2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship

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Host countryLithuania
Dates6 – 16 August 2015
Teams16
Venue2 (in 1 host city)
2015 FIBA U16 European Championship
29th FIBA Under-16 European Basketball Championship
Tournament details
Host countryLithuania
Dates6 – 16 August 2015
Teams16
Venue2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Bosnia and Herzegovina (1st title)
Tournament statistics
MVPBosnia and Herzegovina Džanan Musa
Top scorerBosnia and Herzegovina Musa (23.0)
Top reboundsTurkey Duran (12.1)
Top assistsBosnia and Herzegovina Musa (6.3)
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The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship was the 29th edition of the European Under-16 Basketball Championship. 16 teams participated in the competition, held in Kaunas, Lithuania in two venues (Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre and the legendary Kaunas Sports Hall), from 8 to 16 August 2015.[1][2] France was the defending champions.[3] The logo was created by Kaunas-based designer Aleksejus Kudinovas. It symbolizes Kaunas – a city rich in greenery and where basketball reigns.

Participating teams

First round

Second round

Classification Group G

Classification playoffs for 9th – 16th place

13th place match13th – 16th place playoffs9th – 16th place playoffs9th – 12th place playoffs9th place match
F5 Montenegro20
G4 Russia0
G4 Russia0F5 Montenegro65
E6 Greece20G1 Italy73
E6 Greece45
G1 Italy62
E6 Greece77G1 Italy68
E5 England52F6 Croatia76
E5 England65
G3 Latvia66
15th place matchE5 England77G3 Latvia7011th place match
G2 Israel76F6 Croatia78
G4 Russia0F6 Croatia84F5 Montenegro57
G2 Israel20G2 Israel82G3 Latvia60

Classification games for 9th – 16th place

14 August 2015
21:15 (NOT PLAYED)[5]
Montenegro  20–0  Russia
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre – Kaunas (LTU)
14 August 2015
14:30
Greece  45–62  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 4–14, 5–21, 21–7, 15–20
Scoring by half: 09–35
Pts: Moraitis 14
Rebs: Kampouridis, Vlagkogias 6
Asts: Moraitis 5		 Pts: Ebeling 15
Rebs: Ebeling 12
Asts: Pajola, De Zardo 5
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre – Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 120
Referees: Francisco Araña (ESP), Tomas Jasevicius (LTU), Jonathon Ross Chapman (AUS)
14 August 2015
16:45
England  65–66  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 10–14, 25–20, 14–13, 16–19
Scoring by half: 35–34
Pts: Round, Boachie-Yiadom 14
Rebs: Boachie-Yiadom 10
Asts: Bett 7		 Pts: Kurucs 20
Rebs: Railans 14
Asts: Kurucs 5
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre – Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 100
Referees: Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU), Ernad Karovic (BIH), Miroslav Tomov (BUL)
14 August 2015
19:00
Croatia  84–82  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 22–28, 29–17, 21–21, 12–16
Scoring by half: 51–35
Pts: Jordano 27
Rebs: Jordano 12
Asts: Jordano 6		 Pts: Ebo 27
Rebs: Suss 11
Asts: 3 players 3
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre – Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 60
Referees: Keith Williams (ENG), Yohan Rosso (FRA), Martins Kozlovskis (LAT)

Classification games for 13th – 16th place

15 August 2015
21:15 (NOT PLAYED)[5]
Russia  0–20  Greece
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre – Kaunas (LTU)
15 August 2015
14:30
England  77–76  Israel
Scoring by quarter: 15–29, 23–20, 14–11, 25–16
Pts: Boachie-Yiadom 27
Rebs: Boachie-Yiadom 16
Asts: Bett 4		 Pts: Ebo 32
Rebs: Suss 13
Asts: Kravits 5
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre – Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 110
Referees: Piotr Pastusiak (POL), Tomas Jasevicius (LTU), Ernad Karovic (BIH)

Classification games for 9th – 12th place

15 August 2015
16:45
Montenegro  65–73  Italy
Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 15–15, 12–18, 23–19
Pts: Drobnjak 26
Rebs: Vujović 7
Asts: Drobnjak 3		 Pts: Ebeling 18
Rebs: De Zardo 7
Asts: Laganà 5
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre – Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 100
Referees: Paulo Marques (POR), Yener Yilmaz (TUR), Martins Kozlovskis (LAT)
15 August 2015
19:00
Latvia  70–78  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 8–12, 28–18, 17–25
Pts: Kurucs 32
Rebs: Miska 7
Asts: Kalnins 4		 Pts: Jularić 16
Rebs: Vrgoč 8
Asts: Vidović 5
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre – Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 60
Referees: Petros Papapetrou (GRE), Miroslav Tomov (BUL), Jonathon Ross Chapman (AUS)

Championship playoffs

Fifth placeConsolation semifinalsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
E1 Spain72
F4 France63
F4 France57E1 Spain78
E3 Germany55F2 Bosnia and Herzegovina86 (2OT)
F2 Bosnia and Herzegovina70
E3 Germany54
F4 France75F2 Bosnia and Herzegovina85
F1 Finland46E4 Lithuania83
F1 Finland74
E4 Lithuania93
Seventh placeF1 Finland68E4 Lithuania73Third place
F3 Serbia63E2 Turkey71
E3 Germany91E2 Turkey87E1 Spain72
F3 Serbia64F3 Serbia66E2 Turkey83

Quarterfinals

14 August 2015
14:30
Spain  72–63 France 
Scoring by quarter: 15–8, 16–13, 21–19, 20–23
Pts: González 25
Rebs: Salvador 8
Asts: Sagrista 6		 Pts: Fevrier 20
Rebs: Fevrier 12
Asts: Beyhurst 4
Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 300
Referees: Dragan Neskovic (SRB), Aleksandar Milojevic (MKD), Amit Balak (ISR)
14 August 2015
16:45
Bosnia and Herzegovina  70–54 Germany 
Scoring by quarter: 14–6, 25–11, 12–13, 19–24
Pts: Musa 25
Rebs: Musa 13
Asts: Musa 9		 Pts: Weidemann 13
Rebs: Wendler 10
Asts: 3 players 2
Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 400
Referees: Roberto Chiari (ITA), Paulo Marques (POR), Marek Cmikiewicz (POL)
14 August 2015
19:00
Finland  74–93 Lithuania 
Scoring by quarter: 23–21, 15–22, 21–25, 15–25
Pts: Valtonen 21
Rebs: Valtonen 6
Asts: Heinonen 6		 Pts: Velička, Kozys 18
Rebs: Balčiūnas 11
Asts: Bakutis 5
Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 3,000
Referees: Piotr Pastusiak (POL), Milos Koljensic (MNE), Josip Radojkovic (CRO)
14 August 2015
21:15
Turkey  87–66 Serbia 
Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 20–17, 20–18, 23–15
Pts: Bitim 27
Rebs: Duran 17
Asts: Sipahi, Akyuz 3		 Pts: Uskoković 21
Rebs: Pecarski 5
Asts: Uskoković 5
Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 150
Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Haydn Jones (WAL), Petros Papapetrou (GRE)

Classification games for 5th to 8th place

15 August 2015
14:30
France  57–55 Germany 
Scoring by quarter: 11–14, 15–15, 13–17, 15–9
Pts: Fevrier 17
Rebs: Bazille 11
Asts: Rucklin 3		 Pts: Herkenhoff 17
Rebs: Herkenhoff 15
Asts: Drescher 3
Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 100
Referees: Keith Williams (ENG), Aleksandar Milojevic (MKD), Milos Koljensic (MNE)
15 August 2015
16:45
Finland  68–63 Serbia 
Scoring by quarter: 11–19, 23–13, 17–8, 17–23
Pts: Valtonen 25
Rebs: Antikainen, Heinonen 7
Asts: Heinonen 6		 Pts: Marjanović 13
Rebs: 3 players 9
Asts: Uskoković 4
Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 400
Referees: Francisco Araña (ESP), Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU), Michele Rossi (ITA)

Semifinals

15 August 2015
19:00
Lithuania  73–71  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 12–20, 22–18, 20–23, 19–10
Scoring by half: 34–38
Pts: Kozys 12
Rebs: Vasiliauskas 9
Asts: Velička 4		 Pts: Bitim 18
Rebs: Duran 13
Asts: Duran 4
Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 3,500
Referees: Dragan Neškovic (SRB), Marek Cmikiewicz (POL), Yohan Rosso (FRA)
15 August 2015
21:15
Spain  78–86 (OT)  Bosnia and Herzegovina
Scoring by quarter: 12–19, 20–12, 15–16, 16–16, Overtime: 10–10, 5–13
Scoring by half: 32–31 Overtime: 10–10, 5–13
Pts: Martínez 27
Rebs: Martínez 20
Asts: González 4		 Pts: Campara, Musa 24
Rebs: Barukcija 10
Asts: Campara 6
Kaunas Sports Hall, Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 200
Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Haydn Jones (WAL), Amit Balak (ISR)

Final classification games

Match for 15th place

16 August 2015
21:15 (NOT PLAYED)[5]
Israel  20–0  Russia
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre – Kaunas (LTU)

Match for 13th place

16 August 2015
14:30
Greece  77–52  England
Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 21–15, 15–2, 26–21
Pts: Kampouridis 17
Rebs: Kampouridis 8
Asts: Giannaras 11		 Pts: Cleary 19
Rebs: Iwowo 10
Asts: Iwowo 3
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre – Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 70
Referees: Marius Ciulin (ROU), Marek Cmikiewicz (POL), Yohan Rosso (FRA)

Match for 11th place

16 August 2015
16:45
Montenegro  57–60  Latvia
Scoring by quarter: 18–13, 17–13, 13–25, 9–9
Pts: Slavković 21
Rebs: Simonović 10
Asts: Slavković 6		 Pts: Kurucs 20
Rebs: Berkis 8
Asts: 3 players 4
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre – Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 60
Referees: Haydn Jones (WAL), Keith Williams (ENG), Jonathon Ross Chapman (AUS)

Match for 9th place

16 August 2015
19:00
Italy  68–76  Croatia
Scoring by quarter: 22–18, 11–17, 24–24, 11–17
Pts: Stefanini 15
Rebs: Caruso 8
Asts: Valentini, Stefanini 4		 Pts: Jularić 20
Rebs: Bajo 10
Asts: Jordano 9
Arvydas Sabonis Basketball Centre – Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 60
Referees: Tomas Jasevicius (LTU), Yener Yilmaz (TUR), Miroslav Tomov (BUL)

Match for 7th place

16 August 2015
14:30
Germany  91–64  Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 17–19, 27–21, 28–7, 19–17
Pts: Weidemann 25
Rebs: Bonga 10
Asts: Bonga 6		 Pts: Kovačević 13
Rebs: Pecarski 4
Asts: Uskoković 7
Kaunas Sports Hall – Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 100
Referees: Francisco Araña (ESP), Gintaras Vitkauskas (LTU), Michele Rossi (ITA)

Match for 5th place

16 August 2015
16:45
France  75–46  Finland
Scoring by quarter: 23–8, 16–14, 16–9, 20–15
Pts: Blanc 23
Rebs: Beyhurst 9
Asts: Blanc, Briki 4		 Pts: Valtonen 17
Rebs: Antikainen 6
Asts: 3 players 2
Kaunas Sports Hall – Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 150
Referees: Dragan Neskovic (SRB), Ernad Karovic (BIH), Martins Kozlovskis (LAT)

Bronze medal match

16 August 2015
19:00
Spain  72–83  Turkey
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 15–16, 23–27, 21–21
Pts: Martínez 24
Rebs: Martínez 14
Asts: McCarthy 5		 Pts: Bitim 16
Rebs: Afsar 9
Asts: Akyuz 5
Kaunas Sports Hall – Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 3,800
Referees: Aleksandar Milojevic (MKD), Paulo Marques (POR), Josip Radojkovic (CRO)

Final

16 August 2015
21:15
Bosnia and Herzegovina  85–83  Lithuania
Scoring by quarter: 26–19, 24–18, 19–22, 16–24
Pts: Musa 33
Rebs: Mutić, Musa 8
Asts: Musa 7		 Pts: Velička 14
Rebs: Juozaitis 7
Asts: 4 players 3
Kaunas Sports Hall – Kaunas (LTU)
Attendance: 4,500
Referees: Roberto Chiari (ITA), Piotr Pastusiak (POL), Miloš Koljenšić (MNE)

Final standings

Qualified for the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship
Qualified as the host nation for the 2016 FIBA Under-17 World Championship
Relegated to the 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B

Awards

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