FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

The FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket is the new name for the FIBA U18 Women's European Championship,[1][2] originally known as the FIBA European Championship for Junior Women. It's a women's youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1965 edition. The current champions are Slovenia, having beaten France in the 2023 final.

FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket
Most recent season or competition:
2023 FIBA U18 Women's European Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Divisions3
No. of teams16 (Division A)
ContinentEurope (FIBA Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Slovenia (1st title)
Most titles Soviet Union (11 titles)
Related
competitions
FIBA Europe U-20
FIBA Europe U-16
Official websitefiba.basketball/europe/u18women

Division A

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Results

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YearHostGold medal gameBronze medal game
GoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth place
1965  Bulgaria
(Kyustendil, Lom, Botevgrad, Sofia)

Soviet Union
Round-robin group
Yugoslavia

Czechoslovakia
Round-robin group
Poland
1967  Italy
(Nuoro, Sassari & Cagliari)

Soviet Union
Round-robin group
Czechoslovakia

Yugoslavia
Round-robin group
Bulgaria
1969  West Germany
(Köln, Lünen, Essen, Hohenlimburg, Hagen)

Soviet Union
Round-robin group
Bulgaria

Yugoslavia
Round-robin group
Poland
1971  Yugoslavia
(Bačka Topola & Subotica)

Soviet Union
76–52
Czechoslovakia

Bulgaria
62–52
Italy
1973  Italy
(San Remo & Loano)

Soviet Union
68–47
Yugoslavia

Italy
50–48
Bulgaria
1975  Spain
(Vigo)

Czechoslovakia
53–48
Poland

Soviet Union
80–57
Bulgaria
1977  Bulgaria
(Haskovo & Dimitrovgrad)

Soviet Union
96–53
Poland

Czechoslovakia
61–50
Yugoslavia
1979  Italy
(Capo d'Orlando, P. Armerina, Catania, Palermo, Messina)

Soviet Union
Round-robin group
Hungary

Czechoslovakia
Round-robin group
Yugoslavia
1981  Hungary
(Eger & Kecskemét)

Soviet Union
74–61
France

Bulgaria
90–59
Hungary
1983  Italy
(Pescara, & Vasto)

Czechoslovakia
90–80
Soviet Union

Italy
66–46
Yugoslavia
1984  Spain
(Toledo)

Yugoslavia
67–61
Soviet Union

Czechoslovakia
68–61
Spain
1986  Italy
(Perugia, Gualdo Tadino)

Soviet Union
71–70
Yugoslavia

Italy
62–56
Poland
1988  Bulgaria
(Veliko Tarnovo)

Soviet Union
73–56
Czechoslovakia

Yugoslavia
82–58
Bulgaria
1990  Spain
(Alcalá de Henares)

Soviet Union
79–76
Spain

Romania
67–65
Czechoslovakia
1992  Greece
(Kalamata, Tripoli & Patras)

CIS
86–60
Bulgaria

Poland
67–62
France
1994  Bulgaria
(Veliko Tarnovo)

Italy
74–68
Spain

Hungary
63–56
Russia
1996  Slovakia
(Žilina)

Russia
69–59
Slovakia

Czech Republic
66–50
Spain
1998  Turkey
(Eskişehir, Kütahya & Bursa)

Spain
78–52
Slovakia

Russia
79–72
Czech Republic
2000  Poland
(Cetniewo)

Russia
64–51
Czech Republic

Poland
75–44
Lithuania
2002  Slovenia
(Škofja Loka)

Russia
60–56
France

Czech Republic
83–56
Slovakia
2004  Slovakia
(Bratislava)

Russia
77–59
Spain

Hungary
73–63
Serbia and Montenegro
2005  Hungary
(Budapest)

Serbia and Montenegro
66–52
Spain

France
77–66
Czech Republic
2006  Spain
(Tenerife)

Spain
78–74
Serbia and Montenegro

Sweden
62–57
Czech Republic
2007  Serbia
(Novi Sad)

Serbia
72–48
Spain

Russia
71–65
Poland
2008  Slovakia
(Nitra)

Lithuania
63–57
Russia

Czech Republic
70–61
France
2009  Sweden
(Södertälje)

Spain
64–54
France

Sweden
67–54
Czech Republic
2010  Slovakia
(Poprad)

Italy
66–61
Spain

France
63–44
Slovenia
2011  Romania
(Oradea)

Belgium
77–49
France

Spain
85–69
Sweden
2012  Romania
(Bucharest)

France
65–61
Russia

Serbia
59–46
Netherlands
2013  Croatia
(Vukovar, Vinkovci)

Spain
60–46
France

Serbia
57–56
Netherlands
2014  Portugal
(Matosinhos)

Russia
57–53
France

Spain
74–69
Serbia
2015  Slovenia
(Celje)

Spain
76–60
France

Russia
71–52
Italy
2016  Hungary
(Sopron)

France
74–44
Spain

Russia
65–58
Latvia
2017  Hungary
(Sopron)

Belgium
55–53
Serbia

France
55–48
Czech Republic
2018  Italy
(Udine)

Germany
67–54
Spain

Hungary
58–56
Latvia
2019  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Sarajevo)

Italy
70–62
Hungary

France
77–45
Russia
2020  Greece
(Heraklion)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
2021  Greece
(Heraklion)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3]
The 2021 FIBA U18 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022  Greece
(Heraklion)

Lithuania
78–75
Spain

France
75–46
Germany
2023  Turkey
(Konya)

Slovenia
63–61
France

Spain
80–52
Serbia
2024  Portugal
(Matosinhos)

Medal table

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  • Defunct states in italics
As of 2023[4]
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union112114
2  Spain59317
3  Russia52411
4  Italy3036
5  France28515
6  Czechoslovakia2349
7  Belgium2002
 Lithuania2002
9  Yugoslavia1337
10  Serbia1124
11  Serbia and Montenegro1102
12  CIS1001
 Germany1001
 Slovenia1001
15  Hungary0235
16  Bulgaria0224
 Poland0224
18  Slovakia0202
19  Czech Republic0134
20  Sweden0022
21  Romania0011
Totals (21 entries)383838114

Participation details

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Nation
1965

1967

1969

1971

1973

1975

1977

1979

1981

1983

1984

1986

1988

1990

1992
 Austria12th
 Belgium12th9th12th12th12th7th
 Bulgaria5th4th2nd3rd4th4th9th8th3rd5th6th4th8th2nd
 Czechoslovakia3rd2nd7th2nd1st3rd3rd5th1st3rd11th2nd4th6th
 East Germany9th
 Finland8th7th8th
 France8th9th11th10th10th10th2nd7th11th6th9th7th4th
 West Germany11th11th11th10th11th10th10th8th12th10th
 Greece12th10th
 Hungary6th6th5th7th6th5th5th2nd4th6th8th9th11th9th7th
 Israel10th8th8th9th9th12th10th
 Italy10th7th6h4th3rd8th7th5th7th3rd5th3rd5th6th9th
 Netherlands10th10th7th11th12th9th7th
 Poland4th5th4th6th5th2nd2nd9th11th11th12th4th8th11th3rd
 Romania7th8th9th6th6th5th3rd8th
 Scotland11th
 Soviet Union1st1st1st1st1st3rd1st1st1st2nd2nd1st1st1st
 CIS1st
 Spain8th6th11th9th8th4th12th6th2nd5th
 Sweden10th9th7th10th5th11th
  Switzerland12th
 Yugoslavia2nd3rd3rd5th2nd7th4th4th6th4th1st2nd3rd
Nation
1965

1967

1969

1971

1973

1975

1977

1979

1981

1983

1984

1986

1988

1990

1992
Nation
1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2022

2023

2024
Total
 Belarus10th9th14th13th15th15th9th7
 Belgium11th11th15th11th13th1st15th5th7th6th1st5th12th12th9thQ22
 Bosnia and Herzegovina12th13th14th16th4
 Bulgaria8th11th11th8th12th8th13th12th16th23
 Croatia8th8th15th16th7th13th8th9th12th9th9th15thQ13
 Czech Republic10th3rd4th2nd3rd4th4th6th3rd4th14th9th13th11th11th6th13th4th6th8th6th14th22
 Estonia16th1
 Finland11th7th10thQ7
 France5th7th10th5th2nd5th3rd6th7th4th2nd3rd2nd1st2nd2nd2nd1st3rd7th3rd3rd2ndQ37
 Germany8th7th12th9th12th15th1st6th4th11thQ21
 Greece9th5th8th7th14th16th11th10th14th16th14th13
 Hungary3rd6th3rd6th7th16th15th13th5th5th3rd2nd11th5thQ30
 Ireland14th1
 Israel9th12th14th11th13th12thQ14
 Italy1st11th7th9th16th8th14th10th1st10th8th6th7th4th7th10th10th1st5th13thQ36
 Latvia12th10th7th16th4th13th4th7th9th8thQ11
 Lithuania10th4th7th5th10th1st6th6th16th13th10th9th14th13th1st16th16
 LuxembourgQ1
 Netherlands5th4th4th6th8th16th13
 Poland12th6th3rd6th13th14th4th8th12th11th6th14th12th14th11th10th8th7thQ34
 Portugal9th9th15th15thQ5
 Romania7th12th15th12th16th13
 Russia4th1st3rd1st1st1st5th11th3rd2nd9th5th13th2nd5th1st3rd3rd11th8th4th21
 Serbiaplayed as 1st6th5th12th8th3rd3rd4th11th11th2nd12th16th4thQ15
 Slovakia6th2nd2nd12th4th11th8th13th9th7th14th9th14th9th14th15th16
 Slovenia10th4th11th12th12th10th5th10th7th16th1stQ12
 Spain2nd4th1st6th5th2nd2nd1st2nd5th1st2nd3rd5th1st3rd1st2nd6th2nd5th2nd3rdQ34
 Sweden3rd12th10th3rd8th4th10th8th16th8th15th15th18
 Turkey9th6th10th10th11th9th13th10th7th7th15th8th15th10th6thQ16
 Ukraine12th7th5th11th8th7th15th6th8
Nation
1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2022

2023

2024
Total
 Austriaplaying in lower divisions1
  Switzerlandplaying in lower divisions1
 England16th Great Britain[5]1
 Scotlandplaying in lower divisions Great Britain1
 East Germanydefunct, succeeded by Germany1
 CISdefunct, preceded by Soviet Union1
 Czechoslovakiadefunct, succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia14
 Serbia and MontenegroA9th5th9th4th1st2nddefunct6
 Soviet Uniondefunct14
 Yugoslaviadefunct13
^A As FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003, 3 participations) and as Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006, 3 participations, 2 medals)

Division B

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Results

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YearHostPromoted to Division ABronze medal game
GoldScoreSilverBronze *ScoreFourth place
2005  Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bihać)
Belarus
65–46
Sweden

Latvia
53–44
Estonia
2006  Italy (Chieti)
Italy
63–59
Ukraine

Croatia
66–51
Latvia
2007  Romania (Timișoara)
Croatia
70–59
Romania

Estonia
66–49
Latvia
2008  Macedonia (Skopje)
Latvia
96–64
Belgium

Slovenia
80–66
Greece
2009  Israel (Eilat)
Hungary
60–47
Slovenia

Germany
79–62
Israel
2010  Romania (Timișoara)
Romania
63–61
Netherlands

Greece
52–48
Belarus
2011  Hungary (Miskolc)
Croatia
61–49
Greece

Latvia
71–64
Finland
2012  Macedonia (Strumica)
Belarus
76–74
England

Portugal
68–57
Hungary
2013  Hungary (Miskolc)
Poland
60–55
Belgium

Lithuania
59–56
Latvia
2014  Romania (Timișoara)
Hungary
58–52
Estonia

Israel
71–64
Latvia
2015  Romania (Bucharest)
Slovakia
49–45
Latvia

Turkey
60–49
Sweden
2016  Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)
Sweden
62–47
Greece

Bosnia and Herzegovina
82–67
Iceland
2017  Ireland (Dublin)
Germany
67–43
Ireland

Poland
64–50
Great Britain
2018  Austria (Oberwart, Güssing, Fürstenfeld)
Lithuania
86–71
Belarus

Israel
63–51
Turkey
2019  North Macedonia (Skopje)
Finland
63–56
Greece

Turkey
65–57
Sweden
2020  Austria (Oberwart, Güssing, Fürstenfeld)Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Austria
2021  Austria (Oberwart, Güssing)Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3]
The 2021 FIBA U18 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022  Austria (Oberwart, Güssing)
Slovenia
59–44
Portugal

Serbia
62–50
Slovakia
2023  Bulgaria (Sofia)
Croatia
93–66
Luxembourg

Greece
68–44
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2024  Romania (Ploiesti)

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

Performances by nation

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Croatia3014
2  Belarus2103
3  Hungary2002
4  Latvia1124
5  Slovenia1113
6  Romania1102
 Sweden1102
8  Germany1012
 Lithuania1012
 Poland1012
11  Finland1001
 Italy1001
 Slovakia1001
14  Greece0325
15  Belgium0202
16  Estonia0112
 Portugal0112
18  England0101
 Ireland0101
 Luxembourg0101
 Netherlands0101
 Ukraine0101
23  Israel0022
 Turkey0022
25  Bosnia and Herzegovina0011
 Serbia0011
Totals (26 entries)17171751

Participation details

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Nation
2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2022

2023
Total
 Albania20th19th22nd21st23rd 
 Austria17th14th15th10th12th16th17th17th14th15th 
 Belgium10th2nd2nd 
 Bosnia and Herzegovina11th5th13th9th6th16th5th11th7th3rd4th 
 Belarus1st4th6th1st12th5th6th2nd 
 Bulgaria15th12th5th7th7th15th15th9th20th18th8th8th 
 Croatia3rd1st11th5th1st5th1st 
 Cyprus19th16th 
 Denmark18th17th9th6th10th6th15th16th8th14th24th13th5th16th14th 
 England5th13th11th13th12th8th14th2nd8th11th11th 
 Estonia4th6th3rd5th13th10th2nd12th17th16th13th11th 
 Finland8th12th15th16th8th7th4th11th11th5th9th10th10th7th1st 
 Georgia20th24th 
 Germany8th3rd9th9th8th9th10th5th7th1st 
 Great Britain4th10th19th11th12th 
 Greece8th4th7th3rd2nd10th2nd11th2nd3rd 
 Hungary7th1st5th4th8th1st 
 Iceland7th11th12th15th17th4th13th19th15th12th7th 
 Ireland10th10th6th11th13th18th8th2nd9th9th6th 
 Israel9th8th7th4th12th8th13th14th3rd7th3rd 
 Italy1st 
 Kosovo22nd22nd 
 Latvia3rd4th4th1st3rd9th4th4th2nd 
 Lithuania7th3rd1st 
 Luxembourg12th19th15th17th13th14th14th18th12th14th10th2nd 
 Moldova23rd 
 Montenegro12th10th14th6th18th 
 Netherlands14th9th6th13th2nd18th11th6th7th6th9th 
 North Macedonia14th19th15th21st21st18th16th 
 Norway15th11th16th18th15th23rd20th17th18th 
 Poland1st6th3rd 
 Portugal6th9th14th10th5th11th7th3rd9th5th5th6th2nd 
 Romania15th7th2nd10th1st13th12th6th17th8th9th8th7th17th 
 Scotland16th18th18th18th17th16th 
 Serbia3rd 
 Slovakia1st12th14th10th4th5th 
 Slovenia5th3rd2nd11th1st 
 Sweden2nd4th1st4th13th 
  Switzerland20th14th14th16th17th16th17th16th19th15th12th 
 Turkey3rd4th3rd 
 Ukraine8th2nd12th6th9th13th13th14th8th13th15th10th 
Nation
2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2022

2023
Total

Division C

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Results

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YearHostGold medal gameBronze medal game
GoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth place
1997  Malta
Ireland
69–58
England

Armenia
89–78
Scotland
1999  Cyprus
Scotland
67–49
Andorra

Armenia
67–62
Cyprus
2001  Cyprus
Cyprus
67–57
Luxembourg

Scotland
54–45
Iceland
2003  Iceland
Iceland
Round-robin group
Scotland

Andorra
Round-robin group
Malta
2005  Scotland
Scotland
59–57
Luxembourg

Albania
72–62
Malta
2007  Malta
Malta
Round-robin group
Andorra

Monaco
Round-robin group
Luxembourg
2009  Malta
Luxembourg
Round-robin group
Monaco

Malta
Round-robin group
Moldova
2013  Andorra
Andorra
51–41
Malta

Wales
66–39
Gibraltar
2014  Andorra
Cyprus
67–53
Malta

Andorra
56–47
Gibraltar
2015  Gibraltar
Scotland
Round-robin group
Malta

Wales
Round-robin group
Andorra
2016  Georgia
Armenia
66–32
Georgia

Malta
71–63
Andorra
2017  Malta
Cyprus
Round-robin group
Armenia

Malta
Round-robin group
Gibraltar
2018  Andorra
Gibraltar
56-49
Malta

Andorra
55-41
Moldova
2019  Andorra
Armenia
79-73
Malta

Georgia
72-45
Andorra
2020  AndorraCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra
2021  AndorraCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3]
The 2021 FIBA U18 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022  Andorra
Georgia
61-37
Malta

Albania
79-73
Andorra
2023  Albania
Malta
56–47
Albania

Armenia
81–66
Andorra
2024  Kosovo

Performances by nation

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Scotland3115
2  Cyprus3003
3  Malta26311
4  Armenia2136
5  Andorra1236
6  Luxembourg1203
7  Georgia1113
8  Gibraltar1001
 Iceland1001
 Ireland1001
11  Albania0123
12  Monaco0112
13  England0101
14  Wales0022
Totals (14 entries)16161648

Under-19 Women's World Cup record

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Team
1985

1989

1993

1997

2001

2005

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023

2025
Total
 Belgium6th4th2
 Bulgaria11th9th2
 Czech Republicas Czechoslovakia6th1st7th10th6th7thQ7
 France6th5th7th6th2nd5th5th10th4th9
 Germany13th10th2
 Hungary8th9th10th3rd4
 Italy10th11th11th11th4
 Latviaas USSR10th14th2
 Lithuaniaas USSR8th12th8th12th8th5
 Netherlands10th9th2
 Poland3rd10th2
 Russiaas USSR2nd5th2nd4th6th8th9th2nd1st8th10
 Serbiaas Yugoslaviaas SCG3rd11th11th3
 Slovakiaas Czechoslovakia3rd6th2
 Sloveniaas Yugoslavia14th1
 Spain7th5th8th5th4th2nd2nd4th4th8th3rd7th2nd13
 Sweden2nd1
Team
1985

1989

1993

1997

2001

2005

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023

2025
Total
 Czechoslovakia4thdefunct1
 Serbia and Montenegroas Yugoslavia2nddefunct1
 Soviet Union1st1stdefunct2
 Yugoslavia3rd2nddefunct2
Total (6)3544545556665666

See also

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References

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  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
  5. ^ "FIBA SIGN OFF BRITISH BASKETBALL AGREEMENT". gbbasketball.com. Archived from the original on August 14, 2012.
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