2023 FIBA U16 European Championship

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.

2023 FIBA U16 European Championship
Tournament details
Host country North Macedonia
CitySkopje
Dates5–13 August 2023
Teams16 (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/history
2022
2024

Participating teams

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First round

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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 advanced to the playoffs.

All times are local (Central European Summer TimeUTC+2).

Group A

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Main bracket

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Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
 
              
 
9 August
 
 
  Italy102
 
10 August
 
  Belgium72
 
  Italy75
 
9 August
 
  Germany56
 
  Germany80
 
12 August
 
  Poland47
 
  Italy77
 
9 August
 
  France63
 
  France91
 
10 August
 
  Montenegro50
 
  France86
 
9 August
 
  Greece72
 
  Greece81
 
13 August
 
  Finland70
 
  Italy68
 
9 August
 
  Spain77
 
  Slovenia100
 
10 August
 
  North Macedonia65
 
  Slovenia79
 
9 August
 
  Spain82
 
  Spain100
 
12 August
 
  Latvia48
 
  Spain80
 
9 August
 
  Lithuania63 3rd place match
 
  Lithuania73
 
10 August13 August
 
  Turkey66
 
  Lithuania66  France88
 
9 August
 
  Serbia63   Lithuania62
 
  Serbia70
 
 
  Israel64
 

5th place bracket

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5th–8th place semifinals5th place match
 
      
 
12 August
 
 
  Germany79
 
13 August
 
  Greece73
 
  Germany65
 
12 August
 
  Slovenia52
 
  Slovenia74
 
 
  Serbia72
 
7th place match
 
 
13 August
 
 
  Greece60
 
 
  Serbia71

9th place bracket

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9th–16th place quarterfinals9th–12th place semifinals9th place match
 
          
 
10 August
 
 
  Belgium58
 
12 August
 
  Poland76
 
  Poland79
 
10 August
 
  Finland49
 
  Montenegro65
 
13 August
 
  Finland74
 
  Poland61
 
10 August
 
  Turkey54
 
  North Macedonia46
 
12 August
 
  Latvia57
 
  Latvia57
 
10 August
 
  Turkey75 11th place match
 
  Turkey85
 
13 August
 
  Israel49
 
  Finland63
 
 
  Latvia73
 

13th place bracket

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13th–16th place semifinals13th place match
 
      
 
12 August
 
 
  Belgium70
 
13 August
 
  Montenegro83
 
  Montenegro63
 
12 August
 
  Israel81
 
  North Macedonia48
 
 
  Israel71
 
15th place match
 
 
13 August
 
 
  Belgium90
 
 
  North Macedonia72

Playoff results

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Round of 16

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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 for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup as the host nation
Relegated to the 2024 FIBA U16 EuroBasket Division B

See also

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References

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