# 2016 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship

The 2016 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship was the 15th edition of the Women's U-20 European basketball championship. 16 teams participated in the competition, which was played in Matosinhos, Portugal, from 9 to 17 July 2016.
Spain won their sixth gold in the competition history, beating Italy in the final 71–69.

## Venues

* Centro de Desportos e Congressos, Matosinhos
* Pavilhao Municipal de Guiföes, Matosinhos
* Custoias Arena, Custoias

## Participating teams

* Belgium
* Bosnia and Herzegovina (Winners, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B)
* France
* Germany
* Greece (Runners-up, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B)
* Italy
* Latvia
* Netherlands
* Poland
* Portugal
* Russia
* Serbia
* Slovakia
* Spain
* Sweden (3rd place, 2015 FIBA Europe Under-20 Championship for Women Division B)
* Turkey

## Preliminary round

In this round, the 16 teams are allocated in four groups of four teams each. All teams advance to the playoff round of 16.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 209 | 149 | +60 | 5 |
| 2 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 1 | 232 | 204 | +28 | 5 |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 179 | 183 | −4 | 5 |
| 4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3 | 0 | 3 | 169 | 253 | −84 | 3 |
* 9 July 2016
| Spain | 56–36 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 14-8, 12-10, 14-8, 16-10 |||
* 9 July 2016
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 67–94 | Portugal |
| Scoring by quarter: 21-21, 10-25, 20-19, 16-29 |||
* 10 July 2016
| Poland | 66–53 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Scoring by quarter: 25-11, 12-14, 14-12, 15-16 |||
* 10 July 2016
| Portugal | 64–60 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 13-10, 2-19, 21-12, 28-19 |||
* 12 July 2016
| Spain | 93–49 | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Scoring by quarter: 23-15, 21-14, 27-11, 22-9 |||
* 12 July 2016
| Portugal | 74–77 | Poland |
| Scoring by quarter: 16-14, 21-15, 13-31, 24-17 |||

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 3 | 0 | 189 | 151 | +38 | 6 |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 186 | 182 | +4 | 5 |
| 3 | Serbia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 175 | 183 | −8 | 4 |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 3 | 168 | 202 | −34 | 3 |
* 9 July 2016
| Germany | 54–61 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-21, 15-11, 9-17, 15-12 |||
* 9 July 2016
| Serbia | 73–52 | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter: 13-23, 20-15, 24-4, 16-10 |||
* 10 July 2016
| Italy | 68–41 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19-12, 20-8, 9-10, 20-11 |||
* 10 July 2016
| Sweden | 60–69 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 19-19, 4-18, 14-13, 23-19 |||
* 12 July 2016
| Serbia | 61–63 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 11-25, 12-10, 20-14, 18-14 |||
* 12 July 2016
| Italy | 60–56 | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter: 18-11, 15-14, 16-16, 11-15 |||

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 187 | 151 | +36 | 6 |
| 2 | Greece | 3 | 1 | 2 | 218 | 214 | +4 | 4 |
| 3 | Latvia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 187 | 190 | −3 | 4 |
| 4 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 177 | 214 | −37 | 4 |
* 9 July 2016
| Latvia | 49–56 | Netherlands |
| Scoring by quarter: 7-17, 14-10, 17-12, 11-17 |||
* 9 July 2016
| France | 55–51 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 10-13, 20-15, 15-13, 10-10 |||
* 10 July 2016
| Netherlands | 41–65 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 11-20, 12-16, 9-11, 9-18 |||
* 10 July 2016
| Greece | 67–79 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17-15, 11-23, 16-18, 23-23 |||
* 12 July 2016
| France | 67–59 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20-20, 12-18, 20-8, 15-13 |||
* 12 July 2016
| Netherlands | 80–100 | Greece |
| Scoring by quarter: 28-22, 16-23, 17-24, 19-31 |||

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 204 | 165 | +39 | 6 |
| 2 | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 161 | 157 | +4 | 5 |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 2 | 158 | 164 | −6 | 4 |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 3 | 154 | 191 | −37 | 3 |
* 9 July 2016
| Russia | 71–56 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 22-13, 17-16, 16-19, 16-8 |||
* 9 July 2016
| Slovakia | 51–39 | Belgium |
| Scoring by quarter: 10-5, 10-8, 15-6, 16-20 |||
* 10 July 2016
| Belgium | 59–67 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 10-9, 18-24, 22-19, 9-15 |||
* 10 July 2016
| Turkey | 52–60 | Slovakia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-9, 9-15, 7-20, 21-16 |||
* 12 July 2016
| Russia | 66–50 | Slovakia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16-10, 22-13, 14-20, 14-7 |||
* 12 July 2016
| Belgium | 60–46 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 15-14, 14-6, 14-17, 17-9 |||

## Final round
### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 13 July | 13 July | | | | | | |
| Spain | 79 | | | | | | |
| Spain | 79 | 15 July | 15 July | | | | | |
| Sweden | 53 | 15 July | 15 July | | | | |
| Sweden | 53 | Spain | 58 | | | | |
| 13 July | 13 July | | Spain | 58 | | | | |
| 13 July | 13 July | Belgium | 50 | | | | |
| Greece | 58 | Belgium | 50 | | | | |
| Greece | 58 | | | | 16 July | 16 July | | |
| Belgium | 62 | | | | 16 July | 16 July | |
| Belgium | 62 | | | | Spain | 77 | |
| 13 July | 13 July | | | | | Spain | 77 | |
| 13 July | 13 July | | | | Russia | 61 | |
| Germany | 47 | | | | Russia | 61 | |
| Germany | 47 | 15 July | 15 July | | | | | |
| Poland | 63 | 15 July | 15 July | | | | |
| Poland | 63 | Poland | 55 | | | | |
| 13 July | 13 July | | Poland | 55 | | | | |
| 13 July | 13 July | Russia | 68 | | | | |
| Russia | 81 | Russia | 68 | | | | |
| Russia | 81 | | | | | | | 17 July | 17 July |
| Netherlands | 70 | | | | | | | 17 July | 17 July |
| Netherlands | 70 | | | | | | | Spain | 71 |
| 13 July | 13 July | | | | | | | | Spain | 71 |
| 13 July | 13 July | | | | | | | Italy | 69 |
| Portugal | 52 | | | | | | | Italy | 69 |
| Portugal | 52 | 15 July | 15 July | | | | | | |
| Serbia | 63 | 15 July | 15 July | | | | | | |
| Serbia | 63 | Serbia | 73 | | | | | | |
| 13 July | 13 July | | Serbia | 73 | | | | | | |
| 13 July | 13 July | France | 66 | | | | | | |
| France | 66 | France | 66 | | | | | | |
| France | 66 | | | | 16 July | 16 July | | | | |
| Turkey | 61 | | | | 16 July | 16 July | | | |
| Turkey | 61 | | | | Serbia | 60 | | | |
| 13 July | 13 July | | | | | Serbia | 60 | | | |
| 13 July | 13 July | | | | Italy | 63 | | Third place | Third place |
| Italy | 76 | | | | Italy | 63 | | Third place | Third place |
| Italy | 76 | 15 July | 15 July | | | | | 17 July | 17 July |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 69 | 15 July | 15 July | | | | | 17 July | 17 July |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 69 | Italy | 61 | | | | | Russia | 78 |
| 13 July | 13 July | | Italy | 61 | | | | | Russia | 78 |
| 13 July | 13 July | Latvia | 54 | | | | | Serbia | 72 |
| Slovakia | 42 | Latvia | 54 | | | | | Serbia | 72 |
| Latvia | 61 | | | | | | | | |

### Classification
#### 5th–8th place classification

| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 16 July | 16 July |
| Belgium | 75 |
| Belgium | 75 | 17 July | 17 July |
| Poland | 40 | 17 July | 17 July |
| Poland | 40 | Belgium | 70 |
| 16 July | 16 July | | Belgium | 70 |
| 16 July | 16 July | France | 69 |
| France | 67 | France | 69 |
| Latvia | 59 | | |
| Latvia | 59 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 17 July | 17 July |
| | | Poland | 67 |
| | | Latvia | 72 |

#### 9th–16th place classification

| 9th–16th place quarterfinals | 9th–16th place quarterfinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 15 July | 15 July | | | |
| Sweden | 63 | | | |
| Sweden | 63 | 16 July | 16 July | | |
| Greece | 58 | 16 July | 16 July | |
| Greece | 58 | Sweden | 58 | |
| 15 July | 15 July | | Sweden | 58 | |
| 15 July | 15 July | Netherlands | 62 | |
| Germany | 54 | Netherlands | 62 | |
| Germany | 54 | | | | 17 July | 17 July |
| Netherlands | 77 | | | | 17 July | 17 July |
| Netherlands | 77 | | | | Netherlands | 66 |
| 15 July | 15 July | | | | | Netherlands | 66 |
| 15 July | 15 July | | | | Portugal | 61 |
| Portugal | 50 | | | | Portugal | 61 |
| Portugal | 50 | 16 July | 16 July | | | |
| Turkey | 48 | 16 July | 16 July | | | |
| Turkey | 48 | Portugal | 67 | | | |
| 15 July | 15 July | | Portugal | 67 | | | |
| 15 July | 15 July | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47 | | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 47 | | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 73 | | | | 17 July | 17 July |
| Slovakia | 65 | | | | 17 July | 17 July |
| Slovakia | 65 | | | | Sweden | 61 |
| | | | | | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 80 |
| 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th place | 13th place |
| 16 July | 16 July |
| Greece | 52 |
| Greece | 52 | 17 July | 17 July |
| Germany | 47 | 17 July | 17 July |
| Germany | 47 | Greece | 65 |
| 16 July | 16 July | | Greece | 65 |
| 16 July | 16 July | Turkey | 67 |
| Turkey | 62 | Turkey | 67 |
| Slovakia | 59 | | |
| Slovakia | 59 | 15th place | 15th place |
| | | 17 July | 17 July |
| | | Germany | 37 |
| | | Slovakia | 52 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Spain | 6–1 |
| | Italy | 6–1 |
| | Russia | 6–1 |
| 4th | Serbia | 3–4 |
| 5th | Belgium | 4–3 |
| 6th | France | 5–2 |
| 7th | Latvia | 3–4 |
| 8th | Poland | 3–4 |
| 9th | Netherlands | 4–3 |
| 10th | Portugal | 4–3 |
| 11th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–5 |
| 12th | Sweden | 1–6 |
| 13th | Turkey | 2–5 |
| 14th | Greece | 2–5 |
| 15th | Slovakia | 3–4 |
| 16th | Germany | 2–5 |
* Relegated to the 2017 FIBA U20 Women's European Championship Division B

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player
* Cecilia Zandalasini

### All-Tournament Team

* Aleksandra Crvendakić
* Raisa Musina
* Julie Allemand
* Laura Quevedo
* Cecilia Zandalasini