2021 FIBA U16 Women's European Challengers

2021 FIBA U16 Women's European Challengers

Tournament details
Dates	9–16 August 2021
Teams	29
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 U16 Women's European Challengers were international basketball competitions which took place from 9 to 16 August 2021, replacing the cancelled 2021 FIBA U16 Women's European Championship.^[1] Top two teams from groups A, B and C qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup.

The 2020 edition of FIBA U16 Women's European Championship was to be held in Matosinhos, Portugal 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 U16 Women's European Championship where 16 or more teams gather in one place.

• 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 E).
• All tournaments to be played in Round Robin format, with groups to be created by "serpentine" style allocation, taking the hosting situation into consideration.

The Group A tournament was played in Helsinki, Finland.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	5	5	0	399	277	+122	10	2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup
2	Germany	5	2	3	302	298	+4	7
3	Finland	5	2	3	325	343	−18	7
4	Bulgaria	5	2	3	278	325	−47	7
5	Latvia	5	2	3	304	313	−9	7
6	Greece	5	2	3	255	307	−52	7

The Group B tournament was played in San Fernando, Spain. Hungary qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup as hosts.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	5	0	386	196	+190	10	2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup
2	Serbia	5	4	1	304	267	+37	9
3	Hungary	5	3	2	345	271	+74	8	2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup
4	Croatia	5	2	3	302	354	−52	7
5	Ukraine	5	1	4	267	370	−103	6
6	Lithuania	5	0	5	240	386	−146	5

The Group C tournament was played in Matosinhos, Portugal. Russia originally qualified for the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup, but were excluded due to their country's invasion of Ukraine and were replaced by Belgium.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Slovenia	5	5	0	351	274	+77	10	2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup
2	Russia	5	4	1	335	286	+49	9
3	Belgium	5	3	2	289	266	+23	8	2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup
4	Portugal	5	1	4	251	297	−46	6
5	Poland	5	1	4	283	315	−32	6
6	Czech Republic	5	1	4	307	378	−71	6

The Group D tournament was played in Piešťany, Slovakia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
19	Slovakia	5	5	0	335	258	+77	10
20	Israel	5	3	2	323	229	+94	8
21	Romania	5	3	2	295	238	+57	8
22	Switzerland	5	3	2	300	275	+25	8
23	Luxembourg	5	1	4	240	295	−55	6
24	Ireland	5	0	5	198	396	−198	5

The Group E tournament was played in Tbilisi, Georgia.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
25	North Macedonia	4	4	0	359	157	+202	8
26	Albania	4	3	1	224	197	+27	7
27	Armenia	4	2	2	170	261	−91	6
28	Malta	4	1	3	225	223	+2	5
29	Georgia	4	0	4	159	299	−140	4

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