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 advanced 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 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 272 | 211 | +61 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 232 | 210 | +22 | 5 |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 215 | 243 | −28 | 4 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 199 | 254 | −55 | 3 |
Source: FIBA
5 August 2023
13:30 |
Slovenia ![]() |
84–67 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 29–12, 19–19, 21–15, 15–20 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
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5 August 2023
16:00 |
Italy ![]() |
101–68 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 28–16, 29–16, 22–14 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
6 August 2023
13:30 |
Turkey ![]() |
60–74 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 23–29, 10–15, 14–11 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
6 August 2023
21:00 |
Montenegro ![]() |
69–88 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 11–19, 23–25, 15–24, 20–20 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
7 August 2023
16:00 |
Slovenia ![]() |
74–83 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 21–21, 22–13, 14–25 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
7 August 2023
21:00 |
Turkey ![]() |
71–79 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 194 | +76 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 286 | 219 | +67 | 5 |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 171 | 265 | −94 | 4 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 166 | 215 | −49 | 3 |
5 August 2023
18:30 |
North Macedonia ![]() |
63–57 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 12–13, 14–16, 17–10 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
5 August 2023
21:00 |
Lithuania ![]() |
102–94 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 24–28, 25–17, 30–24 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
6 August 2023
16:00 |
Belgium ![]() |
48–73 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 14–25, 10–11, 10–17 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
6 August 2023
18:30 |
France ![]() |
113–56 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 33–13, 27–14, 26–10 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
7 August 2023
13:30 |
France ![]() |
79–61 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 10–17, 23–6, 20–23 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
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7 August 2023
18:30 |
North Macedonia ![]() |
52–95 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 10–15, 17–32, 9–25 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
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Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 281 | 176 | +105 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 218 | 181 | +37 | 5 |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 186 | 226 | −40 | 4 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 160 | 262 | −102 | 3 |
Source: FIBA
5 August 2023
13:30 |
Germany ![]() |
96–57 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 24–5, 25–18, 26–21, 21–13 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
5 August 2023
16:00 |
Israel ![]() |
61–116 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 11–31, 13–36, 15–28, 22–21 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
6 August 2023
13:30 |
Finland ![]() |
51–69 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 18–17, 6–22, 11–15 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
6 August 2023
21:00 |
Spain ![]() |
68–63 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 13–12, 18–12, 17–15 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
7 August 2023
16:00 |
Germany ![]() |
59–56 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 9–7, 23–17, 16–19 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
7 August 2023
18:30 |
Spain ![]() |
97–52 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 34–12, 21–13, 24–10, 18–17 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
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Group D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 232 | 199 | +33 | 6 |
2 | ![]() |
3 | 2 | 1 | 219 | 177 | +42 | 5 |
3 | ![]() |
3 | 1 | 2 | 213 | 221 | −8 | 4 |
4 | ![]() |
3 | 0 | 3 | 187 | 254 | −67 | 3 |
Source: FIBA
5 August 2023
18:30 |
Latvia ![]() |
60–94 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 16–24, 14–22, 20–27 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
5 August 2023
21:00 |
Serbia ![]() |
55–75 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 8–9, 14–23, 18–19 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
6 August 2023
16:00 |
Greece ![]() |
77–71 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 14–20, 15–12, 26–20 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
6 August 2023
18:30 |
Poland ![]() |
46–81 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 8–23, 15–18, 13–24 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
7 August 2023
13:30 |
Latvia ![]() |
56–83 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 22–17, 11–26, 10–25 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
7 August 2023
21:00 |
Greece ![]() |
80–73 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 16–17, 15–14, 26–23 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
Playoff brackets
Main bracket
Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |||||||||||
9 August | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 102 | |||||||||||||
10 August | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 72 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 75 | |||||||||||||
9 August | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 56 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 80 | |||||||||||||
12 August | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 47 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 77 | |||||||||||||
9 August | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 63 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 91 | |||||||||||||
10 August | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 50 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 86 | |||||||||||||
9 August | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 72 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 81 | |||||||||||||
13 August | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 70 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 68 | |||||||||||||
9 August | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 77 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 100 | |||||||||||||
10 August | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 65 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 79 | |||||||||||||
9 August | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 82 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 100 | |||||||||||||
12 August | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 48 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 80 | |||||||||||||
9 August | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 63 | 3rd place match | ||||||||||||
![]() | 73 | |||||||||||||
10 August | 13 August | |||||||||||||
![]() | 66 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 66 | ![]() | 88 | |||||||||||
9 August | ||||||||||||||
![]() | 63 | ![]() | 62 | |||||||||||
![]() | 70 | |||||||||||||
![]() | 64 | |||||||||||||
5th place bracket
5th–8th place semifinals | 5th place match | |||||
12 August | ||||||
![]() | 79 | |||||
13 August | ||||||
![]() | 73 | |||||
![]() | 65 | |||||
12 August | ||||||
![]() | 52 | |||||
![]() | 74 | |||||
![]() | 72 | |||||
7th place match | ||||||
13 August | ||||||
![]() | 60 | |||||
![]() | 71 |
9th place bracket
9th–16th place quarterfinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th place match | ||||||||
10 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 58 | |||||||||
12 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 76 | |||||||||
![]() | 79 | |||||||||
10 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 49 | |||||||||
![]() | 65 | |||||||||
13 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 74 | |||||||||
![]() | 61 | |||||||||
10 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 54 | |||||||||
![]() | 46 | |||||||||
12 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 57 | |||||||||
![]() | 57 | |||||||||
10 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 75 | 11th place match | ||||||||
![]() | 85 | |||||||||
13 August | ||||||||||
![]() | 49 | |||||||||
![]() | 63 | |||||||||
![]() | 73 | |||||||||
13th place bracket
13th–16th place semifinals | 13th place match | |||||
12 August | ||||||
![]() | 70 | |||||
13 August | ||||||
![]() | 83 | |||||
![]() | 63 | |||||
12 August | ||||||
![]() | 81 | |||||
![]() | 48 | |||||
![]() | 71 | |||||
15th place match | ||||||
13 August | ||||||
![]() | 90 | |||||
![]() | 72 |
Playoff results
Round of 16
9 August 2023
13:30 |
France ![]() |
91–50 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 28–7, 21–18, 20–12 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
9 August 2023
13:30 |
Germany ![]() |
80–47 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 16–7, 27–9, 29–10, 8–21 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
9 August 2023
16:00 |
Italy ![]() |
102–72 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 32–22, 32–16, 13–17 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
9 August 2023
16:00 |
Greece ![]() |
81–70 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 17–17, 19–19, 18–18 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
9 August 2023
18:30 |
Slovenia ![]() |
100–65 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 25–10, 31–18, 15–22, 29–15 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
9 August 2023
18:30 |
Serbia ![]() |
70–64 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 21–20, 22–9, 12–13 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
9 August 2023
21:00 |
Lithuania ![]() |
73–66 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 25–10, 18–16, 10–12, 20–28 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
9 August 2023
21:00 |
Spain ![]() |
100–48 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 8–21, 14–18, 21–13, 15–24 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
10 August 2023
16:00 |
Montenegro ![]() |
65–74 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 18–26, 24–11, 12–22 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
10 August 2023
18:30 |
North Macedonia ![]() |
46–57 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 18–12, 12–20, 6–8 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
10 August 2023
21:00 |
Turkey ![]() |
85–49 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 20–30, 9–19, 22–18 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
12 August 2023
16:00 |
North Macedonia ![]() |
48–71 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 31–9, 19–8, 14–16 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
12 August 2023
21:00 |
Latvia ![]() |
57–75 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 21–15, 20–11, 10–15 |
SRC Kale, Skopje
|
Championship quarterfinals
10 August 2023
13:30 |
Italy ![]() |
75–56 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 21–21, 16–18, 16–6 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
10 August 2023
16:00 |
France ![]() |
86–72 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 28–13, 23–23, 19–17, 16–19 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
10 August 2023
18:30 |
Slovenia ![]() |
79–82 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 17–24, 26–22, 14–21 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
10 August 2023
21:00 |
Lithuania ![]() |
66–63 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 16–21, 25–12, 22–19 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
12 August 2023
16:00 |
Slovenia ![]() |
74–72 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 19–15, 16–9, 24–19 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
12 August 2023
21:00 |
Spain ![]() |
80–63 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 13–19, 15–12, 21–24 |
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
|
Final standings
Rank | Team | Record |
---|---|---|
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7–0 |
![]() |
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6–1 |
![]() |
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5–2 |
4 | ![]() |
5–2 |
5 | ![]() |
5–2 |
6 | ![]() |
4–3 |
7 | ![]() |
3–4 |
8 | ![]() |
4–3 |
9 | ![]() |
4–3 |
10 | ![]() |
2–5 |
11 | ![]() |
2–5 |
12 | ![]() |
1–6 |
13 | ![]() |
3–4 |
14 | ![]() |
2–5 |
15 | ![]() |
1–6 |
16 | ![]() |
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 |
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