FIBA U16 European Championship

The FIBA U16 European Championship, previously known as the FIBA Europe Championship for Cadets, is a youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1971 edition. Through the 2003 edition, it was held every second year, but since the 2004 edition onward, it is held every year. It serves as the qualification tournament for the FIBA Under-17 World Cup in odd years, for the FIBA Europe region. The current champions are Spain.

FIBA U16 European Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
2019 FIBA U16 European Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1971
Divisions3
No. of teams16 (division A)
ContinentEurope (FIBA Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Spain (5th title)
Most titles Yugoslavia,  Spain (5 titles)
Related
competitions
FIBA Europe U-18
FIBA Europe U-20
Official websitefiba.basketball/europe/u16

Division A

Results

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1971
details
 Italy (Gorizia)
Yugoslavia
74–60
Italy

Soviet Union
56–55
Spain
1973
details
 Italy (Angri & Summonte)
Soviet Union
68–57
Spain

Yugoslavia
77–74
Italy
1975
details
 Greece (Athens & Thessaloniki)
Soviet Union
64–61
Greece

Yugoslavia
74–72
Italy
1977
details
 France (Le Touquet & Berck)
Turkey
68–66
Yugoslavia

Soviet Union
95–70
Italy
1979
details
 Syria (Damascus)
Yugoslavia
103–100
Italy

Spain
122–82
West Germany
1981
details
 Greece (Thessaloniki & Katerini)
Soviet Union
72–57
Italy

West Germany
78–64
Finland
1983
details
 West Germany (Tübingen & Ludwigsburg)
Yugoslavia
89–86
Spain

West Germany
72–69
Greece
1985
details
 Bulgaria (Ruse)
Yugoslavia
99–81
Spain

Italy
85–81
West Germany
1987
details
 Hungary (Székesfehérvár & Kaposvár)
Yugoslavia
83–77
Italy

Soviet Union
84–76
Spain
1989
details
 Spain (Guadalajara, Tarancón & Cuenca)
Greece
81–79
Yugoslavia

Italy
63–59
Turkey
1991
details
 Greece (Kastoria, Komotini & Thessaloniki)
Italy
106–91
Greece

Spain
87–67
Turkey
1993
details
 Turkey (Trabzon, Giresun & Samsun)
Greece
76–58
Spain

Russia
72–62
Turkey
1995
details
 Portugal (Setúbal, Seixal & Almada)
Croatia
75–62
Spain

Greece
73–72
North Macedonia
1997
details
 Belgium (Pepinster, Kortrijk & Quaregnon)
FR Yugoslavia
100–87
Russia

Israel
65–55
France
1999
details
 Slovenia (Polzela, Celje & Laško)
FR Yugoslavia
59–48
Greece

Turkey
81–63
France
2001
details
 Latvia (Riga)
FR Yugoslavia
55–43
Russia

Spain
75–74
Lithuania
2003
details
 Spain (Madrid)
Serbia and Montenegro
83–68
Turkey

Russia
92–70
Spain
2004
details
 Greece (Amaliada & Pyrgos)
France
65–60
Russia

Turkey
75–69
Lithuania
2005
details
 Spain (León)
Turkey
61–55
France

Spain
70–63
Lithuania
2006
details
 Spain (Linares, Andújar & Martos)
Spain
110–106
Russia

Serbia and Montenegro
85–69
Croatia
2007
details
 Greece (Ierapetra, Rethymno & Heraklion)
Serbia
56–55
Spain

Lithuania
65–55
Turkey
2008
details
 Italy (Chieti)
Lithuania
75–33
Czech Republic

Turkey
77–65
France
2009
details
 Lithuania (Kaunas)
Spain
70–64
Lithuania

Serbia
75–69
Poland
2010
details
 Montenegro (Bar)
Croatia
80–52
Lithuania

Turkey
75–64
Spain
2011
details
 Czech Republic (Pardubice, Hradec Králové)
Croatia
67–57
Czech Republic

Spain
61–53
France
2012
details
 Lithuania (Panevėžys, Vilnius) &  Latvia (Ventspils)
Turkey
66–61
France

Serbia
83–69
Italy
2013
details
 Ukraine (Kyiv)
Spain
65–63
Serbia

Greece
78–50
Italy
2014
details
 Latvia (Riga, Ogre, Liepāja, Grobiņa)
France
78–53
Latvia

Spain
77–73
Turkey
2015
details
 Lithuania (Kaunas)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
85–83
Lithuania

Turkey
83–72
Spain
2016
details
 Poland (Radom)
Spain
74–72
Lithuania

Turkey
77–70
Croatia
2017
details
 Montenegro (Podgorica)
France
75–68
Montenegro

Serbia
76–71
Croatia
2018
details
 Serbia (Novi Sad)
Croatia
71–70
Spain

Turkey
82–59
France
2019
details
 Italy (Udine)
Spain
70–61
France

Italy
73–68
Russia
2020  North Macedonia (Skopje) Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic in North Macedonia

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain57618
2 Yugoslavia5229
3 Serbia and Montenegro4015
4 Croatia4004
5 France3306
6 Turkey31711
7 Soviet Union3036
8 Greece2327
9 Italy1438
10 Lithuania1416
11 Serbia1135
12 Bosnia and Herzegovina1001
13 Russia0426
14 Czech Republic0202
15 Latvia0101
 Montenegro0101
17 Germany0022
18 Israel0011
Totals (18 nations)33333399
Source: [1]
  • Defunct countries in italics.

Participating nations

Nation
1971

1973

1975

1977

1979

1981

1983

1985

1987

1989

1991
 Austria 11th15th17th11th
 Belgium 10th7th7th8th9th11th12th11th
 Bulgaria 10th12th6th6th10th9th
 Czechoslovakia 11th8th10th
 England 16th18th
 Finland 4th12th10th
 France 7th7th15th6th10th7th12th5th8th
 Greece 5th5th2nd8th9th7th4th7th1st2nd
 Hungary 11th12th
 Iceland 16th
 Israel 6th6th11th11th8th7th9th7th6th
 Italy 2nd4th4th4th2nd2nd5th3rd2nd3rd1st
 Netherlands 6th8th
 Poland 9th14th9th11th11th
 Portugal 14th13th
 Romania 8th
 Scotland 19th
 Soviet Union 3rd1st1st3rd5th1st6th5th3rd5th5th
 Spain 4th2nd5th5th3rd9th2nd2nd4th6th3rd
 Sweden 10th12th12th12th10th11th
  Switzerland 12th12th
 Syria 7th
 Turkey 8th8th1st10th6th9th8th10th4th4th
 Wales 20th
 West Germany 9th13th9th10th4th3rd3rd4th6th9th7th
 Yugoslavia 1st3rd3rd2nd1st5th1st1st1st2nd8th
Nation
1971

1973

1975

1977

1979

1981

1983

1985

1987

1989

1991
Nation
1993

1995

1997

1999

2001

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011


2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020
Total
 Belgium 12th12th16th14th12
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8th1st14th16th4
 Bulgaria 12th12th15th9
 Croatia 1st8th9th12th10th8th4th8th7th6th1st1st8th6th11th9th4th4th1st8thDNP21
 Czech Republic 12th11th13th2nd16th2nd15th7
 Denmark 16th16thDNP3
 Estonia 13th12th11th15th4
 Finland 13th6th5th15th8
 France 7th6th4th4th5th5th1st2nd5th6th4th7th6th4th2nd5th1st5th6th1st4th2ndDNP32
 Georgia 9th7th11th15th12th16th16th7
 Germany 10th16th15th11th13th8th5th8th7th7th9th13th9th14th25
 Greece 1st3rd5th2nd6th8th5th13th9th7th12th14th10th11th9th3rd9th13th16th6th6thDNP32
 Hungary 15th3
 Iceland 9th14th16th4
 Israel 8th8th3rd9th10th11th9th7th11th11th13th15th15th11th10th11thDNP26
 Italy 6th5th11th10th9th6th7th6th5th13th12th9th10th4th4th5th10th7th9th12th3rdDNP33
 Latvia 5th8th13th11th11th9th10th9th14th6th10th13th2nd11th11th8th8th13thDNP19
 Lithuania 5th4th11th4th4th10th3rd1st2nd2nd13th11th9th10th2nd2nd6th7th9thDNP20
 Montenegro played as part of 10th8th16th15th12th8th2nd14th8
 Netherlands 15thDNP4
 North Macedonia 4th10th6th7th12thDNP6
 Poland 11th10th14th15th14th4th11th14th6th12th15th15thDNP18
 Portugal 9th14th16th5
 Russia 3rd2nd11th2nd3rd2nd6th2nd14th8th5th7th5th13th11th12th16th16th4thQ20
 Serbia played as part of 1st5th3rd5th9th3rd2nd6th8th10th3rd5th7thDNP14
 Slovenia 7th12th6th8th12th13th15th14th10th13th10thDNP12
 Spain 2nd2nd6th8th3rd4th7th3rd1st2nd6th1st4th3rd7th1st3rd4th1st7th2nd1stDNP34
 Sweden 16th12th14th9
 Turkey 4th7th3rd7th2nd3rd1st8th4th3rd8th3rd7th1st7th4th3rd3rd5th3rd5thDNP32
 Ukraine 5th12th10th9th15th12th12th10th14th9
Nation
1993

1995

1997

1999

2001

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011


2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020
Total
 Austria playing in lower divisions 4
 Romania playing in lower divisions 1
  Switzerland playing in lower divisions 2
 England 12th16th14th Great Britain[2] 5
 Scotland playing in lower divisions 1
 Wales playing in lower divisions 1
 Syria playing in FIBA Asia 1
 Czechoslovakia defunct 3
 Soviet Union defunct 11
 Yugoslavia defunct 11
 FR Yugoslavia
 Serbia and MontenegroA
1st1st1st1st9th10th3rddefunct7
^A As FR Yugoslavia (1992–2001, 3 participations, 3 gold medals) and as Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006, 4 participations, 2 medals)

MVP Awards (since 1999)

Year MVP Award Winner
1999 Aleksandar Gajić
2001 Veljko Tomović
2003 Nemanja Aleksandrov
2004 Vitaly Kuznetsov
2005 Antoine Diot
2006 Ricky Rubio
2007 Dejan Musli
2008 Jonas Valančiūnas
2009 Tauras Jogėla
2010 Dario Šarić
2011 Mario Hezonja
2012 Okben Ulubay
2013 Stefan Peno
2014 Killian Tillie
2015 Džanan Musa
2016 Usman Garuba
2017 Killian Hayes
2018 Roko Prkačin
2019 Rubén Domínguez

Division B

Results

Year Host Promoted to Division A Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze * Score Fourth place
2004
details
 England (Brighton)
Iceland
Round-robin group
Macedonia

England
Round-robin group
Czech Republic
2005
details
 Bulgaria (Pravets)
Germany
77–63
Portugal

Georgia
77–67
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2006
details
 Estonia (Tallinn)
Czech Republic
67–54
Georgia

Bulgaria
85–75*
Austria
2007
details
 Macedonia (Skopje)
Poland
80–73
Hungary

Sweden
66–65*
England
2008
details
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)
Germany
76–69
Montenegro

Bulgaria
81–61
Sweden
2009
details
 Portugal
(São João da Madeira)

Bulgaria
81–63
Denmark

England
78–63
Slovenia
2010
details
 Estonia (Tallinn)
Czech Republic
61–53
Ukraine

Slovenia
62–60
Netherlands
2011
details
 Macedonia (Strumica)
Slovenia
82–73
England

Bosnia and Herzegovina
72–71
Israel
2012
details
 Romania (Bucharest)
Belgium
56–46
Montenegro

Sweden
79–55
Hungary
2013
details
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)
Denmark
72–69
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Finland
96–62
Slovenia
2014
details
 Macedonia (Strumica)
Montenegro
76–73
Israel

England
84–60
Czech Republic
2015
details
 Bulgaria (Sofia)
Estonia
64–56
Poland

Sweden
57–56
Slovakia
2016
details
 Bulgaria (Sofia)
Russia
82–76
Israel

Slovenia
79–71
Ukraine
2017
details
 Bulgaria (Sofia)
Greece
74–60
Netherlands

Georgia
64–63
Great Britain
2018
details
 Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)
Russia
83–77
Bosnia and Herzegovina

North Macedonia
84–66
Czech Republic
2019
details
 Montenegro (Podgorica)
Poland
71–58
Netherlands

Denmark
85–54
Montenegro
2020  Bulgaria (Sofia) Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic in Bulgaria
  • Since 2012, the 3rd team in Division B is also promoted to Division A for the next tournament.

Participating nations

Nation

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020
Total
 Albania 9th17th 2
 Armenia 6th 1
 Austria 8th15th4th14th14th20th21st14th8th14th22nd 21st12
 Belarus 7th15th6th11th18th10th20th24th6th9th16th 17th12
 Belgium 10th9th9th9th13th10th1st5th6th7th6th9th 5th13
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2nd4th5th5th7th3rd5th2nd12th2nd 10
 Bulgaria 3rd8th3rd17th3rd1st15th19th12th9th17th14th11th 6thDNP15
 Cyprus 8th17th8th20th18th22nd21st 18th8
 Czech Republic 4th13th1st1st5th4th16th8th8th4th 7th11
 Denmark 18th2nd17th13th1st11th19th18th12th 3rd10
 England 3rd7th8th4th11th3rd11th2nd6th3rd5th 11
 Estonia 6th5th12th12th10th16th12th17th16th14th1st 11
 Finland 7th11th6th11th8th6th9th11th11th3rd13th 13th12
 Georgia 3rd2nd10th5th16th12th7th10th5th12th3rd 20th12
 Germany 1st10th1st 3
 Great Britain 4th7th 10th3
 Greece 1st 1
 Hungary 6th10th11th2nd7th6th5th4th13th7th13th13th7th17th 14th15
 Iceland 1st13th18th21st13th6th 15th7
 Ireland 10th14th16th16th14th15th20th18th21st19th20th11th15th 16th14
 Israel 4th6th9th2nd2nd 5
 Kosovo 14th19th23rd 24th4
 Luxembourg 14th16th12th15th18th21st22nd20th23rd20th24th 11
 Montenegro 6th2nd2nd1st 4th5
 Netherlands 5th18th13th7th17th15th4th7th9th12th11th8th11th2nd 2nd15
 North Macedonia 2nd16th18th15th19th7th8th9th22nd16th15th3rd 12
 Norway 15th20th19th20th22nd19th21st18th24th22nd 23rd11
 Poland 7th1st2nd10th5th 1st6
 Portugal 4th2nd16th13th10th9th8th15th20th12th9th16th14th 11th14
 Romania 5th12th18th19th19th8th17th8th14th10th15th17th15th21st8th 8th16
 Russia 1st1st 2
 Scotland 18th23rd24th 3
 Slovakia 6th17th13th12th8th22nd19th17th4th10th23rd20th 19th13
 Slovenia 5th4th3rd1st4th6th7th3rd 8
 Sweden 9th9th9th3rd4th5th14th14th3rd13th3rd19th 12th13
  Switzerland 12th7th13th16th11th16th15th17th18th 22nd10
 Ukraine 1st2nd10th4th5th10th 9thDNP8

Performances by nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Poland2103
2 Czech Republic2002
 Germany2002
 Russia2002
5 Montenegro1203
6 Denmark1113
7 Bulgaria1023
 Slovenia1023
9 Belgium1001
 Estonia1001
 Greece1001
 Iceland1001
13 Bosnia and Herzegovina0213
14 Israel0202
 Netherlands0202
16 England0134
17 Georgia0123
18 North Macedonia0112
19 Hungary0101
 Portugal0101
 Ukraine0101
22 Sweden0033
23 Finland0011
Totals (23 nations)16161648

Division C

Results

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
2000
details
 Malta
Scotland
Round-robin group
Andorra

Malta
Round-robin group
Wales
2002
details
 Cyprus
Cyprus
Round-robin group
Luxembourg

Scotland
Round-robin group
Andorra
2004
details
 Andorra
Andorra
Round-robin group
Luxembourg

Scotland
Round-robin group
Wales
2006
details
 Andorra
Luxembourg
85–69
Scotland

Cyprus
59–42
Malta
2008
details
 Gibraltar
Scotland
102–39
Wales

Moldova
75–69
(2OT)

Gibraltar
2010
details
 Andorra
Cyprus
74–30
Scotland

Andorra
86–54
San Marino
2011
details
 San Marino
Andorra
84–70
San Marino

Wales
77–67
Malta
2012
details
 Gibraltar
Monaco
61–53
Scotland

Gibraltar
50–45
San Marino
2013
details
 Gibraltar
Gibraltar
Round-robin group
Scotland

Andorra
Round-robin group
Wales
2014
details
 Malta
Malta
Round-robin group
Andorra

Wales
Round-robin group
Gibraltar
2015
details
 San Marino
San Marino
76–59
Kosovo

Malta
55–44
Wales
2016
details
 Cyprus
Cyprus
62–50
Azerbaijan

Moldova
81–56
Gibraltar
2017
details
 Andorra
Armenia
88–70
Gibraltar

Azerbaijan
75–55
Andorra
2018
details
 San Marino
Andorra
84–49
Wales

Austria
65–43
San Marino
2019
details
 Albania
Luxembourg
78–50
Andorra

Wales
84–72
Scotland
2020  Kosovo Cancelled due to coronavirus pandemic in Kosovo

Participating nations

Nation
2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020
Total
 Albania 5th10th6th8th5th5
 Andorra 2nd4th1st6th7th3rd1st5th3rd2nd6th6th4th1st2nd15
 Armenia 8th1st2
 Austria 3rd1
 Azerbaijan 2nd3rd6th3
 Cyprus 1st3rd1st1st4
 Gibraltar 5th6th5th4th8th6th3rd1st4th8th4th2nd10th7th14
 Kosovo 2ndDNP2
 Luxembourg 2nd2nd1st1st5
 Malta 3rd5th4th6th6th4th6th1st3rd5th10th7th9th13
 Moldova 3rd3rd8th9th6th5
 Monaco 8th5th7th5th1st7th5th7
 San Marino 5th8th4th2nd4th5th5th1st7th9th4th8th12
 Scotland 1st3rd3rd2nd1st2nd2nd2nd5th4th10
 Wales 4th4th7th2nd5th3rd7th4th3rd4th9th7th2nd3rd14

Performances by nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Andorra3328
2 Cyprus3014
3 Scotland2428
4 Luxembourg2204
5 Gibraltar1113
6 San Marino1102
7 Malta1023
8 Armenia1001
 Monaco1001
10 Wales0235
11 Azerbaijan0112
12 Kosovo0101
13 Moldova0022
14 Austria0011
Totals (14 nations)15151545

See also

References

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