Hosts for remaining 2022 European events and early designations for 2023 announced

Hosts for remaining 2022 European events and early designations for 2023 announced

The hosts for FIBA European Championships for Small Countries and the remaining 2022 Youth European Championships have been announced after they were approved by the FIBA Europe Board earlier this month

The hosts for FIBA European Championships for Small Countries and the remaining 2022 Youth European Championships have been announced after they were approved by the FIBA Europe Board earlier this month, with the early designations for 2023 events also confirmed.

The FIBA European Championship for Small Countries 2022 will be hosted in Ta’ Qali, Malta while Nicosia in Cyprus will organize the Women’s European Championship for Small Countries. Both events will be played between June 28 and July 3, 2022.

The FIBA Women’s U16 European Championship Division C was assigned to Korce, Albania and will be played from July 12-17, 2022.

The Board accepted a proposal by the Hungarian Basketball Federation to bring forward the dates of the FIBA Women’s U20 European Championship, Division A by one day to July 8-16, 2022.

With all other hosts confirmed previously, the complete list of 2022 Youth European Championships is as follows:

MEN
EVENT DATES HOST
U20 July 16-24, 2022 MNE
U20, Division B July 15-24, 2022 GEO
U18 July 30 – August 7, 2022 TUR
U18, Division B July 29 – August 7, 2022 ROU
U18, Division C July 24-31, 2022 SMR
U16 August 12-20, 2022 MKD
U16, Division B August 11-20, 2022 BUL
U16, Division C July 12-17, 2022 KOS
WOMEN
EVENT DATES HOST
U20 July 8-16, 2022 HUN
U20, Division B July 9-17, 2022 MKD
U18 August 6-14, 2022 GRE
U18, Division B August 5-14, 2022 AUT
U18, Division C July 26-31, 2022 AND
U16 August 19-27, 2022 POR
U16, Division B August 18-27, 2022 BIH
U16, Division C July 12-17, 2022 ALB

The Board also accepted a proposal by the Youth Commission and Competitions Commission of FIBA Europe to amend the principles for the Draw seedings for Youth European Championship.

The seedings will now be based on the average results in the same category from the last three years of events played.

In addition to confirming the 2022 hosts, the Board also approved the early designation candidatures for the following 2023 events:

    • FIBA U20 European Championship, Division A in Heraklion, Crete
    • FIBA U20 European Championship, Division B in Sofia, Bulgaria
    • FIBA U18 European Championship, Division A in Nis, Serbia
    • FIBA U18 European Championship, Division B in Matosinhos, Portugal
    • FIBA Women’s U16 European Championship, Division A or B in Ankara, Turkey (depending on which division Turkey women’s U16 national team will be in 2023)

Fonte: FIBA.

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