# 2017 FIBA U16 European Championship

The 2017 FIBA U16 European Championship was the 31st edition of the Under-16 European Basketball Championship. The tournament was held in Podgorica, Montenegro, from 11 to 19 August 2017. Sixteen (16) teams participated, including 2016 Division B top three finishers.

## Hosts selection

On 21 November 2016, FIBA Europe announced during their Board Meeting held in Istanbul, Turkey that Montenegro will be the organising country for the tournament.

## Participating teams

* Croatia
* Estonia
* Finland
* France
* Germany
* Israel (Runners-up, 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
* Italy
* Latvia
* Lithuania
* Montenegro
* Russia (Winners, 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
* Serbia
* Slovenia (3rd place, 2016 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
* Spain
* Sweden
* Turkey

## First round

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

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 1 | 187 | 160 | +27 | 5 |
| 2 | Israel | 3 | 2 | 1 | 208 | 205 | +3 | 5 |
| 3 | Serbia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 229 | 185 | +44 | 5 |
| 4 | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 158 | 232 | −74 | 3 |
* 1 2 3 Lithuania 1–1, +6PD; Israel 1–1, 0PD; Serbia 1–1, −6PD
* 11 August 16:00
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 54–56 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–8, 12–16, 11–17, 12–15 |||
| Pts: M. Blazevic 13 Rebs: M. Blazevic 9 Asts: N. Pankratjevas 4 | | Pts: M. Pavicevic 11 Rebs: D. Pazin 8 Asts: D. Pazin 2 |
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 150 Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Niz Haydn Jones Apostolos Kalpakas
* 11 August 18:15
* Boxscore
| Israel | 67–64 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 16–18, 13–20, 13–12 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
* 12 August 13:45
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 71–79 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–13, 13–24, 23–18, 19–24 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 12 August 16:00
* Boxscore
| Croatia | 42–63 | Lithuania |
| Scoring by quarter: 10–12, 14–25, 11–15, 7–11 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 13 August 13:45
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 70–62 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 13–18, 17–17, 22–10 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 13 August 16:00
* Boxscore
| Croatia | 52–102 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–32, 10–23, 12–27, 13–20 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Slovenia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 197 | 166 | +31 | 6 |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 209 | 177 | +32 | 5 |
| 3 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 2 | 206 | 224 | −18 | 4 |
| 4 | Finland | 3 | 0 | 3 | 170 | 215 | −45 | 3 |
* 11 August 18:15
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 65–87 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–24, 15–21, 14–14, 16–28 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 11 August 20:30
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 65–53 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–18, 13–16, 21–8, 11–11 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 12 August 16:00
* Boxscore
| Germany | 56–68 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–21, 12–20, 8–12, 22–15 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
* 12 August 18:15
* Boxscore
| Finland | 73–84 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 16–23, 12–16, 29–18 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
* 13 August 13:45
* Boxscore
| Finland | 44–66 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–21, 19–16, 13–18, 6–11 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
* 13 August 20:30
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 57–64 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 15–7, 5–16, 23–21 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 205 | 179 | +26 | 6 |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 215 | 185 | +30 | 5 |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 192 | 220 | −28 | 4 |
| 4 | Estonia | 3 | 0 | 3 | 194 | 222 | −28 | 3 |
* 11 August 13:45
* Boxscore
| Estonia | 71–74 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–17, 11–25, 25–22, 17–10 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 11 August 16:00
* Boxscore
| France | 64–59 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–9, 10–19, 19–15, 14–16 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 12 August 13:45
* Boxscore
| Russia | 61–63 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 11–20, 19–13, 13–18 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
* 12 August 20:30
* Boxscore
| Italy | 70–64 | Estonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 11–18, 20–16, 20–13, 19–17 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 13 August 16:00
* Boxscore
| France | 78–59 | Estonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–9, 17–17, 25–19, 19–14 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
* 13 August 18:15
* Boxscore
| Russia | 57–86 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–23, 8–22, 13–23, 19–18 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 280 | 211 | +69 | 5 |
| 2 | Latvia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 208 | 205 | +3 | 5 |
| 3 | Montenegro (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 220 | 201 | +19 | 5 |
| 4 | Sweden | 3 | 0 | 3 | 157 | 248 | −91 | 3 |
* 1 2 3 Spain 1–1, +20PD; Latvia 1–1, −7PD; Montenegro 1–1, −13PD
* 11 August 13:45
* Boxscore
| Spain | 91–70 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–15, 18–12, 30–18, 22–25 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
* 11 August 20:30
* Boxscore
| Sweden | 45–77 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–22, 12–17, 16–15, 9–23 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
* 12 August 18:15
* Boxscore
| Latvia | 58–48 | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–12, 13–7, 11–15, 16–14 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 12 August 20:30
* Boxscore
| Montenegro | 77–76 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–20, 14–24, 32–9, 17–23 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
* 13 August 16:00
* Boxscore
| Spain | 113–64 | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter: 28–11, 32–22, 27–14, 26–17 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 13 August 20:30
* Boxscore
| Montenegro | 66–80 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–14, 17–18, 15–16, 16–32 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

## Final round
### Bracket

| Round of 16 | Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 15 August | 15 August | | | | | | |
| Lithuania | 70 | | | | | | |
| Lithuania | 70 | 16 August | 16 August | | | | | |
| Finland | 58 | 16 August | 16 August | | | | |
| Finland | 58 | Lithuania | 74 | | | | |
| 15 August | 15 August | | Lithuania | 74 | | | | |
| 15 August | 15 August | Montenegro | 80 | | | | |
| Italy | 47 | Montenegro | 80 | | | | |
| Italy | 47 | | | | 18 August | 18 August | | |
| Montenegro | 68 | | | | 18 August | 18 August | |
| Montenegro | 68 | | | | Montenegro | 73 | |
| 15 August | 15 August | | | | | Montenegro | 73 | |
| 15 August | 15 August | | | | Serbia | 66 | |
| Germany | 55 | | | | Serbia | 66 | |
| Germany | 55 | 16 August | 16 August | | | | | |
| Serbia | 59 | 16 August | 16 August | | | | |
| Serbia | 59 | Serbia | 82 | | | | |
| 15 August | 15 August | | Serbia | 82 | | | | |
| 15 August | 15 August | Spain | 73 | | | | |
| Spain | 59 | Spain | 73 | | | | |
| Spain | 59 | | | | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Estonia | 54 | | | | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Estonia | 54 | | | | | | | Montenegro | 68 |
| 15 August | 15 August | | | | | | | | Montenegro | 68 |
| 15 August | 15 August | | | | | | | France | 75 |
| Israel | 66 | | | | | | | France | 75 |
| Israel | 66 | 16 August | 16 August | | | | | | |
| Turkey | 89 | 16 August | 16 August | | | | | | |
| Turkey | 89 | Turkey | 76 | | | | | | |
| 15 August | 15 August | | Turkey | 76 | | | | | | |
| 15 August | 15 August | France | 80 | | | | | | |
| France | 73 | France | 80 | | | | | | |
| France | 73 | | | | 18 August | 18 August | | | | |
| Sweden | 68 | | | | 18 August | 18 August | | | |
| Sweden | 68 | | | | France | 83 | | | |
| 15 August | 15 August | | | | | France | 83 | | | |
| 15 August | 15 August | | | | Croatia | 60 | | Third place | Third place |
| Slovenia | 65 | | | | Croatia | 60 | | Third place | Third place |
| Slovenia | 65 | 16 August | 16 August | | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Croatia | 76 | 16 August | 16 August | | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Croatia | 76 | Croatia | 71 | | | | | Serbia | 76 |
| 15 August | 15 August | | Croatia | 71 | | | | | Serbia | 76 |
| 15 August | 15 August | Latvia | 69 | | | | | Croatia | 71 |
| Latvia (OT) | 83 | Latvia | 69 | | | | | Croatia | 71 |
| Russia | 81 | | | | | | | | |

#### 5th–8th place bracket

| 5th–8th place semifinals | 5th–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 18 August | 18 August |
| Lithuania | 92 |
| Lithuania | 92 | 19 August | 19 August |
| Spain | 80 | 19 August | 19 August |
| Spain | 80 | Lithuania | 62 |
| 18 August | 18 August | | Lithuania | 62 |
| 18 August | 18 August | Turkey | 80 |
| Turkey | 79 | Turkey | 80 |
| Latvia | 73 | | |
| Latvia | 73 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 19 August | 19 August |
| | | Spain | 95 |
| | | Latvia | 77 |

#### 9th–16th place bracket

| 9th–16th place quarterfinals | 9th–16th place quarterfinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | 9th–12th place semifinals | | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 16 August | 16 August | | | |
| Finland | 49 | | | |
| Finland | 49 | 18 August | 18 August | | |
| Italy | 65 | 18 August | 18 August | |
| Italy | 65 | Italy | 65 | |
| 16 August | 16 August | | Italy | 65 | |
| 16 August | 16 August | Estonia | 53 | |
| Germany | 61 | Estonia | 53 | |
| Germany | 61 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Estonia | 68 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Estonia | 68 | | | | Italy | 73 |
| 16 August | 16 August | | | | | Italy | 73 |
| 16 August | 16 August | | | | Slovenia | 47 |
| Israel | 74 | | | | Slovenia | 47 |
| Israel | 74 | 18 August | 18 August | | | |
| Sweden | 66 | 18 August | 18 August | | | |
| Sweden | 66 | Israel | 59 | | | |
| 16 August | 16 August | | Israel | 59 | | | |
| 16 August | 16 August | Slovenia | 70 | | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| Slovenia | 78 | Slovenia | 70 | | Eleventh place | Eleventh place |
| Slovenia | 78 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Russia | 54 | | | | 19 August | 19 August |
| Russia | 54 | | | | Estonia | 78 |
| | | | | | Israel | 85 |

#### 13th–16th place bracket

| 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th–16th place semifinals | 13th place | 13th place |
| 18 August | 18 August |
| Finland | 62 |
| Finland | 62 | 19 August | 19 August |
| Germany | 75 | 19 August | 19 August |
| Germany | 75 | Germany | 77 |
| 18 August | 18 August | | Germany | 77 |
| 18 August | 18 August | Sweden | 44 |
| Sweden (OT) | 79 | Sweden | 44 |
| Russia | 76 | | |
| Russia | 76 | 15th place | 15th place |
| | | 19 August | 19 August |
| | | Finland | 69 |
| | | Russia | 65 |

### Round of 16

* 15 August 13:45
* Boxscore
| Germany | 55–59 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–17, 14–16, 12–14, 14–12 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 15 August 13:45
* Boxscore
| Latvia | 83–81 (OT) | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–14, 18–25, 15–18, 22–14, Overtime: 13–10 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
* 15 August 16:00
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 65–76 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–21, 21–15, 11–20, 18–20 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
* 15 August 16:00
* Boxscore
| Spain | 59–54 | Estonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–6, 11–11, 12–23, 18–14 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 15 August 18:15
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 70–58 | Finland |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–11, 15–13, 15–20, 21–14 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
* 15 August 18:15
* Boxscore
| Israel | 66–89 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–27, 13–19, 19–23, 18–20 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 15 August 20:30
* Boxscore
| France | 73–68 | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–20, 13–12, 23–21, 21–15 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 15 August 20:30
* Boxscore
| Italy | 47–68 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 12–16, 6–10, 10–24 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

### 9th–16th place quarterfinals

* 16 August 13:45
* Boxscore
| Slovenia | 78–54 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–13, 23–15, 20–12, 22–14 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 16 August 16:00
* Boxscore
| Germany | 61–68 | Estonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–10, 12–10, 18–13, 15–35 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 16 August 18:15
* Boxscore
| Israel | 74–66 | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–11, 17–13, 16–23, 28–19 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 16 August 20:30
* Boxscore
| Finland | 49–65 | Italy |
| Scoring by quarter: 8–18, 11–17, 12–21, 18–9 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

### Quarterfinals

* 16 August 13:45
* Boxscore
| Croatia | 71–69 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 16–25, 18–12, 20–15, 17–17 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
* 16 August 16:00
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 82–73 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–11, 19–22, 26–15, 17–25 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
* 16 August 18:15
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 76–80 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–24, 18–22, 22–18, 21–16 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
* 16 August 20:30
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 74–80 | Montenegro |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–19, 13–16, 17–25, 24–20 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

### 13th–16th place semifinals

* 18 August 2017 13:45
* Boxscore
| Finland | 62–75 | Germany |
| Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 15–17, 18–24, 17–10 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 18 August 2017 16:00
* Boxscore
| Sweden | 79–76 (OT) | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–27, 19–20, 17–14, 13–9, Overtime: 9–6 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

### 9th–12th place semifinals

* 18 August 2017 18:15
* Boxscore
| Italy | 65–53 | Estonia |
| Scoring by quarter: 18–10, 17–15, 16–13, 14–15 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica
* 18 August 2017 20:30
* Boxscore
| Israel | 59–70 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 9–15, 18–24, 11–19, 21–12 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

### 5th–8th place semifinals

* 18 August 2017 13:45
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 92–80 | Spain |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–18, 23–11, 31–13, 23–38 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica
* 18 August 2017 16:00
* Boxscore
| Turkey | 79–73 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 6–17, 26–26, 25–12, 22–18 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

### Semifinals

* 18 August 2017 18:15
* Boxscore
| France | 83–60 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–15, 25–9, 23–17, 22–19 |||
| Pts: Hayes 20 Rebs: Hayes 8 Asts: Hayes 5 | | Pts: Rudan 25 Rebs: Rudan 8 Asts: Gizdavić, Rašić 3 |
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Referees: Gentian Cici (ALB), Andrei Sharapa (BLR), Yener Yilmaz (Tur)
* 18 August 2017 20:30
* Boxscore
| Montenegro | 73–66 | Serbia |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–21, 18–10, 22–15, 13–20 |||
| Pts: Vlahović 21 Rebs: Tomašević 15 Asts: Kljajić, Vujisić 4 | | Pts: Pažin 18 Rebs: Popović 8 Asts: Karapandžić 8 |
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Niz (ESP), Sergiy Zashchuk (UKR), Apostolos Kalpakas (SWE)

### 15th place game

* 19 August 2017 11:30
* Boxscore
| Finland | 69–65 | Russia |
| Scoring by quarter: 15–13, 18–14, 12–16, 24–22 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

### 13th place game

* 19 August 2017 13:45
* Boxscore
| Germany | 77–44 | Sweden |
| Scoring by quarter: 20–6, 21–16, 17–15, 19–7 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

### Eleventh place game

* 19 August 2017 16:00
* Boxscore
| Estonia | 78–85 | Israel |
| Scoring by quarter: 19–26, 33–23, 15–12, 11–24 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

### Ninth place game

* 19 August 2017 18:15
* Boxscore
| Italy | 73–47 | Slovenia |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–12, 21–12, 23–8, 23–15 |||
* Sports & Culture Center of the University of Montenegro, Podgorica

### Seventh place game

* 19 August 2017 13:45
* Boxscore
| Spain | 95–77 | Latvia |
| Scoring by quarter: 25–14, 20–16, 23–24, 27–23 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

### Fifth place game

* 19 August 2017 16:00
* Boxscore
| Lithuania | 62–80 | Turkey |
| Scoring by quarter: 13–20, 23–24, 7–20, 19–16 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

### Bronze medal game

* 19 August 2017 18:15
* Boxscore
| Serbia | 76–71 | Croatia |
| Scoring by quarter: 21–11, 20–22, 13–24, 22–14 |||
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica

### Final

* 19 August 2017 20:30
* Boxscore
| Montenegro | 68–75 | France |
| Scoring by quarter: 14–28, 20–17, 18–11, 16–19 |||
| Pts: Kljajić, Tomašević 20 Rebs: Kljajić, Vujisić 7 Asts: Kljajić 6 | | Pts: Hayes 21 Rebs: Hayes, Maledon 8 Asts: Maledon 4 |
* Morača Sports Center, Podgorica Attendance: 4500 Referees: Miguel Ángel Pérez Niz (ESP), Gentian Cici (ALB), Yener Yılmaz (TUR)

## Final standings

| Rank | Team | Record |
| | France | 7–0 |
| | Montenegro | 5–2 |
| | Serbia | 5–2 |
| 4 | Croatia | 2–5 |
| 5 | Turkey | 4–3 |
| 6 | Lithuania | 4–3 |
| 7 | Spain | 4–3 |
| 8 | Latvia | 3–4 |
| 9 | Italy | 5–2 |
| 10 | Slovenia | 5–2 |
| 11 | Israel | 4–3 |
| 12 | Estonia | 1–6 |
| 13 | Germany | 4–3 |
| 14 | Sweden | 1–6 |
| 15 | Finland | 1–6 |
| 16 | Russia | 1–6 |
* Qualified for the 2018 FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup
* Relegated to the 2018 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B

## Awards

* Most Valuable Player
* Killian Hayes
All-Tournament Team
* Killian Hayes
* Bojan Tomašević
* Stefan Vlahović
* Matej Rudan
* Đorđe Pažin