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, 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)