# 2022 FIBA U16 European Championship

The 2022 FIBA U16 European Championship was the 34th edition of the European basketball championship for national under-16 teams. It was played from 12 to 20 August 2022 in Skopje, North Macedonia. Lithuania men's national under-16 basketball team won the tournament and became the European champions for the second time.

## Venues

| Skopje | Skopje | Skopje |
| Boris Trajkovski Sports Center | SRC Kale | Skopje |
| Capacity: 7,500 | Capacity: 2,300 | Skopje |

## Participating teams

* Croatia
* Denmark (Third place, 2019 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
* France
* Greece
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Montenegro (Fourth place, 2019 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
* Netherlands (Runners-up, 2019 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
* North Macedonia
* Poland (Winners, 2019 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Turkey

## First round

The draw of the first round was held on 15 February 2022 in Freising, Germany.
In the first round, the teams were drawn into four groups of four. All teams advance to the playoffs.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 251 | 183 | +68 | 6 |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 233 | 199 | +34 | 5 |
| 3 | Israel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 230 | 245 | −15 | 4 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 3 | 174 | 261 | −87 | 3 |
* 12 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Israel | 81–55 | Netherlands |
* 12 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 73–41 | France |
* 13 August 2022
* Boxscore
| France | 92–80 | Israel |
* 13 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Netherlands | 73–80 | Lithuania |
* 14 August 2022
* Boxscore
| France | 100–46 | Netherlands |
* 14 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Israel | 69–98 | Lithuania |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 224 | 192 | +32 | 5 |
| 2 | Serbia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 240 | 223 | +17 | 5 |
| 3 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 236 | 219 | +17 | 5 |
| 4 | Denmark | 3 | 0 | 3 | 157 | 223 | −66 | 3 |
* 12 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 60–42 | Denmark |
* 12 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 77–86 | Croatia |
* 13 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Croatia | 64–83 | Slovenia |
* 13 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Denmark | 56–77 | Serbia |
* 14 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 81–86 | Serbia |
* 14 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Croatia | 86–59 | Denmark |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 220 | 188 | +32 | 6 |
| 2 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 182 | 187 | −5 | 5 |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 215 | 197 | +18 | 4 |
| 4 | Latvia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 173 | 218 | −45 | 3 |
* 12 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Latvia | 54–87 | Poland |
* 12 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Italy | 77–51 | Turkey |
* 13 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 60–51 | Latvia |
* 13 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Poland | 69–72 | Italy |
* 14 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 71–59 | Poland |
* 14 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Latvia | 68–71 | Italy |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Greece | 3 | 3 | 0 | 232 | 140 | +92 | 6 |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 207 | 200 | +7 | 5 |
| 3 | North Macedonia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 176 | 226 | −50 | 4 |
| 4 | Montenegro | 3 | 0 | 3 | 173 | 222 | −49 | 3 |
* 12 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Montenegro | 62–69 | North Macedonia |
* 12 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Greece | 75–47 | Spain |
* 13 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Spain | 74–66 | Montenegro |
* 13 August 2022
* Boxscore
| North Macedonia | 48–78 | Greece |
* 14 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Montenegro | 45–79 | Greece |
* 14 August 2022
* Boxscore
| Spain | 86–59 | North Macedonia |

## Playoff brackets
### Main bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 16 August | 16 August | | | | | | |
| A1 Lithuania | 97 | | | | | | |
| A1 Lithuania | 97 | 17 August | 17 August | | | | | |
| B4 Denmark | 48 | 17 August | 17 August | | | | |
| B4 Denmark | 48 | Lithuania | 79 | | | | |
| 16 August | 16 August | | Lithuania | 79 | | | | |
| 16 August | 16 August | Turkey | 68 | | | | |
| C2 Turkey | 82 | Turkey | 68 | | | | |
| C2 Turkey | 82 | | | | 19 August | 19 August | | |
| D3 North Macedonia | 74 | | | | 19 August | 19 August | |
| D3 North Macedonia | 74 | | | | Lithuania | 77 | |
| 16 August | 16 August | | | | | Lithuania | 77 | |
| 16 August | 16 August | | | | Greece | 61 | |
| B2 Serbia | 86 | | | | Greece | 61 | |
| B2 Serbia | 86 | 17 August | 17 August | | | | | |
| A3 Israel | 94 | 17 August | 17 August | | | | |
| A3 Israel | 94 | Israel | 67 | | | | |
| 16 August | 16 August | | Israel | 67 | | | | |
| 16 August | 16 August | Greece | 75 | | | | |
| D1 Greece | 84 | Greece | 75 | | | | |
| D1 Greece | 84 | | | | | | | 20 August | 20 August |
| C4 Latvia | 62 | | | | | | | 20 August | 20 August |
| C4 Latvia | 62 | | | | | | | Lithuania | 77 |
| 16 August | 16 August | | | | | | | | Lithuania | 77 |
| 16 August | 16 August | | | | | | | Spain | 68 |
| A2 France | 97 | | | | | | | Spain | 68 |
| A2 France | 97 | 17 August | 17 August | | | | | | |
| B3 Croatia | 59 | 17 August | 17 August | | | | | | |
| B3 Croatia | 59 | France | 84 | | | | | | |
| 16 August | 16 August | | France | 84 | | | | | | |
| 16 August | 16 August | Italy | 77 | | | | | | |
| C1 Italy | 78 | Italy | 77 | | | | | | |
| C1 Italy | 78 | | | | 19 August | 19 August | | | | |
| D4 Montenegro | 72 | | | | 19 August | 19 August | | | |
| D4 Montenegro | 72 | | | | France | 64 | | | |
| 16 August | 16 August | | | | | France | 64 | | | |
| 16 August | 16 August | | | | Spain | 78 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| B1 Slovenia | 78 | | | | Spain | 78 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| B1 Slovenia | 78 | 17 August | 17 August | | | | | 20 August | 20 August |
| A4 Netherlands | 66 | 17 August | 17 August | | | | | 20 August | 20 August |
| A4 Netherlands | 66 | Slovenia | 68 | | | | | Greece | 46 |
| 16 August | 16 August | | Slovenia | 68 | | | | | Greece | 46 |
| 16 August | 16 August | Spain | 87 | | | | | France | 65 |
| D2 Spain | 96 | Spain | 87 | | | | | France | 65 |
| C3 Poland | 54 | | | | | | | | |

### 5th place bracket

| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 19 August | 19 August |
| Turkey | 78 |
| Turkey | 78 | 20 August | 20 August |
| Israel | 90 | 20 August | 20 August |
| Israel | 90 | Israel | 89 |
| 19 August | 19 August | | Israel | 89 |
| 19 August | 19 August | Italy | 75 |
| Italy | 72 | Italy | 75 |
| Slovenia | 57 | | |
| Slovenia | 57 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 20 August | 20 August |
| | | Turkey | 46 |
| | | Slovenia | 67 |

### 9th place bracket

| 9th–16th place quarterfinals | 9th–16th place quarterfinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | | 9th place match | 9th place match |
| 17 August | 17 August | | | |
| Denmark | 64 | | | |
| Denmark | 64 | 19 August | 19 August | | |
| North Macedonia | 83 | 19 August | 19 August | |
| North Macedonia | 83 | North Macedonia | 77 | |
| 17 August | 17 August | | North Macedonia | 77 | |
| 17 August | 17 August | Latvia | 83 | |
| Serbia | 76 | Latvia | 83 | |
| Serbia | 76 | | | | 20 August | 20 August |
| Latvia | 78 | | | | 20 August | 20 August |
| Latvia | 78 | | | | Latvia | 54 |
| 17 August | 17 August | | | | | Latvia | 54 |
| 17 August | 17 August | | | | Montenegro | 64 |
| Croatia | 65 | | | | Montenegro | 64 |
| Croatia | 65 | 19 August | 19 August | | | |
| Montenegro | 72 | 19 August | 19 August | | | |
| Montenegro | 72 | Montenegro | 87 | | | |
| 17 August | 17 August | | Montenegro | 87 | | | |
| 17 August | 17 August | Poland | 69 | | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| Netherlands | 65 | Poland | 69 | | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| Netherlands | 65 | | | | 20 August | 20 August |
| Poland | 80 | | | | 20 August | 20 August |
| Poland | 80 | | | | North Macedonia | 68 |
| | | | | | Poland | 71 |

### 13th place bracket

| 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th place match | 13th place match |
| 19 August | 19 August |
| Denmark | 63 |
| Denmark | 63 | 20 August | 20 August |
| Serbia | 87 | 20 August | 20 August |
| Serbia | 87 | Serbia | 70 |
| 19 August | 19 August | | Serbia | 70 |
| 19 August | 19 August | Croatia | 63 |
| Croatia | 79 | Croatia | 63 |
| Netherlands | 67 | | |
| Netherlands | 67 | 15th place match | 15th place match |
| | | 20 August | 20 August |
| | | Denmark | 55 |
| | | Netherlands | 70 |

## Playoff results
### Round of 16

* 16 August 2022 14:15
* Boxscore
| France | 97–59 | Croatia |
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 16 August 2022 14:15
* Boxscore
| Spain | 96–54 | Poland |
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 16 August 2022 16:30
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 78–66 | Netherlands |
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 16 August 2022 16:30
* Boxscore
| Italy | 78–72 | Montenegro |
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 16 August 2022 18:45
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 82–74 | North Macedonia |
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 16 August 2022 18:45
* Boxscore
| Greece | 84–62 | Latvia |
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 16 August 2022 21:00
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 97–48 | Denmark |
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 16 August 2022 21:00
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 86–94 | Israel |
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

### 9th–16th place quarterfinals

* 17 August 2022 14:15
* Boxscore
| Croatia | 65–72 | Montenegro |
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 17 August 2022 16:30
* Boxscore
| Netherlands | 65–80 | Poland |
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 17 August 2022 18:45
* Boxscore
| Denmark | 64–83 | North Macedonia |
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 17 August 2022 21:00
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 76–78 | Latvia |
* SRC Kale, Skopje

### 13th–16th place semifinals

* 19 August 2022 14:15
* Boxscore
| Denmark | 63–87 | Serbia |
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 19 August 2022 16:30
* Boxscore
| Croatia | 79–67 | Netherlands |
* SRC Kale, Skopje

### 15th place match

* 20 August 2022 11:30
* Boxscore
| Denmark | 55–70 | Netherlands |
* SRC Kale, Skopje

### 13th place match

* 20 August 2022 16:30
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 70–63 | Croatia |
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

### 9th–12th place semifinals

* 19 August 2022 18:45
* Boxscore
| North Macedonia | 77–83 | Latvia |
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 19 August 2022 21:00
* Boxscore
| Montenegro | 87–69 | Poland |
* SRC Kale, Skopje

### 11th place match

* 20 August 2022 13:45
* Boxscore
| North Macedonia | 68–71 | Poland |
* SRC Kale, Skopje

### 9th place match

* 20 August 2022 16:00
* Boxscore
| Latvia | 54–64 | Montenegro |
* SRC Kale, Skopje

### Championship quarterfinals

* 17 August 2022 14:15
* Boxscore
| France | 84–77 | Italy |
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 17 August 2022 16:30
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 68–87 | Spain |
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 17 August 2022 18:45
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 79–68 | Turkey |
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 17 August 2022 21:00
* Boxscore
| Israel | 67–75 | Greece |
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

### 5th–8th place semifinals

* 19 August 2022 14:15
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 78–90 | Israel |
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 19 August 2022 16:30
* Boxscore
| Italy | 72–57 | Slovenia |
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

### 7th place match

* 20 August 2022 18:15
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 46–67 | Slovenia |
* SRC Kale, Skopje

### 5th place match

* 20 August 2022 14:15
* Boxscore
| Israel | 89–75 | Italy |
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

### Championship semifinals

* 19 August 2022 18:45
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 77–61 | Greece |
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 19 August 2022 21:00
* Boxscore
| France | 64–78 | Spain |
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

### 3rd place match

* 20 August 2022 18:45
* Boxscore
| Greece | 46–65 | France |
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

### Final

* 20 August 2022 21:00
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 77–68 | Spain |
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Lithuania | 7–0 |
| | Spain | 5–2 |
| | France | 5–2 |
| 4 | Greece | 5–2 |
| 5 | Israel | 4–3 |
| 6 | Italy | 5–2 |
| 7 | Slovenia | 4–3 |
| 8 | Turkey | 3–4 |
| 9 | Montenegro | 3–4 |
| 10 | Latvia | 2–5 |
| 11 | Poland | 3–4 |
| 12 | North Macedonia | 2–5 |
| 13 | Serbia | 4–3 |
| 14 | Croatia | 3–4 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 1–6 |
| 16 | Denmark | 0–7 |
* Relegated to the 2023 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player
* Mario Saint-Supery
All-Tournament Team
* Mario Saint-Supery
* Nojus Indrusaitis
* Ben Saraf
* Mohamed Diakité
* Neoklis Avdalas
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