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2023 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
City	İzmir
Dates	11–19 August 2023
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	France (5th title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	Finland
Official website
www.fiba.basketball/history
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The 2023 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship was the 33rd edition of the European basketball championship for women's national under-16 teams. The tournament was played from 11 to 19 August 2023 in İzmir, Turkey. The top five teams qualified for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup in Mexico.

Participating teams

•  Belgium
•  Croatia
•  Czech Republic
•  Finland
•  France
•  Greece
•  Hungary
•  Israel (Third place, 2022 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship Division B)
•  Italy
•  Latvia
•  Poland
•  Portugal
•  Serbia (Winners, 2022 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship Division B)
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Turkey (Runners-up, 2022 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship Division B)

First round

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

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

All times are local (Turkey Time – UTC+3).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Finland	3	3	0	132	102	+30	6
2	Latvia	3	2	1	188	178	+10	5
3	Czech Republic	3	1	2	184	179	+5	4
4	Portugal	3	0	3	90	135	−45	3

Czech Republic	67–45	Portugal
Scoring by quarter: 10–7, 22–5, 10–18, 25–15

Latvia	48–70	Finland
Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 10–21, 13–16, 14–19

Finland	62–54	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 14–9, 15–18, 20–13, 13–14

Portugal	45–68	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 9–18, 8–21, 9–15, 19–14

Finland	80–56	Portugal
Scoring by quarter: 23–12, 26–12, 17–10, 14–22

Czech Republic	63–72	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 13–20, 17–19, 15–21

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	France	3	3	0	124	106	+18	6
2	Hungary	3	2	1	138	123	+15	5
3	Serbia	3	1	2	192	200	−8	4
4	Turkey (H)	3	0	3	186	211	−25	3

Hungary	70–59	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 14–14, 23–12, 22–18, 11–15

France	62–49	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 12–12, 13–14, 16–6

Turkey	57–62	France
Scoring by quarter: 10–24, 17–15, 16–14, 14–9

Serbia	64–68	Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 14–10, 18–15, 5–9

France	70–50	Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 14–8, 19–15, 21–11

Turkey	70–79	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 15–26, 16–21, 25–17, 14–15

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Italy	3	2	1	193	164	+29	5
2	Croatia	3	2	1	204	193	+11	5
3	Poland	3	2	1	182	174	+8	5
4	Israel	3	0	3	179	227	−48	3

Italy	82–55	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 21–9, 19–16, 24–17

Poland	67–65	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 8–14, 25–22, 15–18

Croatia	58–56	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 12–12, 16–7, 13–20, 17–17

Israel	54–64	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 16–12, 16–18, 12–10, 10–24

Croatia	81–70	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 19–13, 21–23, 23–16, 18–18

Italy	55–51	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 8–12, 14–16, 17–15, 16–8

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Spain	3	3	0	203	122	+81	6
2	Slovenia	3	2	1	189	174	+15	5
3	Belgium	3	1	2	174	178	−4	4
4	Greece	3	0	3	112	204	−92	3

Spain	54–46	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 16–11, 14–14, 11–12, 13–9

Belgium	58–32	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 9–10, 19–7, 17–4

Greece	31–82	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 8–17, 8–18, 2–17, 13–30

Slovenia	79–71	Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 14–21, 25–16, 23–15

Spain	67–45	Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 18–5, 19–14, 11–15, 19–11

Greece	49–64	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 15–25, 20–16, 6–11, 8–12

Playoff brackets

Main bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

15 August

A1  Finland

83

16 August

B4  Turkey

60

Finland

79

15 August

Croatia

78

C2  Croatia

90

18 August

D3  Belgium

72

Finland

49

15 August

Spain

85

B2  Hungary

67

16 August

A3  Czech Republic

58

Hungary

64

15 August

Spain

72

D1  Spain

95

19 August

C4  Israel

47

Spain

63

15 August

France

67

A2  Latvia

57

16 August

B3  Serbia

73

Serbia

46

15 August

Italy

53

C1  Italy

56

18 August

D4  Greece

35

Italy

66

15 August

France

69

3rd place match

B1  France

76

16 August

19 August

A4  Portugal

26

France

64

Finland

58

15 August

Poland

45

Italy

59

D2  Slovenia

42

C3  Poland

66

5th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				5th place match
	18 August
	Croatia	86
					19 August
	Hungary	76
					Croatia	74
	18 August
					Poland	57
	Serbia	51
	Poland	64
					7th place match
					19 August
					Hungary	51
					Serbia	53

9th place bracket

	9th–16th place quarterfinals				9th–12th place semifinals				9th place match
	16 August
	Turkey	45
					18 August
	Belgium	83
					Belgium	72
	16 August
					Israel	66
	Czech Republic	56
									19 August
	Israel	58
									Belgium	66
	16 August
									Slovenia	45
	Latvia	62
					18 August
	Greece	51
					Latvia	49
	16 August
					Slovenia	70			11th place match
	Portugal	62
									19 August
	Slovenia	67
									Israel	56
									Latvia	59

13th place bracket

	13th–16th place semifinals				13th place match
	18 August
	Turkey	48
					19 August
	Czech Republic	66
					Czech Republic	51
	18 August
					Greece	55
	Greece	61
	Portugal	46
					15th place match
					19 August
					Turkey	69
					Portugal	61

Playoff results

Round of 16

France	76–26	Portugal
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 22–4, 15–6, 23–3

Spain	95–47	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 25–11, 28–17, 21–1, 21–18

Hungary	67–58	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 21–15, 14–16, 18–15

Slovenia	42–66	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 9–25, 8–15, 11–15, 14–11

Finland	83–60	Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 20–17, 24–17, 20–10

Latvia	57–73	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 13–24, 15–18, 16–18

Italy	56–35	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 18–12, 10–7, 8–5

Croatia	90–72	Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 19–14, 28–20, 23–20

9th–16th place quarterfinals

Czech Republic	56–58	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 18–7, 12–19, 11–13

Portugal	62–67	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 9–22, 13–15, 21–18

Turkey	45–83	Belgium
Scoring by quarter: 6–29, 20–18, 13–24, 6–12

Latvia	62–51	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 9–14, 13–9, 20–17, 20–11

13th–16th place semifinals

Turkey	48–66	Czech Republic
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 16–14, 8–18, 12–13

Greece	61–46	Portugal
Scoring by quarter: 12–4, 14–18, 17–18, 18–16

15th place match

Turkey	69–61	Portugal
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 19–8, 14–15, 16–18

13th place match

Czech Republic	51–55	Greece
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 13–18, 8–11, 11–8

9th–12th place semifinals

Belgium	72–66	Israel
Scoring by quarter: 27–21, 20–19, 12–11, 13–15

Latvia	49–70	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 11–17, 10–22, 14–16, 14–15

11th place match

Israel	56–59	Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 13–22, 17–13, 19–13, 7–11

9th place match

Belgium	66–45	Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 19–9, 16–8, 14–16, 17–12

Championship quarterfinals

Hungary	64–72	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 16–17, 15–24, 16–12

France	64–45	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 27–13, 9–8, 12–8

Finland	79–78	Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 22–21, 21–14, 20–29, 16–14

Serbia	46–53	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 11–10, 12–17, 11–16, 12–10

5th–8th place semifinals

Croatia	86–76	Hungary
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 16–15, 22–14, 23–30

Serbia	51–64	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 12–18, 13–18, 15–10

7th place match

Hungary	51–53	Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 12–10, 15–13, 20–18, 4–12

5th place match

Croatia	74–57	Poland
Scoring by quarter: 17–22, 22–12, 14–9, 21–14

Championship semifinals

Finland	49–85	Spain
Scoring by quarter: 21–20, 12–13, 9–26, 7–26

Italy	66–69 (OT)	France
Scoring by quarter: 12–18, 17–12, 14–14, 15–14, Overtime: 8–11

3rd place match

Finland	58–59	Italy
Scoring by quarter: 8–15, 15–16, 20–12, 15–16

Final

Spain	63–67	France
Scoring by quarter: 21–10, 12–21, 14–19, 16–17

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	France	7–0
	Spain	6–1
	Italy	5–2
4	Finland	5–2
5	Croatia	5–2
6	Poland	4–3
7	Serbia	3–4
8	Hungary	3–4
9	Belgium	4–3
10	Slovenia	4–3
11	Latvia	4–3
12	Israel	1–6
13	Greece	2–5
14	Czech Republic	2–5
15	Turkey	1–6
16	Portugal	0–7

See also

• 2023 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship Division B

References

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

External links

• Official website of FIBA

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