LA PALMA (Spain) - The future stars of women's international basketball will be aiming for glory this summer at the FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket.
The tournament takes place in La Palma, Spain, from July 5-13.
Who is participating?
A total of 16 teams will compete for the FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket title. They have been split into four groups of four for the Group Phase, as follows:
Group A: Israel, Montenegro, Serbia, France Group B: Belgium, Portugal, Latvia, Hungary Group C: Slovenia, Greece, Italy, Finland Group D: Türkiye, Czechia, Poland, Spain
What is the schedule?
The Group Phase will occur across the opening three days of the tournament, with teams seeded for the Round of 16 stage based on their group position. The competition will continue in the form of a bracket until the Final on July 13, with Classification games also determining each of the 16 positions.
The teams that finish between 14th and 16th will be relegated to Division B and replaced by the top three teams for the 2026 edition.
Check out the full schedule, here.
Who were the winners in 2024?
France vanquished the memories of their 2023 Final loss to Slovenia by beating Spain 80-70 to lift the U18 Women's EuroBasket trophy for a third time.
The French led by as many as 18 points in the fourth quarter, but had to fend off a late challenge by their opponents, who had got to within four points to end an unbeaten tournament.
Sarah Cisse led the winners in scoring with 22 points and 6 rebounds, while Nell Angloma and Tea Cleante chipped in with 16 points apiece. Iyana Martin Carrion had a game-high 24 points for Spain, as they had to settle for their 10th silver medal in its history.
Elsewhere, Serbia claimed the bronze, with a 72-56 victory over Israel in the Third Place Game with Jovana Popovic starring with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.
Division B winners Montenegro earned promotion alongside beaten finalists Czechia, and third-placed Greece, while Croatia, Germany and Luxembourg were relegated to Division B after they finished in the bottom three.
Former MVPs
Angloma's 16 points in the Final were crucial to France's success and her contributions throughout the tournament were outstanding, as she scooped MVP honors.
Amongst a stacked France roster, Angloma contributed across the board, finishing among the leaders in numerous categories as the prodigy shot 55 percent from the floor and averaged 13.8 points, 7.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game.
Here is a list of the previous five MVP recipients:
2024: Nell Angloma (FRA) 2023: Ajsa Sivka (SLO) 2022: Juste Jocyte (LTU) 2019: Ilaria Panzera (ITA) 2018: Nyara Sabally (GER)
Roll of honor
Spain possess the most overall medals in this age group with their runners-up finish last year taking their tally to 18. The Soviet Union have more titles than any other nation with 11, while France took their medal count to 16 with their third title in 2024.
Position | Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Soviet Union | 11 | 2 | 1 | 14 |
2. | Spain | 5 | 10 | 3 | 18 |
3. | Russia | 5 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
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 X, Instagram and Facebook.
Don't forget to check out the action from the FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket, Division B and Division C tournaments.
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