FIBA U18 Women's European Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 FIBA U18 Women's European Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1965 (1965)
Divisions3
No. of teams16 (Division A)
ContinentEurope (FIBA Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Slovenia (1st title)
Most titles Soviet Union (11 titles)
Related
competitions
FIBA Europe U-20
FIBA Europe U-16
Official websitefiba.basketball/europe/u18women

The FIBA U18 Women's European Championship is a basketball competition inaugurated in 1965. The current champions are Slovenia, having beaten France in the 2023 final.

Division A

Results

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1965  Bulgaria
(Kyustendil, Lom, Botevgrad, Sofia)

Soviet Union
Round-robin group
Yugoslavia

Czechoslovakia
Round-robin group
Poland
1967  Italy
(Nuoro, Sassari & Cagliari)

Soviet Union
Round-robin group
Czechoslovakia

Yugoslavia
Round-robin group
Bulgaria
1969  West Germany
(Köln, Lünen, Essen, Hohenlimburg, Hagen)

Soviet Union
Round-robin group
Bulgaria

Yugoslavia
Round-robin group
Poland
1971  Yugoslavia
(Bačka Topola & Subotica)

Soviet Union
76–52
Czechoslovakia

Bulgaria
62–52
Italy
1973  Italy
(San Remo & Loano)

Soviet Union
68–47
Yugoslavia

Italy
50–48
Bulgaria
1975  Spain
(Vigo)

Czechoslovakia
53–48
Poland

Soviet Union
80–57
Bulgaria
1977  Bulgaria
(Haskovo & Dimitrovgrad)

Soviet Union
96–53
Poland

Czechoslovakia
61–50
Yugoslavia
1979  Italy
(Capo d'Orlando, P. Armerina, Catania, Palermo, Messina)

Soviet Union
Round-robin group
Hungary

Czechoslovakia
Round-robin group
Yugoslavia
1981  Hungary
(Eger & Kecskemét)

Soviet Union
74–61
France

Bulgaria
90–59
Hungary
1983  Italy
(Pescara, & Vasto)

Czechoslovakia
90–80
Soviet Union

Italy
66–46
Yugoslavia
1984  Spain
(Toledo)

Yugoslavia
67–61
Soviet Union

Czechoslovakia
68–61
Spain
1986  Italy
(Perugia, Gualdo Tadino)

Soviet Union
71–70
Yugoslavia

Italy
62–56
Poland
1988  Bulgaria
(Veliko Tarnovo)

Soviet Union
73–56
Czechoslovakia

Yugoslavia
82–58
Bulgaria
1990  Spain
(Alcalá de Henares)

Soviet Union
79–76
Spain

Romania
67–65
Czechoslovakia
1992  Greece
(Kalamata, Tripoli & Patras)

CIS
86–60
Bulgaria

Poland
67–62
France
1994  Bulgaria
(Veliko Tarnovo)

Italy
74–68
Spain

Hungary
63–56
Russia
1996  Slovakia
(Žilina)

Russia
69–59
Slovakia

Czech Republic
66–50
Spain
1998  Turkey
(Eskişehir, Kütahya & Bursa)

Spain
78–52
Slovakia

Russia
79–72
Czech Republic
2000  Poland
(Cetniewo)

Russia
64–51
Czech Republic

Poland
75–44
Lithuania
2002  Slovenia
(Škofja Loka)

Russia
60–56
France

Czech Republic
83–56
Slovakia
2004  Slovakia
(Bratislava)

Russia
77–59
Spain

Hungary
73–63
Serbia and Montenegro
2005  Hungary
(Budapest)

Serbia and Montenegro
66–52
Spain

France
77–66
Czech Republic
2006  Spain
(Tenerife)

Spain
78–74
Serbia and Montenegro

Sweden
62–57
Czech Republic
2007  Serbia
(Novi Sad)

Serbia
72–48
Spain

Russia
71–65
Poland
2008  Slovakia
(Nitra)

Lithuania
63–57
Russia

Czech Republic
70–61
France
2009  Sweden
(Södertälje)

Spain
64–54
France

Sweden
67–54
Czech Republic
2010  Slovakia
(Poprad)

Italy
66–61
Spain

France
63–44
Slovenia
2011  Romania
(Oradea)

Belgium
77–49
France

Spain
85–69
Sweden
2012  Romania
(Bucharest)

France
65–61
Russia

Serbia
59–46
Netherlands
2013  Croatia
(Vukovar, Vinkovci)

Spain
60–46
France

Serbia
57–56
Netherlands
2014  Portugal
(Matosinhos)

Russia
57–53
France

Spain
74–69
Serbia
2015  Slovenia
(Celje)

Spain
76–60
France

Russia
71–52
Italy
2016  Hungary
(Sopron)

France
74–44
Spain

Russia
65–58
Latvia
2017  Hungary
(Sopron)

Belgium
55–53
Serbia

France
55–48
Czech Republic
2018  Italy
(Udine)

Germany
67–54
Spain

Hungary
58–56
Latvia
2019  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Sarajevo)

Italy
70–62
Hungary

France
77–45
Russia
2020  Greece
(Heraklion)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
2021  Greece
(Heraklion)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[1]
The 2021 FIBA U18 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022  Greece
(Heraklion)

Lithuania
78–75
Spain

France
75–46
Germany
2023  Turkey
(Konya)

Slovenia
63–61
France

Spain
80–52
Serbia
2024  Portugal
(Matosinhos)

Medal table

  • Defunct states in italics
As of 2023[2]
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union112114
2 Spain59317
3 Russia52411
4 Italy3036
5 France28515
6 Czechoslovakia2349
7 Belgium2002
 Lithuania2002
9 Yugoslavia1337
10 Serbia1124
11 Serbia and Montenegro1102
12 CIS1001
 Germany1001
 Slovenia1001
15 Hungary0235
16 Bulgaria0224
 Poland0224
18 Slovakia0202
19 Czech Republic0134
20 Sweden0022
21 Romania0011
Totals (21 entries)383838114

Participation details

Nation Bulgaria
1965
Italy
1967
West Germany
1969
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1971
Italy
1973
Spain
1975
Bulgaria
1977
Italy
1979
Hungary
1981
Italy
1983
Spain
1984
Italy
1986
Bulgaria
1988
Spain
1990
Greece
1992
 Austria 12th
 Belgium 12th9th12th12th12th7th
 Bulgaria 5th4th2nd3rd4th4th9th8th3rd5th6th4th8th 2nd
 Czechoslovakia 3rd 2nd 7th 2nd 1st 3rd3rd5th1st 3rd11th 2nd 4th 6th
 East Germany 9th
 Finland 8th7th8th
 France 8th9th11th10th10th10th2nd7th11th6th9th7th 4th
 West Germany 11th11th11th10th11th10th10th8th12th10th
 Greece 12th 10th
 Hungary 6th6th5th7th6th5th5th2nd4th6th8th9th11th9th 7th
 Israel 10th8th8th9th9th12th10th
 Italy 10th7th6h4th3rd8th7th5th7th3rd5th3rd5th6th 9th
 Netherlands 10th10th7th11th12th9th7th
 Poland 4th5th4th6th5th2nd2nd9th11th11th12th4th8th11th 3rd
 Romania 7th8th9th6th6th5th3rd8th
 Scotland 11th
 Soviet Union 1st1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd1st 1st 1st 2nd2nd1st 1st 1st
 CIS 1st
 Spain 8th6th11th9th8th4th12th6th2nd 5th
 Sweden 10th9th7th10th5th 11th
  Switzerland 12th
 Yugoslavia 2nd3rd3rd5th2nd7th4th4th6th4th1st 2nd3rd
Nation Bulgaria
1965
Italy
1967
West Germany
1969
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1971
Italy
1973
Spain
1975
Bulgaria
1977
Italy
1979
Hungary
1981
Italy
1983
Spain
1984
Italy
1986
Bulgaria
1988
Spain
1990
Greece
1992
Nation Bulgaria
1994
Slovakia
1996
Turkey
1998
Poland
2000
Slovenia
2002
Slovakia
2004
Hungary
2005
Spain
2006
Serbia
2007
Slovakia
2008
Sweden
2009
Slovakia
2010
Romania
2011
Romania
2012
Croatia
2013
Portugal
2014
Slovenia
2015
Hungary
2016
Hungary
2017
Italy
2018
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2019
Greece
2022
Turkey
2023
N/A
2024
Total
 Belarus10th9th14th13th15th15th9th7
 Belgium11th11th15th11th13th1st15th5th7th6th1st5th12th12th9th Q22
 Bosnia and Herzegovina12th13th14th16th4
 Bulgaria8th11th11th8th12th8th13th12th16th 23
 Croatia8th8th15th16th7th13th8th9th12th9th9th15th Q13
 Czech Republic10th3rd4th2nd3rd4th4th6th3rd4th14th9th13th11th11th6th13th4th6th8th6th14th22
 Estonia16th1
 Finland11th7th10thQ7
 France5th7th10th5th2nd5th3rd6th7th4th2nd3rd2nd1st2nd2nd2nd1st3rd7th3rd3rd2ndQ37
 Germany8th7th12th9th12th15th1st6th4th11thQ21
 Greece9th5th8th7th14th16th11th10th14th16th14th Q14
 Hungary3rd6th3rd6th7th16th15th13th5th5th3rd2nd11th5th Q30
 Ireland14th1
 Israel9th12th14th11th13th12thQ14
 Italy1st11th7th9th16th 8th14th10th1st10th8th6th7th4th7th10th10th1st5th13thQ36
 Latvia12th10th7th16th4th13th4th7th9th8thQ11
 Lithuania10th4th7th5th10th1st6th6th16th13th10th9th14th13th 1st16th16
 LuxembourgQ1
 Netherlands5th4th4th6th8th16th13
 Poland12th6th3rd6th13th14th4th8th12th11th6th14th12th14th11th10th8th7thQ34
 Portugal9th9th15th15th4
 Romania7th12th15th12th16th13
 Russia4th1st3rd1st1st1st5th11th3rd2nd9th5th13th2nd5th1st3rd3rd11th8th4th21
 Serbiaplayed as Serbia and Montenegro1st6th5th12th8th3rd3rd4th11th11th2nd12th16th4thQ15
 Slovakia6th2nd2nd12th4th11th8th13th9th7th14th9th14th9th14th15th16
 Slovenia10th4th11th12th12th10th5th10th7th16th1stQ12
 Spain2nd4th1st6th5th2nd2nd1st2nd5th1st2nd3rd5th1st3rd1st2nd6th2nd5th2nd3rdQ34
 Sweden3rd12th10th3rd8th4th10th8th16th8th15th15th18
 Turkey9th6th10th10th11th9th13th10th7th7th15th8th15th10th6th Q16
 Ukraine12th7th5th11th8th7th15th6th8
Nation Bulgaria
1994
Slovakia
1996
Turkey
1998
Poland
2000
Slovenia
2002
Slovakia
2004
Hungary
2005
Spain
2006
Serbia
2007
Slovakia
2008
Sweden
2009
Slovakia
2010
Romania
2011
Romania
2012
Croatia
2013
Portugal
2014
Slovenia
2015
Hungary
2016
Hungary
2017
Italy
2018
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2019
Greece
2022
Turkey
2023
N/A
2024
Total
 Austria playing in lower divisions 1
  Switzerland playing in lower divisions 1
 England 16thUnited Kingdom Great Britain[3]1
 Scotland playing in lower divisions United Kingdom Great Britain 1
 East Germany defunct, succeeded by Germany 1
 CISdefunct, preceded by Soviet Union 1
 Czechoslovakiadefunct, succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia 14
 Serbia and MontenegroA9th5th9th4th1st2nddefunct 6
 Soviet Uniondefunct 14
 Yugoslaviadefunct 13
^A As FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003, 3 participations) and as Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006, 3 participations, 2 medals)

Division B

Results

Year Host Promoted to Division A Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze * Score Fourth place
2005  Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bihać)
Belarus
65–46
Sweden

Latvia
53–44
Estonia
2006  Italy (Chieti)
Italy
63–59
Ukraine

Croatia
66–51
Latvia
2007  Romania (Timișoara)
Croatia
70–59
Romania

Estonia
66–49
Latvia
2008  Macedonia (Skopje)
Latvia
96–64
Belgium

Slovenia
80–66
Greece
2009  Israel (Eilat)
Hungary
60–47
Slovenia

Germany
79–62
Israel
2010  Romania (Timișoara)
Romania
63–61
Netherlands

Greece
52–48
Belarus
2011  Hungary (Miskolc)
Croatia
61–49
Greece

Latvia
71–64
Finland
2012  Macedonia (Strumica)
Belarus
76–74
England

Portugal
68–57
Hungary
2013  Hungary (Miskolc)
Poland
60–55
Belgium

Lithuania
59–56
Latvia
2014  Romania (Timișoara)
Hungary
58–52
Estonia

Israel
71–64
Latvia
2015  Romania (Bucharest)
Slovakia
49–45
Latvia

Turkey
60–49
Sweden
2016  Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)
Sweden
62–47
Greece

Bosnia and Herzegovina
82–67
Iceland
2017  Ireland (Dublin)
Germany
67–43
Ireland

Poland
64–50
Great Britain
2018  Austria (Oberwart, Güssing, Fürstenfeld)
Lithuania
86–71
Belarus

Israel
63–51
Turkey
2019  North Macedonia (Skopje)
Finland
63–56
Greece

Turkey
65–57
Sweden
2020  Austria (Oberwart, Güssing, Fürstenfeld) Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Austria
2021  Austria (Oberwart, Güssing) Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[1]
The 2021 FIBA U18 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022  Austria (Oberwart, Güssing)
Slovenia
59–44
Portugal

Serbia
62–50
Slovakia
2023  Bulgaria (Sofia)
Croatia
93–66
Luxembourg

Greece
68–44
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2024  Romania (Ploiesti)

* Since 2012, the 3rd team in Division B is also promoted to Division A for the next tournament.

Performances by nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Croatia3014
2 Belarus2103
3 Hungary2002
4 Latvia1124
5 Slovenia1113
6 Romania1102
 Sweden1102
8 Germany1012
 Lithuania1012
 Poland1012
11 Finland1001
 Italy1001
 Slovakia1001
14 Greece0325
15 Belgium0202
16 Estonia0112
 Portugal0112
18 England0101
 Ireland0101
 Luxembourg0101
 Netherlands0101
 Ukraine0101
23 Israel0022
 Turkey0022
25 Bosnia and Herzegovina0011
 Serbia0011
Totals (26 entries)17171751

Participation details

Nation Bosnia and Herzegovina
2005
Italy
2006
Romania
2007
North Macedonia
2008
Israel
2009
Romania
2010
Hungary
2011
North Macedonia
2012
Hungary
2013
Romania
2014
Romania
2015
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016
Republic of Ireland
2017
Austria
2018
North Macedonia
2019
Austria
2022
Bulgaria
2023
Total
 Albania 20th19th22nd21st23rd  
 Austria 17th14th15th10th12th16th17th17th14th15th  
 Belgium 10th2nd2nd  
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11th5th13th9th6th16th5th11th7th3rd4th  
 Belarus 1st4th6th1st12th5th6th2nd  
 Bulgaria 15th12th5th7th7th15th15th9th20th18th8th8th  
 Croatia 3rd1st11th5th1st5th1st  
 Cyprus 19th16th  
 Denmark 18th17th9th6th10th6th15th16th8th14th24th13th5th16th14th  
 England 5th13th11th13th12th8th14th2nd8th11th11th  
 Estonia 4th6th3rd5th13th10th2nd12th17th16th13th11th  
 Finland 8th12th15th16th8th7th4th11th11th5th9th10th10th7th1st  
 Georgia 20th24th  
 Germany 8th3rd9th9th8th9th10th5th7th1st  
 Great Britain 4th10th19th11th12th  
 Greece 8th4th7th3rd2nd10th2nd11th2nd3rd  
 Hungary 7th1st5th4th8th1st  
 Iceland 7th11th12th15th17th4th13th19th15th12th7th  
 Ireland 10th10th6th11th13th18th8th2nd9th9th6th  
 Israel 9th8th7th4th12th8th13th14th3rd7th3rd  
 Italy 1st  
 Kosovo 22nd22nd  
 Latvia 3rd4th4th1st3rd9th4th4th2nd  
 Lithuania 7th3rd1st  
 Luxembourg 12th19th15th17th13th14th14th18th12th14th10th2nd  
 Moldova 23rd  
 Montenegro 12th10th14th6th18th  
 Netherlands 14th9th6th13th2nd18th11th6th7th6th9th  
 North Macedonia 14th19th15th21st21st18th16th  
 Norway 15th11th16th18th15th23rd20th17th18th  
 Poland 1st6th3rd  
 Portugal 6th9th14th10th5th11th7th3rd9th5th5th6th2nd  
 Romania 15th7th2nd10th1st13th12th6th17th8th9th8th7th17th  
 Scotland 16th18th18th18th17th16th  
 Serbia 3rd  
 Slovakia 1st12th14th10th4th5th  
 Slovenia 5th3rd2nd11th1st  
 Sweden 2nd4th1st4th13th  
  Switzerland 20th14th14th16th17th16th17th16th19th15th12th  
 Turkey 3rd4th3rd  
 Ukraine 8th2nd12th6th9th13th13th14th8th13th15th10th  
Nation Bosnia and Herzegovina
2005
Italy
2006
Romania
2007
North Macedonia
2008
Israel
2009
Romania
2010
Hungary
2011
North Macedonia
2012
Hungary
2013
Romania
2014
Romania
2015
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016
Republic of Ireland
2017
Austria
2018
North Macedonia
2019
Austria
2022
Bulgaria
2023
Total

Division C

Results

Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1997  Malta
Ireland
69–58
England

Armenia
89–78
Scotland
1999  Cyprus
Scotland
67–49
Andorra

Armenia
67–62
Cyprus
2001  Cyprus
Cyprus
67–57
Luxembourg

Scotland
54–45
Iceland
2003  Iceland
Iceland
Round-robin group
Scotland

Andorra
Round-robin group
Malta
2005  Scotland
Scotland
59–57
Luxembourg

Albania
72–62
Malta
2007  Malta
Malta
Round-robin group
Andorra

Monaco
Round-robin group
Luxembourg
2009  Malta
Luxembourg
Round-robin group
Monaco

Malta
Round-robin group
Moldova
2013  Andorra
Andorra
51–41
Malta

Wales
66–39
Gibraltar
2014  Andorra
Cyprus
67–53
Malta

Andorra
56–47
Gibraltar
2015  Gibraltar
Scotland
Round-robin group
Malta

Wales
Round-robin group
Andorra
2016  Georgia
Armenia
66–32
Georgia

Malta
71–63
Andorra
2017  Malta
Cyprus
Round-robin group
Armenia

Malta
Round-robin group
Gibraltar
2018  Andorra
Gibraltar
56-49
Malta

Andorra
55-41
Moldova
2019  Andorra
Armenia
79-73
Malta

Georgia
72-45
Andorra
2020  Andorra Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Andorra
2021  Andorra Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[1]
The 2021 FIBA U18 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022  Andorra
Georgia
61-37
Malta

Albania
79-73
Andorra
2023  Albania
Malta
56–47
Albania

Armenia
81–66
Andorra
2024  Kosovo

Performances by nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Scotland3115
2 Cyprus3003
3 Malta26311
4 Armenia2136
5 Andorra1236
6 Luxembourg1203
7 Georgia1113
8 Gibraltar1001
 Iceland1001
 Ireland1001
11 Albania0123
12 Monaco0112
13 England0101
14 Wales0022
Totals (14 entries)16161648

Under-19 Women's World Cup record

Team United States
1985
Spain
1989
South Korea
1993
Brazil
1997
Czech Republic
2001
Tunisia
2005
Slovakia
2007
Thailand
2009
Chile
2011
Lithuania
2013
Russia
2015
Italy
2017
Thailand
2019
Hungary
2021
Spain
2023
Czech Republic
2025
Total
 Belgium6th4th2
 Bulgaria11th9th2
 Czech Republicas Czechoslovakia6th1st7th10th6th7thQ7
 France6th5th7th6th2nd5th5th10th4th9
 Germany13th10th2
 Hungary8th9th10th3rd4
 Italy10th11th11th11th4
 Latviaas USSR10th14th2
 Lithuaniaas USSR8th12th8th12th8th5
 Netherlands10th9th2
 Poland3rd10th2
 Russiaas USSR2nd5th2nd4th6th8th9th2nd1st8th10
 Serbiaas Yugoslaviaas SCG3rd11th11th3
 Slovakiaas Czechoslovakia3rd6th2
 Sloveniaas Yugoslavia14th1
 Spain7th5th8th5th4th2nd2nd4th4th8th3rd7th2nd13
 Sweden2nd1
Team United States
1985
Spain
1989
South Korea
1993
Brazil
1997
Czech Republic
2001
Tunisia
2005
Slovakia
2007
Thailand
2009
Chile
2011
Lithuania
2013
Russia
2015
Italy
2017
Thailand
2019
Hungary
2021
Spain
2023
Czech Republic
2025
Total
 Czechoslovakia4thdefunct1
 Serbia and Montenegroas Yugoslavia2nddefunct1
 Soviet Union1st1stdefunct2
 Yugoslavia3rd2nddefunct2
Total (6)3544545556665666

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "FIBA Europe Board approves alternative format for Youth Competitions, new dates for Small Countries Championships". FIBA. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
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