FIBA U20 Women's European Championship

The FIBA U20 Women's European Championship, is a basketball competition inaugurated in 2000. Until 2004 it was held biannually, but from 2005 onwards it is held every year. The current champions are Spain.

FIBA U20 Women's European Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2023 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	2000
Divisions	2
No. of teams	16 (Division A)
Continent	Europe (FIBA Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	France (4th title)
Most titles	Spain (9 titles)
Related competitions	FIBA Europe U-18 FIBA Europe U-16

Division A

Results

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
2000	Slovakia (Bardejov, Lučenec, Ružomberok)	Russia	84–57	Czech Republic	Romania	58–55	Turkey
2002	Croatia (Zagreb)	Czech Republic	77–74	Russia	France	77–62	Latvia
2004	France (St Brieuc, Vannes, Quimper)	Russia	80–64	France	Czech Republic	72–52	Hungary
2005	Czech Republic (Brno)	France	72–52	Poland	Latvia	65–36	Greece
2006	Hungary (Sopron)	Russia	77–68	Hungary	France	64–55	Spain
2007	Bulgaria (Sofia)	Spain	75–60	Serbia	France	65–63	Turkey
2008	Italy (Chieti, Sulmona, Pescara)	Russia	67–58	France	Serbia	73–46	Spain
2009	Poland (Gdynia)	France	74–52	Spain	Latvia	78–75	Russia
2010	Latvia (Liepāja)	Russia	75–74	Spain	Latvia	53–49	France
2011	Serbia (Novi Sad, Zrenjanin)	Spain	62–53	Russia	Poland	67–65	Serbia
2012	Hungary (Debrecen)	Spain	59–46	Russia	Turkey	58–56	Netherlands
2013	Turkey (Samsun)	Spain	59–53	Italy	Turkey	53–38	Belarus
2014	Italy (Udine)	France	47–42*	Spain	Italy	68–63	Serbia
2015	Spain (Tinajo, Teguise)	Spain	66–47	France	Netherlands	63–51	Russia
2016	Portugal (Matosinhos)	Spain	71–69	Italy	Russia	78–72	Serbia
2017	Portugal (Matosinhos)	Spain	73–63	Slovenia	Russia	80–59	France
2018	Hungary (Sopron)	Spain	69–50	Serbia	Netherlands	65–60	Italy
2019	Czech Republic (Klatovy)	Italy	70–67	Russia	France	50–34	Belgium
2020	Hungary (Sopron)	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Hungary.
2021	Hungary (Sopron)	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. The 2021 FIBA U20 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022	Hungary (Sopron)	Spain	47–42	Czech Republic	Italy	64–48	France
2023	Lithuania (Klaipėda, Vilnius)	France	85–59	Latvia	Spain	94–36	Serbia
2024	Lithuania Vilnius

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Spain	9	3	1	13
2	Russia	5	4	2	11
3	France	4	3	4	11
4	Italy	1	2	2	5
5	Czech Republic	1	2	1	4
6	Serbia	0	2	1	3
7	Latvia	0	1	3	4
8	Poland	0	1	1	2
9	Hungary	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
11	Netherlands	0	0	2	2
	Turkey	0	0	2	2
13	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		20	20	20	60

Participation details

Team

2000

2002

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2022

2023

2024

Total

Belarus

–

–

–

–

–

11th

12th

14th

11th

14th

8th

4th

14th

–

–

–

–

15th

–

–

–

9

Belgium

–

–

10th

14th

5th

5th

15th

–

–

–

–

–

13th

11th

5th

7th

10th

4th

13th

15th

–

13

Bosnia and Herzegovina

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

11th

16th

–

–

–

–

–

2

Bulgaria

–

–

–

–

7th

9th

14th

10th

16th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

15th

–

–

6

Croatia

6th

6th

8th

5th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

16th

–

–

–

–

5

Czech Republic

2nd

1st

3rd

10th

10th

14th

10th

15th

–

–

–

–

11th

15th

–

–

–

9th

2nd

14th

–

13

Finland

–

–

11th

15th

16th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

9th

9th

Q

6

France

–

3rd

2nd

1st

3rd

3rd

2nd

1st

4th

5th

5th

5th

1st

2nd

6th

4th

6th

3rd

4th

1st

Q

20

Germany

10th

12th

–

9th

6th

8th

13th

8th

14th

15th

–

14th

–

13th

16th

–

9th

16th

–

–

Q

15

Great Britain

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

8th

16th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2

Greece

–

7th

–

4th

8th

10th

16th

–

–

–

–

9th

16th

–

14th

–

–

–

–

–

–

8

Hungary

7th

10th

4th

12th

2nd

16th

–

–

–

–

–

15th

–

14th

–

5th

5th

8th

5th

10th

Q

14

Ireland

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

16th

–

–

1

Israel

–

–

–

–

14th

15th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

7th

Q

4

Italy

11th

11th

12th

6th

9th

6th

9th

9th

12th

7th

13th

2nd

3rd

5th

2nd

6th

4th

1st

3rd

5th

Q

21

Latvia

12th

4th

–

3rd

12th

12th

6th

3rd

3rd

12th

15th

–

5th

12th

7th

8th

11th

10th

10th

2nd

Q

19

Lithuania

–

–

–

–

–

–

8th

12th

6th

11th

9th

16th

–

–

–

14th

–

11th

12th

16th

–

10

Montenegro

part of Serbia and Montenegro

–

11th

16th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

12th

Q

4

Netherlands

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

10th

10th

4th

10th

10th

3rd

9th

13th

3rd

13th

14th

–

Q

12

Poland

9th

–

6th

2nd

15th

–

–

5th

9th

3rd

10th

12th

6th

7th

8th

10th

12th

7th

7th

11th

Q

18

Portugal

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

14th

–

–

6th

10th

12th

7th

14th

6th

6th

Q

9

Romania

3rd

–

–

16th

–

–

–

–

13th

16th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

4

Russia

1st

2nd

1st

11th

1st

7th

1st

4th

1st

2nd

2nd

6th

7th

4th

3rd

3rd

13th

2nd

DQ

–

–

18

Serbia

part of Serbia and Montenegro

2nd

3rd

7th

8th

4th

11th

8th

4th

10th

4th

9th

2nd

6th

8th

4th

Q

16

Slovakia

8th

9th

7th

–

–

–

–

–

–

13th

12th

7th

8th

8th

15th

–

15th

–

–

–

–

10

Slovenia

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

2nd

14th

–

–

–

Q

3

Spain

5th

5th

9th

8th

4th

1st

4th

2nd

2nd

1st

1st

1st

2nd

1st

1st

1st

1st

5th

1st

3rd

Q

21

Sweden

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

11th

15th

–

6th

13th

15th

–

12th

11th

8th

12th

11th

13th

Q

12

Turkey

4th

8th

–

13th

11th

4th

7th

6th

7th

9th

3rd

3rd

9th

9th

13th

15th

–

–

–

8th

Q

17

Ukraine

–

–

5th

7th

13th

13th

5th

13th

5th

6th

7th

11th

12th

16th

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

12

Team

2000

2002

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2022

2023

2024

Total

Overall win–loss record

• Participations up to 2023, wins/losses up to 2023.
• In bold, qualified for the 2024 edition.

Team	App	Played	Won	Lost	%
Spain	20	160	130	30	81.3%
France	19	153	115	38	75.2%
Russia	18	147	107	40	72.8%
Italy	20	156	87	69	55.8%
Latvia	18	142	71	71	50%
Serbia	15	120	67	53	55.8%
Turkey	16	131	66	65	50.4%
Poland	17	134	63	71	47%
Czech Republic	13	99	50	49	50.5%
Hungary	13	98	49	49	50%
Ukraine	12	98	47	51	48%
Belgium	13	97	43	54	44.3%
Netherlands	11	87	41	46	47.1%
Germany	14	110	37	73	33.6%
Slovakia	10	81	37	44	45.7%
Sweden	11	86	31	55	36%
Portugal	8	60	27	33	45%
Belarus	9	73	25	48	34.2%
Lithuania	10	78	24	54	30.8%
Greece	8	63	18	45	28.6%
Croatia	5	39	15	24	38.5%
Bulgaria	6	46	14	32	30.4%
Finland	5	37	13	24	35.1%
Romania	4	34	12	22	35.3%
Slovenia	2	14	7	7	50%
Israel	3	21	7	14	33.3%
Montenegro	3	21	5	16	23.8%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	14	2	12	14.3%
Great Britain	2	18	2	16	11.1%
Ireland	1	7	0	7	0%

Top scorers (points per game)

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

Year	Top Scorer	PPG
2000	Zuzana Žirková	23.2
2002	Daniela Číkošová	19.0
2004	Olexandra Gorbunova	26.3
2005	Olexandra Gorbunova	25.5
2006	Olexandra Gorbunova	19.6
2007	Arina Lysyuk	22.0
2008	Snežana Aleksić	21.9
2009	Elīna Babkina	21.8
2010	Marina Solopova	21.0
2011	Alina Iagupova	16.6
2012	Alina Iagupova	27.6
2013	Astou Ndour	17.3
2014	Miriam Uro-Nile	18.0
2015	Hind Ben Abdelkader	22.0
2016	Cecilia Zandalasini	22.0
2017	Melisa Brčaninović	23.0
2018	Satou Sabally	20.7
2019	Dalma Czukor	16.1
2022	Magdalena Szymkiewicz	18.4

Division B

Results

Year	Host	Promoted to Division A			Bronze medal game
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze *	Score	Fourth place
2005	Lithuania (Druskininkai)	Israel	Round-robin group	Bulgaria	Lithuania	Round-robin group	Slovenia
2006	Lithuania (Druskininkai)	Belarus	66–58	Serbia and Montenegro	Slovakia	84–52	Great Britain
2007	Lithuania (Druskininkai)	Montenegro	83–64	Lithuania	Great Britain	79–73	Portugal
2008	Poland (Poznań)	Sweden	64–60	Poland	Hungary	56–54	Slovakia
2009	Macedonia (Ohrid)	Netherlands	59–53	Romania	Belgium	94–81	Slovakia
2010	Macedonia (Kavadarci)	Great Britain	47–46	Slovakia	Czech Republic	61–47	Portugal
2011	Macedonia (Ohrid)	Sweden	64–55	Portugal	Greece	60–59	Czech Republic
2012	Czech Republic (Klatovy)	Greece	Round-robin group	Germany	Hungary	Round-robin group	Romania
2013	Bulgaria (Albena)	Belgium	Round-robin group	Czech Republic	Latvia	Round-robin group	Portugal
2014	Bulgaria (Sofia)	Germany	Round-robin group	Hungary	Portugal	Round-robin group	Lithuania
2015	Montenegro (Podgorica)	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Round-robin group	Greece	Sweden	Round-robin group	Montenegro
2016	Montenegro (Podgorica)	Slovenia	62–45	Lithuania	Hungary	50–49	Czech Republic
2017	Israel (Eilat)	Germany	60–54	Slovakia	Croatia	60–51	Belarus
2018	Romania (Oradea)	Czech Republic	68–47	Belarus	Lithuania	53–48	Romania
2019	Kosovo (Pristina)	Bulgaria	80–75	Finland	Ireland	60–57	Great Britain
2020	Israel (Ramat Gan)	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Israel
2021	North Macedonia (Skopje)	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. The 2021 FIBA U20 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022	North Macedonia (Skopje)	Montenegro	98–56	Turkey	Israel	82–64	Slovenia
2023	Romania (Craiova)	Slovenia	57–47	Germany	Netherlands	68–51	Switzerland
2024	Bulgaria Sofia

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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	2	2	0	4
2	Sweden	2	0	1	3
3	Montenegro	2	0	0	2
	Slovenia	2	0	0	2
5	Czech Republic	1	1	1	3
	Greece	1	1	1	3
7	Belarus	1	1	0	2
	Bulgaria	1	1	0	2
9	Belgium	1	0	1	2
	Great Britain	1	0	1	2
	Israel	1	0	1	2
	Netherlands	1	0	1	2
13	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	0	1
14	Lithuania	0	2	2	4
15	Slovakia	0	2	1	3
16	Hungary	0	1	3	4
17	Portugal	0	1	1	2
18	Finland	0	1	0	1
	Poland	0	1	0	1
	Romania	0	1	0	1
	Serbia and Montenegro	0	1	0	1
	Turkey	0	1	0	1
23	Croatia	0	0	1	1
	Ireland	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 entries)		17	17	17	51

See also

• EuroBasket Women
• FIBA U18 Women's European Championship
• FIBA U16 Women's European Championship

References

• Archive FIBA

External links

• Official site