2021 FIBA U18 Women's European Challengers

2021 FIBA U18 Women's European Challengers

Tournament details
Dates	27 July – 1 August 2021
Teams	28
Venue(s)	5 (in 5 host cities)
Official website
www.fiba.basketball
← 2019 Division A ← 2019 Division B ← 2019 Division C 2022 Division A → 2022 Division B → 2022 Division C →

The 2021 FIBA U18 Women's European Challengers were international basketball competitions which took place from 27 July to 1 August 2021, replacing the cancelled 2021 FIBA U18 Women's European Championship.^[1]

History

The 2020 edition of FIBA U18 Women's European Championship was to be held in Heraklion, Greece but was postponed to 2021 due to COVID-19 pandemic. Since the pandemic continued in 2021, the FIBA Europe decided to hold alternative format of competition to replace traditional format of U18 Women's European Championship where 16 or more teams gather in one place.

Structure

• The events are to be played on a voluntary participation basis, with promotion/relegation to be frozen across Divisions A, B and C.
• The Top 18 ranked teams (16 currently in Division A, plus two additional teams by 2019 ranking in respective category) to play three tournaments of six teams each (Groups A, B and C).
• All other registered teams, ranked 19 and lower, to play in tournaments of up to six teams each (Group D).
• One tournament of up to six teams to be created with the lowest-ranked teams to accommodate Division C and Small Countries (Group F).
• All tournaments to be played in Round Robin format, with groups to be created by "serpentine" style allocation, taking the hosting situation into consideration.

Participating teams

Top-18 Challengers

Group A

The Group A tournament was played in Riga, Latvia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Portugal	5	4	1	339	269	+70	9
2	Croatia	5	4	1	368	308	+60	9
3	Latvia	5	4	1	303	274	+29	9
4	Germany	5	2	3	307	311	−4	7
5	Russia	5	1	4	305	311	−6	6
6	Romania	5	0	5	241	390	−149	5

Group B

The Group B tournament was played in Klatovy, Czech Republic.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Serbia	5	5	0	331	233	+98	10
2	Lithuania	5	4	1	357	291	+66	9
3	Czech Republic	5	2	3	277	320	−43	7
4	Turkey	5	2	3	292	288	+4	7
5	Ireland	5	1	4	288	387	−99	6
6	Hungary	5	1	4	296	322	−26	6

Group C

The Group C tournament was played in Heraklion, Greece.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	France	5	5	0	380	201	+179	10
2	Spain	5	4	1	318	225	+93	9
3	Poland	5	3	2	275	288	−13	8
4	Greece	5	2	3	178	256	−78	7
5	Israel	5	1	4	225	300	−75	6
6	Slovakia	5	0	5	244	350	−106	5

19–24 Challenger

Group D

The Group D tournament was played in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
19	Slovenia	5	4	1	359	191	+168	9
20	Bulgaria	5	4	1	330	258	+72	9
21	Ukraine	5	3	2	331	272	+59	8
22	North Macedonia	5	2	3	258	337	−79	7
23	Switzerland	5	2	3	285	302	−17	7
24	Albania	5	0	5	187	390	−203	5

25–28 Challenger

Group F

The Group F tournament was played in Andorra la Vella, Andorra. After the first round, all four teams advanced to the playoffs.

Group phase

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Cyprus	3	3	0	261	88	+173	6
2	Malta	3	2	1	194	124	+70	5
3	Moldova	3	1	2	129	231	−102	4
4	Andorra	3	0	3	96	237	−141	3

Playoffs

	25th–28th place semifinals					25th place match
	F1	Cyprus	100
	F4	Andorra	26
						F1	Cyprus	60
						F2	Malta	45
	F2	Malta	69
	F3	Moldova	46			27th place match
						F4	Andorra	41
						F3	Moldova	44

Source: FIBA

25th–28th place semifinals

27th place match

25th place match

Final standings

Rank	Team
25	Cyprus
26	Malta
27	Moldova
28	Andorra

See also

• 2021 FIBA U20 European Challengers
• 2021 FIBA U18 European Challengers
• 2021 FIBA U16 European Challengers
• 2021 FIBA U20 Women's European Challengers
• 2021 FIBA U16 Women's European Challengers

References

External links

• Official website
• Competition schedule