All you need to know: FIBA U18 Women's European Championship 2023, Division B

SOFIA (Bulgaria) - The FIBA U18 Women's European Championship, Division B is one of 16 youth events that will take place across the summer of 2023.

The tournament will take place in Sofia, Bulgaria from June 30-July 9, 2023.

Who is participating?

A total of 18 teams will compete for the title in Division B. They have been split into four groups with two groups of five and two groups of four. The Group Phase is as follows:

Group A: Croatia, Netherlands, Iceland, Denmark, North Macedonia
Group B: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ireland, Norway, Great Britain
Group C: Greece, Romania, Austria, Luxembourg
Group D: Sweden, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Estonia

What is the schedule?

The Group Phase will take place across the first six days of the tournament with a rest day on July 3 before the Classification games begin on July 6. The competition will continue in the form of the bracket beginning with the Quarter-Finals, until the Final on July 9, with the Classification games also determining each of the 18 positions.

Check out the full schedule here.

Who were the winners in 2022?

Slovenia were crowned champions in last year's tournament after beating Portugal 59-44 in the final in Sofia. Zala Srot and Ajsa Sivka scored in double figures with 16 points and 13 points respectively, while Ines Bettencourt and Gabriela Falcao combined for 21 points in a losing effort for Portugal.

🥇 SLOVENIA 
🥈 PORTUGAL 
🥉 SERBIA 

Meanwhile, the relegated trio from Division A - Greece, Sweden and Bosnia and Herzegovina - will take the place in this year's edition of the promoted trio of Slovenia, Portugal and Serbia.

Former MVPs

Ajsa Sivka took home MVP honors in 2022 with averages of 11.0 points, 8.8 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game to join the long list of names as tournament MVP.

The previous five winners are as follows:

2022: Ajsa Sivka (SLO)
2019: Awak Kuier (FIN)
2018: Kseniya Malashka (BLR)
2017: Nyara Sabally (GER)
2016: Melisa Brcaninovic (BIH)

Roll of honor

Slovenia claimed their first title in the competition's history last year, which was their third overall medal at the event. They also became the fifth country to win at least three medals in total.

The most successful sides are Belarus, Croatia and Hungary who are all two-time champions, while Latvia and Greece both have the most total medals at the event, reaching the podium four times.

Position	Team	🥇	🥈	🥉	Total
1.	Belarus	2	1	0	3
2.	Croatia	2	0	1	3
3.	Hungary	2	0	0	2

The full list of medalists can be found here.

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 Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.

Don't forget to check out the action from the FIBA U18 Women's European Championship 2023 and FIBA U18 Women's European Championship 2023, Division C tournaments.

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