FIBA_Women's_European_Championship_for_Small_Countries Knowpia

The FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries is the lowest-ranked tier of the biannual FIBA EuroBasket Women competition, organized by FIBA Europe.

History edit

This championship was first introduced in 1989, as the Promotion Cup, the competition organized for the lowest ranked European national basketball teams. Since then, the competition has been held biannually. In 2007, the Promotion Cup was officially renamed EuroBasket Division C.

In 2011, after the divisional system for the FIBA EuroBasket was abolished, the FIBA EuroBasket Division C was renamed FIBA European Championship for Small Countries.^[1]

Results edit

Year	Host	Final match			Third place match
Year	Host	First place	Score	Second place	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1989 details	Luxembourg	Austria	63–57	Ireland	Luxembourg	73–52	Iceland
1991 details	Gibraltar	Turkey	95–65	Ireland	Austria	67–58	Luxembourg
1993 details	Cyprus (Nicosia)	Austria	68–54	Ireland	Cyprus	57–51	Iceland
1996 details	Malta (Valletta)	Iceland	81–73	Albania	Luxembourg	65–58	Cyprus
1998 details	Austria (Oberpullendorf)	Austria	85–45	Luxembourg	Cyprus	53–51	Iceland
2000 details	Macedonia (Ohrid)	Macedonia	Group tournament	Scotland	Andorra	Group tournament	Malta
2002 details	Andorra (Andorra la Vella)	Albania	84–79	Iceland	Cyprus	71–61	Luxembourg
2004 details	Andorra (Andorra la Vella)	Iceland	81–66	Luxembourg	Malta	69–61	Armenia
2006 details	Malta (Ta' Qali)	Luxembourg	54–49	Scotland	Moldova	81–75	Malta
2008 details	Luxembourg	Malta	81–61	Albania	Luxembourg	55–45	Andorra
2010 details	Armenia (Yerevan)	Malta	74–65	Armenia	Scotland	88–67	Moldova
2012 details	Macedonia (Ohrid)	Austria	68–63	Macedonia	Malta	72–52	Scotland
2014 details	Austria (Sankt Pölten)	Austria	87–81	Iceland	Malta	66–59	Scotland
2016 details	Gibraltar	Malta	67–59	Ireland	Moldova	66–50	Andorra
2018 details	Ireland (Cork)	Denmark	93–59	Luxembourg	Malta	67–59	Norway
2021 details	Cyprus (Nicosia)	Luxembourg	69–59	Ireland	Kosovo	70–60	Malta
2022 details	Cyprus (Nicosia)	Cyprus	Group Tournament	Norway	Malta	Group Tournament	Kosovo
2024 details	Kosovo (Pristina)

Performance edit


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	5	0	1	6
2	Malta	3	0	5	8
3	Luxembourg	2	3	3	8
4	Iceland	2	2	0	4
5	Albania	1	2	0	3
6	North Macedonia	1	1	0	2
7	Cyprus	1	0	3	4
8	Denmark	1	0	0	1
8	Turkey	1	0	0	1
10	Ireland	0	5	0	5
11	Scotland	0	2	1	3
12	Armenia	0	1	0	1
12	Norway	0	1	0	1
14	Moldova	0	0	2	2
15	Andorra	0	0	1	1
15	Kosovo	0	0	1	1
Totals (16 entries)		17	17	17	51