FIBA U18 Women's European Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2023 FIBA U18 Women's European Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1965; 59 years ago (1965)
Divisions	3
No. of teams	16 (Division A)
Continent	Europe ( 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 website	fiba.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]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	11	2	1	14
2	Spain	5	9	3	17
3	Russia	5	2	4	11
4	Italy	3	0	3	6
5	France	2	8	5	15
6	Czechoslovakia	2	3	4	9
7	Belgium	2	0	0	2
	Lithuania	2	0	0	2
9	Yugoslavia	1	3	3	7
10	Serbia	1	1	2	4
11	Serbia and Montenegro	1	1	0	2
12	CIS	1	0	0	1
	Germany	1	0	0	1
	Slovenia	1	0	0	1
15	Hungary	0	2	3	5
16	Bulgaria	0	2	2	4
	Poland	0	2	2	4
18	Slovakia	0	2	0	2
19	Czech Republic	0	1	3	4
20	Sweden	0	0	2	2
21	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (21 entries)		38	38	38	114

Participation details

Nation	1965	1967	1969	1971	1973	1975	1977	1979	1981	1983	1984	1986	1988	1990	1992
Austria						12th
Belgium		12th		9th	12th			12th		12th			7th
Bulgaria	5th	4th	2nd	3rd	4th	4th	9th	8th	3rd	5th	6th		4th	8th	2nd
Czechoslovakia †	3rd	2nd	7th	2nd		1st	3rd	3rd	5th	1st	3rd	11th	2nd	4th	6th
East Germany †	9th													†
Finland							8th	7th	8th
France	8th	9th			11th	10th	10th	10th	2nd	7th	11th	6th	9th	7th	4th
West Germany	11th	11th	11th		10th	11th				10th	10th	8th	12th	10th
Greece														12th	10th
Hungary	6th	6th	5th	7th	6th	5th	5th	2nd	4th	6th	8th	9th	11th	9th	7th
Israel		10th	8th	8th	9th	9th	12th						10th
Italy	10th	7th	6h	4th	3rd	8th	7th	5th	7th	3rd	5th	3rd	5th	6th	9th
Netherlands			10th	10th	7th			11th	12th		9th	7th
Poland	4th	5th	4th	6th	5th	2nd	2nd	9th	11th	11th	12th	4th	8th	11th	3rd
Romania	7th	8th	9th				6th	6th				5th		3rd	8th
Scotland				11th
Soviet Union †	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	†
CIS †															1st
Spain					8th	6th	11th		9th	8th	4th	12th	6th	2nd	5th
Sweden									10th	9th	7th	10th		5th	11th
Switzerland				12th
Yugoslavia †	2nd	3rd	3rd	5th	2nd	7th	4th	4th	6th	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	†
Nation	1965	1967	1969	1971	1973	1975	1977	1979	1981	1983	1984	1986	1988	1990	1992

Nation	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	2024	Total
Belarus						10th		9th	14th	13th	15th				15th						9th				7
Belgium	11th						11th	15th			11th	13th	1st	15th		5th	7th	6th	1st	5th	12th	12th	9th	Q	22
Bosnia and Herzegovina																			12th	13th	14th	16th			4
Bulgaria	8th		11th	11th		8th	12th	8th	13th	12th	16th														23
Croatia			8th		8th		15th			16th				7th	13th	8th	9th	12th	9th	9th	15th			Q	13
Czech Republic	10th	3rd	4th	2nd	3rd		4th	4th	6th	3rd	4th	14th	9th	13th	11th	11th	6th	13th	4th	6th	8th	6th	14th		22
Estonia																	16th								1
Finland					11th																	7th	10th	Q	7
France	5th	7th	10th	5th	2nd	5th	3rd	6th	7th	4th	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	7th	3rd	3rd	2nd	Q	37
Germany		8th		7th		12th	9th	12th	15th											1st	6th	4th	11th	Q	21
Greece	9th	5th		8th	7th		14th	16th						11th	10th	14th			16th			14th			13
Hungary	3rd	6th				3rd	6th	7th	16th			15th					13th	5th	5th	3rd	2nd	11th	5th	Q	30
Ireland																				14th					1
Israel						9th											12th	14th			11th	13th	12th	Q	14
Italy	1st	11th	7th		9th		16th		8th	14th	10th	1st	10th	8th	6th	7th	4th	7th	10th	10th	1st	5th	13th	Q	36
Latvia			12th	10th							7th	16th						4th	13th	4th	7th	9th	8th	Q	11
Lithuania		10th		4th			7th	5th	10th	1st	6th	6th	16th			13th	10th	9th	14th		13th	1st	16th		16
Luxembourg																								Q	1
Netherlands													5th	4th	4th	6th	8th	16th							13
Poland	12th		6th	3rd	6th		13th	14th	4th	8th	12th	11th	6th	14th		12th	14th			11th	10th	8th	7th	Q	34
Portugal															9th	9th	15th						15th	Q	5
Romania	7th				12th					15th			12th	16th											13
Russia	4th	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	5th	11th	3rd	2nd	9th	5th	13th	2nd	5th	1st	3rd	3rd	11th	8th	4th				21
Serbia			played as						1st	6th	5th	12th	8th	3rd	3rd	4th	11th	11th	2nd	12th	16th		4th	Q	15
Slovakia	6th	2nd	2nd	12th	4th	11th	8th	13th	9th	7th	14th	9th	14th	9th	14th			15th							16
Slovenia					10th							4th	11th	12th	12th	10th	5th	10th	7th	16th			1st	Q	12
Spain	2nd	4th	1st	6th	5th	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	5th	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	6th	2nd	5th	2nd	3rd	Q	34
Sweden								3rd	12th	10th	3rd	8th	4th	10th	8th	16th			8th	15th		15th			18
Turkey			9th			6th	10th	10th	11th	9th	13th	10th	7th		7th	15th		8th	15th			10th	6th	Q	16
Ukraine		12th				7th			5th	11th	8th	7th	15th	6th											8
Nation	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	2024	Total
Austria	playing in lower divisions																								1
Switzerland	playing in lower divisions																								1
England															16th				Great Britain [3]						1
Scotland	playing in lower divisions																			Great Britain					1
East Germany †	defunct, succeeded by Germany																								1
CIS †	defunct, preceded by Soviet Union																								1
Czechoslovakia †	defunct, succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia																								14
Serbia and Montenegro † A		9th	5th	9th		4th	1st	2nd	defunct																6
Soviet Union †	defunct																								14
Yugoslavia †	defunct																								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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Croatia	3	0	1	4
2	Belarus	2	1	0	3
3	Hungary	2	0	0	2
4	Latvia	1	1	2	4
5	Slovenia	1	1	1	3
6	Romania	1	1	0	2
	Sweden	1	1	0	2
8	Germany	1	0	1	2
	Lithuania	1	0	1	2
	Poland	1	0	1	2
11	Finland	1	0	0	1
	Italy	1	0	0	1
	Slovakia	1	0	0	1
14	Greece	0	3	2	5
15	Belgium	0	2	0	2
16	Estonia	0	1	1	2
	Portugal	0	1	1	2
18	England	0	1	0	1
	Ireland	0	1	0	1
	Luxembourg	0	1	0	1
	Netherlands	0	1	0	1
	Ukraine	0	1	0	1
23	Israel	0	0	2	2
	Turkey	0	0	2	2
25	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0	0	1	1
	Serbia	0	0	1	1
Totals (26 entries)		17	17	17	51

Participation details

Nation	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	Total
Albania											20th	19th	22nd	21st	23rd
Austria			17th	14th			15th	10th	12th				16th	17th	17th	14th	15th
Belgium			10th	2nd					2nd
Bosnia and Herzegovina	11th	5th	13th	9th	6th	16th			5th	11th	7th	3rd					4th
Belarus	1st					4th	6th	1st			12th	5th	6th	2nd
Bulgaria						15th	12th	5th	7th	7th	15th	15th	9th	20th	18th	8th	8th
Croatia		3rd	1st		11th	5th	1st									5th	1st
Cyprus											19th			16th
Denmark			18th	17th	9th	6th	10th	6th	15th	16th	8th	14th	24th	13th	5th	16th	14th
England	5th	13th	11th	13th	12th	8th	14th	2nd		8th	11th	11th
Estonia	4th	6th	3rd	5th		13th			10th	2nd		12th	17th		16th	13th	11th
Finland	8th	12th	15th	16th	8th	7th	4th	11th	11th	5th	9th	10th	10th	7th	1st
Georgia													20th	24th
Germany				8th	3rd	9th	9th	8th	9th	10th	5th	7th	1st
Great Britain													4th	10th	19th	11th	12th
Greece			8th	4th	7th	3rd	2nd				10th	2nd		11th	2nd		3rd
Hungary				7th	1st		5th	4th	8th	1st
Iceland	7th	11th		12th						15th	17th	4th	13th	19th	15th	12th	7th
Ireland	10th	10th	6th	11th						13th	18th	8th	2nd		9th	9th	6th
Israel	9th	8th	7th		4th	12th	8th	13th	14th	3rd			7th	3rd
Italy		1st
Kosovo														22nd	22nd
Latvia	3rd	4th	4th	1st			3rd	9th	4th	4th	2nd
Lithuania								7th	3rd					1st
Luxembourg	12th		19th	15th		17th	13th			14th	14th		18th	12th	14th	10th	2nd
Moldova													23rd
Montenegro			12th			10th		14th		6th				18th
Netherlands	14th		9th	6th	13th	2nd						18th	11th	6th	7th	6th	9th
North Macedonia		14th		19th				15th					21st		21st	18th	16th
Norway					15th		11th	16th	18th				15th	23rd	20th	17th	18th
Poland									1st			6th	3rd
Portugal	6th	9th	14th	10th	5th	11th	7th	3rd				9th	5th	5th	6th	2nd
Romania	15th	7th	2nd		10th	1st			13th	12th	6th	17th	8th	9th	8th	7th	17th
Scotland			16th	18th		18th		18th	17th			16th
Serbia																3rd
Slovakia											1st		12th	14th	10th	4th	5th
Slovenia			5th	3rd	2nd										11th	1st
Sweden	2nd										4th	1st			4th		13th
Switzerland				20th	14th	14th	16th	17th	16th	17th	16th		19th	15th	12th
Turkey											3rd			4th	3rd
Ukraine	8th	2nd						12th	6th	9th	13th	13th	14th	8th	13th	15th	10th
Nation	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Scotland	3	1	1	5
2	Cyprus	3	0	0	3
3	Malta	2	6	3	11
4	Armenia	2	1	3	6
5	Andorra	1	2	3	6
6	Luxembourg	1	2	0	3
7	Georgia	1	1	1	3
8	Gibraltar	1	0	0	1
	Iceland	1	0	0	1
	Ireland	1	0	0	1
11	Albania	0	1	2	3
12	Monaco	0	1	1	2
13	England	0	1	0	1
14	Wales	0	0	2	2
Totals (14 entries)		16	16	16	48

Under-19 Women's World Cup record

Team	1985	1989	1993	1997	2001	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	2025	Total
Belgium	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	6th	–	4th	–	–		2
Bulgaria	–	11th	9th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Czech Republic	as Czechoslovakia			6th	1st	–	7th	10th	–	–	–	–	–	6th	7th	Q	7
France	–	–	6th	–	5th	–	–	7th	6th	2nd	5th	5th	–	10th	4th		9
Germany	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	13th	–	10th		2
Hungary	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	9th	10th	3rd	–		4
Italy	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10th	–	–	11th	–	11th	11th		4
Latvia	as USSR		–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10th	14th	–	–		2
Lithuania	as USSR		–	–	8th	–	12th	8th	–	12th	–	–	–	–	8th	–	5
Netherlands	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	10th	9th	–	–	–	–	–	2
Poland	–	–	3rd	–	10th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		2
Russia	as USSR		2nd	5th	2nd	4th	–	6th	8th	9th	2nd	1st	–	8th	–	–	10
Serbia	as Yugoslavia			as SCG			3rd	–	–	11th	11th	–	–	–	–		3
Slovakia	as Czechoslovakia			3rd	–	–	6th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Slovenia	as Yugoslavia			–	–	–		–	14th	–	–	–	–	–	–		1
Spain	7th	5th	–	8th	–	5th	4th	2nd	2nd	4th	4th	8th	3rd	7th	2nd		13
Sweden	–	–	–	–	–	–	2nd	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Team	1985	1989	1993	1997	2001	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	2025	Total
Czechoslovakia †	–	4th	defunct														1
Serbia and Montenegro †	as Yugoslavia			–	–	2nd	defunct										1
Soviet Union †	1st	1st	defunct														2
Yugoslavia †	3rd	2nd	defunct														2
Total (6)	3	5	4	4	5	4	5	5	5	6	6	6	5	6	6	6