2017 FIBA U16 European Championship

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.

2017 EuroBasket Under-16
31st FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
Tournament details
Host country Montenegro
Dates11–19 August 2017
Teams16
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions France (3rd title)
Tournament statistics
MVPFrance Killian Hayes
Top scorerItaly Mannion (19.9)
Top reboundsIsrael Avdija (12.6)
Top assistsIsrael Avdija (5.3)
Serbia Karapandžić (5.3)
PPG (Team) Spain (83.9)
RPG (Team) Lithuania (50.7)
APG (Team) Spain (17.4)
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
2016
2018

Hosts selection

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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

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First round

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In this round, sixteen teams are allocated in four groups of four teams each. All teams advance to the Playoffs.

Group A

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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:
  1. ^ a b c Lithuania 1–1, +6PD; Israel 1–1, 0PD; Serbia 1–1, −6PD
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
11 August
18:15
Israel   67–64   Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 16–18, 13–20, 13–12
12 August
13:45
Serbia   71–79   Israel
Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 13–24, 23–18, 19–24
12 August
16:00
Croatia   42–63   Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 14–25, 11–15, 7–11
13 August
13:45
Lithuania   70–62   Israel
Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 13–18, 17–17, 22–10
13 August
16:00
Croatia   52–102   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 17–32, 10–23, 12–27, 13–20

Group B

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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
11 August
20:30
Slovenia   65–53   Finland
Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 13–16, 21–8, 11–11
12 August
16:00
Germany   56–68   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 12–20, 8–12, 22–15
12 August
18:15
Finland   73–84   Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 16–23, 12–16, 29–18
13 August
13:45
Finland   44–66   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 6–21, 19–16, 13–18, 6–11
13 August
20:30
Turkey   57–64   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 15–7, 5–16, 23–21

Group C

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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
11 August
16:00
France   64–59   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 10–19, 19–15, 14–16
12 August
13:45
Russia   61–63   France
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 11–20, 19–13, 13–18
12 August
20:30
Italy   70–64   Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 20–16, 20–13, 19–17
13 August
16:00
France   78–59   Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 17–17, 25–19, 19–14
13 August
18:15
Russia   57–86   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 8–22, 13–23, 19–18

Group D

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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
Source: FIBA
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Spain 1–1, +20PD; Latvia 1–1, −7PD; Montenegro 1–1, −13PD
11 August
13:45
Spain   91–70   Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 18–12, 30–18, 22–25
11 August
20:30
Sweden   45–77   Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 8–22, 12–17, 16–15, 9–23
12 August
18:15
Latvia   58–48   Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 13–7, 11–15, 16–14
12 August
20:30
Montenegro   77–76   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 14–24, 32–9, 17–23
13 August
16:00
Spain   113–64   Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 28–11, 32–22, 27–14, 26–17
13 August
20:30
Montenegro   66–80   Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 17–18, 15–16, 16–32

Final round

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Bracket

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Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
15 August
 
 
  Lithuania70
 
16 August
 
  Finland58
 
  Lithuania74
 
15 August
 
  Montenegro80
 
  Italy47
 
18 August
 
  Montenegro68
 
  Montenegro73
 
15 August
 
  Serbia66
 
  Germany55
 
16 August
 
  Serbia59
 
  Serbia82
 
15 August
 
  Spain73
 
  Spain59
 
19 August
 
  Estonia54
 
  Montenegro68
 
15 August
 
  France75
 
  Israel66
 
16 August
 
  Turkey89
 
  Turkey76
 
15 August
 
  France80
 
  France73
 
18 August
 
  Sweden68
 
  France83
 
15 August
 
  Croatia60 Third place
 
  Slovenia65
 
16 August19 August
 
  Croatia76
 
  Croatia71  Serbia76
 
15 August
 
  Latvia69   Croatia71
 
  Latvia (OT)83
 
 
  Russia81
 
5th–8th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinalsFifth place
 
      
 
18 August
 
 
  Lithuania92
 
19 August
 
  Spain80
 
  Lithuania62
 
18 August
 
  Turkey80
 
  Turkey79
 
 
  Latvia73
 
Seventh place
 
 
19 August
 
 
  Spain95
 
 
  Latvia77
9th–16th place bracket
 
9th–16th place quarterfinals9th–12th place semifinalsNinth place
 
          
 
16 August
 
 
  Finland49
 
18 August
 
  Italy65
 
  Italy65
 
16 August
 
  Estonia53
 
  Germany61
 
19 August
 
  Estonia68
 
  Italy73
 
16 August
 
  Slovenia47
 
  Israel74
 
18 August
 
  Sweden66
 
  Israel59
 
16 August
 
  Slovenia70 Eleventh place
 
  Slovenia78
 
19 August
 
  Russia54
 
  Estonia78
 
 
  Israel85
 
13th–16th place bracket
 
13th–16th place semifinals13th place
 
      
 
18 August
 
 
  Finland62
 
19 August
 
  Germany75
 
  Germany77
 
18 August
 
  Sweden44
 
  Sweden (OT)79
 
 
  Russia76
 
15th place
 
 
19 August
 
 
  Finland69
 
 
  Russia65

Round of 16

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15 August
13:45
Germany   55–59   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 14–16, 12–14, 14–12
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
Slovenia   65–76   Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 21–15, 11–20, 18–20
15 August
16:00
Spain   59–54   Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 18–6, 11–11, 12–23, 18–14
15 August
18:15
Lithuania   70–58   Finland
Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 15–13, 15–20, 21–14
15 August
18:15
Israel   66–89   Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 13–19, 19–23, 18–20
15 August
20:30
France   73–68   Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 13–12, 23–21, 21–15
15 August
20:30
Italy   47–68   Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 12–16, 6–10, 10–24

9th–16th place quarterfinals

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16 August
13:45
Slovenia   78–54   Russia
Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 23–15, 20–12, 22–14
16 August
16:00
Germany   61–68   Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 12–10, 18–13, 15–35
16 August
18:15
Israel   74–66   Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 17–13, 16–23, 28–19
16 August
20:30
Finland   49–65   Italy
Scoring by quarter: 8–18, 11–17, 12–21, 18–9

Quarterfinals

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16 August
13:45
Croatia   71–69   Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 18–12, 20–15, 17–17
16 August
16:00
Serbia   82–73   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 19–22, 26–15, 17–25
16 August
18:15
Turkey   76–80   France
Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 18–22, 22–18, 21–16
16 August
20:30
Lithuania   74–80   Montenegro
Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 13–16, 17–25, 24–20

13th–16th place semifinals

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18 August 2017
13:45
Finland   62–75   Germany
Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 15–17, 18–24, 17–10
18 August 2017
16:00
Sweden   79–76 (OT)   Russia
Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 19–20, 17–14, 13–9, Overtime: 9–6

9th–12th place semifinals

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18 August 2017
18:15
Italy   65–53   Estonia
Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 17–15, 16–13, 14–15
18 August 2017
20:30
Israel   59–70   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 9–15, 18–24, 11–19, 21–12

5th–8th place semifinals

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18 August 2017
13:45
Lithuania   92–80   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 23–11, 31–13, 23–38
18 August 2017
16:00
Turkey   79–73   Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 6–17, 26–26, 25–12, 22–18

Semifinals

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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

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19 August 2017
11:30
Finland   69–65   Russia
Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 18–14, 12–16, 24–22

13th place game

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19 August 2017
13:45
Germany   77–44   Sweden
Scoring by quarter: 20–6, 21–16, 17–15, 19–7

Eleventh place game

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19 August 2017
16:00
Estonia   78–85   Israel
Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 33–23, 15–12, 11–24

Ninth place game

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19 August 2017
18:15
Italy   73–47   Slovenia
Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 21–12, 23–8, 23–15

Seventh place game

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19 August 2017
13:45
Spain   95–77   Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 20–16, 23–24, 27–23

Fifth place game

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19 August 2017
16:00
Lithuania   62–80   Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 23–24, 7–20, 19–16

Bronze medal game

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19 August 2017
18:15
Serbia   76–71   Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 20–22, 13–24, 22–14

Final

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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

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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

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Most Valuable Player
  Killian Hayes

All-Tournament Team

References

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  1. ^ 2017 FIBA U16 European Championship Division A official website
  2. ^ "FIBA Europe Board comes to decisions regarding women's and youth competitions moving forward". FIBA Europe. 22 November 2016. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
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