FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket explained

Last Season:2024 FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket
Sport:Basketball
Founded:2000
Divisions:2
Teams:16 (Division A)
Continent:Europe (FIBA Europe)
Champion: (5th title)
Most Champs: (9 titles)
Related Comps:FIBA Europe U-18
FIBA Europe U-16
Website:fiba.basketball/europe/u20women

The FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket is the new name for the FIBA U20 Women's European Championship,[1] [2] originally known as the FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women. It's a women's youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 2000 edition. Until 2004 it was held biannually, but from 2005 onwards it is held every year. 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
2000 Slovakia
84–5758–55
2002 Croatia
77–7477–62
2004 France
80–6472–52
200572–5265–36
2006 Hungary
77–6864–55
2007 Bulgaria
75–6065–63
2008 Italy
67–5873–46
2009 Poland
74–5278–75
2010 Latvia
75–7453–49
2011 Serbia
62–5367–65
2012 Hungary
59–4658–56
2013 Turkey
59–5353–38
2014 Italy
47–42*68–63
2015 Spain
66–4763–51
2016 Portugal
71–6978–72
2017 Portugal
73–6380–59
2018 Hungary
69–5065–60
2019 Czech Republic
70–6750–34
2020 Hungary
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary.
2021 Hungary
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3]
The 2021 FIBA U20 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022 Hungary
47–4264–48
2023 Lithuania
85–5994–36
2024 Lithuania
83–7570–48

Participation details

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Total
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10th14th5th5th15th13th11th5th7th10th4th13th15thQ14
11th16th2
7th9th14th10th16th15th6
6th6th8th5th16th5
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11th15th16th9th9th16th6
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16th1
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8th12th6th11th9th16th14th11th12th16th10thQ12
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5th5th9th8th4thbgcolor=gold 1st4thbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=silver2ndbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=gold 1stbgcolor=silver2nd1stbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=gold1stbgcolor=gold1st5thbgcolor=gold1st3rdbgcolor=silver2ndQ22
11th15th6th13th15th12th11th8th12th11th13th12thQ13
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Team
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2002

2004

2005

2006

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2009

2010

2011

2012

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2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

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2022

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2024

2025
Total

Overall win–loss record

TeamPlayedWonLost
21 167 136 31
20 160 122 38
18 147 107 40
21 163 93 70
19 149 74 75
17 138 70 68
16 127 68 59
18 141 66 75
14 105 52 53
13 99 50 49
12 98 47 51
13 97 43 54
15 117 42 75
11 87 41 46
10 81 37 44
12 93 34 59
9 67 30 37
11 85 26 59
9 73 25 48
8 63 18 45
5 39 15 24
6 46 14 32
6 44 13 31
4 34 12 22
3 21 11 10
4 28 11 17
4 28 7 21
2 14 2 12
2 18 2 16
1 7 0 7

Top scorers (points per game)

Here is a list of all Top Scorers of each edition.

YearTop ScorerPPG
2000 Zuzana Žirková23.2
2002 Daniela Číkošová19.0
2004 Olexandra Gorbunova26.3
2005 Olexandra Gorbunova25.5
2006 Olexandra Gorbunova19.6
2007 Arina Lysyuk22.0
2008 Snežana Aleksić21.9
2009 Elīna Babkina21.8
2010 Marina Solopova21.0
2011 Alina Iagupova16.6
2012 Alina Iagupova27.6
2013 Astou Ndour17.3
2014 Miriam Uro-Nile18.0
2015 Hind Ben Abdelkader22.0
2016 Cecilia Zandalasini22.0
2017 Melisa Brčaninović23.0
2018 Satou Sabally20.7
2019 Dalma Czukor16.1
2022 Magdalena Szymkiewicz18.4
2023 Vanesa Jasa19.0
2024 Frieda Bühner18.6

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 Lithuania
Round-robin groupRound-robin group
2006 Lithuania
66–5884–52
2007 Lithuania
83–6479–73
2008 Poland
64–6056–54
2009
59–5394–81
2010
47–4661–47
2011
64–5560–59
2012 Czech Republic
Round-robin groupRound-robin group
2013 Bulgaria
Round-robin groupRound-robin group
2014 Bulgaria
Round-robin groupRound-robin group
2015 Montenegro
Round-robin groupRound-robin group
2016 Montenegro
62–4550–49
2017 Israel
60–5460–51
2018 Romania
68–4753–48
2019
80–7560–57
2020 Israel
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
2021
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
The 2021 FIBA U20 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022
98–5682–64
2023 Romania
57–4768–51
2024 Bulgaria
80–6577–52

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

Medal table

See also

References

External links

Notes and 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.