# 2016 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries

The 2016 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries was the 14th edition of this tournament. It took place in Gibraltar from 28 June to 3 July 2016.
Malta won their third title in this event by beating Ireland in the final, 67–59.

## Teams

Six countries will join the tournament:
| Andorra  Gibraltar  Ireland | Malta  Moldova  Wales |

## Draw

The draw took place on 22 January 2016.
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 |
| Malta Wales | Gibraltar Moldova | Andorra Ireland |

## Preliminary round

    All times are CEST (UTC+2)

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ireland | 2 | 2 | 0 | 161 | 96 | +65 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Moldova | 2 | 1 | 1 | 120 | 129 | −9 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Wales | 2 | 0 | 2 | 95 | 151 | −56 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
* 28 June 16:00
* Boxscore
| Ireland | 84–43 | Wales |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–17, 22–12, 25–8, 18–6 |||
| Pts: Woods 19 Rebs: McDermott 10 Asts: McKenna 5 | | Pts: Shanahan 12 Rebs: Wagstaff 7 Asts: Shanahan 2 |
* Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Alessandro Martolini (ITA), Mariann Miklosik (SCO)
* 29 June 16:00
* Boxscore
| Moldova | 53–77 | Ireland |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–19, 12–27, 15–16, 11–15 |||
| Pts: Burlacova 14 Rebs: Gavrilita 9 Asts: Gavrilita 3 | | Pts: O'Leary 12 Rebs: Dwyer 7 Asts: O'Leary 6 |
* Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar Referees: Haydn Jones (WAL), Marek Maliszewski (POL), Antonio Zamora (AND)
* 30 June 16:00
* Boxscore
| Wales | 52–67 | Moldova |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–13, 7–13, 21–14, 14–27 |||
| Pts: Curson, Wagstaff 16 Rebs: four players 6 Asts: Shanahan 6 | | Pts: Gavrilita 25 Rebs: Burlacova 13 Asts: Burlacova, Gavrilita 3 |
* Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Samira Barrima (POR), Mariann Miklosik (SCO)

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Malta | 2 | 2 | 0 | 143 | 71 | +72 | 4 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Andorra | 2 | 1 | 1 | 96 | 115 | −19 | 3 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Gibraltar | 2 | 0 | 2 | 77 | 130 | −53 | 2 | Quarterfinals |
* 28 June 18:30
* Boxscore
| Gibraltar | 48–54 | Andorra |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–9, 9–16, 11–11, 14–18 |||
| Pts: Moreno 23 Rebs: Gomez 11 Asts: Moreno 4 | | Pts: Bastida 15 Rebs: Vicente 9 Asts: Carmona 6 |
* Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Samira Barrima (POR), Haydn Jones (WAL)
* 29 June 18:30
* Boxscore
| Andorra | 42–67 | Malta |
| Scoring by quarter: 5–18, 18–11, 10–22, 9–16 |||
| Pts: Brunet, Nun 11 Rebs: Vicente 7 Asts: five players 1 | | Pts: Grima 11 Rebs: Vella 8 Asts: Grima 5 |
* Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar Referees: Carlos Santos (POR), Antonio Conde (ESP), Alessandro Martolini (ITA)
* 30 June 18:30
* Boxscore
| Malta | 76–29 | Gibraltar |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–5, 20–7, 19–8, 21–9 |||
| Pts: De Martino 20 Rebs: Grima 13 Asts: Brincat 4 | | Pts: Moreno 12 Rebs: Moreno 8 Asts: six players 1 |
* Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar Referees: Carlos Santos (POR), Marek Maliszewski (POL), Antonio Zamora (AND)

## Final round

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| | | 2 July | 2 July | | |
| | | Ireland | 86 | |
| 1 July | 1 July | | Ireland | 86 | |
| 1 July | 1 July | Andorra | 45 | |
| Andorra | 55 | Andorra | 45 | |
| Andorra | 55 | | | | 3 July | 3 July |
| Wales | 48 | | | | 3 July | 3 July |
| Wales | 48 | | | | Ireland | 59 |
| | | | | | Malta | 67 |
| | | 2 July | 2 July | | | |
| | | Malta | 90 | | | |
| 1 July | 1 July | | Malta | 90 | | |
| 1 July | 1 July | Moldova | 30 | | Third place | Third place |
| Moldova | 75 | Moldova | 30 | | Third place | Third place |
| Moldova | 75 | | | | 3 July | 3 July |
| Gibraltar | 49 | | | | 3 July | 3 July |
| Gibraltar | 49 | | | | Andorra | 50 |
| | | | | | Moldova | 66 |

### Quarterfinals

* 1 July 16:00
* Boxscore
| Andorra | 55–48 | Wales |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–17, 9–17, 17–6, 9–8 |||
| Pts: Brunet 18 Rebs: Vicente 12 Asts: Brunet, Carmona 3 | | Pts: Shanahan 13 Rebs: Curson 9 Asts: Shanahan 6 |
* Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Marek Maliszewski (POL), Mariann Miklosik (SCO)
* 1 July 18:30
* Boxscore
| Moldova | 75–49 | Gibraltar |
| Scoring by quarter: 29–6, 17–14, 17–17, 12–12 |||
| Pts: Burlacova 17 Rebs: Căuşan 10 Asts: Căuşan 8 | | Pts: Moreno 16 Rebs: De la Chica 7 Asts: Moreno 3 |
* Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar Referees: Alessandro Martolini (ITA), Samira Barrima (POR), Antonio Zamora (AND)

### Semifinals

* 2 July 16:00
* Boxscore
| Malta | 90–30 | Moldova |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–10, 30–6, 19–6, 16–8 |||
| Pts: De Martino 25 Rebs: Pace 9 Asts: Pace 7 | | Pts: Gavrilita 10 Rebs: Sadskaia 7 Asts: Sureadnova 1 |
* Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar Referees: Antonio Conde (ESP), Haydn Jones (WAL), Marek Maliszewski (POL)
* 2 July 18:30
* Boxscore
| Ireland | 86–45 | Andorra |
| Scoring by quarter: 24–16, 19–9, 22–6, 21–14 |||
| Pts: McDermott 17 Rebs: McDermott 12 Asts: Rockall 5 | | Pts: Brunet 10 Rebs: Vicente 8 Asts: Brunet 2 |
* Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Mariann Miklosik (SCO), Carlos Santos (POR)

### Fifth place game

* 3 July 12:00
* Boxscore
| Gibraltar | 61–47 | Wales |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–11, 14–16, 14–7, 19–13 |||
| Pts: Reyes 23 Rebs: Reyes 11 Asts: Moreno 4 | | Pts: Curson 11 Rebs: Curson 15 Asts: Wagstaff 5 |
* Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar Referees: Alessandro Martolini (ITA), Samira Barrima (POR), Antonio Zamora (AND)

### Third place game

* 3 July 16:00
* Boxscore
| Andorra | 50–66 | Moldova |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 8–14, 9–10, 16–24 |||
| Pts: Brunet 21 Rebs: Pla, Vicente 7 Asts: Carmona 4 | | Pts: Gavrilita 25 Rebs: Verbitcaia 12 Asts: Verbitcaia 5 |
* Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar Referees: Haydn Jones (WAL), Marek Maliszewski (POL), Mariann Miklosik (SCO)

### Final

* 3 July 18:30
* Boxscore
| Ireland | 59–67 | Malta |
| Scoring by quarter: 27–19, 12–10, 11–22, 9–16 |||
| Pts: Rockall 14 Rebs: Rockall 9 Asts: Rockall 4 | | Pts: De Martino 16 Rebs: Vella 10 Asts: Pace 5 |
* Tercentenary Sports Hall, Gibraltar Referees: Ilija Belošević (SRB), Carlos Santos (POR), Antonio Zamora (AND)
* 2016 FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries winner
* Malta 3rd title

## Final ranking

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | Malta | 4–0 |
| | Ireland | 3–1 |
| | Moldova | 3–2 |
| 4 | Andorra | 2–3 |
| 5 | Gibraltar | 1–3 |
| 6 | Wales | 0–4 |