MATOSINHOS (Portgual) - The FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket will take place this summer with the top nations all vying for their age group's top prize.
The tournament will take place in Matosinhos, Portugal from August 3-11.
Who is participating?
A total of 16 teams will compete for the FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket title. They have been split into four groups of four for the Group Phase, as follows:
Group A: Latvia, Spain, Slovenia, Turkiye Group B: Finland, France, Luxembourg, Israel Group C: Germany, Italy, Portugal, Serbia Group D: Poland, Hungary, Croatia, Belgium
What is the schedule?
The Group Phase will take place across the opening three days of the tournament with teams seeded for the Round of 16 stage based on their group position. The competition will continue in the form of the bracket until the Final on August 11 with Classification games also determining each of the 16 positions.
The teams that finish between 14th-16th will be relegated to Division B, and replaced with the top three teams for the 2025 edition.
Check out the full schedule here.
Who were the winners in 2023?
In their first ever Final, Slovenia took the spoils in a gripping 63-61 victory over France, adding to their win in the Division B Final the year before. Ajsa Sivka put on an clinic at both ends when it mattered most, finishing with 20 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Slovenians to glory.
Delight for Slovenia, but it was heartbreak for Lithuania - who won this very tournament in 2022 - and Czechia, who were both relegated to Division B. Croatia and Luxembourg will take their places this summer. Portugal did finish in the relegation zone, but were spared due to them hosting this year's event.
Former MVPs
Ajsa Sivka was recognized for leading Slovenia to a historic first FIBA U18 Women's European Championship title success by being crowned the tournament MVP. Sivka averaged 15.9 points, 9.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.4 steals per game en route to the individual accolade.
Here is the list of the previous five MVP winners:
2023: Ajsa Sivka (SLO) 2022: Juste Jocyte (LTU) 2019: Ilaria Panzera (ITA) 2018: Nyara Sabally (GER) 2017: Billie Massey (BEL)
Roll of honor
Spain possess the most overall medals in this age group with their third-place finish last year taking their tally to 17, while the Soviet Union have more titles than any other nation with 11.
How to watch?
All the action will be available to watch live on the FIBA YouTube channel - and can also be accessed via the respective game pages on the website.
Want more action?
The best way to keep up to date for all of the action is via the official tournament website as well as following NextGenHoops across social media - on X, Instagram and Facebook.
Don't forget to check out the action from the FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket, Division B and Division C tournaments.
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