FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

The FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket is the new name for the FIBA U16 Women's European Championship,[1][2] originally known as the FIBA European Championship for Cadettes. It's a women's youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1976 edition. The current champions are France.

FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket
Most recent season or competition:
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

YearHostGold medal gameBronze medal game
GoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth 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.[3]
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[4]
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
 Austria12th
 Belgium13th10th10th10th
 Bulgaria3rd3rd3rd4th2nd6th4th
 Czechoslovakia4th5th2nd1st6th
 Finland12th8th5th12th8th
 France7th9th7th9th8th6th8th8th
 West Germany12th12th9th11th11th11th6th
 Greece9th5th
 Hungary2nd6th6th6th4th10th11th4th
 Israel11th13th12th
 Italy9th2nd2nd3rd3rd2nd7th5th3rd
 Netherlands6th9th10th4th7th12th10th
 Poland5th5th8th12th10th7th
 Portugal12th
 Romania8th4th4th5th5th5th2nd11th
 Scotland14th14th
 Soviet Union1st1st1st1st1st1st1st3rd1st
 Spain10th11th10th8th7th9th9th4th9th
 Sweden15th11th11th
  Switzerland16th
 Tunisia15th
 Yugoslavia7th6th7th2nd8th3rd3rd7th2nd
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
 Belarus5th4th8th2nd4th12th7th9th10th14th15th8th15th13
 Belgium8th3rd10th13th14th13th12th5th2nd8th2nd4th13th7th14th13th6th7th9th22
 Bulgaria6th12th11th16th16th12
 Croatia12th6th9th3rd8th9th10th16th2nd14th9th8th10th12th5th10th14th3rd5th19
 Czech Republic8th2nd11th4th7th6th7th2nd3rd11th8th9th10th6th2nd2nd1st7th9th2nd7th12th14th23
 Denmark15th12th13th16th4
 Estonia15th1
 Finland10th9th12th16th10th13th4th12
 France6th3rd3rd1st5th7th2nd5th1st3rd3rd3rd7th5th5th4th6th3rd1st5th4th1st1st31
 Germany9th9th16th13th16th15th9th2nd6th10th9th14th19
 Greece7th7th7th11th12th14th13th14th15th7th10th5th10th11th14th12th6th13th20
 Hungary5th8th9th10th11th12th10th7th15th12th7th3rd6th7th12th2nd7th11th5th8th28
 Israel12th4
 Italy3rd2nd11th8th10th5th15th2nd6th13th3rd2nd4th9th3rd4th3rd1st5th8th3rd30
 Latvia11th5th7th15th7th5th5th10th4th9th8th9th11th13
 Lithuania9th9th3rd13th12th12th16th15th6th14th11th2nd15th13
 Netherlands7th9th12th14th15th13th16th14
 Poland11th9th6th12th3rd6th6th10th14th15th8th8th14th10th6th21
 Portugal13th2nd14th4th16th6
 Romania12th12th16th11
 Russia1st1st1st4th2nd6th3rd5th9th6th9th4th1st6th3rd6th1st8th11th7th6th1st22
 Serbiaplayed as part of 4th14th11th4th13th14th11th10th13th12th15th7th12
 Slovakia4th10th5th6th15th10th16th11th8th10th12th13th16th13
 Slovenia12th11th10th3
 Spain2nd4th5th1st7th4th1st1st1st2nd1st1st5th1st1st1st3rd4th1st5th3rd3rd2nd2nd33
 Sweden5th4th13th11th8th11th9th16th15th16th13
 Turkey10th11th8th4th11th14th8th5th6th4th13th12th8th11th9th11th4th15th15th19
 Ukraine3rd6th8th11th16th5
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
 Austriaplaying in lower divisions1
  Switzerlandplaying in lower divisions1
 England16th16th Great Britain[5]2
 Scotlandplaying in lower divisions Great Britain2
 Czechoslovakiadefunct, succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia5
 Serbia and MontenegroA7th2nd10th1st2nd8th4thdefunct7
 Soviet Uniondefunct9
 Tunisiaplaying in FIBA Africa1
 Yugoslaviadefunct9
^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

YearHostPromoted to Division ABronze medal game
GoldScoreSilverBronze *ScoreFourth 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.[3]
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

YearHostGold medal gameBronze medal game
GoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth 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  GibraltarCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Gibraltar
2021  GibraltarCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3]
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
 Belarus15th1
 Belgium4th7th13th3
 CroatiaQ1
 Czech Republic4th5thQ3
 FinlandQ1
 France2nd8th8th2nd3rdQ6
 Germany7th1
 Hungary3rd4th6th3
 Italy6th13th2nd5thQ5
 Latvia10th8th2
 Netherlands8th1
 Russia6thDQ[6]1
 Slovakia15th1
 Slovenia9th1
 Spain8th2nd2nd6th6th2ndQ7
 Turkey10th12th2
Total44666656

See also edit

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. ^ "All-Time Medalists". FIBA.basketball. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  5. ^ "FIBA SIGN OFF BRITISH BASKETBALL AGREEMENT". www.gbbasketball.com.
  6. ^ "FIBA statement on Russian teams and officials". FIBA. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 13 July 2022.

External links edit