FIBA U16 EuroBasket

The FIBA U16 EuroBasket is the new name for the FIBA U16 European Championship,[1][2] originally known as the FIBA European Championship for Cadets. It's a men's youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1971 edition. Through the 2003 edition, it was held every second year, but since the 2004 edition onward, it is held every year. It serves as the qualification tournament for the FIBA Under-17 World Cup in odd years, for the FIBA Europe region. The current champions are Spain.

FIBA U16 EuroBasket
Most recent season or competition:
2023 FIBA U16 European Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1971
Divisions3
No. of teams16 (Division A)
ContinentEurope (FIBA Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Spain (6th title)
Most titles Spain (6 titles)
Related
competitions
FIBA Europe U-18
FIBA Europe U-20
Official websitefiba.basketball/europe/u16

Division A edit

Results edit

YearHostGold medal gameBronze medal game
GoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth place
1971
details
 Italy (Gorizia)
Yugoslavia
74–60
Italy

Soviet Union
56–55
Spain
1973
details
 Italy (Angri & Summonte)
Soviet Union
68–57
Spain

Yugoslavia
77–74
Italy
1975
details
 Greece (Athens & Thessaloniki)
Soviet Union
64–61
Greece

Yugoslavia
74–72
Italy
1977
details
 France (Le Touquet & Berck)
Turkey
68–66
Yugoslavia

Soviet Union
95–70
Italy
1979
details
 Syria (Damascus)
Yugoslavia
103–100
Italy

Spain
122–82
West Germany
1981
details
 Greece (Thessaloniki & Katerini)
Soviet Union
72–57
Italy

West Germany
78–64
Finland
1983
details
 West Germany (Tübingen & Ludwigsburg)
Yugoslavia
89–86
Spain

West Germany
72–69
Greece
1985
details
 Bulgaria (Ruse)
Yugoslavia
99–81
Spain

Italy
85–81
West Germany
1987
details
 Hungary (Székesfehérvár & Kaposvár)
Yugoslavia
83–77
Italy

Soviet Union
84–76
Spain
1989
details
 Spain (Guadalajara, Tarancón & Cuenca)
Greece
81–79
Yugoslavia

Italy
63–59
Turkey
1991
details
 Greece (Kastoria, Komotini & Thessaloniki)
Italy
106–91
Greece

Spain
87–67
Turkey
1993
details
 Turkey (Trabzon, Giresun & Samsun)
Greece
76–58
Spain

Russia
72–62
Turkey
1995
details
 Portugal (Setúbal, Seixal & Almada)
Croatia
75–62
Spain

Greece
73–72
North Macedonia
1997
details
 Belgium (Pepinster, Kortrijk & Quaregnon)
FR Yugoslavia
100–87
Russia

Israel
65–55
France
1999
details
 Slovenia (Polzela, Celje & Laško)
FR Yugoslavia
59–48
Greece

Turkey
81–63
France
2001
details
 Latvia (Riga)
FR Yugoslavia
55–43
Russia

Spain
75–74
Lithuania
2003
details
 Spain (Madrid)
Serbia and Montenegro
83–68
Turkey

Russia
92–70
Spain
2004
details
 Greece (Amaliada & Pyrgos)
France
65–60
Russia

Turkey
75–69
Lithuania
2005
details
 Spain (León)
Turkey
61–55
France

Spain
70–63
Lithuania
2006
details
 Spain (Linares, Andújar & Martos)
Spain
110–106
Russia

Serbia and Montenegro
85–69
Croatia
2007
details
 Greece (Ierapetra, Rethymno & Heraklion)
Serbia
56–55
Spain

Lithuania
65–55
Turkey
2008
details
 Italy (Chieti)
Lithuania
75–33
Czech Republic

Turkey
77–65
France
2009
details
 Lithuania (Kaunas)
Spain
70–64
Lithuania

Serbia
75–69
Poland
2010
details
 Montenegro (Bar)
Croatia
80–52
Lithuania

Turkey
75–64
Spain
2011
details
 Czech Republic (Pardubice, Hradec Králové)
Croatia
67–57
Czech Republic

Spain
61–53
France
2012
details
 Lithuania (Panevėžys, Vilnius) &  Latvia (Ventspils)
Turkey
66–61
France

Serbia
83–69
Italy
2013
details
 Ukraine (Kyiv)
Spain
65–63
Serbia

Greece
78–50
Italy
2014
details
 Latvia (Riga, Ogre, Liepāja, Grobiņa)
France
78–53
Latvia

Spain
77–73
Turkey
2015
details
 Lithuania (Kaunas)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
85–83
Lithuania

Turkey
83–72
Spain
2016
details
 Poland (Radom)
Spain
74–72
Lithuania

Turkey
77–70
Croatia
2017
details
 Montenegro (Podgorica)
France
75–68
Montenegro

Serbia
76–71
Croatia
2018
details
 Serbia (Novi Sad)
Croatia
71–70
Spain

Turkey
82–59
France
2019
details
 Italy (Udine)
Spain
70–61
France

Italy
73–68
Russia
2020  North Macedonia (Skopje)Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.
2021  North Macedonia (Skopje)Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3]
The 2021 FIBA U16 European Challengers were played instead.
2022
details
 North Macedonia (Skopje)
Lithuania
77–68
Spain

France
65–46
Greece
2023
details
 North Macedonia (Skopje)
Spain
77–68
Italy

France
88–62
Lithuania
2024
details
 Greece (Heraklion)

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Spain68620
2  Yugoslavia5229
3  Serbia and Montenegro4015
4  Croatia4004
5  France3328
6  Turkey31711
7  Soviet Union3036
8  Lithuania2417
9  Greece2327
10  Italy1539
11  Serbia1135
12  Bosnia and Herzegovina1001
13  Russia0426
14  Czech Republic0202
15  Latvia0101
 Montenegro0101
17  Germany0022
18  Israel0011
Totals (18 entries)353535105
Source: [4]
  • Defunct countries in italics.

Participating nations edit

Nation
1971

1973

1975

1977

1979

1981

1983

1985

1987

1989

1991
 Austria11th15th17th11th
 Belgium10th7th7th8th9th11th12th11th
 Bulgaria10th12th6th6th10th9th
 Czechoslovakia11th8th10th
 England16th18th
 Finland4th12th10th
 France7th7th15th6th10th7th12th5th8th
 Greece5th5th2nd8th9th7th4th7th1st2nd
 Hungary11th12th
 Iceland16th
 Israel6th6th11th11th8th7th9th7th6th
 Italy2nd4th4th4th2nd2nd5th3rd2nd3rd1st
 Netherlands6th8th
 Poland9th14th9th11th11th
 Portugal14th13th
 Romania8th
 Scotland19th
 Soviet Union3rd1st1st3rd5th1st6th5th3rd5th5th
 Spain4th2nd5th5th3rd9th2nd2nd4th6th3rd
 Sweden10th12th12th12th10th11th
  Switzerland12th12th
 Syria7th
 Turkey8th8th1st10th6th9th8th10th4th4th
 Wales20th
 West Germany9th13th9th10th4th3rd3rd4th6th9th7th
 Yugoslavia1st3rd3rd2nd1st5th1st1st1st2nd8th
Nation
1971

1973

1975

1977

1979

1981

1983

1985

1987

1989

1991
Nation
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
 Belgium12th12th16th14th15th13
 Bosnia and Herzegovina8th1st14th16th4
 Bulgaria12th12th15th9
 Croatia1st8th9th12th10th8th4th8th7th6th1st1st8th6th11th9th4th4th1st8th14th21
 Czech Republic12th11th13th2nd16th2nd15th7
 Denmark16th16th16th3
 Estonia13th12th11th15th4
 Finland13th6th5th15th12th9
 France7th6th4th4th5th5th1st2nd5th6th4th7th6th4th2nd5th1st5th6th1st4th2nd3rd3rd33
 Georgia9th7th11th15th12th16th16th7
 Germany10th16th15th11th13th8th5th8th7th7th9th13th9th14th5th26
 Greece1st3rd5th2nd6th8th5th13th9th7th12th14th10th11th9th3rd9th13th16th6th6th4th8th33
 Hungary15th3
 Iceland9th14th16th4
 Israel8th8th3rd9th10th11th9th7th11th11th13th15th15th11th10th11th5th13th27
 Italy6th5th11th10th9th6th7th6th5th13th12th9th10th4th4th5th10th7th9th12th3rd6th2nd34
 Latvia5th8th13th11th11th9th10th9th14th6th10th13th2nd11th11th8th8th13th10th11th20
 Lithuania5th4th11th4th4th10th3rd1st2nd2nd13th11th9th10th2nd2nd6th7th9th1st4th21
 Montenegroplayed as part of 10th8th16th15th12th8th2nd14th9th14th9
 Netherlands15th15th4
 North Macedonia4th10th6th7th12th12th16th7
 Poland11th10th14th15th14th4th11th14th6th12th15th15th11th9th19
 Portugal9th14th16th5
 Russia3rd2nd11th2nd3rd2nd6th2nd14th8th5th7th5th13th11th12th16th16th4th20
 Serbiaplayed as part of 1st5th3rd5th9th3rd2nd6th8th10th3rd5th7th13th7th15
 Slovenia7th12th6th8th12th13th15th14th10th13th10th7th6th13
 Spain2nd2nd6th8th3rd4th7th3rd1st2nd6th1st4th3rd7th1st3rd4th1st7th2nd1st2nd1st35
 Sweden16th12th14th9
 Turkey4th7th3rd7th2nd3rd1st8th4th3rd8th3rd7th1st7th4th3rd3rd5th3rd5th8th10tth33
 Ukraine5th12th10th9th15th12th12th10th14th9
Nation
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
 Austriaplaying in lower divisions4
 Romaniaplaying in lower divisions1
  Switzerlandplaying in lower divisions2
 England12th16th14th Great Britain[5]5
 Scotlandplaying in lower divisions1
 Walesplaying in lower divisions1
 Syriaplaying in FIBA Asia1
 Czechoslovakiadefunct3
 Soviet Uniondefunct11
 Yugoslaviadefunct11
 FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and MontenegroA1st1st1st1st9th10th3rddefunct7
^A As FR Yugoslavia (1992–2001, 3 participations, 3 gold medals) and as Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006, 4 participations, 2 medals)

MVP Awards (since 1999) edit

YearMVP Award Winner
1999 Aleksandar Gajić
2001 Veljko Tomović
2003 Nemanja Aleksandrov
2004 Vitaly Kuznetsov
2005 Antoine Diot
2006 Ricky Rubio
2007 Dejan Musli
2008 Jonas Valančiūnas
2009 Tauras Jogėla
2010 Dario Šarić
2011 Mario Hezonja
2012 Okben Ulubay
2013 Stefan Peno
2014 Killian Tillie
2015 Džanan Musa
2016 Usman Garuba
2017 Killian Hayes
2018 Roko Prkačin
2019 Rubén Domínguez
2022 Mario Saint-Supery
2023 Guillermo del Pino

Division B edit

Results edit

YearHostPromoted to Division ABronze medal game
GoldScoreSilverBronze *ScoreFourth place
2004
details
 England (Brighton)
Iceland
Round-robin group
Macedonia

England
Round-robin group
Czech Republic
2005
details
 Bulgaria (Pravets)
Germany
77–63
Portugal

Georgia
77–67
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2006
details
 Estonia (Tallinn)
Czech Republic
67–54
Georgia

Bulgaria
85–75*
Austria
2007
details
 Macedonia (Skopje)
Poland
80–73
Hungary

Sweden
66–65*
England
2008
details
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)
Germany
76–69
Montenegro

Bulgaria
81–61
Sweden
2009
details
 Portugal
(São João da Madeira)

Bulgaria
81–63
Denmark

England
78–63
Slovenia
2010
details
 Estonia (Tallinn)
Czech Republic
61–53
Ukraine

Slovenia
62–60
Netherlands
2011
details
 Macedonia (Strumica)
Slovenia
82–73
England

Bosnia and Herzegovina
72–71
Israel
2012
details
 Romania (Bucharest)
Belgium
56–46
Montenegro

Sweden
79–55
Hungary
2013
details
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)
Denmark
72–69
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Finland
96–62
Slovenia
2014
details
 Macedonia (Strumica)
Montenegro
76–73
Israel

England
84–60
Czech Republic
2015
details
 Bulgaria (Sofia)
Estonia
64–56
Poland

Sweden
57–56
Slovakia
2016
details
 Bulgaria (Sofia)
Russia
82–76
Israel

Slovenia
79–71
Ukraine
2017
details
 Bulgaria (Sofia)
Greece
74–60
Netherlands

Georgia
64–63
Great Britain
2018
details
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)
Russia
83–77
Bosnia and Herzegovina

North Macedonia
84–66
Czech Republic
2019
details
 Montenegro (Podgorica)
Poland
71–58
Netherlands

Denmark
85–54
Montenegro
2020  Bulgaria (Sofia)Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria.
2021  Bulgaria (Sofia)Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3]
The 2021 FIBA U16 European Challengers were played instead.
2022
details
 Bulgaria (Sofia)
Germany
100–72
Finland

Belgium
81–61
Bulgaria
2023
details
 Romania (Pitești)
Croatia
85–67
Bulgaria

Georgia
70–68
Romania
2024
details
 North Macedonia (Skopje)
  • Since 2012, the 3rd team in Division B is also promoted to Division A for the next tournament.

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany3003
2  Poland2103
3  Czech Republic2002
 Russia2002
5  Montenegro1203
6  Bulgaria1124
7  Denmark1113
8  Slovenia1023
9  Belgium1012
10  Croatia1001
 Estonia1001
 Greece1001
 Iceland1001
14  Bosnia and Herzegovina0213
15  Israel0202
 Netherlands0202
17  England0134
 Georgia0134
19  Finland0112
 North Macedonia0112
21  Hungary0101
 Portugal0101
 Ukraine0101
24  Sweden0033
Totals (24 entries)18181854

Participating nations edit

Nation

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2022

2023
Total
 Albania9th17th2
 Armenia6th1
 Austria8th15th4th14th14th20th21st14th8th14th22nd21st8th18th14
 Belarus7th15th6th11th18th10th20th24th6th9th16th17th12
 Belgium10th9th9th9th13th10th1st5th6th7th6th9th5th3rd14
 Bosnia and Herzegovina2nd4th5th5th7th3rd5th2nd12th2nd6th11th12
 Bulgaria3rd8th3rd17th3rd1st15th19th12th9th17th14th11th6th4th2nd16
 Croatia1st1
 Cyprus8th17th8th20th18th22nd21st18th22nd9
 Czech Republic4th13th1st1st5th4th16th8th8th4th7th16th8th13
 Denmark18th2nd17th13th1st11th19th18th12th3rd9th11
 England3rd7th8th4th11th3rd11th2nd6th3rd5th11
 Estonia6th5th12th12th10th16th12th17th16th14th1st18th6th13
 Finland7th11th6th11th8th6th9th11th11th3rd13th13th2nd13
 Georgia3rd2nd10th5th16th12th7th10th5th12th3rd20th12th3rd14
 Germany1st10th1st1st4
 Great Britain4th7th10th10th10th5
 Greece1st1
 Hungary6th10th11th2nd7th6th5th4th13th7th13th13th7th17th14th13th5th17
 Iceland1st13th18th21st13th6th15th5th15th9
 Ireland10th14th16th16th14th15th20th18th21st19th20th11th15th16th21st21st16
 Israel4th6th9th2nd2nd5
 Kosovo14th19th23rd24th4
 Luxembourg14th16th12th15th18th21st22nd20th23rd20th24th20th14th13
 Montenegro6th2nd2nd1st4th5
 Netherlands5th18th13th7th17th15th4th7th9th12th11th8th11th2nd2nd17th16
 North Macedonia2nd16th18th15th19th7th8th9th22nd16th15th3rd12
 Norway15th20th19th20th22nd19th21st18th24th22nd23rd17th20th13
 Poland7th1st2nd10th5th1st6
 Portugal4th2nd16th13th10th9th8th15th20th12th9th16th14th11th9th13th16
 Romania5th12th18th19th19th8th17th8th14th10th15th17th15th21st8th8th15th4th18
 Russia1st1st2
 Scotland18th23rd24th3
 Slovakia6th17th13th12th8th22nd19th17th4th10th23rd20th19th19th7th15
 Slovenia5th4th3rd1st4th6th7th3rd8
 Sweden9th9th9th3rd4th5th14th14th3rd13th3rd19th12th7th12th15
  Switzerland12th7th13th16th11th16th15th17th18th22nd11th19th12
 Ukraine1st2nd10th4th5th10th9th14th16th9
Nation

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2022

2023
Total

Division C edit

Results edit

YearHostGold medal gameBronze medal game
GoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth place
2000
details
 Malta
Scotland
Round-robin group
Andorra

Malta
Round-robin group
Wales
2002
details
 Cyprus
Cyprus
Round-robin group
Luxembourg

Scotland
Round-robin group
Andorra
2004
details
 Andorra
Andorra
Round-robin group
Luxembourg

Scotland
Round-robin group
Wales
2006
details
 Andorra
Luxembourg
85–69
Scotland

Cyprus
59–42
Malta
2008
details
 Gibraltar
Scotland
102–39
Wales

Moldova
75–69
(2OT)

Gibraltar
2010
details
 Andorra
Cyprus
74–30
Scotland

Andorra
86–54
San Marino
2011
details
 San Marino
Andorra
84–70
San Marino

Wales
77–67
Malta
2012
details
 Gibraltar
Monaco
61–53
Scotland

Gibraltar
50–45
San Marino
2013
details
 Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Round-robin group
Scotland

Andorra
Round-robin group
Wales
2014
details
 Malta
Malta
Round-robin group
Andorra

Wales
Round-robin group
Gibraltar
2015
details
 San Marino
San Marino
76–59
Kosovo

Malta
55–44
Wales
2016
details
 Cyprus
Cyprus
62–50
Azerbaijan

Moldova
81–56
Gibraltar
2017
details
 Andorra
Armenia
88–70
Gibraltar

Azerbaijan
75–55
Andorra
2018
details
 San Marino
Andorra
84–49
Wales

Austria
65–43
San Marino
2019
details
 Albania
Luxembourg
78–50
Andorra

Wales
84–72
Scotland
2020  KosovoCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Kosovo.
2021  KosovoCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3]
The 2021 FIBA U16 European Challengers were played instead.
2022
details
 Kosovo
Andorra
84-65
Armenia

Albania
68-53
Kosovo
2023
details
 Kosovo
Cyprus
78–75
Azerbaijan

Andorra
97-59
Kosovo
2024
details
 Albania

Medal table edit

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Andorra43310
2  Cyprus4015
3  Scotland2428
4  Luxembourg2204
5  Gibraltar1113
6  Armenia1102
 San Marino1102
8  Malta1023
9  Monaco1001
10  Wales0235
11  Azerbaijan0213
12  Kosovo0101
13  Moldova0022
14  Albania0011
 Austria0011
Totals (15 entries)17171751

Participating nations edit

Nation
2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2022

2023
Total
 Albania5th10th6th8th5th3rd6th7
 Andorra2nd4th1st6th7th3rd1st5th3rd2nd6th6th4th1st2nd1st3rd17
 Armenia8th1st2nd5th4
 Austria3rd1
 Azerbaijan2nd3rd6th2nd4
 Cyprus1st3rd1st1st1st5
 Gibraltar5th6th5th4th8th6th3rd1st4th8th4th2nd10th7th8th9th16
 Kosovo2nd4th4th3
 Luxembourg2nd2nd1st1st5
 Malta3rd5th4th6th6th4th6th1st3rd5th10th7th9th6th7th16
 Moldova3rd3rd8th9th6th5th6
 Monaco8th5th7th5th1st7th5th7
 San Marino5th8th4th2nd4th5th5th1st7th9th4th8th7th8th14
 Scotland1st3rd3rd2nd1st2nd2nd2nd5th4th10
 Wales4th4th7th2nd5th3rd7th4th3rd4th9th7th2nd3rd14
Nation
2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2022

2023
Total

Under-17 World Cup record edit

Team
2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

2022

2024

2026
Total
 Bosnia and Herzegovina9th1
 Croatia3rd7th2
 Czech Republic8th1
 Finland12th1
 France10th8th6th2nd3rdQ6
 Germany8thQ2
 Greece12th1
 Italy9thQ2
 Lithuania4th9th3rd4thQ5
 Montenegro8th1
 Poland2nd8th2
 Serbia5th3rd10th5th4
 Slovenia7th1
 Spain10th4th4th4th2ndQ6
 Turkey2nd5thQQ4
Total55565666

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References edit

  1. ^ Draws complete for FIBA Youth EuroBasket 2024
  2. ^ Draw results
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "archive.fiba.com: 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship". archive.fiba.com.
  5. ^ "FIBA SIGN OFF BRITISH BASKETBALL AGREEMENT". www.gbbasketball.com.

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