FIBA U16 European Championship
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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.
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Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1971 |
Divisions | 3 |
No. of teams | 16 (division A) |
Continent | Europe (FIBA Europe) |
Most recent champion(s) | ![]() |
Most titles | ![]() ![]() |
Related competitions | FIBA Europe U-18 FIBA Europe U-20 |
Official website | fiba.basketball/europe/u16 |
Contents
Division AEdit
ResultsEdit
Medal tableEdit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Spain | 5 | 7 | 6 | 18 |
2 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
3 | Serbia and Montenegro | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
4 | Croatia | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
5 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
6 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 7 | 11 |
7 | Soviet Union | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
8 | Greece | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
9 | Italy | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
10 | Lithuania | 1 | 4 | 1 | 6 |
11 | Serbia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
13 | Russia | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
14 | Czech Republic | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
15 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
17 | Germany | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
18 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (18 nations) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 |
Source: [1]
- Defunct countries in italics.
Participating nationsEdit
Nation | 1971 |
1973 |
1975 |
1977 |
1979 |
1981 |
1983 |
1985 |
1987 |
1989 |
1991 |
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Austria | 11th | 15th | 17th | – | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Belgium | – | 10th | 7th | 7th | 8th | – | – | 9th | 11th | 12th | 11th |
Bulgaria | – | – | 10th | 12th | 6th | – | – | 6th | – | 10th | 9th |
Czechoslovakia † | – | 11th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th |
England | – | 16th | 18th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Finland | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 12th | 10th | – | – | – |
France | 7th | 7th | 15th | 6th | – | 10th | 7th | 12th | 5th | 8th | – |
Greece | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 8th | 9th | 7th | 4th | – | 7th | 1st | 2nd |
Hungary | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11th | – | 12th | – | – |
Iceland | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Israel | 6th | 6th | 11th | 11th | – | 8th | – | 7th | 9th | 7th | 6th |
Italy | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st |
Netherlands | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – |
Poland | – | 9th | 14th | 9th | – | 11th | – | – | – | 11th | – |
Portugal | – | 14th | 13th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Romania | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – |
Scotland | – | – | 19th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Soviet Union † | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 1st | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 5th |
Spain | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 9th | 2nd | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 3rd |
Sweden | 10th | 12th | 12th | – | – | 12th | 10th | 11th | – | – | – |
Switzerland | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th |
Syria | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Turkey | 8th | 8th | – | 1st | 10th | 6th | 9th | 8th | 10th | 4th | 4th |
Wales | – | – | 20th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
West Germany | 9th | 13th | 9th | 10th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 6th | 9th | 7th |
Yugoslavia † | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 8th |
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 |
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Belgium | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | 12th | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 1st | 14th | – | – | 16th | – | 4 |
Bulgaria | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | 15th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 |
Croatia | – | 1st | 8th | 9th | 12th | – | 10th | 8th | 4th | 8th | 7th | 6th | 1st | 1st | 8th | 6th | 11th | 9th | 4th | 4th | 1st | 8th | Q | 21 |
Czech Republic | 12th | 11th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | 2nd | 16th | – | 2nd | 15th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 |
Denmark | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 3 |
Estonia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | 12th | 11th | 15th | – | 4 |
Finland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 13th | 6th | 5th | 15th | – | – | – | 8 |
France | 7th | 6th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 6th | 4th | 7th | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 5th | 6th | 1st | 4th | 2nd | Q | 32 |
Georgia | – | – | 9th | 7th | 11th | – | 15th | – | – | 12th | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | 7 |
Germany | 10th | – | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | 11th | 13th | 8th | 5th | 8th | 7th | 7th | 9th | 13th | 9th | 14th | – | 25 |
Greece | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 8th | 5th | 13th | 9th | 7th | 12th | 14th | 10th | 11th | 9th | 3rd | 9th | 13th | 16th | – | 6th | 6th | Q | 32 |
Hungary | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Iceland | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
Israel | 8th | 8th | 3rd | – | 9th | 10th | 11th | 9th | 7th | 11th | 11th | 13th | 15th | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | 11th | 10th | 11th | Q | 26 |
Italy | 6th | 5th | 11th | – | 10th | 9th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 5th | 13th | 12th | 9th | 10th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 10th | 7th | 9th | 12th | 3rd | Q | 33 |
Latvia | – | – | – | 5th | 8th | – | 13th | 11th | 11th | 9th | 10th | 9th | 14th | 6th | 10th | 13th | 2nd | 11th | 11th | 8th | 8th | 13th | Q | 19 |
Lithuania | 5th | – | – | – | 4th | 11th | 4th | 4th | 10th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 13th | 11th | 9th | 10th | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 7th | 9th | Q | 20 |
Montenegro | played as part of | – | – | 10th | 8th | 16th | – | 15th | – | 12th | 8th | 2nd | 14th | – | – | 8 | ||||||||
Netherlands | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | Q | 4 |
North Macedonia | – | 4th | 10th | 6th | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12th | Q | 6 |
Poland | 11th | – | – | 10th | – | – | 14th | 15th | – | – | 14th | 4th | 11th | 14th | 6th | 12th | 15th | – | 15th | – | – | – | Q | 18 |
Portugal | – | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 14th | 16th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
Russia | 3rd | – | 2nd | 11th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 14th | 8th | 5th | 7th | 5th | 13th | 11th | 12th | 16th | – | 16th | – | 4th | Q | 20 |
Serbia | played as part of | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 9th | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 8th | 10th | 3rd | 5th | 7th | Q | 14 | ||||||||
Slovenia | – | – | 7th | 12th | – | 6th | 8th | 12th | 13th | 15th | – | – | – | – | 14th | – | – | – | – | 10th | 13th | 10th | Q | 12 |
Spain | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 8th | 3rd | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 6th | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 7th | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 7th | 2nd | 1st | Q | 34 |
Sweden | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | 12th | 14th | – | – | – | 9 |
Turkey | 4th | 7th | – | 3rd | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 8th | 4th | 3rd | 8th | 3rd | 7th | 1st | 7th | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | 5th | 3rd | 5th | Q | 32 |
Ukraine | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 12th | 10th | 9th | 15th | – | 12th | 12th | 10th | 14th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 |
Nation | 1993 |
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1999 |
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2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
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2009 |
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2012 |
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2019 |
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Austria | playing in lower divisions | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Romania | playing in lower divisions | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | playing in lower divisions | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
England † | – | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 16th | – | – | 14th | 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 |
– | – | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 9th | 10th | 3rd | defunct | 7 |
- ^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)Edit
Year | MVP Award Winner |
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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 BEdit
ResultsEdit
- Since 2012, the 3rd team in Division B is also promoted to Division A for the next tournament.
Participating nationsEdit
Nation | 2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Total |
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Albania | 9th | 17th | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Armenia | 6th | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Austria | 8th | 15th | 4th | 14th | 14th | 20th | 21st | 14th | 8th | 14th | 22nd | 21st | 12 | |||||
Belarus | 7th | 15th | 6th | 11th | 18th | 10th | 20th | 24th | 6th | 9th | 16th | 17th | 12 | |||||
Belgium | 10th | 9th | 9th | 9th | 13th | 10th | 1st | 5th | 6th | 7th | 6th | 9th | 5th | 13 | ||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 12th | 2nd | 10 | |||||||
Bulgaria | 3rd | 8th | 3rd | 17th | 3rd | 1st | 15th | 19th | 12th | 9th | 17th | 14th | 11th | 6th | 14 | |||
Cyprus | 8th | 17th | 8th | 20th | 18th | 22nd | 21st | 18th | 8 | |||||||||
Czech Republic | 4th | 13th | 1st | 1st | 5th | 4th | 16th | 8th | 8th | 4th | 7th | 11 | ||||||
Denmark | 18th | 2nd | 17th | 13th | 1st | 11th | 19th | 18th | 12th | 3rd | 10 | |||||||
England | 3rd | 7th | 8th | 4th | 11th | 3rd | 11th | 2nd | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 11 | ||||||
Estonia | 6th | 5th | 12th | 12th | 10th | 16th | 12th | 17th | 16th | 14th | 1st | 11 | ||||||
Finland | 7th | 11th | 6th | 11th | 8th | 6th | 9th | 11th | 11th | 3rd | 13th | 13th | 12 | |||||
Georgia | 3rd | 2nd | 10th | 5th | 16th | 12th | 7th | 10th | 5th | 12th | 3rd | 20th | 12 | |||||
Germany | 1st | 10th | 1st | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Great Britain | 4th | 7th | 10th | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Greece | 1st | 1 | ||||||||||||||||
Hungary | 6th | 10th | 11th | 2nd | 7th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 13th | 7th | 13th | 13th | 7th | 17th | 14th | 15 | ||
Iceland | 1st | 13th | 18th | 21st | 13th | 6th | 15th | 7 | ||||||||||
Ireland | 10th | 14th | 16th | 16th | 14th | 15th | 20th | 18th | 21st | 19th | 20th | 11th | 15th | 16th | 14 | |||
Israel | 4th | 6th | 9th | 2nd | 2nd | 5 | ||||||||||||
Kosovo | 14th | 19th | 23rd | 24th | 4 | |||||||||||||
Luxembourg | 14th | 16th | 12th | 15th | 18th | 21st | 22nd | 20th | 23rd | 20th | 24th | 11 | ||||||
Montenegro | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 5 | ||||||||||||
Netherlands | 5th | 18th | 13th | 7th | 17th | 15th | 4th | 7th | 9th | 12th | 11th | 8th | 11th | 2nd | 2nd | 15 | ||
North Macedonia | 2nd | 16th | 18th | 15th | 19th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 22nd | 16th | 15th | 3rd | 12 | |||||
Norway | 15th | 20th | 19th | 20th | 22nd | 19th | 21st | 18th | 24th | 22nd | 23rd | 11 | ||||||
Poland | 7th | 1st | 2nd | 10th | 5th | 1st | 6 | |||||||||||
Portugal | 4th | 2nd | 16th | 13th | 10th | 9th | 8th | 15th | 20th | 12th | 9th | 16th | 14th | 11th | 14 | |||
Romania | 5th | 12th | 18th | 19th | 19th | 8th | 17th | 8th | 14th | 10th | 15th | 17th | 15th | 21st | 8th | 8th | 16 | |
Russia | 1st | 1st | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Scotland | 18th | 23rd | 24th | 3 | ||||||||||||||
Slovakia | 6th | 17th | 13th | 12th | 8th | 22nd | 19th | 17th | 4th | 10th | 23rd | 20th | 19th | 13 | ||||
Slovenia | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 8 | |||||||||
Sweden | 9th | 9th | 9th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 14th | 14th | 3rd | 13th | 3rd | 19th | 12th | 13 | ||||
Switzerland | 12th | 7th | 13th | 16th | 11th | 16th | 15th | 17th | 18th | 22nd | 10 | |||||||
Ukraine | 1st | 2nd | 10th | 4th | 5th | 10th | 9th | Q | 8 |
Performances by nationEdit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Poland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
2 | Czech Republic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Germany | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
Russia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
5 | Montenegro | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
6 | Denmark | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
7 | Bulgaria | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | |
9 | Belgium | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Estonia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
Iceland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
13 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
14 | Israel | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |
16 | England | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
17 | Georgia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
18 | North Macedonia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
19 | Hungary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Ukraine | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
22 | Sweden | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
23 | Finland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (23 nations) | 16 | 16 | 16 | 48 |
Division CEdit
ResultsEdit
Participating nationsEdit
Nation | 2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
2008 |
2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
2015 |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
Total |
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Albania | 5th | 10th | 6th | 8th | 5th | 5 | ||||||||||
Andorra | 4th | 1st | 6th | 7th | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 6th | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 14 | |
Armenia | 8th | 1st | 2 | |||||||||||||
Austria | 3rd | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Azerbaijan | 2nd | 3rd | 6th | 3 | ||||||||||||
Cyprus | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 4 | |||||||||||
Gibraltar | 6th | 5th | 4th | 8th | 6th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 8th | 4th | 2nd | 10th | 7th | 13 | ||
Kosovo | 2nd | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Luxembourg | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | Q | 4 | ||||||||||
Malta | 5th | 4th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 6th | 1st | 3rd | 5th | 10th | 7th | 9th | 12 | |||
Moldova | 3rd | 3rd | 8th | 9th | 6th | 5 | ||||||||||
Monaco | 8th | 5th | 7th | 5th | 1st | 7th | 5th | 7 | ||||||||
San Marino | 5th | 8th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 5th | 1st | 7th | 9th | 4th | 8th | 12 | |||
Scotland | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 9 | ||||||
Wales | 4th | 7th | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 7th | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 9th | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 13 |
Performances by nationEdit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Andorra | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
2 | Cyprus | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
3 | Luxembourg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
4 | Scotland | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 |
5 | Gibraltar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
6 | San Marino | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
7 | Malta | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
8 | Armenia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Monaco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
10 | Wales | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
11 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
12 | Kosovo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
13 | Moldova | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
14 | Austria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (14 nations) | 14 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "archive.fiba.com: 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship". archive.fiba.com.
- ^ "FIBA SIGN OFF BRITISH BASKETBALL AGREEMENT". www.gbbasketball.com.