Current season, competition or edition: 2023 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship | |
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1976 |
| Divisions | 3 |
| No. of teams | 16 (Division A) |
| Continent | Europe (FIBA Europe) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  France (5th title) |
| Most titles |  Spain (10 titles) |
| Related competitions | FIBA Europe U-20 FIBA Europe U-18 |
| Official website | fiba.basketball/europe/u16women |
The FIBA U16 Women's European Championship is a basketball competition inaugurated in 1976. The current champions are France.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 10 | 4 | 3 | 17 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union | 8 | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 3 |  Russia | 6 | 1 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | France | 5 | 1 | 6 | 12 |
| 5 |  Italy | 1 | 6 | 8 | 15 |
| 6 |  Czech Republic | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 |  Serbia and Montenegro | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Czechoslovakia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 |  Yugoslavia | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 |  Belgium | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
 Hungary | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| 12 |  Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 13 |  Croatia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 14 |  Lithuania | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 |  Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Portugal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Romania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 19 |  Poland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (20 entries) | 33 | 33 | 33 | 99 | |
| Team |  1976 |  1978 | 1980 |  1982 | 1984 | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria | 12th | ||||||||
| Belgium | 13th | 10th | 10th | 10th | |||||
| Bulgaria | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 6th | 4th | ||
 Czechoslovakia † | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 6th | ||||
| Finland | 12th | 8th | 5th | 12th | 8th | ||||
| France | 7th | 9th | 7th | 9th | 8th | 6th | 8th | 8th | |
| West Germany | 12th | 12th | 9th | 11th | 11th | 11th | 6th | ||
 Greece | 9th | 5th | |||||||
| Hungary | 2nd | 6th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 10th | 11th | 4th | |
 Israel | 11th | 13th | 12th | ||||||
| Italy | 9th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 7th | 5th | 3rd |
 Netherlands | 6th | 9th | 10th | 4th | 7th | 12th | 10th | ||
| Poland | 5th | 5th | 8th | 12th | 10th | 7th | |||
| Portugal | 12th | ||||||||
| Romania | 8th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 11th | |
 Scotland | 14th | 14th | |||||||
| Soviet Union † | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st |
| Spain | 10th | 11th | 10th | 8th | 7th | 9th | 9th | 4th | 9th |
 Sweden | 15th | 11th | 11th | ||||||
 Switzerland | 16th | ||||||||
 Tunisia | 15th | ||||||||
| Yugoslavia † | 7th | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 8th | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | 2nd |
| Team | 1976 | 1978 | 1980 | 1982 | 1984 | 1985 | 1987 | 1989 | 1991 |
| Team |  1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 |  2003 |  2004 | 2005 | 2006 |  2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |  2019 | 2022 | 2023 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belarus | 5th | 4th | 8th | 2nd | 4th | 12th | 7th | 9th | 10th | 14th | 15th | 8th | 15th | 13 | |||||||||||
| Belgium | 8th | 3rd | 10th | 13th | 14th | 13th | 12th | 5th | 2nd | 8th | 2nd | 4th | 13th | 7th | 14th | 13th | 6th | 7th | 9th | 22 | |||||
| Bulgaria | 6th | 12th | 11th | 16th | 16th | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 12th | 6th | 9th | 3rd | 8th | 9th | 10th | 16th | 2nd | 14th | 9th | 8th | 10th | 12th | 5th | 10th | 14th | 3rd | 5th | 19 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 8th | 2nd | 11th | 4th | 7th | 6th | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 11th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 7th | 9th | 2nd | 7th | 12th | 14th | 23 | |
 Denmark | 15th | 12th | 13th | 16th | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Estonia | 15th | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finland | 10th | 9th | 12th | 16th | 10th | 13th | 4th | 12 | |||||||||||||||||
| France | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 7th | 2nd | 5th | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 31 | |
| Germany | 9th | 9th | 16th | 13th | 16th | 15th | 9th | 2nd | 6th | 10th | 9th | 14th | 19 | ||||||||||||
| Greece | 7th | 7th | 7th | 11th | 12th | 14th | 13th | 14th | 15th | 7th | 10th | 5th | 10th | 11th | 14th | 12th | 6th | 13th | 20 | ||||||
| Hungary | 5th | 8th | 9th | 10th | 11th | 12th | 10th | 7th | 15th | 12th | 7th | 3rd | 6th | 7th | 12th | 2nd | 7th | 11th | 5th | 8th | 28 | ||||
| Israel | 12th | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Italy | 3rd | 2nd | 11th | 8th | 10th | 5th | 15th | 2nd | 6th | 13th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 9th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 5th | 8th | 3rd | 30 | |||
| Latvia | 11th | 5th | 7th | 15th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 10th | 4th | 9th | 8th | 9th | 11th | 13 | |||||||||||
| Lithuania | 9th | 9th | 3rd | 13th | 12th | 12th | 16th | 15th | 6th | 14th | 11th | 2nd | 15th | 13 | |||||||||||
| Netherlands | 7th | 9th | 12th | 14th | 15th | 13th | 16th | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
| Poland | 11th | 9th | 6th | 12th | 3rd | 6th | 6th | 10th | 14th | 15th | 8th | 8th | 14th | 10th | 6th | 21 | |||||||||
| Portugal | 13th | 2nd | 14th | 4th | 16th | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Romania | 12th | 12th | 16th | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 6th | 3rd | 5th | 9th | 6th | 9th | 4th | 1st | 6th | 3rd | 6th | 1st | 8th | 11th | 7th | 6th | 1st | 22 | ||
 Serbia | played as part of | 4th | 14th | 11th | 4th | 13th | 14th | 11th | 10th | 13th | 12th | 15th | 7th | 12 | |||||||||||
| Slovakia | 4th | 10th | 5th | 6th | 15th | 10th | 16th | 11th | 8th | 10th | 12th | 13th | 16th | 13 | |||||||||||
 Slovenia | 12th | 11th | 10th | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Spain | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 1st | 7th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 5th | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 33 |
| Sweden | 5th | 4th | 13th | 11th | 8th | 11th | 9th | 16th | 15th | 16th | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 10th | 11th | 8th | 4th | 11th | 14th | 8th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 13th | 12th | 8th | 11th | 9th | 11th | 4th | 15th | 15th | 19 | |||||
| Ukraine | 3rd | 6th | 8th | 11th | 16th | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Team | 1993 | 1995 | 1997 | 1999 | 2001 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2022 | 2023 | Total |
| Austria | playing in lower divisions | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Switzerland | playing in lower divisions | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
 England † | 16th | 16th |  Great Britain [3] | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
 Scotland † | playing in lower divisions | Great Britain | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia † | defunct, succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Serbia and Montenegro † A | 7th | 2nd | 10th | 1st | 2nd | 8th | 4th | defunct | 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Soviet Union † | defunct | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tunisia | playing in FIBA Africa | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yugoslavia † | defunct | 9 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
* Since 2012, the 3rd team in Division B is also promoted to Division A for the next tournament.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Serbia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 5 | Greece | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| 7 | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Denmark | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
| 10 | Hungary | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Poland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 14 | Portugal | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | England | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Romania | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 18 | Croatia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 20 | Belarus | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Belgium | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Estonia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Montenegro | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Turkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 27 | Israel | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (27 entries) | 18 | 18 | 17 | 53 | |
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Cyprus | 4 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Scotland | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 3 |  Iceland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 |  Luxembourg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 |  Andorra | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 6 |  Armenia | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 |  Georgia | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 8 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Azerbaijan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 10 |  Malta | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 |  Monaco | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 |  Albania | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals (12 entries) | 17 | 17 | 17 | 51 | |
| Team | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2022 |  2024 | 2026 | Total |
| Belarus | – | – | – | – | 15th | – | – | 1 | |
| Belgium | 4th | 7th | – | – | – | 13th | – | 3 | |
| Croatia | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 1 | |
| Czech Republic | – | – | 4th | 5th | – | – | – | Q | 3 |
| Finland | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 1 | |
| France | 2nd | – | 8th | 8th | 2nd | 3rd | Q | 6 | |
| Germany | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | 1 | |
| Hungary | – | – | 3rd | – | 4th | 6th | – | 3 | |
| Italy | – | 6th | 13th | 2nd | 5th | – | Q | 5 | |
| Latvia | – | – | – | 10th | 8th | – | – | 2 | |
| Netherlands | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Russia | 6th | – | – | – | – | DQ [4] | – | 1 | |
| Slovakia | – | – | 15th | – | – | – | – | 1 | |
| Slovenia | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | – | 1 | |
| Spain | 8th | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 6th | 2nd | Q | 7 | |
| Turkey | 10th | 12th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
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