FIBA U16 Women's European Championship

Summary

The FIBA U16 Women's European Championship is a basketball competition inaugurated in 1976. The current champions are France.

FIBA U16 Women's European Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1976
Divisions3
No. of teams16 (Division A)
ContinentEurope (FIBA Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 France (5th title)
Most titles Spain (10 titles)
Related
competitions
FIBA Europe U-20
FIBA Europe U-18
Official websitefiba.basketball/europe/u16women

Division A edit

Results edit

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1976   Poland
(Szczecin)
 
Soviet Union
Round-robin group  
Hungary
 
Bulgaria
Round-robin group  
Czechoslovakia
1978   Spain
(Cuenca)
 
Soviet Union
77–62  
Italy
 
Bulgaria
107–84  
Romania
1980   Hungary
(Zalaegerszeg & Pécs)
 
Soviet Union
Round-robin group  
Italy
 
Bulgaria
Round-robin group  
Romania
1982   Finland
(Forssa & Uusikaupunki)
 
Soviet Union
66–65  
Yugoslavia
 
Italy
70–68  
Bulgaria
1984   Italy
(Perugia & Marsciano)
 
Soviet Union
72–67  
Bulgaria
 
Italy
69–66  
Netherlands
1985   Yugoslavia
(Tuzla)
 
Soviet Union
78–55  
Italy
 
Yugoslavia
53–50  
Hungary
1987   Poland
(Gorzów Wielkopolski)
 
Soviet Union
83–58  
Czechoslovakia
 
Yugoslavia
89–72  
Bulgaria
1989   Romania
(Timișoara)
 
Czechoslovakia
58–57  
Romania
 
Soviet Union
95–66  
Spain
1991   Portugal
(Estarreja, Travassô & Anadia)
 
Soviet Union
84–75  
Yugoslavia
 
Italy
79–72  
Hungary
1993   Slovakia
(Poprad)
 
Russia
66–65  
Spain
 
Italy
65–60  
Slovakia
1995   Poland
(Władysławowo)
 
Russia
104–68  
Italy
 
Belgium
75–70  
Spain
1997   Hungary
(Sopron)
 
Russia
69–60  
Czech Republic
 
France
66–62  
Belarus
1999   Romania
(Tulcea)
 
Spain
66–58  
Yugoslavia
 
France
57–50  
Russia
2001   Bulgaria
(Veliko Tarnovo)
 
France
68–66  
Russia
 
Croatia
80–67  
Czech Republic
2003   Turkey
(Nevşehir)
 
Serbia and Montenegro
73–61  
Belarus
 
Ukraine
89–67  
Spain
2004   Italy
(Asti, Biella, Novara & Cuneo)
 
Spain
58–52  
Serbia and Montenegro
 
Russia
74–57  
Belarus
2005   Poland
(Poznań)
 
Spain
74–65  
France
 
Poland
60–55  
Turkey
2006   Slovakia
(Košice)
 
Spain
80–78  
Czech Republic
 
Lithuania
84–72  
Serbia and Montenegro
2007   Latvia
(Valmiera)
 
France
60–57  
Spain
 
Czech Republic
65–62  
Serbia
2008   Poland
(Katowice)
 
Spain
71–59  
Italy
 
France
73–44  
Sweden
2009   Italy
(Naples)
 
Spain
57–53  
Belgium
 
France
75–46  
Russia
2010   Greece
(Kozani, Ptolemaida)
 
Russia
71–53  
Croatia
 
France
50–44  
Serbia
2011   Italy
(Cagliari)
 
Spain
67–43  
Belgium
 
Italy
82–48  
Turkey
2012   Hungary
(Miskolc)
 
Spain
70–49  
Italy
 
Russia
53–41  
Belgium
2013   Bulgaria
(Varna)
 
Spain
54–49  
Czech Republic
 
Hungary
62–55  
Italy
2014   Hungary
(Debrecen)
 
Russia
72–47  
Czech Republic
 
Spain
61–49  
France
2015   Portugal
(Matosinhos)
 
Czech Republic
79–55  
Portugal
 
Italy
70–54  
Spain
2016   Italy
(Udine)
 
Spain
64–48  
Germany
 
France
68–50  
Italy
2017   France
(Bourges)
 
France
63–55  
Hungary
 
Italy
48–42  
Latvia
2018   Lithuania
(Kaunas)
 
Italy
60–52  
Czech Republic
 
Spain
64–47  
Turkey
2019   North Macedonia
(Skopje)
 
Russia
73–66  
Lithuania
 
Spain
72–57  
France
2020   Portugal
(Matosinhos)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal
2021   Portugal
(Matosinhos)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[1]
The 2021 FIBA U16 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022   Portugal
(Matosinhos)
 
France
65–61  
Spain
 
Croatia
72–58  
Portugal
2023   Turkey
(İzmir)
 
France
67–63  
Spain
 
Italy
59–58  
Finland
2024   Hungary
(tbc)

Medal table edit

  • Defunct states in italics
As of 2023[2]
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Spain104317
2  Soviet Union8019
3  Russia6129
4  France51612
5  Italy16815
6  Czech Republic1517
7  Serbia and Montenegro1203
8  Czechoslovakia1102
9  Yugoslavia0224
10  Belgium0213
  Hungary0213
12  Bulgaria0134
13  Croatia0123
14  Lithuania0112
15  Belarus0101
  Germany0101
  Portugal0101
  Romania0101
19  Poland0011
  Ukraine0011
Totals (20 entries)33333399

Participation details edit

Team  
1976
 
1978
 
1980
 
1982
 
1984
 
1985
 
1987
 
1989
 
1991
  Austria 12th
  Belgium 13th 10th 10th 10th
  Bulgaria 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd 6th 4th
  Czechoslovakia 4th 5th 2nd 1st 6th
  Finland 12th 8th 5th 12th 8th
  France 7th 9th 7th 9th 8th 6th 8th 8th
  West Germany 12th 12th 9th 11th 11th 11th 6th
  Greece 9th 5th
  Hungary 2nd 6th 6th 6th 4th 10th 11th 4th
  Israel 11th 13th 12th
  Italy 9th 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 7th 5th 3rd
  Netherlands 6th 9th 10th 4th 7th 12th 10th
  Poland 5th 5th 8th 12th 10th 7th
  Portugal 12th
  Romania 8th 4th 4th 5th 5th 5th 2nd 11th
  Scotland 14th 14th
  Soviet Union 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st
  Spain 10th 11th 10th 8th 7th 9th 9th 4th 9th
  Sweden 15th 11th 11th
   Switzerland 16th
  Tunisia 15th
  Yugoslavia 7th 6th 7th 2nd 8th 3rd 3rd 7th 2nd
Team  
1976
 
1978
 
1980
 
1982
 
1984
 
1985
 
1987
 
1989
 
1991
Team  
1993
 
1995
 
1997
 
1999
 
2001
 
2003
 
2004
 
2005
 
2006
 
2007
 
2008
 
2009
 
2010
 
2011
 
2012
 
2013
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
 
2018
 
2019
 
2022
 
2023
Total
  Belarus 5th 4th 8th 2nd 4th 12th 7th 9th 10th 14th 15th 8th 15th 13
  Belgium 8th 3rd 10th 13th 14th 13th 12th 5th 2nd 8th 2nd 4th 13th 7th 14th 13th 6th 7th 9th 22
  Bulgaria 6th 12th 11th 16th 16th 12
  Croatia 12th 6th 9th 3rd 8th 9th 10th 16th 2nd 14th 9th 8th 10th 12th 5th 10th 14th 3rd 5th 19
  Czech Republic 8th 2nd 11th 4th 7th 6th 7th 2nd 3rd 11th 8th 9th 10th 6th 2nd 2nd 1st 7th 9th 2nd 7th 12th 14th 23
  Denmark 15th 12th 13th 16th 4
  Estonia 15th 1
  Finland 10th 9th 12th 16th 10th 13th 4th 12
  France 6th 3rd 3rd 1st 5th 7th 2nd 5th 1st 3rd 3rd 3rd 7th 5th 5th 4th 6th 3rd 1st 5th 4th 1st 1st 31
  Germany 9th 9th 16th 13th 16th 15th 9th 2nd 6th 10th 9th 14th 19
  Greece 7th 7th 7th 11th 12th 14th 13th 14th 15th 7th 10th 5th 10th 11th 14th 12th 6th 13th 20
  Hungary 5th 8th 9th 10th 11th 12th 10th 7th 15th 12th 7th 3rd 6th 7th 12th 2nd 7th 11th 5th 8th 28
  Israel 12th 4
  Italy 3rd 2nd 11th 8th 10th 5th 15th 2nd 6th 13th 3rd 2nd 4th 9th 3rd 4th 3rd 1st 5th 8th 3rd 30
  Latvia 11th 5th 7th 15th 7th 5th 5th 10th 4th 9th 8th 9th 11th 13
  Lithuania 9th 9th 3rd 13th 12th 12th 16th 15th 6th 14th 11th 2nd 15th 13
  Netherlands 7th 9th 12th 14th 15th 13th 16th 14
  Poland 11th 9th 6th 12th 3rd 6th 6th 10th 14th 15th 8th 8th 14th 10th 6th 21
  Portugal 13th 2nd 14th 4th 16th 6
  Romania 12th 12th 16th 11
  Russia 1st 1st 1st 4th 2nd 6th 3rd 5th 9th 6th 9th 4th 1st 6th 3rd 6th 1st 8th 11th 7th 6th 1st 22
  Serbia played as part of   4th 14th 11th 4th 13th 14th 11th 10th 13th 12th 15th 7th 12
  Slovakia 4th 10th 5th 6th 15th 10th 16th 11th 8th 10th 12th 13th 16th 13
  Slovenia 12th 11th 10th 3
  Spain 2nd 4th 5th 1st 7th 4th 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 1st 5th 1st 1st 1st 3rd 4th 1st 5th 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 33
  Sweden 5th 4th 13th 11th 8th 11th 9th 16th 15th 16th 13
  Turkey 10th 11th 8th 4th 11th 14th 8th 5th 6th 4th 13th 12th 8th 11th 9th 11th 4th 15th 15th 19
  Ukraine 3rd 6th 8th 11th 16th 5
Team  
1993
 
1995
 
1997
 
1999
 
2001
 
2003
 
2004
 
2005
 
2006
 
2007
 
2008
 
2009
 
2010
 
2011
 
2012
 
2013
 
2014
 
2015
 
2016
 
2017
 
2018
 
2019
 
2022
 
2023
Total
  Austria playing in lower divisions 1
   Switzerland playing in lower divisions 1
  England 16th 16th   Great Britain[3] 2
  Scotland playing in lower divisions   Great Britain 2
  Czechoslovakia defunct, succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia 5
  Serbia and MontenegroA 7th 2nd 10th 1st 2nd 8th 4th defunct 7
  Soviet Union defunct 9
  Tunisia playing in FIBA Africa 1
  Yugoslavia defunct 9
^A As FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003, 4 participations, 2 medals) and as Serbia and Montenegro (2004–2006, 3 participations, 1 medal)

Division B edit

Results edit

Year Host Promoted to Division A Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze * Score Fourth place
2004
details
  Bosnia and Herzegovina (Brčko)
and
  Estonia (Rakvere)
 
Ukraine

(Gold - Group A)
 
Lithuania

(Gold - Group B)
 
Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Silver - Group A)
 
Iceland
(Silver - Group B)
2005
details
  Estonia (Tallinn)  
Slovakia
85–55  
Estonia
 
Germany
71–59  
England
2006
details
  Finland (Jyväskylä)  
Sweden
72–62  
Latvia
 
Romania
72–63  
Italy
2007
details
  Italy (Chieti)  
Italy
64–55  
Germany
 
Slovenia
66–61  
Israel
2008
details
  Bulgaria (Pravets)  
Greece
56–47  
Finland
 
Romania
70–56  
Slovenia
2009
details
  Estonia (Tallinn)  
Netherlands
71–59  
Croatia
 
Slovakia
77–50  
Denmark
2010
details
  Macedonia (Skopje)  
Hungary
55–44  
Slovakia
 
Portugal
78–52  
England
2011
details
  Romania (Arad)  
Germany
66–63  
England
 
Latvia
84–52  
Bulgaria
2012
details
  Estonia (Tallinn)  
Lithuania
86–73  
Bulgaria
 
Latvia
42–35  
Portugal
2013
details
  Portugal (Matosinhos)  
Serbia
58–54  
Portugal
 
Denmark
76–67  
Finland
2014
details
  Estonia (Tallinn)  
Germany
68–54  
England
 
Netherlands
54–44  
Slovenia
2015
details
  Macedonia (Ohrid & Struga)  
Lithuania
80–74
(OT)
 
Belarus
 
Sweden
54–44  
Slovenia
2016
details
  Romania (Oradea)  
Poland
66–52  
Romania
 
Netherlands
50–44  
Israel
2017
details
  Macedonia (Skopje)  
Denmark
74–73  
Belgium
 
Greece[note 1]
53–36  
Ukraine
2018
details
  Montenegro (Podgorica)  
Sweden
51-41  
Greece
 
Finland
86-52  
Belarus
2019
details
  Bulgaria (Sofia)  
Slovenia
71–56  
Portugal
 
Croatia
49–45  
Norway
2020   Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Bosnia and Herzegovina
2021   Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo) Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[1]
The 2021 FIBA U16 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022
details
  Montenegro (Podgorica)  
Serbia
84–66  
Turkey
 
Israel
59–47  
Sweden
2023
details
  Montenegro (Podgorica)  
Germany
65–57  
Montenegro
 
Sweden
61–52  
Estonia
2024
details
  Turkey (tcb)

* Since 2012, the 3rd team in Division B is also promoted to Division A for the next tournament.

  1. ^ Greece was not promoted due to Lithuania hosting the 2018 Division A tournament.

Performances by nation edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany3115
2  Sweden2024
3  Lithuania2002
  Serbia2002
5  Greece1113
  Slovakia1113
7  Netherlands1023
8  Denmark1012
  Slovenia1012
10  Hungary1001
  Italy1001
  Poland1001
  Ukraine1001
14  Portugal0213
15  England0202
16  Latvia0123
  Romania0123
18  Croatia0112
  Finland0112
20  Belarus0101
  Belgium0101
  Bosnia and Herzegovina0101
  Bulgaria0101
  Estonia0101
  Montenegro0101
  Turkey0101
27  Israel0011
Totals (27 entries)18181753

Division C edit

Results edit

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
2000
details
  Gibraltar  
Cyprus
Round-robin group  
Scotland
 
Andorra
Round-robin group  
Iceland
2002
details
  Malta  
Luxembourg
Round-robin group  
Iceland
 
Scotland
Round-robin group  
Malta
2004
details
  Andorra  
Luxembourg
Round-robin group  
Scotland
 
Andorra
Round-robin group  
Gibraltar
2006
details
  Luxembourg  
Scotland
53–48  
Luxembourg
 
Monaco
68–23  
Gibraltar
2008
details
  Monaco  
Iceland
74–41  
Albania
 
Scotland
68–49  
Malta
2010
details
  Andorra  
Scotland
95–32  
Monaco
 
Andorra
49–36  
Cyprus
2011
details
  Andorra  
Andorra
61–49  
Cyprus
 
Malta
49–45  
Monaco
2012
details
  Gibraltar  
Iceland
57–44  
Cyprus
 
Scotland
62–29  
Gibraltar
2013
details
  Gibraltar  
Cyprus
Round-robin group  
Scotland
 
Monaco
Round-robin group  
Gibraltar
2014
details
  Malta  
Scotland
Round-robin group  
Malta
 
Andorra
Round-robin group  
Wales
2015
details
  Andorra  
Iceland
76–39  
Armenia
 
Malta
53–35  
Wales
2016
details
  Andorra  
Georgia
54–35  
Andorra
 
Malta
61–28  
Kosovo
2017
details
  Gibraltar  
Armenia
63–44  
Malta
 
Georgia
66–45  
Wales
2018
details
  Moldova  
Austria
69–48  
Scotland
 
Georgia
51–50  
Moldova
2019
details
  Moldova  
Cyprus
75–38  
Georgia
 
Scotland
76–35  
Moldova
2020   Gibraltar Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Gibraltar
2021   Gibraltar Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[1]
The 2021 FIBA U16 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022
details
  Albania  
Cyprus
58–42  
Armenia
 
Malta
64–47  
Andorra
2023
details
  Andorra  
Azerbaijan
57-45  
Andorra
 
Georgia
51-46  
Malta
2024
details
  Gibraltar

Performances by nation edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Cyprus4206
2  Scotland34411
3  Iceland3104
4  Luxembourg2103
5  Andorra1247
6  Armenia1203
7  Georgia1135
8  Austria1001
  Azerbaijan1001
10  Malta0246
11  Monaco0123
12  Albania0101
Totals (12 entries)17171751

Under-17 Women's World Cup record edit

Team  
2010
 
2012
 
2014
 
2016
 
2018
 
2022
 
2024
 
2026
Total
  Belarus 15th 1
  Belgium 4th 7th 13th 3
  Croatia Q 1
  Czech Republic 4th 5th Q 3
  Finland Q 1
  France 2nd 8th 8th 2nd 3rd Q 6
  Germany 7th 1
  Hungary 3rd 4th 6th 3
  Italy 6th 13th 2nd 5th Q 5
  Latvia 10th 8th 2
  Netherlands 8th 1
  Russia 6th DQ[4] 1
  Slovakia 15th 1
  Slovenia 9th 1
  Spain 8th 2nd 2nd 6th 6th 2nd Q 7
  Turkey 10th 12th 2
Total 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 6

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "FIBA Europe Board approves alternative format for Youth Competitions, new dates for Small Countries Championships". FIBA. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
  2. ^ "All-Time Medalists". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  3. ^ "FIBA SIGN OFF BRITISH BASKETBALL AGREEMENT". www.gbbasketball.com.
  4. ^ "FIBA statement on Russian teams and officials". FIBA. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
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External links edit

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