2023 FIBA U16 European Championship

2023 FIBA U16 European Championship
Tournament details

Host country	North Macedonia
City	Skopje
Dates	5–13 August 2023
Teams	16 (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

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

Belgium (Third place, 2022 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
Finland (Runners-up, 2022 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
France
Germany (Winners, 2022 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
Greece
Israel
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania
Montenegro
North Macedonia
Poland
Serbia
Slovenia
Spain
Turkey

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 advance 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

9 August

Italy

102

10 August

72

Italy

75

9 August

56

Germany

80

12 August

47

Italy

77

9 August

63

France

91

10 August

50

France

86

9 August

72

Greece

81

13 August

70

68

9 August

Spain

77

Slovenia

100

10 August

North Macedonia

65

79

9 August

Spain

82

Spain

100

12 August

48

Spain

80

9 August

63

3rd place match

Lithuania

73

10 August

13 August

66

Lithuania

66

France

88

9 August

63

62

Serbia

70

64

5th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				5th place match

	12 August

	Germany	79
					13 August
	Greece	73
					Germany	65
	12 August
					Slovenia	52
	Slovenia	74

	Serbia	72
					7th place match

					13 August

					Greece	60

					Serbia	71

9th place bracket

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

	10 August

	Belgium	58
					12 August
	Poland	76
					Poland	79
	10 August
					Finland	49
	Montenegro	65
									13 August
	Finland	74
									Poland	61
	10 August
									Turkey	54
	North Macedonia	46
					12 August
	Latvia	57
					Latvia	57
	10 August
					Turkey	75			11th place match
	Turkey	85
									13 August
	Israel	49
									Finland	63

									Latvia	73

13th place bracket

	13th–16th place semifinals				13th place match

	12 August

	Belgium	70
					13 August
	Montenegro	83
					Montenegro	63
	12 August
					Israel	81
	North Macedonia	48

	Israel	71
					15th place match

					13 August

					Belgium	90

					North Macedonia	72

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
	Spain	7–0
	Italy	6–1
	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 as the host nation for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup
	Relegated to the 2024 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B

See also

2023 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B

References

External links

Official website of FIBA

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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