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

YearHostGold medal gameBronze medal game
width=15%Goldwidth=6.5%Scorewidth=15%Silverwidth=15%Bronzewidth=6.5%Scorewidth=15%Fourth place
1976 Poland
(Szczecin)
Round-robin groupRound-robin group
1978 Spain
(Cuenca)
77–62107–84
1980 Hungary
(Zalaegerszeg & Pécs)
Round-robin groupRound-robin group
1982 Finland
(Forssa & Uusikaupunki)
66–6570–68
1984 Italy
(Perugia & Marsciano)
72–6769–66
1985
(Tuzla)
78–5553–50
1987 Poland
(Gorzów Wielkopolski)
83–5889–72
1989 Romania
(Timișoara)
58–5795–66
1991 Portugal
(Estarreja, Travassô & Anadia)
84–7579–72
1993 Slovakia
(Poprad)
66–6565–60
1995 Poland
(Władysławowo)
104–6875–70
1997 Hungary
(Sopron)
69–6066–62
1999 Romania
(Tulcea)
66–5857–50
2001 Bulgaria
(Veliko Tarnovo)
68–6680–67
2003 Turkey
(Nevşehir)
73–6189–67
2004 Italy
(Asti, Biella, Novara & Cuneo)
58–5274–57
2005 Poland
(Poznań)
74–6560–55
2006 Slovakia
(Košice)
80–7884–72
2007 Latvia
(Valmiera)
60–5765–62
2008 Poland
(Katowice)
71–5973–44
2009 Italy
(Naples)
57–5375–46
2010 Greece
(Kozani, Ptolemaida)
71–5350–44
2011 Italy
(Cagliari)
67–4382–48
2012 Hungary
(Miskolc)
70–4953–41
2013 Bulgaria
(Varna)
54–4962–55
2014 Hungary
(Debrecen)
72–4761–49
2015 Portugal
(Matosinhos)
79–5570–54
2016 Italy
(Udine)
64–4868–50
2017 France
(Bourges)
63–5548–42
2018 Lithuania
(Kaunas)
60–5264–47
2019
(Skopje)
73–6672–57
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)
65–6172–58
2023 Turkey
(İzmir)
67–6359–58
2024 Hungary
(Miskolc)

Medal table

Participation details

Team
1976

1978

1980

1982

1984

1985

1987

1989

1991
12th
13th10th10th10th
3rd3rd3rd4th2nd6th4th
4th5th2nd1st6th
12th8th5th12th8th
7th9th7th9th8th6th8th8th
12th12th9th11th11th11th6th
9th5th
2nd6th6th6th4th10th11th4th
11th13th12th
9th2nd2nd3rd3rd2nd7th5th3rd
6th9th10th4th7th12th10th
5th5th8th12th10th7th
12th
8th4th4th5th5th5th2nd11th
14th14th
1st1st1st1st1st1st1st3rd1st
10th11th10th8th7th9th9th4th9th
15th11th11th
16th
15th
7th6th7th2nd8th3rd3rd7th2nd
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
5th4th8th2nd4th12th7th9th10th14th15th8th15th13
8th3rd10th13th14th13th12th5th2nd8th2nd4th13th7th14th13th6th7th9th22
6th12th11th16th16th12
12th6th9th3rd8th9th10th16th2nd14th9th8th10th12th5th10th14th3rd5th19
8th2nd11th4th7th6th7th2nd3rd11th8th9th10th6th2nd2nd1st7th9th2nd7th12th14th23
15th12th13th16th4
15th1
10th9th12th16th10th13th4th12
6th3rd3rd1st5th7th2nd5th1st3rd3rd3rd7th5th5th4th6th3rd1st5th4th1st1st31
9th9th16th13th16th15th9th2nd6th10th9th14th19
7th7th7th11th12th14th13th14th15th7th10th5th10th11th14th12th6th13th20
5th8th9th10th11th12th10th7th15th12th7th3rd6th7th12th2nd7th11th5th8th28
12th4
3rd2nd11th8th10th5th15th2nd6th13th3rd2nd4th9th3rd4th3rd1st5th8th3rd30
11th5th7th15th7th5th5th10th4th9th8th9th11th13
9th9th3rd13th12th12th16th15th6th14th11th2nd15th13
7th9th12th14th15th13th16th14
11th9th6th12th3rd6th6th10th14th15th8th8th14th10th6th21
13th2nd14th4th16th6
12th12th16th11
1st1st1st4th2nd6th3rd5th9th6th9th4th1st6th3rd6th1st8th11th7th6th1st22
played as part of 4th14th11th4th13th14th11th10th13th12th15th7th12
4th10th5th6th15th10th16th11th8th10th12th13th16th13
12th11th10th3
2nd4th5th1st7th4th1st1st1st2nd1st1st5th1st1st1st3rd4th1st5th3rd3rd2nd2nd33
5th4th13th11th8th11th9th16th15th16th13
10th11th8th4th11th14th8th5th6th4th13th12th8th11th9th11th4th15th15th19
3rd6th8th11th16th5
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 divisions1
playing in lower divisions1
16th16th Great Britain[4] 2
playing in lower divisions Great Britain2
defunct, succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia5
7th2nd10th1st2nd8th4thdefunct7
defunct9
playing in FIBA Africa1
defunct9

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

Division B

Results

YearHostPromoted to Division ABronze medal game
width=15%Goldwidth=6.5%Scorewidth=15%Silverwidth=15%Bronze *width=6.5%Scorewidth=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)85–5571–59
2006
details
Finland (Jyväskylä)72–6272–63
2007
details
Italy (Chieti)64–5566–61
2008
details
Bulgaria (Pravets)56–4770–56
2009
details
Estonia (Tallinn)71–5977–50
2010
details
(Skopje)55–4478–52
2011
details
Romania (Arad)66–6384–52
2012
details
Estonia (Tallinn) 86–7342–35
2013
details
Portugal (Matosinhos)58–5476–67
2014
details
Estonia (Tallinn)68–5454–44
2015
details
(Ohrid & Struga)80–74
(OT)
54–44
2016
details
Romania (Oradea)66–5250–44
2017
details
(Skopje)74–7353–36
2018
details
Montenegro (Podgorica)51-4186-52
2019
details
Bulgaria (Sofia)71–5649–45
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)84–6659–47
2023
details
Montenegro (Podgorica)65–5761–52
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

YearHostGold medal gameBronze medal game
width=15%Goldwidth=6.5%Scorewidth=15%Silverwidth=15%Bronzewidth=6.5%Scorewidth=15%Fourth place
2000
details
GibraltarRound-robin groupRound-robin group
2002
details
MaltaRound-robin groupRound-robin group
2004
details
AndorraRound-robin groupRound-robin group
2006
details
Luxembourg53–4868–23
2008
details
Monaco74–4168–49
2010
details
Andorra95–3249–36
2011
details
Andorra61–4949–45
2012
details
Gibraltar57–4462–29
2013
details
GibraltarRound-robin groupRound-robin group
2014
details
MaltaRound-robin groupRound-robin group
2015
details
Andorra76–3953–35
2016
details
Andorra54–3561–28
2017
details
Gibraltar63–4466–45
2018
details
69–4851–50
2019
details
75–3876–35
2020 GibraltarCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Gibraltar
2021 GibraltarCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
The 2021 FIBA U16 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022
details
Albania58–4264–47
2023
details
Andorra57–4551–46
2024
details
Gibraltar69–5243–41

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 bgcolor=silver2nd 3rd Q 6
7th 1
3rd 4th 6th 3
6th 13th bgcolor=silver2nd 5th Q 5
10th 8th 2
8th 1
6th DQ[5] 1
15th 1
9th 1
8th bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=silver2nd 6th 6th bgcolor=silver2nd Q 7
10th 12th 2
Total 4 4 6 6 6 6 5 6

See also

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.

External links