# 2023 FIBA U16 European Championship

The 2023 FIBA U16 European Championship was the 35th edition of the European basketball championship for men's national under-16 teams. The tournament was played from 5 to 13 August 2023 in Skopje, North Macedonia. The top five teams qualified for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup in Turkey besides Turkey who automatically qualified as host.

## Participating teams

* Belgium (Third place, 2022 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
* Finland (Runners-up, 2022 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
* France
* Germany (Winners, 2022 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
* Greece
* Israel
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Montenegro
* North Macedonia
* Poland
* Serbia
* Slovenia
* Spain
* Turkey

## First round

The draw of the first round was held on 14 February 2023 in Freising, Germany.
In the first round, the teams were drawn into four groups of four. All teams advanced to the playoffs.
All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 272 | 211 | +61 | 6 |
| 2 | Slovenia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 232 | 210 | +22 | 5 |
| 3 | Montenegro | 3 | 1 | 2 | 215 | 243 | −28 | 4 |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 3 | 199 | 254 | −55 | 3 |
* 5 August 2023 13:30
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 84–67 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–12, 19–19, 21–15, 15–20 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 5 August 2023 16:00
* Boxscore
| Italy | 101–68 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–22, 28–16, 29–16, 22–14 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 6 August 2023 13:30
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 60–74 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 23–29, 10–15, 14–11 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 6 August 2023 21:00
* Boxscore
| Montenegro | 69–88 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–19, 23–25, 15–24, 20–20 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 7 August 2023 16:00
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 74–83 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–24, 21–21, 22–13, 14–25 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 7 August 2023 21:00
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 71–79 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 23–16, 18–27, 19–23 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 270 | 194 | +76 | 6 |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 1 | 286 | 219 | +67 | 5 |
| 3 | North Macedonia (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 171 | 265 | −94 | 4 |
| 4 | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 3 | 166 | 215 | −49 | 3 |
* 5 August 2023 18:30
* Boxscore
| North Macedonia | 63–57 | Belgium |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 12–13, 14–16, 17–10 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 5 August 2023 21:00
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 102–94 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–25, 24–28, 25–17, 30–24 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 6 August 2023 16:00
* Boxscore
| Belgium | 48–73 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 14–25, 10–11, 10–17 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 6 August 2023 18:30
* Boxscore
| France | 113–56 | North Macedonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 33–13, 27–14, 26–10 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 7 August 2023 13:30
* Boxscore
| France | 79–61 | Belgium |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 10–17, 23–6, 20–23 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 7 August 2023 18:30
* Boxscore
| North Macedonia | 52–95 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–23, 10–15, 17–32, 9–25 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 281 | 176 | +105 | 6 |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 218 | 181 | +37 | 5 |
| 3 | Israel | 3 | 1 | 2 | 186 | 226 | −40 | 4 |
| 4 | Finland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 160 | 262 | −102 | 3 |
* 5 August 2023 13:30
* Boxscore
| Germany | 96–57 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–5, 25–18, 26–21, 21–13 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 5 August 2023 16:00
* Boxscore
| Israel | 61–116 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–31, 13–36, 15–28, 22–21 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 6 August 2023 13:30
* Boxscore
| Finland | 51–69 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 18–17, 6–22, 11–15 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 6 August 2023 21:00
* Boxscore
| Spain | 68–63 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 13–12, 18–12, 17–15 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 7 August 2023 16:00
* Boxscore
| Germany | 59–56 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–13, 9–7, 23–17, 16–19 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 7 August 2023 18:30
* Boxscore
| Spain | 97–52 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 34–12, 21–13, 24–10, 18–17 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Greece | 3 | 3 | 0 | 232 | 199 | +33 | 6 |
| 2 | Serbia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 219 | 177 | +42 | 5 |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 213 | 221 | −8 | 4 |
| 4 | Latvia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 187 | 254 | −67 | 3 |
* 5 August 2023 18:30
* Boxscore
| Latvia | 60–94 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–21, 16–24, 14–22, 20–27 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 5 August 2023 21:00
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 55–75 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 8–9, 14–23, 18–19 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 6 August 2023 16:00
* Boxscore
| Greece | 77–71 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–19, 14–20, 15–12, 26–20 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 6 August 2023 18:30
* Boxscore
| Poland | 46–81 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–16, 8–23, 15–18, 13–24 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 7 August 2023 13:30
* Boxscore
| Latvia | 56–83 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 22–17, 11–26, 10–25 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 7 August 2023 21:00
* Boxscore
| Greece | 80–73 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–19, 16–17, 15–14, 26–23 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje

## Playoff brackets
### Main bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 9 August | 9 August | | | | | | |
| Italy | 102 | | | | | | |
| Italy | 102 | 10 August | 10 August | | | | | |
| Belgium | 72 | 10 August | 10 August | | | | |
| Belgium | 72 | Italy | 75 | | | | |
| 9 August | 9 August | | Italy | 75 | | | | |
| 9 August | 9 August | Germany | 56 | | | | |
| Germany | 80 | Germany | 56 | | | | |
| Germany | 80 | | | | 12 August | 12 August | | |
| Poland | 47 | | | | 12 August | 12 August | |
| Poland | 47 | | | | Italy | 77 | |
| 9 August | 9 August | | | | | Italy | 77 | |
| 9 August | 9 August | | | | France | 63 | |
| France | 91 | | | | France | 63 | |
| France | 91 | 10 August | 10 August | | | | | |
| Montenegro | 50 | 10 August | 10 August | | | | |
| Montenegro | 50 | France | 86 | | | | |
| 9 August | 9 August | | France | 86 | | | | |
| 9 August | 9 August | Greece | 72 | | | | |
| Greece | 81 | Greece | 72 | | | | |
| Greece | 81 | | | | | | | 13 August | 13 August |
| Finland | 70 | | | | | | | 13 August | 13 August |
| Finland | 70 | | | | | | | Italy | 68 |
| 9 August | 9 August | | | | | | | | Italy | 68 |
| 9 August | 9 August | | | | | | | Spain | 77 |
| Slovenia | 100 | | | | | | | Spain | 77 |
| Slovenia | 100 | 10 August | 10 August | | | | | | |
| North Macedonia | 65 | 10 August | 10 August | | | | | | |
| North Macedonia | 65 | Slovenia | 79 | | | | | | |
| 9 August | 9 August | | Slovenia | 79 | | | | | | |
| 9 August | 9 August | Spain | 82 | | | | | | |
| Spain | 100 | Spain | 82 | | | | | | |
| Spain | 100 | | | | 12 August | 12 August | | | | |
| Latvia | 48 | | | | 12 August | 12 August | | | |
| Latvia | 48 | | | | Spain | 80 | | | |
| 9 August | 9 August | | | | | Spain | 80 | | | |
| 9 August | 9 August | | | | Lithuania | 63 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Lithuania | 73 | | | | Lithuania | 63 | | 3rd place match | 3rd place match |
| Lithuania | 73 | 10 August | 10 August | | | | | 13 August | 13 August |
| Turkey | 66 | 10 August | 10 August | | | | | 13 August | 13 August |
| Turkey | 66 | Lithuania | 66 | | | | | France | 88 |
| 9 August | 9 August | | Lithuania | 66 | | | | | France | 88 |
| 9 August | 9 August | Serbia | 63 | | | | | Lithuania | 62 |
| Serbia | 70 | Serbia | 63 | | | | | Lithuania | 62 |
| Israel | 64 | | | | | | | | |

### 5th place bracket

| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th place match | 5th place match |
| 12 August | 12 August |
| Germany | 79 |
| Germany | 79 | 13 August | 13 August |
| Greece | 73 | 13 August | 13 August |
| Greece | 73 | Germany | 65 |
| 12 August | 12 August | | Germany | 65 |
| 12 August | 12 August | Slovenia | 52 |
| Slovenia | 74 | Slovenia | 52 |
| Serbia | 72 | | |
| Serbia | 72 | 7th place match | 7th place match |
| | | 13 August | 13 August |
| | | Greece | 60 |
| | | Serbia | 71 |

### 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 |
| 10 August | 10 August | | | |
| Belgium | 58 | | | |
| Belgium | 58 | 12 August | 12 August | | |
| Poland | 76 | 12 August | 12 August | |
| Poland | 76 | Poland | 79 | |
| 10 August | 10 August | | Poland | 79 | |
| 10 August | 10 August | Finland | 49 | |
| Montenegro | 65 | Finland | 49 | |
| Montenegro | 65 | | | | 13 August | 13 August |
| Finland | 74 | | | | 13 August | 13 August |
| Finland | 74 | | | | Poland | 61 |
| 10 August | 10 August | | | | | Poland | 61 |
| 10 August | 10 August | | | | Turkey | 54 |
| North Macedonia | 46 | | | | Turkey | 54 |
| North Macedonia | 46 | 12 August | 12 August | | | |
| Latvia | 57 | 12 August | 12 August | | | |
| Latvia | 57 | Latvia | 57 | | | |
| 10 August | 10 August | | Latvia | 57 | | | |
| 10 August | 10 August | Turkey | 75 | | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| Turkey | 85 | Turkey | 75 | | 11th place match | 11th place match |
| Turkey | 85 | | | | 13 August | 13 August |
| Israel | 49 | | | | 13 August | 13 August |
| Israel | 49 | | | | Finland | 63 |
| | | | | | Latvia | 73 |

### 13th place bracket

| 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th place match | 13th place match |
| 12 August | 12 August |
| Belgium | 70 |
| Belgium | 70 | 13 August | 13 August |
| Montenegro | 83 | 13 August | 13 August |
| Montenegro | 83 | Montenegro | 63 |
| 12 August | 12 August | | Montenegro | 63 |
| 12 August | 12 August | Israel | 81 |
| North Macedonia | 48 | Israel | 81 |
| Israel | 71 | | |
| Israel | 71 | 15th place match | 15th place match |
| | | 13 August | 13 August |
| | | Belgium | 90 |
| | | North Macedonia | 72 |

## Playoff results
### Round of 16

* 9 August 2023 13:30
* Boxscore
| France | 91–50 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–13, 28–7, 21–18, 20–12 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 9 August 2023 13:30
* Boxscore
| Germany | 80–47 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–7, 27–9, 29–10, 8–21 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 9 August 2023 16:00
* Boxscore
| Italy | 102–72 | Belgium |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–17, 32–22, 32–16, 13–17 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 9 August 2023 16:00
* Boxscore
| Greece | 81–70 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–16, 17–17, 19–19, 18–18 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 9 August 2023 18:30
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 100–65 | North Macedonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–10, 31–18, 15–22, 29–15 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 9 August 2023 18:30
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 70–64 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–22, 21–20, 22–9, 12–13 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 9 August 2023 21:00
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 73–66 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–10, 18–16, 10–12, 20–28 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 9 August 2023 21:00
* Boxscore
| Spain | 100–48 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 26–18, 24–4, 25–13, 25–13 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje

### 9th–16th place quarterfinals

* 10 August 2023 13:30
* Boxscore
| Belgium | 58–76 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–21, 14–18, 21–13, 15–24 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 10 August 2023 16:00
* Boxscore
| Montenegro | 65–74 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–15, 18–26, 24–11, 12–22 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 10 August 2023 18:30
* Boxscore
| North Macedonia | 46–57 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–17, 18–12, 12–20, 6–8 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 10 August 2023 21:00
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 85–49 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 25–10, 22–17, 24–11 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje

### 13th–16th place semifinals

* 12 August 2023 13:30
* Boxscore
| Belgium | 70–83 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–16, 20–30, 9–19, 22–18 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 12 August 2023 16:00
* Boxscore
| North Macedonia | 48–71 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–21, 8–18, 20–15, 9–17 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje

### 15th place match

* 13 August 2023 11:00
* Boxscore
| Belgium | 90–72 | North Macedonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–17, 20–18, 24–16, 25–21 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje

### 13th place match

* 13 August 2023 16:00
* Boxscore
| Montenegro | 63–81 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 18–23, 11–27, 17–10 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

### 9th–12th place semifinals

* 12 August 2023 18:30
* Boxscore
| Poland | 79–49 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–16, 31–9, 19–8, 14–16 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje
* 12 August 2023 21:00
* Boxscore
| Latvia | 57–75 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–18, 13–15, 13–24, 17–18 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje

### 11th place match

* 13 August 2023 16:00
* Boxscore
| Finland | 63–73 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–12, 19–12, 19–28, 14–21 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje

### 9th place match

* 13 August 2023 18:30
* Boxscore
| Poland | 61–54 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 21–15, 20–11, 10–15 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje

### Championship quarterfinals

* 10 August 2023 13:30
* Boxscore
| Italy | 75–56 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–11, 21–21, 16–18, 16–6 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 10 August 2023 16:00
* Boxscore
| France | 86–72 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–13, 23–23, 19–17, 16–19 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 10 August 2023 18:30
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 79–82 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–15, 17–24, 26–22, 14–21 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 10 August 2023 21:00
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 66–63 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–17, 12–14, 18–15, 24–17 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

### 5th–8th place semifinals

* 12 August 2023 13:30
* Boxscore
| Germany | 79–73 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–21, 16–21, 25–12, 22–19 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 12 August 2023 16:00
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 74–72 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–9, 25–23, 19–17, 21–23 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

### 7th place match

* 13 August 2023 13:30
* Boxscore
| Greece | 60–71 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–15, 13–16, 12–19, 16–21 |||
* SRC Kale, Skopje

### 5th place match

* 13 August 2023 13:30
* Boxscore
| Germany | 65–52 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–15, 8–10, 21–11, 20–16 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

### Championship semifinals

* 12 August 2023 18:30
* Boxscore
| Italy | 77–63 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–20, 19–15, 16–9, 24–19 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje
* 12 August 2023 21:00
* Boxscore
| Spain | 80–63 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 8–17, 25–20, 20–7 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

### 3rd place match

* 13 August 2023 18:30
* Boxscore
| France | 88–62 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–10, 27–15, 19–21, 22–16 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

### Final

* 13 August 2023 21:00
* Boxscore
| Italy | 68–77 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–22, 13–19, 15–12, 21–24 |||
* Boris Trajkovski Sports Center, Skopje

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Spain | 7–0 |
| | Italy | 6–1 |
| | France | 5–2 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 5–2 |
| 5 | Germany | 5–2 |
| 6 | Slovenia | 4–3 |
| 7 | Serbia | 3–4 |
| 8 | Greece | 4–3 |
| 9 | Poland | 4–3 |
| 10 | Turkey | 2–5 |
| 11 | Latvia | 2–5 |
| 12 | Finland | 1–6 |
| 13 | Israel | 3–4 |
| 14 | Montenegro | 2–5 |
| 15 | Belgium | 1–6 |
| 16 | North Macedonia | 1–6 |
* Qualified for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup
* Qualified for the 2024 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup as the host nation
* Relegated to the 2024 FIBA U16 EuroBasket Division B