FIBA European Championship for Small Countries | |
Year: | 2021 |
Size: | 270px |
City: | Dublin |
Dates: | 10–15 August 2021 |
Num Teams: | 5 |
Venues: | 1 |
Cities: | 1 |
Champion: | IRL |
Count: | 2 |
Second: | AND |
Third: | MLT |
Mvp: | Guillem Colom[1] |
Website: | www.fiba.basketball |
Prevseason: | 2018 |
Nextseason: | 2022 |
The 2021 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries was the 17th edition of this tournament, hosted in Dublin, Ireland.[2] Initially, the championship was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] [4] It was rescheduled to 1015 August 2021.[5]
Ireland won the title for the second time.[6] [7]
Moldova and Norway did not join this edition. They were replaced by Armenia, who were winners in 2016 about to come back to competition after their withdrawal from the EuroBasket 2021 pre-qualifiers, and Azerbaijan, winners in 2006 and 2008—Azerbaijan was set for a comeback to competition since its participation in the EuroBasket 2013 qualification.
Due to the postponement of the tournament to 2021, Armenia and Azerbaijan withdrew from participating in the tournament.
Team | Best placement in tournament | ||||
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14th | Champion (1998, 2000, 2004, 2012, 2014) | 77 | |||
17th | Fourth place (1998, 2018) | 147 | |||
7th | Champion (1994) | 101 | |||
17th | Champion (2018) | 81 | |||
16th | Champion (2002) | 114 |
All times are local (UTC+1).----------------