yang wrote history at the U19 World Cup
Yi Yang wrote history at the U19 World Cup
Yi Yang wrote history at the U19 World Cup
Yi Yang wrote history at the U19 World Cup
Yi Yang wrote history at the U19 World Cup
Yi Yang wrote history at the U19 World Cup
Rank | Team | Opponent | Date | Assists |
1. | France | Madagascar 119-56 | 28/6/2023 | 42 |
2. | USA | Jordan 140-67 | 2/7/2025 | 41 |
3. | USA | Korea 132-60 | 7/7/2021 | 39 |
4. | Serbia | Korea 113-83 | 28/6/2015 | 36 |
5. | Greece | Angola 133-53 | 13/7/1995 | 35 |
- | Croatia | Korea 106-89 | 27/6/2013 | 35 |
- | Lithuania | Korea 110-63 | 5/7/2017 | 35 |
- | USA | Latvia 116-66 | 3/7/2019 | 35 |
- | USA | Cameroon 129-70 | 2/7/2025 | 35 |
10. | China | Jordan 97-78 | 5/7/2025 | 34 |
- | Greece | Tunisia 100-48 | 1/7/2015 | 34 |
- | Serbia | Canada 110-92 | 7/7/2019 | 34 |
- | Argentina | Korea 112-74 | 4/7/2021 | 34 |
The race for records continues to heat up in Lausanne.
*Dating back to the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 1995
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