FIBA U20 Women's European Championship

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FIBA U20 Women's European Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship
SportBasketball
Founded2000
Divisions2
No. of teams16 (Division A)
ContinentEurope (FIBA Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 France (4th title)
Most titles Spain (9 titles)
Related
competitions
FIBA Europe U-18
FIBA Europe U-16

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.

Division A[edit]

Results[edit]

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.[1]
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[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain93113
2 Russia54211
3 France43411
4 Italy1225
5 Czech Republic1214
6 Serbia0213
7 Latvia0134
8 Poland0112
9 Hungary0101
 Slovenia0101
11 Netherlands0022
 Turkey0022
13 Romania0011
Totals (13 entries)20202060

Participation details[edit]

Team Slovakia
2000
Croatia
2002
France
2004
Czech Republic
2005
Hungary
2006
Bulgaria
2007
Italy
2008
Poland
2009
Latvia
2010
Serbia
2011
Hungary
2012
Turkey
2013
Italy
2014
Spain
2015
Portugal
2016
Portugal
2017
Hungary
2018
Czech Republic
2019
Hungary
2022
Lithuania
2023
Lithuania
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 Slovakia
2000
Croatia
2002
France
2004
Czech Republic
2005
Hungary
2006
Bulgaria
2007
Italy
2008
Poland
2009
Latvia
2010
Serbia
2011
Hungary
2012
Turkey
2013
Italy
2014
Spain
2015
Portugal
2016
Portugal
2017
Hungary
2018
Czech Republic
2019
Hungary
2022
Lithuania
2023
Lithuania
2024
Total

Overall win–loss record[edit]

  • 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)[edit]

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

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

Division B[edit]

Results[edit]

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.[1]
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[edit]

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany2204
2 Sweden2013
3 Montenegro2002
 Slovenia2002
5 Czech Republic1113
 Greece1113
7 Belarus1102
 Bulgaria1102
9 Belgium1012
 Great Britain1012
 Israel1012
 Netherlands1012
13 Bosnia and Herzegovina1001
14 Lithuania0224
15 Slovakia0213
16 Hungary0134
17 Portugal0112
18 Finland0101
 Poland0101
 Romania0101
 Serbia and Montenegro0101
 Turkey0101
23 Croatia0011
 Ireland0011
 Latvia0011
Totals (25 entries)17171751

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "FIBA Europe Board approves alternative format for Youth Competitions, new dates for Small Countries Championships". FIBA. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

External links[edit]