2017 FIBA U16 European Championship
| 31st FIBA Under-16 European Basketball Championship | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Host country | Montenegro |
| Dates | 11–19 August 2017 |
| Teams | 16 |
| Venues | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | France (3rd title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| MVP | Killian Hayes |
| Top scorer | Mannion (19.9) |
| Top rebounds | Avdija (12.6) |
| Top assists | Avdija (5.3) Karapandžić (5.3) |
| PPG (Team) | Spain (83.9) |
| RPG (Team) | Lithuania (50.7) |
| APG (Team) | Spain (17.4) |
| Official website | |
| www.fiba.basketball | |
The 2017 FIBA U16 European Championship was the 31st edition of the Under-16 European Basketball Championship. The tournament was held in Podgorica, Montenegro, from 11 to 19 August 2017.[1] Sixteen (16) teams participated, including 2016 Division B top three finishers.
Hosts selection
On 21 November 2016, FIBA Europe announced during their Board Meeting held in Istanbul, Turkey that Montenegro will be the organising country for the tournament.[2]
Participating teams
- Croatia
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Israel (Runners-up, 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Montenegro
- Russia (Winners, 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
- Serbia
- Slovenia (3rd place, 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
- Spain
- Sweden
- Turkey
First round
In this round, sixteen teams are allocated in four groups of four teams each. All teams advance to the Playoffs.
Group A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 187 | 160 | +27 | 5[a] |
| 2 | Israel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 208 | 205 | +3 | 5[a] |
| 3 | Serbia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 229 | 185 | +44 | 5[a] |
| 4 | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 158 | 232 | −74 | 3 |
Source: FIBA
Notes:
Notes:
11 August
16:00 |
| Lithuania | 54–56 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 12–16, 11–17, 12–15 | ||
| Pts: M. Blazevic 13 Rebs: M. Blazevic 9 Asts: N. Pankratjevas 4 |
Pts: M. Pavicevic 11 Rebs: D. Pazin 8 Asts: D. Pazin 2 | |
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 150 Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Niz Haydn Jones Apostolos Kalpakas |
12 August
13:45 |
| Serbia | 71–79 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 13–24, 23–18, 19–24 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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12 August
16:00 |
| Croatia | 42–63 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 14–25, 11–15, 7–11 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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13 August
13:45 |
| Lithuania | 70–62 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 13–18, 17–17, 22–10 | ||
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13 August
16:00 |
| Croatia | 52–102 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–32, 10–23, 12–27, 13–20 | ||
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Group B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slovenia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 197 | 166 | +31 | 6 |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 209 | 177 | +32 | 5 |
| 3 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 206 | 224 | −18 | 4 |
| 4 | Finland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 170 | 215 | −45 | 3 |
Source: FIBA
11 August
18:15 |
| Turkey | 65–87 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 15–21, 14–14, 16–28 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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11 August
20:30 |
| Slovenia | 65–53 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 13–16, 21–8, 11–11 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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13 August
20:30 |
| Turkey | 57–64 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 15–7, 5–16, 23–21 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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Group C
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 205 | 179 | +26 | 6 |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 215 | 185 | +30 | 5 |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 220 | −28 | 4 |
| 4 | Estonia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 194 | 222 | −28 | 3 |
Source: FIBA
11 August
13:45 |
| Estonia | 71–74 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 11–25, 25–22, 17–10 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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11 August
16:00 |
| France | 64–59 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 10–19, 19–15, 14–16 | ||
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12 August
20:30 |
| Italy | 70–64 | Estonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 20–16, 20–13, 19–17 | ||
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Group D
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 280 | 211 | +69 | 5[a] |
| 2 | Latvia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 208 | 205 | +3 | 5[a] |
| 3 | Montenegro (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 220 | 201 | +19 | 5[a] |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 3 | 157 | 248 | −91 | 3 |
12 August
18:15 |
| Latvia | 58–48 | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 13–7, 11–15, 16–14 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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13 August
16:00 |
| Spain | 113–64 | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–11, 32–22, 27–14, 26–17 | ||
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Final round
Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 15 August | ||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | 70 | |||||||||||||
| 16 August | ||||||||||||||
| Finland | 58 | |||||||||||||
| Lithuania | 74 | |||||||||||||
| 15 August | ||||||||||||||
| Montenegro | 80 | |||||||||||||
| Italy | 47 | |||||||||||||
| 18 August | ||||||||||||||
| Montenegro | 68 | |||||||||||||
| Montenegro | 73 | |||||||||||||
| 15 August | ||||||||||||||
| Serbia | 66 | |||||||||||||
| Germany | 55 | |||||||||||||
| 16 August | ||||||||||||||
| Serbia | 59 | |||||||||||||
| Serbia | 82 | |||||||||||||
| 15 August | ||||||||||||||
| Spain | 73 | |||||||||||||
| Spain | 59 | |||||||||||||
| 19 August | ||||||||||||||
| Estonia | 54 | |||||||||||||
| Montenegro | 68 | |||||||||||||
| 15 August | ||||||||||||||
| France | 75 | |||||||||||||
| Israel | 66 | |||||||||||||
| 16 August | ||||||||||||||
| Turkey | 89 | |||||||||||||
| Turkey | 76 | |||||||||||||
| 15 August | ||||||||||||||
| France | 80 | |||||||||||||
| France | 73 | |||||||||||||
| 18 August | ||||||||||||||
| Sweden | 68 | |||||||||||||
| France | 83 | |||||||||||||
| 15 August | ||||||||||||||
| Croatia | 60 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Slovenia | 65 | |||||||||||||
| 16 August | 19 August | |||||||||||||
| Croatia | 76 | |||||||||||||
| Croatia | 71 | Serbia | 76 | |||||||||||
| 15 August | ||||||||||||||
| Latvia | 69 | Croatia | 71 | |||||||||||
| Latvia (OT) | 83 | |||||||||||||
| Russia | 81 | |||||||||||||
- 5th–8th place bracket
| 5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Lithuania | 92 | |||||
| 19 August | ||||||
| Spain | 80 | |||||
| Lithuania | 62 | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Turkey | 80 | |||||
| Turkey | 79 | |||||
| Latvia | 73 | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
| 19 August | ||||||
| Spain | 95 | |||||
| Latvia | 77 | |||||
- 9th–16th place bracket
| 9th–16th place quarterfinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | Ninth place | ||||||||
| 16 August | ||||||||||
| Finland | 49 | |||||||||
| 18 August | ||||||||||
| Italy | 65 | |||||||||
| Italy | 65 | |||||||||
| 16 August | ||||||||||
| Estonia | 53 | |||||||||
| Germany | 61 | |||||||||
| 19 August | ||||||||||
| Estonia | 68 | |||||||||
| Italy | 73 | |||||||||
| 16 August | ||||||||||
| Slovenia | 47 | |||||||||
| Israel | 74 | |||||||||
| 18 August | ||||||||||
| Sweden | 66 | |||||||||
| Israel | 59 | |||||||||
| 16 August | ||||||||||
| Slovenia | 70 | Eleventh place | ||||||||
| Slovenia | 78 | |||||||||
| 19 August | ||||||||||
| Russia | 54 | |||||||||
| Estonia | 78 | |||||||||
| Israel | 85 | |||||||||
- 13th–16th place bracket
| 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th place | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Finland | 62 | |||||
| 19 August | ||||||
| Germany | 75 | |||||
| Germany | 77 | |||||
| 18 August | ||||||
| Sweden | 44 | |||||
| Sweden (OT) | 79 | |||||
| Russia | 76 | |||||
| 15th place | ||||||
| 19 August | ||||||
| Finland | 69 | |||||
| Russia | 65 | |||||
Round of 16
15 August
13:45 |
| Germany | 55–59 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 14–16, 12–14, 14–12 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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15 August
13:45 |
| Latvia | 83–81 (OT) | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 18–25, 15–18, 22–14, Overtime: 13–10 | ||
15 August
16:00 |
| Spain | 59–54 | Estonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–6, 11–11, 12–23, 18–14 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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15 August
18:15 |
| Israel | 66–89 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 13–19, 19–23, 18–20 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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15 August
20:30 |
| France | 73–68 | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 13–12, 23–21, 21–15 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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9th–16th place quarterfinals
16 August
13:45 |
| Slovenia | 78–54 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 23–15, 20–12, 22–14 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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16 August
16:00 |
| Germany | 61–68 | Estonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 12–10, 18–13, 15–35 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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16 August
18:15 |
| Israel | 74–66 | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 17–13, 16–23, 28–19 | ||
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16 August
20:30 |
| Finland | 49–65 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–18, 11–17, 12–21, 18–9 | ||
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Quarterfinals
13th–16th place semifinals
18 August 2017
13:45 |
| Finland | 62–75 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 15–17, 18–24, 17–10 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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18 August 2017
16:00 |
| Sweden | 79–76 (OT) | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 19–20, 17–14, 13–9, Overtime: 9–6 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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9th–12th place semifinals
18 August 2017
18:15 |
| Italy | 65–53 | Estonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 17–15, 16–13, 14–15 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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18 August 2017
20:30 |
| Israel | 59–70 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–15, 18–24, 11–19, 21–12 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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5th–8th place semifinals
Semifinals
18 August 2017
18:15 |
| France | 83–60 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 25–9, 23–17, 22–19 | ||
| Pts: Hayes 20 Rebs: Hayes 8 Asts: Hayes 5 |
Pts: Rudan 25 Rebs: Rudan 8 Asts: Gizdavić, Rašić 3 | |
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Referees: Gentian Cici (ALB), Andrei Sharapa (BLR), Yener Yilmaz (Tur) |
18 August 2017
20:30 |
| Montenegro | 73–66 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 18–10, 22–15, 13–20 | ||
| Pts: Vlahović 21 Rebs: Tomašević 15 Asts: Kljajić, Vujisić 4 |
Pts: Pažin 18 Rebs: Popović 8 Asts: Karapandžić 8 | |
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Niz (ESP), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Apostolos Kalpakas (SWE) |
15th place game
19 August 2017
11:30 |
| Finland | 69–65 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 18–14, 12–16, 24–22 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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13th place game
19 August 2017
13:45 |
| Germany | 77–44 | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–6, 21–16, 17–15, 19–7 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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Eleventh place game
19 August 2017
16:00 |
| Estonia | 78–85 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 33–23, 15–12, 11–24 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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Ninth place game
19 August 2017
18:15 |
| Italy | 73–47 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 21–12, 23–8, 23–15 | ||
Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
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Seventh place game
Fifth place game
Bronze medal game
Final
19 August 2017
20:30 |
| Montenegro | 68–75 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–28, 20–17, 18–11, 16–19 | ||
| Pts: Kljajić, Tomašević 20 Rebs: Kljajić, Vujisić 7 Asts: Kljajić 6 |
Pts: Hayes 21 Rebs: Hayes, Maledon 8 Asts: Maledon 4 | |
Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
Attendance: 4500 Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Niz (ESP), Gentian Cici (ALB), Yener Yılmaz (TUR) |
Final standings
| Rank | Team | Record |
|---|---|---|
| France | 7–0 | |
| Montenegro | 5–2 | |
| Serbia | 5–2 | |
| 4 | Croatia | 2–5 |
| 5 | Turkey | 4–3 |
| 6 | Lithuania | 4–3 |
| 7 | Spain | 4–3 |
| 8 | Latvia | 3–4 |
| 9 | Italy | 5–2 |
| 10 | Slovenia | 5–2 |
| 11 | Israel | 4–3 |
| 12 | Estonia | 1–6 |
| 13 | Germany | 4–3 |
| 14 | Sweden | 1–6 |
| 15 | Finland | 1–6 |
| 16 | Russia | 1–6 |
| Qualified for the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup | |
| Relegated to the 2018 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B |
Awards
| Most Valuable Player |
|---|
| Killian Hayes |
All-Tournament Team
- Killian Hayes
- Bojan Tomašević
- Stefan Vlahović
- Matej Rudan
- Đorđe Pažin
References
- ^ 2017 FIBA U16 European Championship Division A official website
- ^ "FIBA Europe Board comes to decisions regarding women's and youth competitions moving forward". FIBA Europe. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2017.