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2023 FIBA U16 European Championship Division C

Tournament details
Host country	Kosovo
City	Pristina
Dates	19–27 July 2023
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Cyprus (4th title)
Runners-up	Azerbaijan
Third place	Andorra
Official website
www.fiba.basketball/history
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The 2023 FIBA U16 European Championship Division C was the 17th edition of the Division C of the FIBA U16 European Championship, the third tier of the European under-16 basketball championship. It was played from 19 to 27 July 2023 in Pristina, Kosovo. Cyprus men's national under-16 basketball team won the tournament.

Participating teams

•  Albania
•  Andorra
•  Armenia
•  Azerbaijan
•  Cyprus (22nd place, 2022 FIBA U16 European Championship Division B)
•  Gibraltar
•  Kosovo
•  Malta
•  San Marino

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 two groups. The first two teams from each group advance to the semifinals; the other teams will play in the 5th–9th place classification group.

All times are local (Central European Summer Time – UTC+2).

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Kosovo (H)	3	3	0	323	199	+124	6	Semifinals
2	Andorra	3	2	1	313	204	+109	5
3	Malta	3	1	2	167	249	−82	4	5th−9th place classification
4	Gibraltar	3	0	3	154	305	−151	3

Andorra	125–50	Gibraltar
Scoring by quarter: 28–14, 24–15, 38–12, 35–9

Kosovo	103–53	Malta
Scoring by quarter: 24–6, 23–15, 31–18, 25–14

Malta	57–98	Andorra
Scoring by quarter: 12–27, 14–25, 10–25, 21–21

Gibraltar	56–123	Kosovo
Scoring by quarter: 7–22, 18–31, 10–32, 21–38

Malta	57–48	Gibraltar
Scoring by quarter: 12–5, 15–17, 14–15, 16–11

Andorra	90–97	Kosovo
Scoring by quarter: 20–20, 25–26, 27–36, 18–15

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Azerbaijan	4	3	1	326	237	+89	7	Semifinals
2	Cyprus	4	3	1	356	219	+137	7
3	Armenia	4	3	1	323	258	+65	7	5th−9th place classification
4	Albania	4	1	3	250	351	−101	5
5	San Marino	4	0	4	199	389	−190	4

Cyprus	65–51	Azerbaijan
Scoring by quarter: 21–14, 25–12, 7–16, 12–9

San Marino	44–102	Armenia
Scoring by quarter: 13–34, 9–24, 10–23, 12–21

Albania	73–67	San Marino
Scoring by quarter: 19–18, 15–16, 22–16, 17–17

Armenia	76–63	Cyprus
Scoring by quarter: 22–20, 14–15, 21–11, 19–17

Azerbaijan	92–58	Armenia
Scoring by quarter: 18–15, 17–15, 34–18, 23–10

Cyprus	110–51	Albania
Scoring by quarter: 26–15, 25–12, 28–8, 31–16

San Marino	41–118	Cyprus
Scoring by quarter: 14–27, 13–23, 2–38, 12–30

Albania	67–87	Azerbaijan
Scoring by quarter: 13–31, 9–15, 15–20, 30–21

Armenia	87–59	Albania
Scoring by quarter: 20–7, 24–16, 22–21, 21–15

Azerbaijan	96–47	San Marino
Scoring by quarter: 35–11, 16–15, 28–18, 17–3

5th−9th place classification

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
5	Armenia	4	4	0	357	191	+166	8
6	Albania	4	3	1	297	251	+46	7
7	Malta	4	2	2	199	288	−89	6
8	San Marino	4	1	3	227	282	−55	5
9	Gibraltar	4	0	4	198	266	−68	4

Albania	69–50	Gibraltar
Scoring by quarter: 13–14, 21–14, 9–11, 26–11

Malta	59–51	San Marino
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 15–17, 14–12, 15–7

Armenia	93–36	Malta
Scoring by quarter: 31–11, 20–9, 24–12, 18–4

Gibraltar	48–65	San Marino
Scoring by quarter: 12–21, 13–15, 9–17, 14–12

Armenia	75–52	Gibraltar
Scoring by quarter: 13–6, 18–21, 24–10, 20–15

Malta	47–96	Albania
Scoring by quarter: 5–24, 8–20, 12–31, 22–21

Playoffs

	Semifinals					Final
	A1	Kosovo	49
	B2	Cyprus	74
						B2	Cyprus	78
						B1	Azerbaijan	75
	B1	Azerbaijan	87
	A2	Andorra	64			3rd place match
						A1	Kosovo	59
						A2	Andorra	97

Semifinals

Azerbaijan	87–64	Andorra
Scoring by quarter: 21–19, 25–12, 28–16, 13–17

Kosovo	49–74	Cyprus
Scoring by quarter: 9–28, 7–25, 15–10, 18–11

3rd place match

Kosovo	59–97	Andorra
Scoring by quarter: 15–32, 10–20, 18–22, 16–23

Final

Cyprus	78–75	Azerbaijan
Scoring by quarter: 21–18, 21–26, 14–14, 22–17

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Cyprus
	Azerbaijan
	Andorra
4	Kosovo
5	Armenia
6	Albania
7	Malta
8	San Marino
9	Gibraltar

References

1. 2023 FIBA U16 European Championship Division C archive website
2. Draws concluded for FIBA European Youth Championships 2023
3. Draw results

External links

• Official website of FIBA

v t e International men's youth basketball
FIBA Youth Olympics World Ranking U-17 World Cup U-19 World Cup U-21 World Cup (defunct) U-16 TBF International U-18 DBB International
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Americas	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Asia	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Europe	U-16 U-18 U-20 (defunct)
Oceania	U-15 U-17 U-20 (defunct)
Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.

• FIBA U16 European Championship Division C
• 2023–24 in European basketball
• International youth basketball competitions hosted by Kosovo
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• Sports competitions in Pristina
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