2022 FIBA U16 European Championship

2022 FIBA U16 European Championship

Tournament details
Host country	North Macedonia
City	Skopje
Dates	12–20 August 2022
Teams	16 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Lithuania (2nd title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	France
Tournament statistics
MVP	Mario Saint-Supery
Top scorer	Ben Avraham Saraf (24.3 ppg)
Top rebounds	David Mirković (10.3 rpg)
Top assists	Dominik Dolić (4.7 apg)
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
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The 2022 FIBA U16 European Championship was the 34th edition of the European basketball championship for national under-16 teams. It was played from 12 to 20 August 2022 in Skopje, North Macedonia.^[1] Lithuania men's national under-16 basketball team won the tournament and became the European champions for the second time.

Venues

Skopje	Skopje	Skopje
Boris Trajkovski Sports Center	SRC Kale
Capacity: 7,500	Capacity: 2,300

Participating teams

•  Croatia
•  Denmark (Third place, 2019 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
•  France
•  Greece
•  Israel
•  Italy
•  Latvia
•  Lithuania
•  Montenegro (Fourth place, 2019 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
•  Netherlands (Runners-up, 2019 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
•  North Macedonia
•  Poland (Winners, 2019 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
•  Serbia
•  Slovenia
•  Spain
•  Turkey

First round

The draw of the first round was held on 15 February 2022 in Freising, Germany.^[2][3]

In the first round, the teams were drawn into four groups of four. All teams advance to the playoffs.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Lithuania	3	3	0	251	183	+68	6
2	France	3	2	1	233	199	+34	5
3	Israel	3	1	2	230	245	−15	4
4	Netherlands	3	0	3	174	261	−87	3

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Slovenia	3	2	1	224	192	+32	5
2	Serbia	3	2	1	240	223	+17	5
3	Croatia	3	2	1	236	219	+17	5
4	Denmark	3	0	3	157	223	−66	3

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Italy	3	3	0	220	188	+32	6
2	Turkey	3	2	1	182	187	−5	5
3	Poland	3	1	2	215	197	+18	4
4	Latvia	3	0	3	173	218	−45	3

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Greece	3	3	0	232	140	+92	6
2	Spain	3	2	1	207	200	+7	5
3	North Macedonia	3	1	2	176	226	−50	4
4	Montenegro	3	0	3	173	222	−49	3

Playoff brackets

Main bracket

Round of 16

Quarterfinals

Semifinals

Final

16 August

A1  Lithuania

97

17 August

B4  Denmark

48

Lithuania

79

16 August

Turkey

68

C2  Turkey

82

19 August

D3  North Macedonia

74

Lithuania

77

16 August

Greece

61

B2  Serbia

86

17 August

A3  Israel

94

Israel

67

16 August

Greece

75

D1  Greece

84

20 August

C4  Latvia

62

Lithuania

77

16 August

Spain

68

A2  France

97

17 August

B3  Croatia

59

France

84

16 August

Italy

77

C1  Italy

78

19 August

D4  Montenegro

72

France

64

16 August

Spain

78

3rd place match

B1  Slovenia

78

17 August

20 August

A4  Netherlands

66

Slovenia

68

Greece

46

16 August

Spain

87

France

65

D2  Spain

96

C3  Poland

54

5th place bracket

	5th–8th place semifinals				5th place match
	19 August
	Turkey	78
					20 August
	Israel	90
					Israel	89
	19 August
					Italy	75
	Italy	72
	Slovenia	57
					7th place match
					20 August
					Turkey	46
					Slovenia	67

9th place bracket

	9th–16th place quarterfinals				9th–12th place semifinals				9th place match
	17 August
	Denmark	64
					19 August
	North Macedonia	83
					North Macedonia	77
	17 August
					Latvia	83
	Serbia	76
									20 August
	Latvia	78
									Latvia	54
	17 August
									Montenegro	64
	Croatia	65
					19 August
	Montenegro	72
					Montenegro	87
	17 August
					Poland	69			11th place match
	Netherlands	65
									20 August
	Poland	80
									North Macedonia	68
									Poland	71

13th place bracket

	13th–16th place semifinals				13th place match
	19 August
	Denmark	63
					20 August
	Serbia	87
					Serbia	70
	19 August
					Croatia	63
	Croatia	79
	Netherlands	67
					15th place match
					20 August
					Denmark	55
					Netherlands	70

Playoff results

Round of 16

9th–16th place quarterfinals

13th–16th place semifinals

15th place match

13th place match

9th–12th place semifinals

11th place match

9th place match

Championship quarterfinals

5th–8th place semifinals

7th place match

5th place match

Championship semifinals

3rd place match

Final

Final standings

Rank	Team	Record
	Lithuania	7–0
	Spain	5–2
	France	5–2
4	Greece	5–2
5	Israel	4–3
6	Italy	5–2
7	Slovenia	4–3
8	Turkey	3–4
9	Montenegro	3–4
10	Latvia	2–5
11	Poland	3–4
12	North Macedonia	2–5
13	Serbia	4–3
14	Croatia	3–4
15	Netherlands	1–6
16	Denmark	0–7

Relegated to the 2023 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B

Awards

Most Valuable Player
Mario Saint-Supery

All-Tournament Team

• Mario Saint-Supery
• Nojus Indrusaitis
• Ben Avraham Saraf
• Mohamed Diakité
• Neoklis Avdalas

Source

References

External links

• FIBA official website