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
Most recent season or competition:
2023 FIBA U16 European Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1971
Divisions3
No. of teams16 (Division A)
ContinentEurope (FIBA Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Spain (6th title)
Most titles Spain (6 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 COVID-19 pandemic in North Macedonia.
2021  North Macedonia (Skopje) Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[1]
The 2021 FIBA U16 European Challengers were played instead.
2022
details
 North Macedonia (Skopje)
Lithuania
77–68
Spain

France
65–46
Greece
2023
details
 North Macedonia (Skopje)
Spain
77–68
Italy

France
88–62
Lithuania

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain68620
2 Yugoslavia5229
3 Serbia and Montenegro4015
4 Croatia4004
5 France3328
6 Turkey31711
7 Soviet Union3036
8 Lithuania2417
9 Greece2327
10 Italy1539
11 Serbia1135
12 Bosnia and Herzegovina1001
13 Russia0426
14 Czech Republic0202
15 Latvia0101
 Montenegro0101
17 Germany0022
18 Israel0011
Totals (18 entries)353535105
Source: [2]
  • Defunct countries in italics.

Participating nations

Nation Italy
1971
Italy
1973
Greece
1975
France
1977
Syria
1979
Greece
1981
Germany
1983
Bulgaria
1985
Hungary
1987
Spain
1989
Greece
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 Italy
1971
Italy
1973
Greece
1975
France
1977
Syria
1979
Greece
1981
Germany
1983
Bulgaria
1985
Hungary
1987
Spain
1989
Greece
1991
Nation Turkey
1993
Portugal
1995
Belgium
1997
Slovenia
1999
Latvia
2001
Spain
2003
Greece
2004
Spain
2005
Spain
2006
Greece
2007
Italy
2008
Lithuania
2009
Montenegro
2010
Czech Republic
2011
Lithuania
Latvia
2012
Ukraine
2013
Latvia
2014
Lithuania
2015
Poland
2016
Montenegro
2017
Serbia
2018
Italy
2019
North Macedonia
2022
North Macedonia
2023
Total
 Belgium 12th12th16th14th15th13
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8th1st14th16th4
 Bulgaria 12th12th15th9
 Croatia 1st8th9th12th10th8th4th8th7th6th1st1st8th6th11th9th4th4th1st8th14th21
 Czech Republic 12th11th13th2nd16th2nd15th7
 Denmark 16th16th16th3
 Estonia 13th12th11th15th4
 Finland 13th6th5th15th12th9
 France 7th6th4th4th5th5th1st2nd5th6th4th7th6th4th2nd5th1st5th6th1st4th2nd3rd3rd33
 Georgia 9th7th11th15th12th16th16th7
 Germany 10th16th15th11th13th8th5th8th7th7th9th13th9th14th5th26
 Greece 1st3rd5th2nd6th8th5th13th9th7th12th14th10th11th9th3rd9th13th16th6th6th4th8th33
 Hungary 15th3
 Iceland 9th14th16th4
 Israel 8th8th3rd9th10th11th9th7th11th11th13th15th15th11th10th11th5th13th27
 Italy 6th5th11th10th9th6th7th6th5th13th12th9th10th4th4th5th10th7th9th12th3rd6th2nd34
 Latvia 5th8th13th11th11th9th10th9th14th6th10th13th2nd11th11th8th8th13th10th11th20
 Lithuania 5th4th11th4th4th10th3rd1st2nd2nd13th11th9th10th2nd2nd6th7th9th1st4th21
 Montenegro played as part of Serbia and Montenegro10th8th16th15th12th8th2nd14th9th14th9
 Netherlands 15th15th4
 North Macedonia 4th10th6th7th12th12th16th7
 Poland 11th10th14th15th14th4th11th14th6th12th15th15th11th9th19
 Portugal 9th14th16th5
 Russia 3rd2nd11th2nd3rd2nd6th2nd14th8th5th7th5th13th11th12th16th16th4th20
 Serbia played as part of Serbia and Montenegro1st5th3rd5th9th3rd2nd6th8th10th3rd5th7th13th7th15
 Slovenia 7th12th6th8th12th13th15th14th10th13th10th7th6th13
 Spain 2nd2nd6th8th3rd4th7th3rd1st2nd6th1st4th3rd7th1st3rd4th1st7th2nd1st2nd1st35
 Sweden 16th12th14th9
 Turkey 4th7th3rd7th2nd3rd1st8th4th3rd8th3rd7th1st7th4th3rd3rd5th3rd5th8th 10tth33
 Ukraine 5th12th10th9th15th12th12th10th14th9
Nation Turkey
1993
Portugal
1995
Belgium
1997
Slovenia
1999
Latvia
2001
Spain
2003
Greece
2004
Spain
2005
Spain
2006
Greece
2007
Italy
2008
Lithuania
2009
Montenegro
2010
Czech Republic
2011
Lithuania
Latvia
2012
Ukraine
2013
Latvia
2014
Lithuania
2015
Poland
2016
Montenegro
2017
Serbia
2018
Italy
2019
North Macedonia
2022
North Macedonia
2023
Total
 Austria playing in lower divisions4
 Romania playing in lower divisions1
  Switzerland playing in lower divisions2
 England 12th16th14th United Kingdom Great Britain[3] 5
 Scotland playing in lower divisions1
 Wales playing in lower divisions1
 Syria playing in FIBA Asia1
 Czechoslovakia defunct3
 Soviet Union defunct11
 Yugoslavia defunct11
 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 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Aleksandar Gajić
2001 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Veljko Tomović
2003 Serbia and Montenegro Nemanja Aleksandrov
2004 Russia Vitaly Kuznetsov
2005 France Antoine Diot
2006 Spain Ricky Rubio
2007 Serbia Dejan Musli
2008 Lithuania Jonas Valančiūnas
2009 Lithuania Tauras Jogėla
2010 Croatia Dario Šarić
2011 Croatia Mario Hezonja
2012 Turkey Okben Ulubay
2013 Serbia Stefan Peno
2014 France Killian Tillie
2015 Bosnia and Herzegovina Džanan Musa
2016 Spain Usman Garuba
2017 France Killian Hayes
2018 Croatia Roko Prkačin
2019 Spain Rubén Domínguez
2022 Spain Mario Saint-Supery
2023 Spain Guillermo del Pino

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 COVID-19 pandemic in Bulgaria.
2021  Bulgaria (Sofia) Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[1]
The 2021 FIBA U16 European Challengers were played instead.
2022
details
 Bulgaria (Sofia)
Germany
100–72
Finland

Belgium
81–61
Bulgaria
2023
details
 Romania (Pitești)
Croatia
85–67
Bulgaria

Georgia
70–68
Romania
  • Since 2012, the 3rd team in Division B is also promoted to Division A for the next tournament.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany3003
2 Poland2103
3 Czech Republic2002
 Russia2002
5 Montenegro1203
6 Bulgaria1124
7 Denmark1113
8 Slovenia1023
9 Belgium1012
10 Croatia1001
 Estonia1001
 Greece1001
 Iceland1001
14 Bosnia and Herzegovina0213
15 Israel0202
 Netherlands0202
17 England0134
 Georgia0134
19 Finland0112
 North Macedonia0112
21 Hungary0101
 Portugal0101
 Ukraine0101
24 Sweden0033
Totals (24 entries)18181854

Participating nations

Nation England
Bulgaria
2004
Bulgaria
2005
Estonia
2006
North Macedonia
2007
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2008
Portugal
2009
Estonia
2010
North Macedonia
2011
Romania
2012
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2013
North Macedonia
2014
Bulgaria
2015
Bulgaria
2016
Bulgaria
2017
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018
Montenegro
2019
Bulgaria
2022
Romania
2023
Total
 Albania 9th17th 2
 Armenia 6th 1
 Austria 8th15th4th14th14th20th21st14th8th14th22nd 21st8th18th14
 Belarus 7th15th6th11th18th10th20th24th6th9th16th 17th12
 Belgium 10th9th9th9th13th10th1st5th6th7th6th9th 5th3rd14
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2nd4th5th5th7th3rd5th2nd12th2nd 6th11th12
 Bulgaria 3rd8th3rd17th3rd1st15th19th12th9th17th14th11th 6th4th2nd16
 Croatia 1st1
 Cyprus 8th17th8th20th18th22nd21st 18th22nd9
 Czech Republic 4th13th1st1st5th4th16th8th8th4th 7th16th8th13
 Denmark 18th2nd17th13th1st11th19th18th12th 3rd9th11
 England 3rd7th8th4th11th3rd11th2nd6th3rd5th 11
 Estonia 6th5th12th12th10th16th12th17th16th14th1st 18th6th13
 Finland 7th11th6th11th8th6th9th11th11th3rd13th 13th2nd13
 Georgia 3rd2nd10th5th16th12th7th10th5th12th3rd 20th12th3rd14
 Germany 1st10th1st 1st4
 Great Britain 4th7th 10th10th10th5
 Greece 1st 1
 Hungary 6th10th11th2nd7th6th5th4th13th7th13th13th7th17th 14th13th5th17
 Iceland 1st13th18th21st13th6th 15th5th15th9
 Ireland 10th14th16th16th14th15th20th18th21st19th20th11th15th 16th21st21st16
 Israel 4th6th9th2nd2nd 5
 Kosovo 14th19th23rd 24th4
 Luxembourg 14th16th12th15th18th21st22nd20th23rd20th24th 20th14th13
 Montenegro 6th2nd2nd1st 4th5
 Netherlands 5th18th13th7th17th15th4th7th9th12th11th8th11th2nd 2nd17th16
 North Macedonia 2nd16th18th15th19th7th8th9th22nd16th15th3rd 12
 Norway 15th20th19th20th22nd19th21st18th24th22nd 23rd17th20th13
 Poland 7th1st2nd10th5th 1st6
 Portugal 4th2nd16th13th10th9th8th15th20th12th9th16th14th 11th9th13th16
 Romania 5th12th18th19th19th8th17th8th14th10th15th17th15th21st8th 8th15th4th18
 Russia 1st1st 2
 Scotland 18th23rd24th 3
 Slovakia 6th17th13th12th8th22nd19th17th4th10th23rd20th 19th19th7th15
 Slovenia 5th4th3rd1st4th6th7th3rd 8
 Sweden 9th9th9th3rd4th5th14th14th3rd13th3rd19th 12th7th12th15
  Switzerland 12th7th13th16th11th16th15th17th18th 22nd11th19th12
 Ukraine 1st2nd10th4th5th10th 9th14th16th9
Nation England
Bulgaria
2004
Bulgaria
2005
Estonia
2006
North Macedonia
2007
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2008
Portugal
2009
Estonia
2010
North Macedonia
2011
Romania
2012
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2013
North Macedonia
2014
Bulgaria
2015
Bulgaria
2016
Bulgaria
2017
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2018
Montenegro
2019
Bulgaria
2022
Romania
2023
Total

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 COVID-19 pandemic in Kosovo.
2021  Kosovo Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[1]
The 2021 FIBA U16 European Challengers were played instead.
2022
details
 Kosovo
Andorra
84-65
Armenia

Albania
68-53
Kosovo

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Andorra43310
2 Cyprus4015
3 Scotland2428
4 Luxembourg2204
5 Gibraltar1113
6 Armenia1102
 San Marino1102
8 Malta1023
9 Monaco1001
10 Wales0235
11 Azerbaijan0213
12 Kosovo0101
13 Moldova0022
14 Albania0011
 Austria0011
Totals (15 entries)17171751

Participating nations

Nation Malta
2000
Cyprus
2002
Andorra
2004
Andorra
2006
Gibraltar
2008
Andorra
2010
San Marino
2011
Gibraltar
2012
Gibraltar
2013
Malta
2014
San Marino
2015
Cyprus
2016
Andorra
2017
San Marino
2018
Albania
2019
Kosovo
2022
Total
 Albania 5th10th6th8th5th3rd6
 Andorra 2nd4th1st6th7th3rd1st5th3rd2nd6th6th4th1st2nd1st16
 Armenia 8th1st2nd3
 Austria 3rd1
 Azerbaijan 2nd3rd6th3
 Cyprus 1st3rd1st1st4
 Gibraltar 5th6th5th4th8th6th3rd1st4th8th4th2nd10th7th8th15
 Kosovo 2nd4th2
 Luxembourg 2nd2nd1st1st5
 Malta 3rd5th4th6th6th4th6th1st3rd5th10th7th9th6th14
 Moldova 3rd3rd8th9th6th5th6
 Monaco 8th5th7th5th1st7th5th7
 San Marino 5th8th4th2nd4th5th5th1st7th9th4th8th7th13
 Scotland 1st3rd3rd2nd1st2nd2nd2nd5th4th10
 Wales 4th4th7th2nd5th3rd7th4th3rd4th9th7th2nd3rd14
Nation Malta
2000
Cyprus
2002
Andorra
2004
Andorra
2006
Gibraltar
2008
Andorra
2010
San Marino
2011
Gibraltar
2012
Gibraltar
2013
Malta
2014
San Marino
2015
Cyprus
2016
Andorra
2017
San Marino
2018
Albania
2019
Kosovo
2022
Total

Under-17 World Cup record

Team Germany
2010
Lithuania
2012
United Arab Emirates
2014
Spain
2016
Argentina
2018
Spain
2022
Turkey
2024
Turkey
2026
Total
 Bosnia and Herzegovina9th1
 Croatia3rd7th2
 Czech Republic8th1
 Finland12th1
 France10th8th6th2nd3rdQ6
 Germany8thQ2
 Greece12th1
 Italy9thQ2
 Lithuania4th9th3rd4thQ5
 Montenegro8th1
 Poland2nd8th2
 Serbia5th3rd10th5th4
 Slovenia7th1
 Spain10th4th4th4th2ndQ6
 Turkey2nd5thQQ4
Total55565666

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