FIBA U16 EuroBasket
Most recent season or competition: 2025 FIBA U16 EuroBasket
Organizing body FIBA Europe Divisions 3
No. of teams 16 (Division A)
Most recent champion Serbia (2nd title)Most titles Yugoslavia (9 titles)Official website
The FIBA U16 EuroBasket , formerly the FIBA U16 European Championship , and originally the FIBA European Championship for Cadets is an annual men's youth basketball competition contested by the under-16 national teams from FIBA Europe .
The inaugural tournament was in 1971 , and was held biennially until 2003 . Since 2004 , the competition has been played every year. The tournament serves as qualification for the FIBA Under-17 World Cup in odd numbered years. The current champions are Serbia .
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 . 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 2024 details Greece (Heraklion )France 82–70 Spain Serbia 74–65 Greece 2025 details Georgia (Tbilisi )Serbia 99–86 Lithuania Slovenia 79–71 Italy
Medal table Defunct countries in italics. Participating nations Nation Italy 1971 Italy 1973 Greece 1975 France 1977 Syria 1979 Greece 1981 West Germany 1983 Bulgaria 1985 Hungary 1987 Spain 1989 Greece 1991 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 Italy 1971 Italy 1973 Greece 1975 France 1977 Syria 1979 Greece 1981 West 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 Greece 2024 Georgia (country) 2025 Total Belgium – – 12th – – – 12th 16th – – – – – – – 14th – – – – – – – 15th – – 13 Bosnia and Herzegovina – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 8th 1st 14th – – 16th – – – – 4 Bulgaria – – – – – 12th – – – – – – 12th 15th – – – – – – – – – – 15th – 9 Croatia – 1st 8th 9th 12th – 10th 8th 4th 8th 7th 6th 1st 1st 8th 6th 11th 9th 4th 4th 1st 8th 14th – 16th – 21 Czech Republic 12th 11th – – – – – – – 13th 2nd 16th – 2nd 15th – – – – – – – – – – – 7 Denmark – – – – – – – – – – – – 16th – – – 16th – – – – – 16th – – – 3 Estonia – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13th 12th 11th 15th – – – 14th 5 Finland – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 13th 6th 5th 15th – – – 12th 11th 15th 10 France 7th 6th 4th 4th 5th 5th 1st 2nd 5th 6th 4th 7th 6th 4th 2nd 5th 1st 5th 6th 1st 4th 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st 5th 35 Georgia – – 9th 7th 11th – 15th – – 12th 16th – – – – – – – – – 16th – – – 13th 11th 9 Germany 10th – 16th – – – – – 15th – – 11th 13th 8th 5th 8th 7th 7th 9th 13th 9th 14th – 5th 10th 9th 28 Greece 1st 3rd 5th 2nd 6th 8th 5th 13th 9th 7th 12th 14th 10th 11th 9th 3rd 9th 13th 16th – 6th 6th 4th 8th 4th 10th 35 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 5th 13th 6th 13th 29 Italy 6th 5th 11th – 10th 9th 6th 7th 6th 5th 13th 12th 9th 10th 4th 4th 5th 10th 7th 9th 12th 3rd 6th 2nd 5th 4th 36 Latvia – – – 5th 8th – 13th 11th 11th 9th 10th 9th 14th 6th 10th 13th 2nd 11th 11th 8th 8th 13th 10th 11th 7th 6th 22 Lithuania 5th – – – 4th 11th 4th 4th 10th 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 13th 11th 9th 10th 2nd 2nd 6th 7th 9th 1st 4th 9th 2nd 23 Montenegro played as part of Serbia and Montenegro – – 10th 8th 16th – 15th – 12th 8th 2nd 14th – 9th 14th – – 9 Netherlands – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 15th – 15th – – – 4 North Macedonia – 4th 10th 6th – 7th – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 12th 12th 16th – – 7 Poland 11th – – 10th – – 14th 15th – – 14th 4th 11th 14th 6th 12th 15th – 15th – – – 11th 9th 14th – 19 Portugal – 9th – – – – – – 14th 16th – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 5 Romania – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 12th 2 Russia 3rd – 2nd 11th 2nd 3rd 2nd 6th 2nd 14th 8th 5th 7th 5th 13th 11th 12th 16th – 16th – 4th – – – – 20 Serbia played as part of Serbia and Montenegro 1st 5th 3rd 5th 9th 3rd 2nd 6th 8th 10th 3rd 5th 7th 13th 7th 3rd 1st 17 Slovenia – – 7th 12th – 6th 8th 12th 13th 15th – – – – 14th – – – – 10th 13th 10th 7th 6th 12th 3rd 15 Spain 2nd 2nd 6th 8th 3rd 4th 7th 3rd 1st 2nd 6th 1st 4th 3rd 7th 1st 3rd 4th 1st 7th 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 8th 37 Sweden – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16th – – 12th 14th – – – – – – 9 Switzerland – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 16th 3 Turkey 4th 7th – 3rd 7th 2nd 3rd 1st 8th 4th 3rd 8th 3rd 7th 1st 7th 4th 3rd 3rd 5th 3rd 5th 8th 10tth 8th 7th 35 Ukraine – – – – – – – 5th 12th 10th 9th 15th – 12th 12th 10th 14th – – – – – – – – – 9 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 Greece 2024 Georgia (country) 2025 Total Austria playing in lower divisions 4 England – 12th – – – – – – – – – – – – 16th – – 14th United Kingdom Great Britain 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 Montenegro – – 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) Division B Results Since 2012, the 3rd team in Division B is also promoted to Division A for the next tournament. Medal table 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 North Macedonia 2024 North Macedonia 2025 Total Albania 9th 17th 2 Armenia 6th 1 Austria 15th 15th 4th 14th 14th 17th 20th 21st 21st 14th 8th 14th 22nd 21st 8th 18th 14th 21st 18 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 3rd 4th 2nd 16 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2nd 4th 5th 5th 7th 3rd 5th 2nd 12th 2nd 6th 11th 18th 7th 14 Bulgaria 3rd 8th 3rd 17th 3rd 1st 15th 19th 12th 9th 17th 14th 11th 6th 4th 2nd 14th 17 Croatia 1st 8th 2 Cyprus 8th 17th 8th 20th 18th 22nd 21st 18th 22nd 20th 19th 11 Czech Republic 4th 13th 1st 1st 5th 4th 16th 8th 8th 4th 7th 16th 8th 15th 3rd 15 Denmark 18th 2nd 17th 13th 1st 11th 19th 18th 12th 3rd 9th 16th 9th 13 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 18th 6th 1st 14 Finland 7th 11th 6th 11th 8th 6th 9th 11th 11th 3rd 13th 13th 2nd 13 Georgia 3rd 2nd 10th 5th 16th 12th 7th 10th 5th 12th 3rd 20th 12th 3rd 14 Germany 1st 10th 1st 1st 4 Great Britain 4th 7th 10th 10th 10th 12th 15th 7 Greece 1st 1 Hungary 6th 10th 11th 2nd 7th 6th 5th 4th 13th 7th 13th 13th 7th 17th 14th 13th 5th 9th 13th 19 Iceland 1st 13th 18th 21st 13th 6th 15th 5th 15th 13th 10th 11 Ireland 10th 14th 16th 16th 14th 15th 20th 18th 21st 19th 20th 11th 15th 16th 21st 21st 17th 12th 18 Israel 4th 6th 9th 2nd 2nd 5 Kosovo 14th 19th 23rd 24th 22nd 5 Luxembourg 14th 16th 12th 15th 18th 21st 22nd 20th 23rd 20th 24th 20th 14th 22nd 14 Montenegro 6th 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 5th 5th 7 Netherlands 5th 18th 13th 7th 17th 15th 4th 7th 9th 12th 11th 8th 11th 2nd 2nd 17th 7th 18th 18 North Macedonia 2nd 16th 18th 15th 19th 7th 8th 9th 22nd 16th 15th 3rd 10th 16th 14 Norway 15th 20th 19th 20th 22nd 19th 21st 18th 24th 22nd 23rd 17th 20th 19th 20th 15 Poland 7th 1st 2nd 10th 5th 1st 1st 7 Portugal 4th 2nd 16th 13th 10th 9th 8th 15th 20th 12th 9th 16th 14th 11th 9th 13th 11th 4th 18 Romania 5th 12th 18th 19th 19th 8th 17th 8th 14th 10th 15th 17th 15th 21st 8th 8th 15th 4th 2nd 19 Russia 1st 1st 2 Scotland 18th 23rd 24th 3 Slovakia 6th 17th 13th 12th 8th 22nd 19th 17th 4th 10th 23rd 20th 19th 19th 7th 6th 17th 17 Slovenia 5th 4th 3rd 1st 4th 6th 7th 3rd 8 Sweden 9th 9th 9th 3rd 4th 5th 14th 14th 3rd 13th 3rd 19th 12th 7th 12th 8th 11th 17 Switzerland 12th 7th 13th 16th 11th 16th 15th 17th 18th 22nd 11th 19th 3rd 13 Ukraine 1st 2nd 10th 4th 5th 10th 9th 14th 16th 21st 6th 11 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 North Macedonia 2024 North Macedonia 2025 Total
Division C Results Medal table Rank Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total 1 Andorra 4 4 3 11 2 Cyprus 4 0 1 5 3 Luxembourg 3 2 0 5 4 Scotland 2 4 2 8 5 Armenia 1 1 2 4 6 Gibraltar 1 1 1 3 7 Kosovo 1 1 0 2 San Marino 1 1 0 2 9 Malta 1 0 2 3 10 Monaco 1 0 0 1 11 Wales 0 2 3 5 12 Azerbaijan 0 2 1 3 13 Albania 0 1 1 2 14 Moldova 0 0 2 2 15 Austria 0 0 1 1 Totals (15 entries) 19 19 19 57
Participating nations 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 Herzegovina – – – 9th – – – 1 Croatia – 3rd – – 7th – – 2 Czech Republic – 8th – – – – – 1 Finland – – – 12th – – – 1 France – 10th 8th 6th 2nd 3rd 9th Q 7 Germany 8th – – – – – 11th 2 Greece – – 12th – – – – 1 Italy – – 9th – – – 2nd Q 3 Lithuania 4th 9th – 3rd – 4th 5th Q 6 Montenegro – – – – 8th – – 1 Poland 2nd – – – – 8th – 2 Serbia 5th – 3rd – 10th 5th – Q 5 Slovenia – – – – – 7th – Q 2 Spain 10th 4th 4th 4th – 2nd 7th 6 Turkey – – – 2nd 5th – 3rd Q 4 Total 5 5 5 6 5 6 6 6
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