# 2017 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B

The 2017 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B was played in Sofia, Bulgaria, from 10 to 19 August 2017. 24 teams participated in the competition. Greece won the competition without losing a single game and won the promotion to Division A. Netherlands and Georgia also gained promotion.

## Participating teams

* Belarus
* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (14th place, 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship Division A)
* Bulgaria
* Cyprus (Winners, 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship Division C)
* Czech Republic
* Denmark
* Georgia
* Great Britain
* Greece (16th place, 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship Division A)
* Hungary
* Iceland
* Ireland
* Kosovo
* Luxembourg
* Macedonia
* Netherlands
* Norway
* Poland (15th place, 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship Division A)
* Portugal
* Romania
* Slovakia
* Switzerland
* Ukraine

## First round

In this round, twenty-four teams are allocated in four groups of six teams each. First two teams advance to the Final round and other teams advance to Classification for 9th–24th place.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Team advances to |
| 1 | Greece | 5 | 5 | 0 | 485 | 295 | +190 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Belgium | 5 | 4 | 1 | 422 | 300 | +122 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Belarus | 5 | 3 | 2 | 357 | 379 | −22 | 8 | 9th–16th place classification |
| 4 | Iceland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 363 | 357 | +6 | 7 | 9th–16th place classification |
| 5 | Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 4 | 295 | 437 | −142 | 6 | 17th–24th place classification |
| 6 | Romania | 5 | 0 | 5 | 270 | 424 | −154 | 5 | 17th–24th place classification |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Team advances to |
| 1 | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 391 | 231 | +160 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Ukraine | 5 | 3 | 2 | 346 | 280 | +66 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Poland | 5 | 3 | 2 | 353 | 300 | +53 | 8 | 9th–16th place classification |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 5 | 3 | 2 | 336 | 335 | +1 | 8 | 9th–16th place classification |
| 5 | Denmark | 5 | 1 | 4 | 292 | 422 | −130 | 6 | 17th–24th place classification |
| 6 | Cyprus | 5 | 0 | 5 | 262 | 412 | −150 | 5 | 17th–24th place classification |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Team advances to |
| 1 | Czech Republic | 5 | 5 | 0 | 343 | 274 | +69 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Hungary | 5 | 4 | 1 | 323 | 284 | +39 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 5 | 3 | 2 | 390 | 350 | +40 | 8 | 9th–16th place classification |
| 4 | Ireland | 5 | 2 | 3 | 336 | 326 | +10 | 7 | 9th–16th place classification |
| 5 | Slovakia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 295 | 303 | −8 | 6 | 17th–24th place classification |
| 6 | Norway | 5 | 0 | 5 | 254 | 404 | −150 | 5 | 17th–24th place classification |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Team advances to |
| 1 | Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 0 | 377 | 242 | +135 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Georgia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 380 | 283 | +97 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Portugal | 5 | 3 | 2 | 318 | 309 | +9 | 8 | 9th–16th place classification |
| 4 | Macedonia | 5 | 2 | 3 | 290 | 369 | −79 | 7 | 9th–16th place classification |
| 5 | Kosovo | 5 | 1 | 4 | 269 | 314 | −45 | 6 | 17th–24th place classification |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 5 | 0 | 5 | 258 | 375 | −117 | 5 | 17th–24th place classification |

## Final round
### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 17 August | 17 August | | | |
| Greece | 78 | | | |
| Greece | 78 | 18 August | 18 August | | |
| Ukraine | 63 | 18 August | 18 August | |
| Ukraine | 63 | Greece | 75 | |
| 17 August | 17 August | | Greece | 75 | |
| 17 August | 17 August | Great Britain | 72 | |
| Great Britain | 85 | Great Britain | 72 | |
| Great Britain | 85 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Hungary | 54 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Hungary | 54 | | | | Greece | 74 |
| 17 August | 17 August | | | | | Greece | 74 |
| 17 August | 17 August | | | | Netherlands | 60 |
| Netherlands | 65 | | | | Netherlands | 60 |
| Netherlands | 65 | 18 August | 18 August | | | |
| Belgium | 51 | 18 August | 18 August | | | |
| Belgium | 51 | Netherlands | 67 | | | |
| 17 August | 17 August | | Netherlands | 67 | | | |
| 17 August | 17 August | Georgia | 62 | | Third place | Third place |
| Czech Republic | 51 | Georgia | 62 | | Third place | Third place |
| Czech Republic | 51 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Georgia | 65 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Georgia | 65 | | | | Great Britain | 63 |
| | | | | | Georgia | 64 |

#### 5th–8th place bracket

| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th place game | 5th place game |
| 18 August | 18 August |
| Ukraine | 73 |
| Ukraine | 73 | 19 August | 19 August |
| Hungary | 59 | 19 August | 19 August |
| Hungary | 59 | Ukraine | 76 |
| 18 August | 18 August | | Ukraine | 76 |
| 18 August | 18 August | Belgium | 71 |
| Belgium | 88 | Belgium | 71 |
| Czech Republic | 70 | | |
| Czech Republic | 70 | 7th place game | 7th place game |
| | | 19 August | 19 August |
| | | Hungary | 63 |
| | | Czech Republic | 60 |

### Quarterfinals

* 17 August 2017 13:45
* Boxscore
| Greece | 78–63 | Ukraine |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–12, 21–29, 17–12, 21–10 |||
| Pts: N. Rogkavopoulos 28 Rebs: N. Rogkavopoulos 8 Asts: D. Klonaras 5 | | Pts: O. Kovliar 17 Rebs: I. Serheiev 10 Asts: I. Zaiets 3 |
* Universiada Hall, Sofia Referees: Martin Horozov (BUL), Janusz Calik (POL), Carlos Peralta (ECU)
* 17 August 2017 16:00
* Boxscore
| Great Britain | 85–54 | Hungary |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 21–14, 18–14, 23–10 |||
| Pts: C. Feeney 17 Rebs: M. Okros 9 Asts: M. Okros 4 | | Pts: T. Pallai 10 Rebs: A. Balsay 5 Asts: P. Veraszto 3 |
* Universiada Hall, Sofia Referees: Haris Bijedić (BIH), Jayson Anthony Steill (CAN), Miroslav Tomov (BUL)
* 17 August 2017 18:15
* Boxscore
| Netherlands | 65–51 | Belgium |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–16, 14–7, 18–8, 22–20 |||
| Pts: K. van der Vuurst de Vries 18 Rebs: R. Mast 13 Asts: J. Bergens 4 | | Pts: N. De Ridder 14 Rebs: H. Bratanovic 15 Asts: S. Dibongue Swenson 2 |
* Universiada Hall, Sofia Referees: Zdenko Tomasevic (SVK), Sebastien Clivaz (SUI), Petar Denkovski (MKD)
* 17 August 2017 20:30
* Boxscore
| Czech Republic | 51–65 | Georgia |
| Scoring by quarter: 7–16, 18–19, 9–17, 17–13 |||
| Pts: N. Noumeros 14 Rebs: M. Houser 6 Asts: M. Houser 2 | | Pts: R. Andronikashvili 16 Rebs: V. Tavakarashvili 16 Asts: V. Tavakarashvili 5 |
* Universiada Hall, Sofia Referees: Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE), Simon Unsworth (GBR)

### Semifinals

* 18 August 2017 18:15
* Boxscore
| Greece | 75–52 | Great Britain |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–6, 16–15, 14–19, 21–12 |||
| Pts: N. Rogkavopoulos 16 Rebs: A. Tsoumanis 14 Asts: K. Vlasios 4 | | Pts: M. Okros 14 Rebs: T. Hughes 9 Asts: C. Feeney 6 |
* Universiada Hall, Sofia Referees: Zdravko Rutešić (MNE), Petar Denkovski (MKD), Zdenko Tomasevic (SVK)
* 18 August 2017 20:30
* Boxscore
| Netherlands | 67–62 | Georgia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–15, 10–13, 12–17, 25–17 |||
| Pts: K. van der Vuurst de Vries 18 Rebs: R. Mast 17 Asts: J. Bergens 6 | | Pts: R. Andronikashvili 19 Rebs: I. Sulkhanishvili 8 Asts: L. Mikeladze 3 |
* Universiada Hall, Sofia Referees: Haris Bijedić (BIH), Janusz Calik (POL), Carlos Peralta (ECU)

### Bronze medal game

* 19 August 2017 18:15
* Boxscore
| Great Britain | 63–64 | Georgia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–4, 20–21, 5–27, 18–12 |||
| Pts: M. Okros 25 Rebs: M. Okros 9 Asts: M. Okros 4 | | Pts: B. Peikrishvili 21 Rebs: L. Mikeladze 8 Asts: R. Andronikashvili 7 |
* Universiada Hall, Sofia Referees: Haris Bijedić (BIH), Janusz Calik (POL), Georgios Poursanidis (GRE)

### Final

* 19 August 2017 20:30
* Boxscore
| Greece | 74–60 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 19–16, 14–3, 21–22 |||
| Pts: N. Rogkavopoulos 21 Rebs: A. Tsoumanis 10 Asts: K. Vlasios 5 | | Pts: R. Mast 16 Rebs: J. Visser 10 Asts: K. van der Vuurst de Vries 6 |
* Universiada Hall, Sofia Referees: Martin Horozov (BUL), Petar Denkovski (MKD), Zdenko Tomasevic (SVK)

## 9th–24th place classification
### 9th–16th place bracket

| 9th–16th place quarterfinals | 9th–16th place quarterfinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | | 9th place game | 9th place game |
| 17 August | 17 August | | | |
| Belarus | 71 | | | |
| Belarus | 71 | 18 August | 18 August | | |
| Bulgaria | 65 | 18 August | 18 August | |
| Bulgaria | 65 | Belarus | 87 | |
| 17 August | 17 August | | Belarus | 87 | |
| 17 August | 17 August | Ireland | 58 | |
| Portugal | 63 | Ireland | 58 | |
| Portugal | 63 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Ireland | 77 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Ireland | 77 | | | | Belarus | 82 |
| 17 August | 17 August | | | | | Belarus | 82 |
| 17 August | 17 August | | | | Poland | 73 |
| Poland | 62 | | | | Poland | 73 |
| Poland | 62 | 18 August | 18 August | | | |
| Iceland | 58 | 18 August | 18 August | | | |
| Iceland | 58 | Poland | 82 | | | |
| 17 August | 17 August | | Poland | 82 | | | |
| 17 August | 17 August | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 54 | | 11th place game | 11th place game |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 82 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 54 | | 11th place game | 11th place game |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 82 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Macedonia | 67 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Macedonia | 67 | | | | Ireland | 83 |
| | | | | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 78 |

#### 13th–16th place bracket

| 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th place game | 13th place game |
| 18 August | 18 August |
| Bulgaria | 60 |
| Bulgaria | 60 | 19 August | 19 August |
| Portugal | 55 | 19 August | 19 August |
| Portugal | 55 | Bulgaria | 64 |
| 18 August | 18 August | | Bulgaria | 64 |
| 18 August | 18 August | Iceland | 71 |
| Iceland | 70 | Iceland | 71 |
| Macedonia | 66 | | |
| Macedonia | 66 | 15th place game | 15th place game |
| | | 19 August | 19 August |
| | | Portugal | 50 |
| | | Macedonia | 56 |

### 17th–24th place bracket

| 17th–24th place quarterfinals | 17th–24th place quarterfinals | 17th–20th place semifinals | 17th–20th place semifinals | | 17th place game | 17th place game |
| 17 August | 17 August | | | |
| Switzerland | 61 | | | |
| Switzerland | 61 | 18 August | 18 August | | |
| Cyprus | 51 | 18 August | 18 August | |
| Cyprus | 51 | Switzerland | 71 | |
| 17 August | 17 August | | Switzerland | 71 | |
| 17 August | 17 August | Kosovo | 65 | |
| Kosovo | 66 | Kosovo | 65 | |
| Kosovo | 66 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Norway | 49 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Norway | 49 | | | | Switzerland | 98 |
| 17 August | 17 August | | | | | Switzerland | 98 |
| 17 August | 17 August | | | | Denmark | 74 |
| Denmark | 78 | | | | Denmark | 74 |
| Denmark | 78 | 18 August | 18 August | | | |
| Romania | 74 | 18 August | 18 August | | | |
| Romania | 74 | Denmark | 75 | | | |
| 17 August | 17 August | | Denmark | 75 | | | |
| 17 August | 17 August | Luxembourg | 68 | | 19th place game | 19th place game |
| Slovakia | 54 | Luxembourg | 68 | | 19th place game | 19th place game |
| Slovakia | 54 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Luxembourg | 59 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Luxembourg | 59 | | | | Kosovo | 64 |
| | | | | | Luxembourg | 55 |

#### 21st–24th place bracket

| 21st–24th place semifinals | 21st–24th place semifinals | 21st place game | 21st place game |
| 18 August | 18 August |
| Cyprus | 60 |
| Cyprus | 60 | 19 August | 19 August |
| Norway | 51 | 19 August | 19 August |
| Norway | 51 | Cyprus | 53 |
| 18 August | 18 August | | Cyprus | 53 |
| 18 August | 18 August | Romania | 72 |
| Romania | 69 | Romania | 72 |
| Slovakia | 64 | | |
| Slovakia | 64 | 23rd place game | 23rd place game |
| | | 19 August | 19 August |
| | | Norway | 65 |
| | | Slovakia | 72 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Greece | 7–0 |
| | Netherlands | 5–2 |
| | Georgia | 5–2 |
| 4 | Great Britain | 2–5 |
| 5 | Ukraine | 4–3 |
| 6 | Belgium | 4–3 |
| 7 | Hungary | 4–3 |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 3–4 |
| 9 | Belarus | 5–2 |
| 10 | Poland | 5–2 |
| 11 | Ireland | 4–3 |
| 12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–6 |
| 13 | Iceland | 4–3 |
| 14 | Bulgaria | 1–6 |
| 15 | Macedonia | 1–6 |
| 16 | Portugal | 1–6 |
| 17 | Switzerland | 3–4 |
| 18 | Denmark | 5–2 |
| 19 | Kosovo | 5–2 |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 4–3 |
| 21 | Romania | 1–6 |
| 22 | Cyprus | 4–3 |
| 23 | Slovakia | 1–6 |
| 24 | Norway | 1–6 |
* Promoted to the 2018 FIBA U16 European Championship Division A.

## Awards

* FIBA U16 European Championship Division B MVP
* Nikos Rogkavopoulos