Hosts and dates confirmed for FIBA Youth European Challengers 2021

Hosts and dates confirmed for FIBA Youth European Challengers 2021

The hosts and dates for the FIBA Youth European Challengers 2021 have been confirmed with teams from a total of 38 National Federations competing across 29 tournaments in the six different competition categories

The hosts and dates for the FIBA Youth European Challengers 2021 have been confirmed with teams from a total of 38 National Federations competing across 29 tournaments in the six different competition categories.

With the health and safety of all participants the top priority, the revised format to hold smaller tournaments was approved by the FIBA Europe Board in May, ensuring that teams had an opportunity to play competitively this summer.

The groups, including the hosts, are as follows:

FIBA U20 Women’s European Challengers (July 13-18, 2021)

A B C D E
Sofia, BUL Sopron, HUN* Konya, TUR Yerevan, ARM** Skopje, MKD**
Italy Hungary France Greece Romania
Germany Spain Russia Switzerland Slovakia
Latvia Czech Republic Belarus Ukraine Luxembourg
Belgium Israel Poland Albania North Macedonia
Croatia Serbia Turkey Armenia Kosovo
Bulgaria Ireland Portugal

* This Challenger will be played from July 12-17, 2021.
** These Challengers will be played with five teams in a Round Robin format.

FIBA U20 European Challengers (July 20-25, 2021)

A B C D E
Brno, CZE Tbilisi, GEO Heraklion, GRE* Sopron, HUN**
Spain Turkey Slovenia North Macedonia Belarus
Russia France Greece Switzerland Hungary
Italy Germany Croatia Romania Slovakia
Czech Republic Poland Israel Luxembourg Kosovo
Portugal Georgia Ukraine
Albania Bulgaria Belgium

* This Challenger will be played from July 19-24, 2021.
** This Challenger will be played in a different format with eight teams across two groups followed by Semi-Finals and Classification games.

FIBA U18 Women’s European Challengers (July 27-August 1, 2021)

A B C D E
Riga, LAT Klatovy, CZE Heraklion, GRE Sofia, BUL Andorra La Vella, AND
Russia Lithuania Spain Slovenia Cyprus
Latvia Czech Republic France Ukraine Georgia
Germany Hungary Greece Bulgaria Moldova
Portugal Turkey Poland Switzerland Malta
Croatia Serbia Slovakia North Macedonia Gibraltar
Romania Ireland Israel Albania Andorra

FIBA U18 European Challengers (August 3-8, 2021)

A B C D F
Skopje, MKD Tel Aviv, Israel Konya, TUR Levice, SVK* Tirana, ALB*
Spain France Russia Bulgaria Romania Kosovo Luxembourg
Serbia Greece Turkey Hungary Ukraine Albania Andorra
Croatia Lithuania Slovenia Ireland Slovakia Moldova Gibraltar
North Macedonia Israel Latvia Switzerland Malta
Germany Estonia Poland
Georgia Portugal Czech Republic

* These Challengers will be played in a different format with seven teams across two groups – one of three teams and one of four – followed by Semi-Finals and Classification games.

FIBA U16 Women’s European Challengers (August 9-14, 2021)

A B C D E
Helsinki, FIN San Fernando, ESP Matosinhos, POR Piestany, SVK* Tbilisi, GEO
France Spain Russia Romania North Macedonia
Latvia Hungary Czech Republic Israel Albania
Germany Lithuania Poland Ireland Georgia
Greece Croatia Belgium Slovakia Malta
Finland Serbia Portugal Switzerland Armenia
Bulgaria Ukraine Slovenia Luxembourg

 * This Challenger will be played from August 11-16, 2021.

FIBA U16 European Challengers (August 16-21, 2021)

A B C D F
Skopje, MKD Sofia, BUL Novi Sad, SRB Sofia, BUL* Prishtina, KOS
 France  Spain  Turkey  Ukraine Georgia  Kosovo
Lithuania Croatia Serbia Portugal Hungary Luxembourg
Greece  Latvia Israel Switzerland Cyprus Albania
Russia Germany  Slovenia Slovakia Gibraltar
North Macedonia Poland Czech Republic Moldova
Romania Bulgaria  Belgium Malta

*Neutral venue host. This Challenger will be played in a different format with seven teams across two groups – one of three teams and one of four – followed by Semi-Finals and Classification games.

With participation in the Challengers voluntary, promotion and relegation has been frozen across Divisions A, B and C with the participating teams split into groups based on their ranking.

The top 18 ranked sides were placed into the first three groups of six, with the composition of groups determined by ‘serpentine-style’ allocation, based on the relevant results from past competitions. Minor modifications were necessary for certain categories to adapt to the hosting situation.

The tournaments with the top-ranked teams in the FIBA U16 European Challengers 2021 and the FIBA U16 Women’s European Challengers 2021 will be used to qualify teams for next year’s respective global events, as approved by the Board.

With FIBA U17 Basketball World Cup 2022 hosts Spain and FIBA U17 Women’s Basketball World Cup 2022 hosts Hungary having qualified for the respective events automatically, the tournaments with the U17 World Cup hosts will qualify one additional team. The two remaining tournaments will qualify two teams each.

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