LAUSANNE (Switzerland) – Sinan Huan joined an exclusive club at the FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup 2025 – the China big man became just the fourth player in tournament history to average 5.0 blocks per game.
Sinan Huan prevailed in a battle of titans as he blocked Amadou Seini’s layup under the basket with 1 minute and 32 seconds remaining in a tie game which China eventually won 81-77 over Cameroon.
It was Huan’s fifth block of the game and his 35th of the tournament — an event that started with a bang: 8 rejections in the opener against Canada.
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The final block punched Sinan’s ticket to the U19 World Cup 5-blocks-per-game brotherhood. There, he joins Victor Wembanyama and two Chinese compatriots Qi Zhou and Hansen Yang.
All-time players to average 5.0 blocks in U19 World Cup history
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Player |
Country |
Year |
Blocks per game |
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1. |
Victor Wembanyama |
France |
2021 |
5.7 |
|
2. |
Qi Zhou |
China |
2013 |
5.4 |
|
3. |
Hansen Yang |
China |
2023 |
5.0 |
|
3. |
Sinan Huan |
China |
2025 |
5.0 |
Earlier in the tournament, one of his teammates, Yi Yuang, also etched his name into the history books with a dazzling new assist record: 17 dishes in a single game.
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