Most recent season or competition: 2023 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship | |
Sport | Basketball |
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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 EuroBasket is the new name for the FIBA U16 Women's European Championship, [1] [2] originally known as the FIBA European Championship for Cadettes. It's a women's youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1976 edition. The current champions are France.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 [5] | 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 |
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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 |
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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 [6] | – | 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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