FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1971
No. of teams	16
Continent	Europe (FIBA Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Bosnia and Herzegovina (1st title)
Most titles	Yugoslavia (5 titles)
Official website	u16men.fibaeurope.com

The FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship, previously known as FIBA Europe Championship for Cadets, is a basketball competition inaugurated in 1971. Until 2003, it was held every second year, but from 2003 onwards, it is held every year. The current champions are Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Division A results

Summaries

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	30x27px Spain
1973 details	Italy (Angri & Summonte)	Soviet Union	68–57	30x27px 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	30x27px 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	Macedonia
1997 details	Belgium (Pepinster, Kortrijk & Quaregnon)	Yugoslavia	100–87	Russia	Israel	65–55	France
1999 details	Slovenia (Polzela, Celje & Laško)	Yugoslavia	59–48	Greece	Turkey	81–63	France
2001 details	Latvia (Riga)	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

Performances by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Yugoslavia*	5	2	2	9
2	Serbia	5	1	3	9
3	Spain	3	6	6	15
4	Turkey	3	1	5	9
5	Soviet Union*	3	0	3	6
6	Croatia	3	0	0	3
7	Greece	2	3	2	7
8	France	2	2	0	4
9	Italy	1	4	2	7
10	Lithuania	1	3	1	5
11	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	0	1
12	Russia	0	4	2	6
13	Czech Republic	0	2	0	2
14	Latvia	0	1	0	1
15	West Germany	0	0	2	2
16	Israel	0	0	1	1

• FIBA considers the records of SFR Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union distinct from FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro/Serbia and Russia, respectively.

MVP Awards (since 1999)

Year	MVP Award Winner
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

Division B results

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Denmark France Montenegro Poland	1	1
5	Bulgaria Slovenia Spain Turkey	1		1
9	Belgium Czech Republic Estonia Germany	1
13	England		1	2
14	Bosnia and Herzegovina		1	1
15	Hungary Israel Russia Ukraine		1
19	Sweden			2
20	Finland Serbia			1

• After European Championship 2015

Division C results

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cyprus	2		1
2	Andorra	2		2
3	Scotland	1	4	2
4	Luxembourg	1	2
5	San Marino	1	1
6	Gibraltar Malta	1		1
7	Monaco	1
8	Wales		1	2
9	Kosovo		1
10	Moldova			1

References

• Archive FIBA (English)

External links

• Official Site