FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket
Most recent season or competition:; 2026 FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1965; 61 years ago
Divisions	3
No. of teams	16 (Division A)
Continent	Europe (FIBA Europe)
Most recent; champion	Spain (7th title)
Most titles	Soviet Union (11 titles)
Qualification	FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup
Related; competitions	FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket; FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket
Website	www.fiba.basketball

The FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket, formerly the FIBA U18 Women's European Championship, and originally the FIBA European Championship for Junior Women,^[1] is an annual youth basketball competition contested by under-18 women's national teams from FIBA Europe.

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Founded1965; 61 years ago

Divisions3

No. of teams16 (Division A)

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The inaugural tournament was in 1965, and was held biennially until 2004. Since 2005, the competition has been played every year. In even-numbered years, the tournament also serves as the European qualification path for the FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup.

The current champions are Spain, having beaten France in the 2026 final.

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Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Host	Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1965^[2]	Bulgaria (Kyustendil, Lom, Botevgrad, Sofia)	Soviet Union	Round-robin group	Yugoslavia	Czechoslovakia	Round-robin group	Poland
1967^[3]	Italy (Nuoro, Sassari & Cagliari)	Soviet Union	Round-robin group	Czechoslovakia	Yugoslavia	Round-robin group	Bulgaria
1969^[4]	West Germany (Köln, Lünen, Essen, Hohenlimburg, Hagen)	Soviet Union	Round-robin group	Bulgaria	Yugoslavia	Round-robin group	Poland
1971^[5]	Yugoslavia (Bačka Topola & Subotica)	Soviet Union	76–52	Czechoslovakia	Bulgaria	62–52	Italy
1973^[6]	Italy (San Remo & Loano)	Soviet Union	68–47	Yugoslavia	Italy	50–48	Bulgaria
1975^[7]	Spain (Vigo)	Czechoslovakia	53–48	Poland	Soviet Union	80–57	Bulgaria
1977^[8]	Bulgaria (Haskovo & Dimitrovgrad)	Soviet Union	96–53	Poland	Czechoslovakia	61–50	Yugoslavia
1979^[9]	Italy (Capo d'Orlando, P. Armerina, Catania, Palermo, Messina)	Soviet Union	Round-robin group	Hungary	Czechoslovakia	Round-robin group	Yugoslavia
1981^[10]	Hungary (Eger & Kecskemét)	Soviet Union	74–61	France	Bulgaria	90–59	Hungary
1983^[11]	Italy (Pescara, & Vasto)	Czechoslovakia	90–80	Soviet Union	Italy	66–46	Yugoslavia
1984^[12]	Spain (Toledo)	Yugoslavia	67–61	Soviet Union	Czechoslovakia	68–61	Spain
1986^[13]	Italy (Perugia, Gualdo Tadino)	Soviet Union	71–70	Yugoslavia	Italy	62–56	Poland
1988^[14]	Bulgaria (Veliko Tarnovo)	Soviet Union	73–56	Czechoslovakia	Yugoslavia	82–58	Bulgaria
1990^[15]	Spain (Alcalá de Henares)	Soviet Union	79–76	Spain	Romania	67–65	Czechoslovakia
1992^[16]	Greece (Kalamata, Tripoli & Patras)	CIS	86–60	Bulgaria	Poland	67–62	France
1994^[17]	Bulgaria (Veliko Tarnovo)	Italy	74–68	Spain	Hungary	63–56	Russia
1996^[18]	Slovakia (Žilina)	Russia	69–59	Slovakia	Czech Republic	66–50	Spain
1998^[19]	Turkey (Eskişehir, Kütahya & Bursa)	Spain	78–52	Slovakia	Russia	79–72	Czech Republic
2000^[20]	Poland (Cetniewo)	Russia	64–51	Czech Republic	Poland	75–44	Lithuania
2002^[21]	Slovenia (Škofja Loka)	Russia	60–56	France	Czech Republic	83–56	Slovakia
2004^[22]	Slovakia (Bratislava)	Russia	77–59	Spain	Hungary	73–63	Serbia and Montenegro
2005^[23]	Hungary (Budapest)	Serbia and Montenegro	66–52	Spain	France	77–66	Czech Republic
2006^[24]	Spain (Tenerife)	Spain	78–74	Serbia and Montenegro	Sweden	62–57	Czech Republic
2007^[25]	Serbia (Novi Sad)	Serbia	72–48	Spain	Russia	71–65	Poland
2008^[26]	Slovakia (Nitra)	Lithuania	63–57	Russia	Czech Republic	70–61	France
2009^[27]	Sweden (Södertälje)	Spain	64–54	France	Sweden	67–54	Czech Republic
2010^[28]	Slovakia (Poprad)	Italy	66–61	Spain	France	63–44	Slovenia
2011^[29]	Romania (Oradea)	Belgium	77–49	France	Spain	85–69	Sweden
2012^[30]	Romania (Bucharest)	France	65–61	Russia	Serbia	59–46	Netherlands
2013^[31]	Croatia (Vukovar, Vinkovci)	Spain	60–46	France	Serbia	57–56	Netherlands
2014^[32]	Portugal (Matosinhos)	Russia	57–53	France	Spain	74–69	Serbia
2015^[33]	Slovenia (Celje)	Spain	76–60	France	Russia	71–52	Italy
2016^[34]	Hungary (Sopron)	France	74–44	Spain	Russia	65–58	Latvia
2017^[35]	Hungary (Sopron)	Belgium	55–53	Serbia	France	55–48	Czech Republic
2018^[36]	Italy (Udine)	Germany	67–54	Spain	Hungary	58–56	Latvia
2019^[37]	Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)	Italy	70–62	Hungary	France	77–45	Russia
2020	Greece	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Greece
2021	Greece	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.^[38] The 2021 FIBA U18 Women's European Challengers were played instead.
2022^[39]	Greece (Heraklion)	Lithuania	78–75	Spain	France	75–46	Germany
2023^[40]	Turkey (Konya)	Slovenia	63–61	France	Spain	80–52	Serbia
2024^[41]	Portugal (Matosinhos)	France	80–70	Spain	Serbia	72–56	Israel
2025^[42]	Spain (La Palma)	Spain	81–72	Finland	France	72–47	Belgium
2026^[43]	Sweden (Stockholm)	Spain	82–46	France	Finland	75–52	Serbia
2027^[44]	TBD TBD		–			–
2028^[45]	TBD TBD		–			–

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia^[a]	17	4	5	26
2	Spain	7	10	3	20
3	France	3	9	6	18
4	Serbia^[b]	3	5	6	14
5	Italy	3	0	3	6
6	Czech Republic^[c]	2	4	7	13
7	Belgium	2	0	0	2
7	Lithuania	2	0	0	2
9	Germany	1	0	0	1
9	Slovenia	1	0	0	1
11	Hungary	0	2	3	5
12	Bulgaria	0	2	2	4
12	Poland	0	2	2	4
14	Slovakia	0	2	0	2
15	Finland	0	1	1	2
16	Sweden	0	0	2	2
17	Romania	0	0	1	1
Totals (17 entries)		41	41	41	123

Team	1965	1967	1969	1971	1973	1975	1977	1979	1981	1983	1984	1986	1988	1990	1992
Austria						12th
Belgium		12th		9th	12th			12th		12th			7th
Bulgaria	5th	4th	2nd	3rd	4th	4th	9th	8th	3rd	5th	6th		4th	8th	2nd
CIS †	played as														1st
Czechoslovakia †	3rd	2nd	7th	2nd		1st	3rd	3rd	5th	1st	3rd	11th	2nd	4th	6th
East Germany †	9th													†
Finland							8th	7th	8th
France	8th	9th			11th	10th	10th	10th	2nd	7th	11th	6th	9th	7th	4th
West Germany	11th	11th	11th		10th	11th				10th	10th	8th	12th	10th
Greece														12th	10th
Hungary	6th	6th	5th	7th	6th	5th	5th	2nd	4th	6th	8th	9th	11th	9th	7th
Israel		10th	8th	8th	9th	9th	12th						10th
Italy	10th	7th	6h	4th	3rd	8th	7th	5th	7th	3rd	5th	3rd	5th	6th	9th
Netherlands			10th	10th	7th			11th	12th		9th	7th
Poland	4th	5th	4th	6th	5th	2nd	2nd	9th	11th	11th	12th	4th	8th	11th	3rd
Romania	7th	8th	9th				6th	6th				5th		3rd	8th
Scotland				11th
Soviet Union †	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	†
Spain					8th	6th	11th		9th	8th	4th	12th	6th	2nd	5th
Sweden									10th	9th	7th	10th		5th	11th
Switzerland				12th
Yugoslavia †	2nd	3rd	3rd	5th	2nd	7th	4th	4th	6th	4th	1st	2nd	3rd	†
Team	1965	1967	1969	1971	1973	1975	1977	1979	1981	1983	1984	1986	1988	1990	1992

Team	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Belarus						10th		9th	14th	13th	15th				15th
Belgium	11th						11th	15th			11th	13th	1st	15th
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria	8th		11th	11th		8th	12th	8th	13th	12th	16th
Croatia			8th		8th		15th			16th				7th	13th
Czech Republic	10th	3rd	4th	2nd	3rd		4th	4th	6th	3rd	4th	14th	9th	13th	11th
England															16th
Finland					11th
France	5th	7th	10th	5th	2nd	5th	3rd	6th	7th	4th	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd
Germany		8th		7th		12th	9th	12th	15th
Greece	9th	5th		8th	7th		14th	16th						11th	10th
Hungary	3rd	6th				3rd	6th	7th	16th			15th
Israel						9th
Italy	1st	11th	7th		9th		16th		8th	14th	10th	1st	10th	8th	6th
Latvia			12th	10th							7th	16th
Lithuania		10th		4th			7th	5th	10th	1st	6th	6th	16th
Netherlands													5th	4th	4th
Poland	12th		6th	3rd	6th		13th	14th	4th	8th	12th	11th	6th	14th
Portugal															9th
Romania	7th				12th					15th			12th	16th
Russia	4th	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	5th	11th	3rd	2nd	9th	5th	13th	2nd	5th
Serbia			played as						1st	6th	5th	12th	8th	3rd	3rd
Serbia and Montenegro †^A		9th	5th	9th		4th	1st	2nd	defunct
Slovakia	6th	2nd	2nd	12th	4th	11th	8th	13th	9th	7th	14th	9th	14th	9th	14th
Slovenia					10th							4th	11th	12th	12th
Spain	2nd	4th	1st	6th	5th	2nd	2nd	1st	2nd	5th	1st	2nd	3rd	5th	1st
Sweden								3rd	12th	10th	3rd	8th	4th	10th	8th
Turkey			9th			6th	10th	10th	11th	9th	13th	10th	7th	6th	7th
Ukraine		12th				7th			5th	11th	8th	7th	15th
Team	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013
Austria	playing in lower divisions
Switzerland	playing in lower divisions
CIS †	defunct
Czechoslovakia †	defunct, succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia
East Germany †	defunct, succeeded by Germany
Soviet Union †	defunct
Yugoslavia †	defunct

Team	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Total
Belarus						9th						7
Belgium	5th	7th	6th	1st	5th	12th	12th	9th	7th	4th	5th	24
Bosnia and Herzegovina				12th	13th	14th	16th					4
Bulgaria												23
Croatia	8th	9th	12th	9th	9th	15th			14th		12th	14
Czech Republic	11th	6th	13th	4th	6th	8th	6th	14th		11th	10th	24
Estonia		16th										1
Finland							7th	10th	8th	2nd	3rd	9
France	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	7th	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	39
Germany					1st	6th	4th	11th	15th		9th	22
Greece	14th			16th			14th			14th		14
Hungary		13th	5th	5th	3rd	2nd	11th	5th	6th	9th	15th	32
Ireland					14th							1
Israel		12th	14th			11th	13th	12th	4th	16th		15
Italy	7th	4th	7th	10th	10th	1st	5th	13th	9th	6th	7th	38
Latvia			4th	13th	4th	7th	9th	8th	10th	10th	8th	13
Lithuania	13th	10th	9th	14th		13th	1st	16th				16
Luxembourg									16th			1
Montenegro										8th	16th	2
Netherlands	6th	8th	16th									13
Poland	12th	14th			11th	10th	8th	7th	11th	5th	6th	36
Portugal	9th	15th						15th	5th	15th		6
Romania												13
Russia	1st	3rd	3rd	11th	8th	4th						21
Serbia	4th	11th	11th	2nd	12th	16th		4th	3rd	7th	4th	17
Slovakia			15th									16
Slovenia	10th	5th	10th	7th	16th			1st	13th	12th	11th	14
Spain	3rd	1st	2nd	6th	2nd	5th	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	36
Sweden	16th			8th	15th		15th				14th	19
Turkey	15th		8th	15th			10th	6th	12th	13th	13th	19
Ukraine												8
Team	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Total
Austria	playing in lower divisions											1
Bulgaria	playing in lower divisions											23
Romania	playing in lower divisions											13
Switzerland	playing in lower divisions											1
Ukraine	playing in lower divisions											8
England	playing in LD			Great Britain^[47]								1
Scotland	playing in LD			Great Britain^[47]								1
CIS †	defunct											1
Czechoslovakia †	defunct, succeeded by Czech Republic and Slovakia											14
East Germany †	defunct, succeeded by Germany											1
Serbia and Montenegro †^A	defunct											6
Soviet Union †	defunct											14
Yugoslavia †	defunct											13

FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

Division A

Results

Medal table

Participation details

Tournaments 1965–1992

Tournaments 1994–2013

Tournaments 2014–present

Division B

Results

Medal table

Participation details

Division C

Results

Medal table

Under-19 Women's World Cup record

See also

Notes

References

External links

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Timelines

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Most recent season or competition: 2026 FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1965; 61 years ago (1965)
Divisions	3
No. of teams	16 (Division A)
Continent	Europe (FIBA Europe)
Most recent champion	Spain (7th title)
Most titles	Soviet Union (11 titles)
Qualification	FIBA Under-19 Women's Basketball World Cup
Related competitions	FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket
Website	www.fiba.basketball

Team	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Total
Albania											20th	19th	22nd	21st	23rd						5
Austria			17th	14th			15th	10th	12th				16th	17th	17th	14th	15th	16th	19th	4th	13
Azerbaijan																			12th	17th	2
Belgium			10th	2nd					2nd												3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	11th	5th	13th	9th	6th	16th			5th	11th	7th	3rd					4th	8th	17th		13
Belarus	1st					4th	6th	1st			12th	5th	6th	2nd							8
Bulgaria						15th	12th	5th	7th	7th	15th	15th	9th	20th	18th	8th	8th	4th	10th	8th	15
Croatia		3rd	1st		11th	5th	1st									5th	1st		3rd		8
Cyprus											19th			16th							2
Czech Republic																		2nd			1
Denmark			18th	17th	9th	6th	10th	6th	15th	16th	8th	14th	24th	13th	5th	16th	14th	14th	15th	10th	18
England	5th	13th	11th	13th	12th	8th	14th	2nd		8th	11th	11th	Great Britain^[47]								11
Estonia	4th	6th	3rd	5th		13th			10th	2nd		12th	17th		16th	13th	11th		8th	20th	14
Finland	8th	12th	15th	16th	8th	7th	4th	11th	11th	5th	9th	10th	10th	7th	1st						15
Georgia													20th	24th							2
Germany				8th	3rd	9th	9th	8th	9th	10th	5th	7th	1st						2nd		11
Great Britain													4th	10th	19th	11th	12th	6th	6th	7th	8
Greece			8th	4th	7th	3rd	2nd				10th	2nd		11th	2nd		3rd	3rd		6th	12
Hungary				7th	1st		5th	4th	8th	1st											6
Iceland	7th	11th		12th						15th	17th	4th	13th	19th	15th	12th	7th	12th	5th	5th	14
Ireland	10th	10th	6th	11th						13th	18th	8th	2nd		9th	9th	6th	9th	14th	13th	14
Israel	9th	8th	7th		4th	12th	8th	13th	14th	3rd			7th	3rd						1st	12
Italy		1st																			1
Kosovo														22nd	22nd				21st		3
Latvia	3rd	4th	4th	1st			3rd	9th	4th	4th	2nd										9
Lithuania								7th	3rd					1st				5th	4th	3rd	6
Luxembourg	12th		19th	15th		17th	13th			14th	14th		18th	12th	14th	10th	2nd		11th	15th	14
Moldova													23rd								1
Montenegro			12th			10th		14th		6th				18th				1st			6
Netherlands	14th		9th	6th	13th	2nd						18th	11th	6th	7th	6th	9th	11th	7th	11th	14
North Macedonia		14th		19th				15th					21st		21st	18th	16th	18th	18th	18th	10
Norway					15th		11th	16th	18th				15th	23rd	20th	17th	18th	15th	20th	19th	12
Poland									1st			6th	3rd								2
Portugal	6th	9th	14th	10th	5th	11th	7th	3rd				9th	5th	5th	6th	2nd				9th	14
Romania	15th	7th	2nd		10th	1st			13th	12th	6th	17th	8th	9th	8th	7th	17th	13th	13th	2nd	17
Scotland			16th	18th		18th		18th	17th			16th	Great Britain^[47]								6
Serbia																3rd					1
Slovakia											1st		12th	14th	10th	4th	5th	7th	9th	12th	9
Slovenia			5th	3rd	2nd										11th	1st					5
Sweden	2nd										4th	1st			4th		13th	17th	1st		7
Switzerland				20th	14th	14th	16th	17th	16th	17th	16th		19th	15th	12th					16th	12
Turkey											3rd			4th	3rd						3
Ukraine	8th	2nd						12th	6th	9th	13th	13th	14th	8th	13th	15th	10th	10th	16th	14th	15
Team	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026	Total

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Malta	3	6	4	13
2	Scotland	3	1	1	5
3	Cyprus	3	1	0	4
4	Armenia	2	2	3	7
5	Georgia	2	1	1	4
6	Andorra	1	2	3	6
7	Luxembourg	1	2	0	3
8	Kosovo	1	0	1	2
9	Gibraltar	1	0	0	1
	Iceland	1	0	0	1
	Ireland	1	0	0	1
12	Albania	0	1	3	4
13	Monaco	0	1	1	2
14	Azerbaijan	0	1	0	1
14	England	0	1	0	1
16	Wales	0	0	2	2
Totals (16 entries)		19	19	19	57