All you need to know: FIBA U16 European Championship 2023, Division C
PRISHTINA (Kosovo) - The FIBA U16 European Championship, Division C is one of 16 youth events that will take place across the summer of 2023.
The tournament will take place in Prishtina, Kosovo from July 19-27, 2023.
Who is participating?
A total of nine teams will compete for the title in Division C. They have been split into two groups of four and five teams. The Group Phase is as follows.
Group A: Andorra, Kosovo, Malta, Gibraltar
Group B: Albania, Cyprus, Armenia, San Marino, Azerbaijan
What is the schedule?
The Group Phase will take place across five days with a rest day on July 22 before the competition moves onto the Semi-Finals on July 26. The Final will take place on July 27, with the final Classification games also determining each of the nine positions.
Check out the full schedule here.
Who were the winners in 2022?
Andorra reclaimed the title with an 84-65 success against Armenia behind a pivotal late run of 19 unanswered points. Cerni Vinas top scored with 19 points, while Joan Aguilar posted a strong double-double of 17 points and 14 rebounds in the win.
🥇 ANDORRA
🥈 ARMENIA
🥉 ALBANIA
Andorra return to defend their title with Armenia and Albania also contending for the title.
Former MVPs
Gregory Moghoyan earned tournament MVP honors, despite Armenia being unable to repeat their 2017 triumph. The 2006-born prospect averaged 21.2. points and 5.4 assists per game in helping his side to the Final.
The previous five winners are as follows:
2022: Gregory Moghoyan (ARM)
2019: Miguel Marti Chamorro (AND)
2018: Sergi Serrato Balletbo (AND)
2017: Georgii Shakhnazarov (ARM)
2016: Papuna Kirtadze (AZE)
Roll of honor
Andorra claimed their fourth title in 2022 to add the titles they won in 2004, 2011 and 2018. That triumph took them past three-time winners Cyprus, who last won the competition in 2016 on home soil. Meanwhile, Luxembourg and Scotland each have two titles to their name.
| Position | Team | 🥇 | 🥈 | 🥉 | Total |
| 1. | Andorra | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 2. | Cyprus | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 3. | Scotland | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
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 and FIBA U16 European Championship 2023, Division B tournaments.
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