Basketball: World under-19 results

Results from the first day of the world under-19 men's basketball championship in Auckland today:

Group A

Croatia 104 (Toni Prostran 23) Kazakhstan 74 (Alexandr Tyutyunik 21). Halftime: 58-48

Group B

USA 106 (Tyshawn Taylor 13) Iran 55 (Mohammad Hassanzadeh 17). Halftime: 55-27

Group C

Spain 75 (Jorge Santana 16) Syria 53 (Obida Al Samman 13). Halftime: 36-25

Group D

Puerto Rico 80 (Isaac Sosa 18, Kevin Young 18) Lithuania 73 (Dovydas Redikas 15, Vytenis Cizauskas 15). Halftime: 39-48

- NZPA