2017 FIBA U16 European Championship

2017 EuroBasket Under-16
31st FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Montenegro
Dates	11–19 August 2017
Teams	16
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	France (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
MVP	Killian Hayes
Top scorer	Mannion (19.9)
Top rebounds	Avdija (12.6)
Top assists	Avdija (5.3) Karapandžić (5.3)
Official website
www.fiba.basketball

The 2017 FIBA U16 European Championship was the 31st edition of the Under-16 European Basketball Championship. The tournament was held in Podgorica, Montenegro, from 11 to 19 August 2017.^[1] Sixteen (16) teams participated, including 2016 Division B top three finishers.

Hosts selection

On 21 November 2016, FIBA Europe announced during their Board Meeting held in Istanbul, Turkey that Montenegro will be the organising country for the tournament.^[2]

Participating teams

Croatia
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Israel (Runners-up, 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Montenegro
Russia (Winners, 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
Serbia
Slovenia (3rd place, 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
Spain
Sweden
Turkey

First round

In this round, sixteen teams are allocated in four groups of four teams each. All teams advance to the Playoffs.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Lithuania	3	2	1	187	160	+27	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Israel	3	2	1	208	205	+3	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Serbia	3	2	1	229	185	+44	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Croatia	3	0	3	158	232	−74	3

Source: FIBA
Notes:

1 2 3 Lithuania 1–1, +6PD; Israel 1–1, 0PD; Serbia 1–1, −6PD

11 August
16:00

Lithuania	54–56	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 12–16, 11–17, 12–15
Pts: M. Blazevic 13 Rebs: M. Blazevic 9 Asts: N. Pankratjevas 4		Pts: M. Pavicevic 11 Rebs: D. Pazin 8 Asts: D. Pazin 2

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 150
Referees:

Miguel Ángel Pérez Niz

Haydn Jones

Apostolos Kalpakas

11 August
18:15

Israel	67–64	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 16–18, 13–20, 13–12

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

12 August
13:45

Serbia	71–79	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 13–24, 23–18, 19–24

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

12 August
16:00

Croatia	42–63	Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 14–25, 11–15, 7–11

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

13 August
13:45

Lithuania	70–62	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 13–18, 17–17, 22–10

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

13 August
16:00

Croatia	52–102	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 17–32, 10–23, 12–27, 13–20

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Slovenia	3	3	0	197	166	+31	6
2	Germany	3	2	1	209	177	+32	5
3	Turkey	3	1	2	206	224	−18	4
4	Finland	3	0	3	170	215	−45	3

Source: FIBA

11 August
18:15

Turkey	65–87	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 15–21, 14–14, 16–28

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

11 August
20:30

Slovenia	65–53	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 13–16, 21–8, 11–11

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

12 August
16:00

Germany	56–68	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 12–20, 8–12, 22–15

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

12 August
18:15

Finland	73–84	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 16–23, 12–16, 29–18

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

13 August
13:45

Finland	44–66	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 6–21, 19–16, 13–18, 6–11

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

13 August
20:30

Turkey	57–64	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 15–7, 5–16, 23–21

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	France	3	3	0	205	179	+26	6
2	Italy	3	2	1	215	185	+30	5
3	Russia	3	1	2	192	220	−28	4
4	Estonia	3	0	3	194	222	−28	3

Source: FIBA

11 August
13:45

Estonia	71–74	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 11–25, 25–22, 17–10

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

11 August
16:00

France	64–59	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 10–19, 19–15, 14–16

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

12 August
13:45

Russia	61–63	France
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 11–20, 19–13, 13–18

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

12 August
20:30

Italy	70–64	Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 20–16, 20–13, 19–17

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

13 August
16:00

France	78–59	Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 17–17, 25–19, 19–14

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

13 August
18:15

Russia	57–86	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 8–22, 13–23, 19–18

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Spain	3	2	1	280	211	+69	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}
2	Latvia	3	2	1	208	205	+3	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Montenegro (H)	3	2	1	220	201	+19	5^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Sweden	3	0	3	157	248	−91	3

Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1 2 3 Spain 1–1, +20PD; Latvia 1–1, −7PD; Montenegro 1–1, −13PD

11 August
13:45

Spain	91–70	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 18–12, 30–18, 22–25

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

11 August
20:30

Sweden	45–77	Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 8–22, 12–17, 16–15, 9–23

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

12 August
18:15

Latvia	58–48	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 13–7, 11–15, 16–14

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

12 August
20:30

Montenegro	77–76	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 14–24, 32–9, 17–23

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

13 August
16:00

Spain	113–64	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 28–11, 32–22, 27–14, 26–17

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

13 August
20:30

Montenegro	66–80	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 17–18, 15–16, 16–32

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

Final round

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

15 August

Lithuania

70

16 August

58

74

15 August

Montenegro

80

47

18 August

Montenegro

68

Montenegro

73

15 August

66

55

16 August

Serbia

59

Serbia

82

15 August

73

Spain

59

19 August

54

68

15 August

France

75

66

16 August

Turkey

89

76

15 August

France

80

France

73

18 August

68

France

83

15 August

60

Third place

65

16 August

19 August

Croatia

76

Croatia

71

Serbia

76

15 August

69

71

Latvia (OT)

83

81

5th–8th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				Fifth place

	18 August

	Lithuania	92
					19 August
	Spain	80
					Lithuania	62
	18 August
					Turkey	80
	Turkey	79

	Latvia	73
					Seventh place

					19 August

					Spain	95

					Latvia	77

9th–16th place bracket

	9th–16th place quarterfinals				9th–12th place semifinals				Ninth place

	16 August

	Finland	49
					18 August
	Italy	65
					Italy	65
	16 August
					Estonia	53
	Germany	61
									19 August
	Estonia	68
									Italy	73
	16 August
									Slovenia	47
	Israel	74
					18 August
	Sweden	66
					Israel	59
	16 August
					Slovenia	70			Eleventh place
	Slovenia	78
									19 August
	Russia	54
									Estonia	78

									Israel	85

13th–16th place bracket

	13th–16th place semifinals				13th place

	18 August

	Finland	62
					19 August
	Germany	75
					Germany	77
	18 August
					Sweden	44
	Sweden (OT)	79

	Russia	76
					15th place

					19 August

					Finland	69

					Russia	65

Round of 16

15 August
13:45

Germany	55–59	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 14–16, 12–14, 14–12

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

15 August
13:45

Latvia	83–81 (OT)	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 18–25, 15–18, 22–14, Overtime: 13–10

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

15 August
16:00

Slovenia	65–76	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 21–15, 11–20, 18–20

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

15 August
16:00

Spain	59–54	Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 18–6, 11–11, 12–23, 18–14

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

15 August
18:15

Lithuania	70–58	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 15–13, 15–20, 21–14

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

15 August
18:15

Israel	66–89	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 13–19, 19–23, 18–20

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

15 August
20:30

France	73–68	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 13–12, 23–21, 21–15

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

15 August
20:30

Italy	47–68	Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 12–16, 6–10, 10–24

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

9th–16th place quarterfinals

16 August
13:45

Slovenia	78–54	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 23–15, 20–12, 22–14

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

16 August
16:00

Germany	61–68	Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 12–10, 18–13, 15–35

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

16 August
18:15

Israel	74–66	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 17–13, 16–23, 28–19

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

16 August
20:30

Finland	49–65	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 8–18, 11–17, 12–21, 18–9

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

Quarterfinals

16 August
13:45

Croatia	71–69	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 18–12, 20–15, 17–17

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

16 August
16:00

Serbia	82–73	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 19–22, 26–15, 17–25

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

16 August
18:15

Turkey	76–80	France
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 18–22, 22–18, 21–16

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

16 August
20:30

Lithuania	74–80	Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 13–16, 17–25, 24–20

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

13th–16th place semifinals

18 August 2017
13:45

Finland	62–75	Germany
Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 15–17, 18–24, 17–10

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

18 August 2017
16:00

Sweden	79–76 (OT)	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 19–20, 17–14, 13–9, Overtime: 9–6

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

9th–12th place semifinals

18 August 2017
18:15

Italy	65–53	Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 17–15, 16–13, 14–15

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

18 August 2017
20:30

Israel	59–70	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 9–15, 18–24, 11–19, 21–12

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

5th–8th place semifinals

18 August 2017
13:45

Lithuania	92–80	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 23–11, 31–13, 23–38

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

18 August 2017
16:00

Turkey	79–73	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 6–17, 26–26, 25–12, 22–18

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

Semifinals

18 August 2017
18:15

France	83–60	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 25–9, 23–17, 22–19
Pts: Hayes 20 Rebs: Hayes 8 Asts: Hayes 5		Pts: Rudan 25 Rebs: Rudan 8 Asts: Gizdavić, Rašić 3

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Referees: Gentian Cici (ALB), Andrei Sharapa (BLR), Yener Yilmaz (Tur)

18 August 2017
20:30

Montenegro	73–66	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 18–10, 22–15, 13–20
Pts: Vlahović 21 Rebs: Tomašević 15 Asts: Kljajić, Vujisić 4		Pts: Pažin 18 Rebs: Popović 8 Asts: Karapandžić 8

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Niz (ESP), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Apostolos Kalpakas (SWE)

15th place game

19 August 2017
11:30

Finland	69–65	Russia
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 18–14, 12–16, 24–22

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

13th place game

19 August 2017
13:45

Germany	77–44	Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 20–6, 21–16, 17–15, 19–7

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

Eleventh place game

19 August 2017
16:00

Estonia	78–85	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 33–23, 15–12, 11–24

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

Ninth place game

19 August 2017
18:15

Italy	73–47	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 21–12, 23–8, 23–15

Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

Seventh place game

19 August 2017
13:45

Spain	95–77	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 20–16, 23–24, 27–23

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

Fifth place game

19 August 2017
16:00

Lithuania	62–80	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 23–24, 7–20, 19–16

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

Bronze medal game

19 August 2017
18:15

Serbia	76–71	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 20–22, 13–24, 22–14

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

Final

19 August 2017
20:30

Montenegro	68–75	France
Scoring by quarter: 14–28, 20–17, 18–11, 16–19
Pts: Kljajić, Tomašević 20 Rebs: Kljajić, Vujisić 7 Asts: Kljajić 6		Pts: Hayes 21 Rebs: Hayes, Maledon 8 Asts: Maledon 4

Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 4500
Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Niz (ESP), Gentian Cici (ALB), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	France	7–0
	Montenegro	5–2
	Serbia	5–2
4	Croatia	2–5
5	Turkey	4–3
6	Lithuania	4–3
7	Spain	4–3
8	Latvia	3–4
9	Italy	5–2
10	Slovenia	5–2
11	Israel	4–3
12	Estonia	1–6
13	Germany	4–3
14	Sweden	1–6
15	Finland	1–6
16	Russia	1–6

	Qualified for the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup
	Relegated to the 2018 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B

Awards

Most Valuable Player
Killian Hayes

All-Tournament Team

References

↑ 2017 FIBA U16 European Championship Division A official website
↑ "FIBA Europe Board comes to decisions regarding women's and youth competitions moving forward". FIBA Europe. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2017.

External links

FIBA U16 European Championship
Division A	Italy 1971 Italy 1973 Greece 1975 France 1977 Syria 1979 Greece 1981 West Germany 1983 Bulgaria 1985 Hungary 1987 Spain 1989 Greece 1991 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 2020~~ ~~North Macedonia 2021~~ 2021 Challengers North Macedonia 2022 North Macedonia 2023 Greece 2024
Qualification	1993 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 since 2004: not held
Division B	England/Bulgaria 2004 Bulgaria 2005 Estonia 2006 Macedonia 2007 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2008 Portugal 2009 Estonia 2010 Macedonia 2011 Romania 2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013 Macedonia 2014 Bulgaria 2015 Bulgaria 2016 Bulgaria 2017 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2018 Montenegro 2019 ~~Bulgaria 2020~~ ~~Bulgaria 2021~~ 2021 Challengers Bulgaria 2022 Romania 2023 North Macedonia 2024
Division C	Malta 2000 Cyprus 2002 Andorra 2004 Andorra 2006 Gibraltar 2008 Andorra 2010 San Marino 2011 Gibraltar 2012 Gibraltar 2013 Malta 2014 San Marino 2015 Cyprus 2016 Andorra 2017 San Marino 2018 Albania 2019 ~~Kosovo 2020~~ ~~Kosovo 2021~~ 2021 Challengers Kosovo 2022 Kosovo 2023 Albania 2024

International men's youth basketball
FIBA Youth Olympics World Ranking U-17 World Cup U-19 World Cup U-21 World Cup (defunct) U-16 TBF International U-18 DBB International
Africa	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Americas	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Asia	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Europe	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Oceania	U-15 U-17 U-20 (defunct)
Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.

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