2023 FIBA U16 European Championship

For the women's tournament, see 2023 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship.
2023 FIBA U16 European Championship
Tournament details
Host country North Macedonia
CitySkopje
Dates5–13 August 2023
Teams16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (6th title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place France
Official website
www.fiba.basketball/history

The 2023 FIBA U16 European Championship was the 35th edition of the European basketball championship for men's national under-16 teams. The tournament was played from 5 to 13 August 2023 in Skopje, North Macedonia.[1] The top five teams qualified for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Turkey besides Turkey who automatically qualified as host.

Participating teams

First round

The draw of the first round was held on 14 February 2023 in Freising, Germany.[2][3]

In the first round, the teams were drawn into four groups of four. All teams advanced to the playoffs.

All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

Group A

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Italy 3 3 0 272 211 +61 6
2  Slovenia 3 2 1 232 210 +22 5
3  Montenegro 3 1 2 215 243 −28 4
4  Turkey 3 0 3 199 254 −55 3
Source: FIBA
5 August 2023
13:30
Slovenia  84–67  Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 29–12, 19–19, 21–15, 15–20
SRC Kale, Skopje
5 August 2023
16:00
Italy  101–68  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 28–16, 29–16, 22–14
SRC Kale, Skopje
6 August 2023
13:30
Turkey  60–74  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 23–29, 10–15, 14–11
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
6 August 2023
21:00
Montenegro  69–88  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 11–19, 23–25, 15–24, 20–20
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
7 August 2023
16:00
Slovenia  74–83  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 21–21, 22–13, 14–25
SRC Kale, Skopje
7 August 2023
21:00
Turkey  71–79  Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 23–16, 18–27, 19–23
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

Group B

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Lithuania 3 3 0 270 194 +76 6
2  France 3 2 1 286 219 +67 5
3  North Macedonia (H) 3 1 2 171 265 −94 4
4  Belgium 3 0 3 166 215 −49 3
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts
5 August 2023
18:30
North Macedonia  63–57  Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 12–13, 14–16, 17–10
SRC Kale, Skopje
5 August 2023
21:00
Lithuania  102–94  France
Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 24–28, 25–17, 30–24
SRC Kale, Skopje
6 August 2023
16:00
Belgium  48–73  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 14–25, 10–11, 10–17
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
6 August 2023
18:30
France  113–56  North Macedonia
Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 33–13, 27–14, 26–10
SRC Kale, Skopje
7 August 2023
13:30
France  79–61  Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 10–17, 23–6, 20–23
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
7 August 2023
18:30
North Macedonia  52–95  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 10–15, 17–32, 9–25
SRC Kale, Skopje

Group C

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Spain 3 3 0 281 176 +105 6
2  Germany 3 2 1 218 181 +37 5
3  Israel 3 1 2 186 226 −40 4
4  Finland 3 0 3 160 262 −102 3
Source: FIBA
5 August 2023
13:30
Germany  96–57  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 24–5, 25–18, 26–21, 21–13
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
5 August 2023
16:00
Israel  61–116  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 11–31, 13–36, 15–28, 22–21
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
6 August 2023
13:30
Finland  51–69  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 18–17, 6–22, 11–15
SRC Kale, Skopje
6 August 2023
21:00
Spain  68–63  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 13–12, 18–12, 17–15
SRC Kale, Skopje
7 August 2023
16:00
Germany  59–56  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 9–7, 23–17, 16–19
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
7 August 2023
18:30
Spain  97–52  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 34–12, 21–13, 24–10, 18–17
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

Group D

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts
1  Greece 3 3 0 232 199 +33 6
2  Serbia 3 2 1 219 177 +42 5
3  Poland 3 1 2 213 221 −8 4
4  Latvia 3 0 3 187 254 −67 3
Source: FIBA
5 August 2023
18:30
Latvia  60–94  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 16–24, 14–22, 20–27
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
5 August 2023
21:00
Serbia  55–75  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 8–9, 14–23, 18–19
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
6 August 2023
16:00
Greece  77–71  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 14–20, 15–12, 26–20
SRC Kale, Skopje
6 August 2023
18:30
Poland  46–81  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 8–23, 15–18, 13–24
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
7 August 2023
13:30
Latvia  56–83  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 22–17, 11–26, 10–25
SRC Kale, Skopje
7 August 2023
21:00
Greece  80–73  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 16–17, 15–14, 26–23
SRC Kale, Skopje

Playoff brackets

Main bracket

 
Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
9 August
 
 
 Italy102
 
10 August
 
 Belgium72
 
 Italy75
 
9 August
 
 Germany56
 
 Germany80
 
12 August
 
 Poland47
 
 Italy77
 
9 August
 
 France63
 
 France91
 
10 August
 
 Montenegro50
 
 France86
 
9 August
 
 Greece72
 
 Greece81
 
13 August
 
 Finland70
 
 Italy68
 
9 August
 
 Spain77
 
 Slovenia100
 
10 August
 
 North Macedonia65
 
 Slovenia79
 
9 August
 
 Spain82
 
 Spain100
 
12 August
 
 Latvia48
 
 Spain80
 
9 August
 
 Lithuania63 3rd place match
 
 Lithuania73
 
10 August13 August
 
 Turkey66
 
 Lithuania66 France88
 
9 August
 
 Serbia63  Lithuania62
 
 Serbia70
 
 
 Israel64
 

5th place bracket

 
5th–8th place semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
12 August
 
 
 Germany79
 
13 August
 
 Greece73
 
 Germany65
 
12 August
 
 Slovenia52
 
 Slovenia74
 
 
 Serbia72
 
7th place match
 
 
13 August
 
 
 Greece60
 
 
 Serbia71

9th place bracket

 
9th–16th place quarterfinals9th–12th place semifinals9th place match
 
          
 
10 August
 
 
 Belgium58
 
12 August
 
 Poland76
 
 Poland79
 
10 August
 
 Finland49
 
 Montenegro65
 
13 August
 
 Finland74
 
 Poland61
 
10 August
 
 Turkey54
 
 North Macedonia46
 
12 August
 
 Latvia57
 
 Latvia57
 
10 August
 
 Turkey75 11th place match
 
 Turkey85
 
13 August
 
 Israel49
 
 Finland63
 
 
 Latvia73
 

13th place bracket

 
13th–16th place semifinals13th place match
 
      
 
12 August
 
 
 Belgium70
 
13 August
 
 Montenegro83
 
 Montenegro63
 
12 August
 
 Israel81
 
 North Macedonia48
 
 
 Israel71
 
15th place match
 
 
13 August
 
 
 Belgium90
 
 
 North Macedonia72

Playoff results

Round of 16

9 August 2023
13:30
France  91–50  Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 28–7, 21–18, 20–12
SRC Kale, Skopje
9 August 2023
13:30
Germany  80–47  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 16–7, 27–9, 29–10, 8–21
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
9 August 2023
16:00
Italy  102–72  Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 32–22, 32–16, 13–17
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
9 August 2023
16:00
Greece  81–70  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 17–17, 19–19, 18–18
SRC Kale, Skopje
9 August 2023
18:30
Slovenia  100–65  North Macedonia
Scoring by quarter: 25–10, 31–18, 15–22, 29–15
SRC Kale, Skopje
9 August 2023
18:30
Serbia  70–64  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 21–20, 22–9, 12–13
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
9 August 2023
21:00
Lithuania  73–66  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 25–10, 18–16, 10–12, 20–28
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
9 August 2023
21:00
Spain  100–48  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 24–4, 25–13, 25–13
SRC Kale, Skopje

9th–16th place quarterfinals

10 August 2023
13:30
Belgium  58–76  Poland
Scoring by quarter: 8–21, 14–18, 21–13, 15–24
SRC Kale, Skopje
10 August 2023
16:00
Montenegro  65–74  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 18–26, 24–11, 12–22
SRC Kale, Skopje
10 August 2023
18:30
North Macedonia  46–57  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 18–12, 12–20, 6–8
SRC Kale, Skopje
10 August 2023
21:00
Turkey  85–49  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 25–10, 22–17, 24–11
SRC Kale, Skopje

13th–16th place semifinals

12 August 2023
13:30
Belgium  70–83  Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 20–30, 9–19, 22–18
SRC Kale, Skopje
12 August 2023
16:00
North Macedonia  48–71  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 8–18, 20–15, 9–17
SRC Kale, Skopje

15th place match

13 August 2023
11:00
Belgium  90–72  North Macedonia
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 20–18, 24–16, 25–21
SRC Kale, Skopje

13th place match

13 August 2023
16:00
Montenegro  63–81  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 18–23, 11–27, 17–10
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

9th–12th place semifinals

12 August 2023
18:30
Poland  79–49  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 31–9, 19–8, 14–16
SRC Kale, Skopje
12 August 2023
21:00
Latvia  57–75  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 13–15, 13–24, 17–18
SRC Kale, Skopje

11th place match

13 August 2023
16:00
Finland  63–73  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 19–12, 19–28, 14–21
SRC Kale, Skopje

9th place match

13 August 2023
18:30
Poland  61–54  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 21–15, 20–11, 10–15
SRC Kale, Skopje

Championship quarterfinals

10 August 2023
13:30
Italy  75–56  Germany
Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 21–21, 16–18, 16–6
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
10 August 2023
16:00
France  86–72  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 28–13, 23–23, 19–17, 16–19
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
10 August 2023
18:30
Slovenia  79–82  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 17–24, 26–22, 14–21
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
10 August 2023
21:00
Lithuania  66–63  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 12–14, 18–15, 24–17
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

5th–8th place semifinals

12 August 2023
13:30
Germany  79–73  Greece
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 16–21, 25–12, 22–19
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
12 August 2023
16:00
Slovenia  74–72  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 9–9, 25–23, 19–17, 21–23
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

7th place match

13 August 2023
13:30
Greece  60–71  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 13–16, 12–19, 16–21
SRC Kale, Skopje

5th place match

13 August 2023
13:30
Germany  65–52  Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 8–10, 21–11, 20–16
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

Championship semifinals

12 August 2023
18:30
Italy  77–63  France
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 19–15, 16–9, 24–19
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
12 August 2023
21:00
Spain  80–63  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 8–17, 25–20, 20–7
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

3rd place match

13 August 2023
18:30
France  88–62  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 20–10, 27–15, 19–21, 22–16
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

Final

13 August 2023
21:00
Italy  68–77  Spain
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 13–19, 15–12, 21–24
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

Final standings

Rank Team Record
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Spain 7–0
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Italy 6–1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  France 5–2
4  Lithuania 5–2
5  Germany 5–2
6  Slovenia 4–3
7  Serbia 3–4
8  Greece 4–3
9  Poland 4–3
10  Turkey 2–5
11  Latvia 2–5
12  Finland 1–6
13  Israel 3–4
14  Montenegro 2–5
15  Belgium 1–6
16  North Macedonia 1–6
Qualified for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup
Qualified for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup as the host nation
Relegated to the 2024 FIBA U16 EuroBasket Division B

See also

References

  1. ^ 2023 FIBA U16 European Championship Division A archive website
  2. ^ Draws concluded for FIBA European Youth Championships 2023
  3. ^ Draw results
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