All you need to know: FIBA U16 Women's European Championship 2023, Division B
PODGORICA (Montenegro) - The FIBA U16 Women's European Championship, Division B is one of 16 youth events taking place during the summer of 2023.
The tournament will take place in Podgorica, Montenegro from August 10-19, 2023.
Who is participating?
A total of 20 teams will compete for the title in Division B. They have been split into four groups of five teams each. The Group Phase is as follows:
Group A: Austria, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Switzerland
Group B: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Ireland, Montenegro, Sweden
Group C: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Great Britain, Iceland, Netherlands
Group D: Estonia, Germany, Luxembourg, Norway, Ukraine
What is the schedule?
The Group Phase will take place across the first six days of the tournament with a rest day on August 13 and August 16. Classification games will begin on August 17, as well as the Quarter-Finals on August 18. The competition will continue in the form of the bracket with the Quarter-Finals, until the Final on August 19, with the Classification games also determining each of the 20 positions.
Check out the full schedule here.
Who were the winners in 2022?
Serbia were crowned winners last year after cruising past Turkey 84-66 in Podgorica, Montenegro. Jana Vesic led with 18 points and Lana Maric recorded a double-double of 12 points and 11 rebounds. Turkey standout Selin Tekin finished with 17 points.
🥇 SERBIA
🥈 TURKEY
🥉 ISRAEL
The trio of medalists listed above were promoted to Division A, with the relegated teams of Denmark, Lithuania and Germany taking their place this year.
Former MVPs
Lana Maric took home MVP honors after recording four double-doubles in seven games to averaged a super double-double across the competition of 13.6 points, 10.7 rebounds - as well as 2.7 steals and 2.0 blocks per outing.
The previous five winners are as follows:
2022: Lana Maric (SRB)
2019: Mojca Jelenc (SLO)
2018: Iona Chatzileonti (GRE)
2017: Maxuella Lisowa-Mbaka (BEL)
2016: Anna Makurat (POL)
Roll of honor
Germany, Lithuania, Sweden and Serbia have all won gold twice. The first three of those nations have the opportunity this summer to make history and become the first country to win the title three times. Germany have the most overall medals with four..
| Position | Team | 🥇 | 🥈 | 🥉 | Total |
| 1. | Germany | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 2. | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3. | Serbia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| =3 | Lithuania | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
The full list of medalists can be found here.
How to watch?
All the action will be available to watch live on the FIBA YouTube channel - and can also be accessed via the respective game pages on the website.
Want more action?
The best way to keep up to date for all of the action is via the official tournament website as well as following NextGenHoops across social media - on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
Don't forget to check out the action from the FIBA U16 European Championship 2023,Division A, as well as the FIBA U16 European Championship 2023, Division C which finishes in July.
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