FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket explained

Last Season:	2023 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship
Sport:	Basketball
Founded:	1976
Divisions:	3
Teams:	16 (Division A)
Continent:	Europe (FIBA Europe)
Champion:	(5th title)
Most Champs:	(10 titles)
Related Comps:	FIBA Europe U-20 FIBA Europe U-18
Website:	fiba.basketball/europe/u16women

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.

Division A

Results

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
width=15%	Gold	width=6.5%	Score	width=15%	Silver	width=15%	Bronze	width=6.5%	Score	width=15%	Fourth place
1976	Poland (Szczecin)		Round-robin group			Round-robin group
1978	Spain (Cuenca)		77–62			107–84
1980	Hungary (Zalaegerszeg & Pécs)		Round-robin group			Round-robin group
1982	Finland (Forssa & Uusikaupunki)		66–65			70–68
1984	Italy (Perugia & Marsciano)		72–67			69–66
1985	(Tuzla)		78–55			53–50
1987	Poland (Gorzów Wielkopolski)		83–58			89–72
1989	Romania (Timișoara)		58–57			95–66
1991	Portugal (Estarreja, Travassô & Anadia)		84–75			79–72
1993	Slovakia (Poprad)		66–65			65–60
1995	Poland (Władysławowo)		104–68			75–70
1997	Hungary (Sopron)		69–60			66–62
1999	Romania (Tulcea)		66–58			57–50
2001	Bulgaria (Veliko Tarnovo)		68–66			80–67
2003	Turkey (Nevşehir)		73–61			89–67
2004	Italy (Asti, Biella, Novara & Cuneo)		58–52			74–57
2005	Poland (Poznań)		74–65			60–55
2006	Slovakia (Košice)		80–78			84–72
2007	Latvia (Valmiera)		60–57			65–62
2008	Poland (Katowice)		71–59			73–44
2009	Italy (Naples)		57–53			75–46
2010	Greece (Kozani, Ptolemaida)		71–53			50–44
2011	Italy (Cagliari)		67–43			82–48
2012	Hungary (Miskolc)		70–49			53–41
2013	Bulgaria (Varna)		54–49			62–55
2014	Hungary (Debrecen)		72–47			61–49
2015	Portugal (Matosinhos)		79–55			70–54
2016	Italy (Udine)		64–48			68–50
2017	France (Bourges)		63–55			48–42
2018	Lithuania (Kaunas)		60–52			64–47
2019	(Skopje)		73–66			72–57
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)		65–61			72–58
2023	Turkey (İzmir)		67–63			59–58
2024	Hungary (Miskolc)

Medal table

• Defunct states in italics

Participation details

Team	1976	1978	1980	1982	1984	1985	1987	1989	1991
					12th
	13th	10th			10th	10th
	3rd	3rd	3rd	4th	2nd	6th	4th
†	4th		5th				2nd	1st		6th
	12th	8th		5th		12th	8th
		7th	9th	7th	9th	8th	6th	8th		8th
		12th	12th	9th	11th	11th	11th	6th
								9th		5th
	2nd		6th	6th	6th	4th	10th	11th		4th
	11th	13th		12th
	9th	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	2nd	7th	5th	3rd
	6th	9th		10th	4th	7th		12th		10th
	5th	5th	8th				12th	10th		7th
									12th
	8th	4th	4th		5th	5th	5th	2nd	11th
	14th	14th
†	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st
	10th	11th	10th	8th	7th	9th	9th	4th		9th
	15th		11th	11th
	16th
		15th
†	7th	6th	7th	2nd	8th	3rd	3rd	7th	2nd
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
		5th	4th	8th		2nd	4th	12th	7th	9th	10th	14th	15th						8th	15th					13
	8th	3rd	10th				13th	14th	13th	12th	5th	2nd	8th	2nd	4th	13th	7th	14th			13th	6th		7th	9th	22
		6th			12th		11th	16th								16th									12
	12th		6th	9th	3rd	8th	9th	10th	16th				2nd	14th	9th	8th	10th	12th	5th	10th	14th		3rd	5th	19
		8th	2nd	11th	4th	7th	6th	7th	2nd	3rd	11th	8th	9th	10th	6th	2nd	2nd	1st	7th	9th	2nd	7th	12th	14th	23
																	15th				12th	13th	16th		4
									15th																1
	10th											9th	12th	16th								10th	13th	4th	12
	6th		3rd	3rd	1st	5th	7th	2nd	5th	1st	3rd	3rd	3rd	7th	5th	5th	4th	6th	3rd	1st	5th	4th	1st	1st	31
		9th				9th	16th				13th	16th			15th			9th	2nd	6th	10th	9th	14th		19
	7th	7th		7th	11th	12th	14th	13th	14th	15th		7th	10th	5th	10th	11th	14th					12th	6th	13th	20
	5th		8th		9th		10th	11th	12th	10th	7th	15th		12th	7th	3rd	6th	7th	12th	2nd	7th	11th	5th	8th	28
																								12th	4
	3rd	2nd	11th		8th	10th	5th	15th			2nd	6th	13th	3rd	2nd	4th	9th	3rd	4th	3rd	1st	5th	8th	3rd	30
	11th				5th					7th	15th					7th	5th	5th	10th	4th	9th	8th	9th	11th	13
	9th							9th	3rd	13th	12th	12th	16th			15th			6th	14th	11th	2nd	15th		13
													7th	9th	12th	14th		15th		13th	16th				14
		11th	9th	6th			12th	3rd	6th		6th	10th	14th	15th						8th	8th	14th	10th	6th	21
																	13th	2nd	14th				4th	16th	6
			12th	12th																16th					11
	1st	1st	1st	4th	2nd	6th	3rd	5th	9th	6th	9th	4th	1st	6th	3rd	6th	1st	8th	11th	7th	6th	1st			22
				played as part of						4th	14th	11th	4th	13th	14th		11th	10th	13th	12th	15th			7th	12
	4th	10th		5th	6th		15th		10th	16th				11th	8th	10th	12th	13th	16th						13
		12th																					11th	10th	3
	2nd	4th	5th	1st	7th	4th	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	5th	1st	1st	1st	3rd	4th	1st	5th	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	33
										5th	4th	13th	11th	8th	11th	9th	16th		15th			16th			13
				10th		11th	8th	4th	11th	14th	8th	5th	6th	4th	13th	12th	8th	11th	9th	11th	4th	15th		15th	19
						3rd		6th	8th	11th	16th														5
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
	playing in lower divisions																								1
	playing in lower divisions																								1
†															16th			16th	Great Britain^[4]						2
†	playing in lower divisions																		Great Britain						2
†	defunct, succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia																								5
†			7th	2nd	10th	1st	2nd	8th	4th	defunct															7
†	defunct																								9
	playing in FIBA Africa																								1
†	defunct																								9

As FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003, 4 participations, 2 medals) and as Serbia and Montenegro (2004–2006, 3 participations, 1 medal)

Division B

Results

Year	Host	Promoted to Division A			Bronze medal game
width=15%	Gold	width=6.5%	Score	width=15%	Silver	width=15%	Bronze *	width=6.5%	Score	width=15%	Fourth place
2004 details	Bosnia and Herzegovina (Brčko) and Estonia (Rakvere)	(Gold - Group A)	—	(Gold - Group B)	(Silver - Group A)	—	(Silver - Group B)
2005 details	Estonia (Tallinn)		85–55			71–59
2006 details	Finland (Jyväskylä)		72–62			72–63
2007 details	Italy (Chieti)		64–55			66–61
2008 details	Bulgaria (Pravets)		56–47			70–56
2009 details	Estonia (Tallinn)		71–59			77–50
2010 details	(Skopje)		55–44			78–52
2011 details	Romania (Arad)		66–63			84–52
2012 details	Estonia (Tallinn)		86–73			42–35
2013 details	Portugal (Matosinhos)		58–54			76–67
2014 details	Estonia (Tallinn)		68–54			54–44
2015 details	(Ohrid & Struga)		80–74 (OT)			54–44
2016 details	Romania (Oradea)		66–52			50–44
2017 details	(Skopje)		74–73			53–36
2018 details	Montenegro (Podgorica)		51-41			86-52
2019 details	Bulgaria (Sofia)		71–56			49–45
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. The 2021 FIBA U16 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022 details	Montenegro (Podgorica)		84–66			59–47
2023 details	Montenegro (Podgorica)		65–57			61–52
2024 details	Turkey (tcb)

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

Performances by nation

Division C

Results

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
width=15%	Gold	width=6.5%	Score	width=15%	Silver	width=15%	Bronze	width=6.5%	Score	width=15%	Fourth place
2000 details	Gibraltar		Round-robin group			Round-robin group
2002 details	Malta		Round-robin group			Round-robin group
2004 details	Andorra		Round-robin group			Round-robin group
2006 details	Luxembourg		53–48			68–23
2008 details	Monaco		74–41			68–49
2010 details	Andorra		95–32			49–36
2011 details	Andorra		61–49			49–45
2012 details	Gibraltar		57–44			62–29
2013 details	Gibraltar		Round-robin group			Round-robin group
2014 details	Malta		Round-robin group			Round-robin group
2015 details	Andorra		76–39			53–35
2016 details	Andorra		54–35			61–28
2017 details	Gibraltar		63–44			66–45
2018 details			69–48			51–50
2019 details			75–38			76–35
2020	Gibraltar	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Gibraltar
2021	Gibraltar	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. The 2021 FIBA U16 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022 details	Albania		58–42			64–47
2023 details	Andorra		57–45			51–46
2024 details	Gibraltar		69–52			43–41

Performances by nation

Under-17 Women's World Cup record

Team

2010

2012

2014

2016

2018

2022

2024

2026

Total

–

–

–

–

15th

–

–

1

4th

7th

–

–

–

13th

–

3

–

–

–

–

–

–

Q

1

–

–

4th

5th

–

–

–

Q

3

–

–

–

–

–

–

Q

1

2nd

–

8th

8th

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2nd

3rd

Q

6

–

–

–

–

–

7th

–

1

–

–

3rd

–

4th

6th

–

3

–

6th

13th

bgcolor=silver

2nd

5th

–

Q

5

–

–

–

10th

8th

–

–

2

–

8th

–

–

–

–

–

1

6th

–

–

–

–

DQ^[5]

–

1

–

–

15th

–

–

–

–

1

–

–

–

–

–

9th

–

1

8th

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2nd

bgcolor=silver

2nd

6th

6th

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2nd

Q

7

10th

12th

–

–

–

–

–

2

Total

4

4

6

6

6

6

5

6

See also

• EuroBasket Women
• FIBA U20 Women's European Championship
• FIBA U18 Women's European Championship

References

1. https://www.fiba.basketball/news/draws-complete-for-fiba-youth-eurobasket-and-european-championship-for-small-countries-2024 Draws complete for FIBA Youth EuroBasket 2024
2. https://www.fiba.basketball/europe/fiba-youth-eurobasket-2024?site.playerid=drawresults Draw results
3. News: FIBA Europe Board approves alternative format for Youth Competitions, new dates for Small Countries Championships . 21 July 2021 . . 11 May 2021.
4. Web site: FIBA SIGN OFF BRITISH BASKETBALL AGREEMENT. www.gbbasketball.com.
5. Web site: FIBA statement on Russian teams and officials. 1 March 2022. FIBA. 13 July 2022.

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External links

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