Rising stars: Who were the women's Youth EuroBasket standouts in 2024?

    Review
    Belgium's Annie Kibedi provided two of the top scoring performances this summer

    A number of impressive stat lines were achieved during Youth EuroBasket events in 2024.

    MUNICH (Germany) - As the FIBA Youth EuroBasket events wrapped up this summer, it's time to spotlight the standout individual performances from the young stars in Divisions A and B.

    There were a number of rising talents who seized the moment, delivering remarkable performances in scoring, rebounding, assisting, three-point shooting, steals, and blocks, firmly establishing themselves as future stars.

    Let's dive in and look at who led the charts!

    For men's single game highs in FIBA Youth EuroBasket 2024, click here.

    Points

    Annie Kibedi of Belgium dominated the scoring charts in 2024

    Annie Kibedi proved to be the best scorer of the girl's summer events. Belgium's scoring machine came up with two of the best performances in that regard with 36 and 35 points scored in a three-day span at the FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket. She was also the top scorer of the event with 20.7 points per game.

    Israel's Dorian Dahan Sujic and Apostolia Zormpala of Greece followed with 34-point games each, with nine games of 30 points or more recorded across the board.

    Player

    Points

    Opponent

    Event

    Annie Kibedi (BEL)

    36

    Montenegro

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Annie Kibedi (BEL)

    35

    Latvia

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Dorian Dahan Sujic (ISR)

    34

    Hungary

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Apostolia Zormpala (GRE)

    34

    Latvia

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Maya Zilbershlag (GER)

    32

    Serbia

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Eleonora Villa (ITA)

    32

    Serbia

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Mika Kanitz (ISR)

    30

    Hungary

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Jelena Bulajic (MNE)

    30

    Hungary

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Berfin Sertoglu (TUR)

    30

    Israel

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Berfin Sertoglu (TUR)

    29

    Finland

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Division B high: Sina Hollerl (AUT) - 33 PTS vs Iceland (FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket, Division B)

    Rebounds

    Laura Vilcinskas impressed with 22 rebounds for Belgium one occasion

    Belgium were packed with individual talent at the U16 Women's EuroBasket as Laura Vilcinskas provided the top rebounding game of the summer in addition to Kibedi's leading the scoring charts. Vilcinskas grabbed 22 boards and was one of only two players to get at least 20 rebounds, alongside Joyce Isi Etute of Luxembourg at the FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket.

    However, Division B provided an even higher mark in that regard with Austria's U18 starlet Jada Bobb and Emma Cechova of Czechia's U20 team grabbing 23 rebounds each.

    Player

    Rebounds

    Opponent

    Event

    Laura Vilcinskas (BEL)

    22

    Hungary

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Joyce Isi Etute (LUX)

    20

    Germany

    FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

    Emma Zuccon (ITA)

    19

    Luxembourg

    FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

    Lara Csaplar-Nagy (HUN)

    17

    Israel

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Petra Bozan (CRO)

    17

    Türkiye

    FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

    Awa Fam (ESP)

    17

    Türkiye

    FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

    Agnela Ladinek (SRB)

    16

    Israel

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Anna Liepina (LAT)

    16

    Germany

    FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

    Joyce Isi Etute (LUX)

    16

    Israel

    FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

    Ugne Sirtautaite (LTU)

    16

    Israel

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Tilda Trygger (SWE)

    16

    Portugal

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Division B high: Jada Bobb (AUT) - 23 REB vs Romania (FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket, Division B) Emma Cechova (CZE) - 23 REB vs Iceland (FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket, Division B)

    Assists

    Croatia's Nika Rodek registered a summer-high 14 assists at the U20 EuroBasket, Division B

    Croatia and its guards dominated the assists charts in every regard as the best performances in Division A and Division B both come from the same country. Lena Bilic dished out 12 dimes for her team at the FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket, but Nika Rodek surpassed that with a summer-high 14 assists at the FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket, Division B.

    As far as Division A is concerned, Montenegro's Mila Kovacevic came one dime shy of Bilic's record with 11 assists at the FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket. She also added an 10-assist game with two other girls who matched that - Latvia's Enija Viksne and Clara Bielefeld of Germany.

    Player

    Assists

    Opponent

    Event

    Lena Bilic (CRO)

    12

    Türkiye

    FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

    Mila Kovacevic (MNE)

    11

    Israel

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Mila Kovacevic (MNE)

    10

    Türkiye

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Enija Viksne (LAT)

    10

    Slovenia

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Clara Bielefeld (GER)

    10

    Luxembourg

    FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

    Awa Fam (ESP)

    9

    Italy

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Madara Smite (LAT)

    9

    Germany

    FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

    Eszter Ratkai (HUN)

    9

    Italy

    FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

    Gal Raviv (ISR)

    9

    Finland

    FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

    Multiple

    8

     

     

    Division B high: Nika Rodek (CRO) - 14 AST vs Great Britain (FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket, Division B)

    Three-Pointers Made

    Mika Kanitz of Israel shot the lights out with eight threes made

    Similar to men's competitions, the best three-point shooting performance for the women also came at the U16 level. Israel's Mika Kanitz sank eight shots from beyound the arc at the FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket as Greece's Apostolia Zormpala made one long-range shot less against Latvia at the same event.

    One other girl managed to make seven threes in a single game this summer, as Eleonora Villa of Italy did so at the FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket.

     

     

     

     

    Mika Kanitz (ISR)

    8

    Hungary

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Apostolia Zormpala (GRE)

    7

    Latvia

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Eleonora Villa (ITA)

    7

    Serbia

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Sara Sambolic (SLO)

    6

    Türkiye

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Hila Karsh (ISR)

    6

    Türkiye

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Elina Aarnisalo (FIN)

    6

    Poland

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Dora Toman (HUN)

    6

    Italy

    FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

    Lee Teichman (ISR)

    6

    Luxembourg

    FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

    Kinga Babay-Bognar (HUN)

    6

    Germany

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Multiple

    5

     

     

    Division B high: multiple players with six three-pointers made

    Steals

    Sam Daelemans of Belgium picked opponents' pockets 13 times in a single game

    Maya Zilbershlag of Israel took her defensive duties very seriously as she recorded the only Division A double-digit mark in steals. She picked her opponents' pockets 10 times at the FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket as Nala Koletzki of Germany came one steal shy of that record at the same event.

    However, the best performance of the summer came from Division B where Belgium's Sam Daelemans recorded an impressive 13 steals at the FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket, Division B.

    Hungary's Dominika Baa and Kathy-Emma Otto of France also deserve to be mentioned as they recorded seven steals two times each in the Division A.

    Player

    Steals

    Opponent

    Event

    Maya Zilbershlag (ISR)

    10

    Germany

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Nala Koletzki (GER)

    9

    Croatia

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Maria Cintas (ESP)

    8

    Poland

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Nea Schreck (FIN)

    8

    Montenegro

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Dominika Baa (HUN)

    7

    Montenegro

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Meri Kanerva (FIN)

    7

    Sweden

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Elena Buenavida (ESP)

    7

    Lithuania

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Dominika Baa (HUN)

    7

    Israel

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Emma Giacchetti (ITA)

    7

    Latvia

    FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

    Gina Pirjak (CRO)

    7

    Germany

    FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

    Kathy-Emma Otto (FRA)

    7

    Finland

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Kathy-Emma Otto (FRA)

    7

    Sweden

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Nala Koletzki (GER)

    7

    Italy

    FIBA U16 Women's EuroBasket

    Division B high: Sam Daelemans (BEL) - 13 STL vs Albania (FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket, Division B)

    Blocks

    Clara Silva of Portugal provided a joint-high six blocks in a single game

    It was a very tight competition this summer in the blocked shots department. Romana Jelenc of Slovenia and Clara Silva from Portugal clearly stood out from the rest with six blocks each as Anna Liepina recorded a game with five blocked shots. There were 14 players who registered four blocks in a game.

    However, Sara Nicole Fritea of Romania came up with seven blocks at the FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket, Division B to one-up her Division A rivals for the summer high.

    Player

    Blocks

    Opponent

    Event

    Romana Jelenc (SLO)

    6

    Poland

    FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

    Clara Silva (POR)

    6

    Montenegro

    FIBA U20 Women's EuroBasket

    Anna Liepina (LAT)

    5

    Türkiye

    FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket

    Multiple

    4

     

     

    Division B high: Sara Nicole Fritea (ROU) - 7 BLK vs Denmark (FIBA U18 Women's EuroBasket, Division B)

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