FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket explained

Current Season:2024 FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket
Sport:Basketball
Divisions:3
Teams:16 (Division A)
Continent:Europe (FIBA Europe)
Champion: (3rd title)
Most Champs: (11 titles)
Related Comps:FIBA Europe U-20
FIBA Europe U-16
Website:fiba.basketball/europe/u18women

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 France, having beaten Spain in the 2024 final.

Division A

Results

YearHostGold medal gameBronze medal game
width=15%Goldwidth=6.5%Scorewidth=15%Silverwidth=15%Bronzewidth=6.5%Scorewidth=15%Fourth place
1965 Bulgaria
1967 Italy
1969
1971
76–5262–52
1973 Italy
68–4750–48
1975 Spain
53–4880–57
1977 Bulgaria
96–5361–50
1979 Italy
1981 Hungary
74–6190–59
1983 Italy
90–8066–46
1984 Spain
67–6168–61
1986 Italy
71–7062–56
1988 Bulgaria
73–5682–58
1990 Spain
79–7667–65
1992 Greece
86–6067–62
1994 Bulgaria
74–6863–56
1996 Slovakia
69–5966–50
1998 Turkey
78–5279–72
2000 Poland
64–5175–44
2002 Slovenia
60–5683–56
2004 Slovakia
77–5973–63
2005 Hungary
66–5277–66
2006 Spain
78–7462–57
2007 Serbia
72–4871–65
2008 Slovakia
63–5770–61
2009 Sweden
64–5467–54
2010 Slovakia
66–6163–44
2011 Romania
77–4985–69
2012 Romania
65–6159–46
2013 Croatia
60–4657–56
2014 Portugal
57–5374–69
2015 Slovenia
76–6071–52
2016 Hungary
74–4465–58
2017 Hungary
55–5355–48
2018 Italy
67–5458–56
2019 Bosnia and Herzegovina
70–6277–45
2020 Greece
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
2021 Greece
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3]
The 2021 FIBA U18 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022 Greece
78–7575–46
2023 Turkey
63–6180–52
2024 Portugal
80–7072–56

Medal table

Participation details

Nation
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1967

1969

1971

1973

1975

1977

1979

1981

1983

1984

1986

1988

1990

1992
12th
12th9th12th12th12th7th
5th4th2nd3rd4th4th9th8th3rd5th6th4th8th2nd
3rd2nd7th2nd1st3rd3rd5th1st3rd11th2nd4th6th
9th
8th7th8th
8th9th11th10th10th10th2nd7th11th6th9th7th4th
11th11th11th10th11th10th10th8th12th10th
12th10th
6th6th5th7th6th5th5th2nd4th6th8th9th11th9th7th
10th8th8th9th9th12th10th
10th7th6h4th3rd8th7th5th7th3rd5th3rd5th6th9th
10th10th7th11th12th9th7th
4th5th4th6th5th2ndbgcolor=silver2nd9th11th11th12th4th8th11th3rd
7th8th9th6th6th5th3rd8th
11th
1st1st1st1st1st3rd1st1st1stbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=silver2nd1st1st1st
1st
8th6th11th9th8th4th12th6th2nd5th
10th9th7th10th5th11th
12th
2nd3rd3rd5th2nd7th4th4th6th4th1st2nd3rd
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
10th9th14th13th15th15th9th7
11th11th15th11th13th1st15th5th7th6th1st5th12th12th9thQ22
12th13th14th16th4
8th11th11th8th12th8th13th12th16th23
8th8th15th16th7th13th8th9th12th9th9th15thQ13
10th3rd4th2nd3rd4th4th6th3rd4th14th9th13th11th11th6th13th4th6th8th6th14th22
16th1
11th7th10thQ7
5th7th10th5th2nd5th3rd6th7th4th2nd3rd2nd1st2nd2nd2nd1st3rd7th3rd 3rd 2ndQ37
8th7th12th9th12th15th1st6th4th11thQ21
9th5th8th7th14th16th11th10th14th16th14th13
3rd6th3rd6th7th16th15th13th5th5th3rd2nd 11th5thQ30
14th1
9th12th14th11th13th12thQ14
1st11th7th9th16th8th14th10th1st10th8th6th7th4th7th10th10th bgcolor=gold1st 5th13thQ36
12th10th7th16th4th13th4th7th9th8thQ11
10th4th7th5th10th1st6th6th16th13th10th9th14th13th1st16th16
Q1
5th4th4th6th8th16th13
12th6th3rd6th13th14th4th8th12th11th6th14th12th14th11th10th8th7thQ34
9th9th15th15thQ 5
7th12th15th12th16th13
4th1st3rd1st1st1st5th11th3rd2nd9th5th13th2nd5th1st3rd3rd11th8th4th21
played as 1st6th5th12th8th3rd3rd4th11th11th2nd12th16th4thQ15
6th2nd 2nd12th4th11th8th13th9th7th14th9th14th9th14th15th16
10th4th11th12th12th10th5th10th7th16th1stQ12
2nd4th1st6th5th2nd2nd1st2nd5th1st2nd3rd5th1st3rd1st2nd6th2nd5th2nd3rdQ34
3rd12th10th3rd8th4th10th8th16th8th15th15th18
9th6th10th10th11th9th13th10th7th7th15th8th15th10th6thQ16
12th7th5th11th8th7th15th6th8
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
playing in lower divisions1
playing in lower divisions1
16th Great Britain[4] 1
playing in lower divisions Great Britain1
defunct, succeeded by Germany1
defunct, preceded by Soviet Union1
defunct, succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia14
9th5th9th4th1st2nddefunct6
defunct14
defunct13

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
2005 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bihać)65–4653–44
2006 Italy (Chieti)63–5966–51
2007 Romania (Timișoara)70–5966–49
2008 (Skopje)96–6480–66
2009 Israel (Eilat)60–4779–62
2010 Romania (Timișoara)63–6152–48
2011 Hungary (Miskolc)61–4971–64
2012 (Strumica)76–7468–57
2013 Hungary (Miskolc)60–5559–56
2014 Romania (Timișoara)58–5271–64
2015 Romania (Bucharest)49–4560–49
2016 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)62–4782–67
2017 Ireland (Dublin)67–4364–50
2018 Austria (Oberwart, Güssing, Fürstenfeld)86–7163–51
2019 (Skopje)63–5665–57
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.
The 2021 FIBA U18 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022 Austria (Oberwart, Güssing)59–4462–50
2023 Bulgaria (Sofia)93–6668–44
2024 Romania (Ploiesti)63–5870–51

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

Participation details

Nation
2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2022

2023

2024
Total
20th 19th22nd 21st 23rd
17th 14th 15th 10th 12th 16th 17th 17th 14th 15th 16th
10th 2nd 2nd
11th 5th 13th 9th 6th 16th 5th 11th 7th 3rd 4th 8th
1st 4th 6th 1st 12th 5th6th 2nd
15th 12th 5th 7th 7th 15th 15th9th 20th 18th 8th 8th 4th
3rd 1st 11th 5th 1st 5th 1st
19th16th
2nd
18th 17th 9th 6th 10th 6th 15th 16th 8th 14th24th 13th 5th 16th 14th 14th
5th 13th 11th 13th 12th 8th 14th 2nd 8th 11th 11th
4th 6th 3rd 5th 13th 10th 2nd 12th17th 16th 13th 11th
8th 12th 15th 16th 8th 7th 4th 11th 11th 5th 9th 10th10th 7th 1st
20th 24th
8th 3rd 9th 9th 8th 9th 10th 5th 7th1st
4th 10th 19th 11th 12th 6th
8th 4th 7th 3rd 2nd 10th 2nd11th 2nd 3rd 3rd
7th 1st 5th 4th 8th 1st
7th 11th 12th 15th 17th 4th13th 19th 15th 12th 7th 12th
10th 10th 6th 11th 13th 18th 8th2nd 9th 9th 6th 9th
9th 8th 7th 4th 12th 8th 13th 14th 3rd 7th 3rd
1st
22nd 22nd
3rd 4th 4th 1st 3rd 9th 4th 4th 2nd
7th 3rd 1st 5th
12th 19th 15th 17th 13th 14th 14th 18th 12th 14th 10th 2nd
23rd
12th 10th 14th 6th 18th 1st
14th 9th 6th 13th 2nd 18th11th 6th 7th 6th 9th 11th
14th 19th 15th 21st 21st 18th 16th 18th
15th 11th 16th 18th 15th 23rd 20th 17th 18th 15th
1st 6th3rd
6th 9th 14th 10th 5th 11th 7th 3rd 9th5th 5th 6th 2nd
15th 7th 2nd 10th 1st 13th 12th 6th 17th8th 9th 8th 7th 17th 13th
16th 18th 18th 18th 17th 16th
3rd
1st 12th 14th 10th 4th 5th 7th
5th 3rd 2nd 11th 1st
2nd 4th 1st 4th 13th 17th
20th 14th 14th 16th 17th 16th 17th 16th 19th 15th 12th
3rd4th 3rd
8th 2nd 12th 6th 9th 13th 13th14th 8th 13th 15th 10th 10th
Nation
2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2022

2023

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Total

Division C

Results

YearHostGold medal gameBronze medal game
width=15%Goldwidth=6.5%Scorewidth=15%Silverwidth=15%Bronzewidth=6.5%Scorewidth=15%Fourth place
1997 Malta69–5889–78
1999 Cyprus67–4967–62
2001 Cyprus67–5754–45
2003 IcelandRound-robin groupRound-robin group
200559–5772–62
2007 MaltaRound-robin groupRound-robin group
2009 MaltaRound-robin groupRound-robin group
2013 Andorra51–4166–39
2014 Andorra67–5356–47
2015 GibraltarRound-robin groupRound-robin group
2016 Georgia66–3271–63
2017 MaltaRound-robin groupRound-robin group
2018 Andorra56-4955-41
2019 Andorra79-7372-45
2020 AndorraCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra
2021 AndorraCancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
The 2021 FIBA U18 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022 Andorra61-3779-73
2023 Albania56–4781–66
202475–6570–55

Performances by nation

Under-19 Women's World Cup record

Team
1985

1989

1993

1997

2001

2005

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023

2025
Total
6th 4th 2
11th 9th 2
as Czechoslovakia6th 1st 7th 10th 6th 7th Q 7
6th 5th 7th 6th bgcolor=silver2nd 5th 5th 10th 4th 9
13th 10th 2
8th 9th 10th 3rd 4
10th 11th 11th 11th 4
10th 14th 2
8th 12th 8th 12th 8th 5
10th 9th 2
3rd 10th 2
bgcolor=silver2nd 5th bgcolor=silver2nd 4th 6th 8th 9th 2nd bgcolor=gold1st 8th 10
as SCG 3rd 11th 11th 3
as Czechoslovakia3rd 6th 2
as Yugoslavia14th 1
7th 5th 8th 5th 4th bgcolor=silver2nd bgcolor=silver2nd 4th 4th 8th 3rd 7th 2nd 13
bgcolor=silver2nd 1
Team
1985

1989

1993

1997

2001

2005

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023

2025
Total
4th defunct1
as Yugoslaviabgcolor=silver2nd defunct 1
bgcolor=gold1st bgcolor=gold1st defunct 2
3rd bgcolor=silver2nd defunct2
Total (6) 3 5 4 4 5 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6 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. https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20120814200812/http://www.gbbasketball.com/news/2615.php. dead. August 14, 2012. gbbasketball.com.

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