TBF International Under-16 Tournament
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SportBasketball
Founded1994
Country Turkey
Most recent
champion(s)		 Turkey
(7th title)
Most titles Turkey
(7 titles)
Official websiteTBF Under-16 Tournament (in Turkish)

The TBF International Under-16 Tournament, or TBF Under-16 Basketball World Cup, is an international boys' youth age basketball tournament that is contested between the best Under-16 age national teams in the world. The tournament takes place every year in Turkey, and is organized by the Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF). Since FIBA does not currently organize an under-16 age boys' world championship, this tournament serves as the de facto boys' official Under-16 World Cup. It is considered by followers of European basketball to be one of the most prestigious international tournaments in the boys' youth categories.

History

The first TBF International Under-16 Tournament took place in Sakarya, Turkey, in 1994. In the first tournament, which was won by Italy, it was an Under-18 competition. Since then, the tournament has been an Under-16 competition. The list of some of the players that have played at the tournament, and have then gone on to have successful pro careers, includes players like: Hedo Türkoğlu, Kerem Tunçeri, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Ömer Aşık, Ersan İlyasova, and Peja Stojaković.[1]

TBF International Under-16 Tournament results

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YearHostCategoryGold MedalSilver MedalBronze Medal
1994Sakarya
Under-18
 Italy  Germany  Turkey
1995Edirne
Under-16
 Turkey Turkey B  Moldova
1997Sakarya
Under-16
 Yugoslavia  France  Turkey
1998Antalya
Under-16
 Yugoslavia (2×)  Turkey  Lithuania
1999Antalya
Under-16
 Bulgaria  Yugoslavia  Turkey
2001Bursa
Under-16
 Russia  Macedonia  Turkey
2002Istanbul
B
 Sweden  Italy  Turkey
2005Sakarya
Under-16
 Turkey (2×)  Serbia and Montenegro  Italy
2006Sakarya
Under-16
 Serbia and Montenegro (3×)  Iran  Turkey
2007Sakarya
Under-16
 Turkey (3×)  France  Croatia
2008Sakarya
Under-16
 Greece  Italy  France
2009Ankara
Under-16
 Turkey (4×)  Slovenia  Croatia
2010Konya
Under-16
 Serbia  France  Turkey
2011Gaziantep
Under-16
 China  Turkey  Germany
2012Sakarya
Under-16
 Egypt  Poland  Russia
2013Sakarya
Under-16
 Greece (2×)  Serbia  France
2014Sakarya
Under-16
 Latvia  France  Germany
2015Konya
Under-16
 Turkey (5×)  Lithuania  France
2016Samsun
Under-16
 Lithuania  Serbia  Turkey
2017Konya
Under-16
 Turkey (6×)  Lithuania  Argentina
2018Sakarya
Under-16
 France  Lithuania  China
2019Sakarya
Under-16
 Lithuania (2×)  Serbia  Turkey
2020Konya
Under-16
 Turkey (7×)  Russia  Lithuania

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Annual International U16 Tournament Begins Tomorrow". tbf.org.tr. Turkish Basketball Federation. 1 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. ↑ "History". tbf.org.tr. Turkish Basketball Federation. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
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