| 29 January 2004
Youth basketball will be the focus this summer as a total of 158 national teams, or 1896 players, will take part in official FIBA Europe youth competition in 2004.
FIBA Europe’s main youth categories are U16 boys and girls, U18 men and women and U20 men and women, all of which will participate in European Championships this year.
142 teams will compete in the main European Championships, while 16 further teams will play in the Promotion Cup for Small Countries.
With a further total of 88 senior national teams playing in 2004, that makes for 246 teams, or 2952 players, that will be a part of official competition this year.
The draws for six of those competitions will take place at 11:00 on Sunday 1st February 2004 at the headquarters of the French Basketball Federation in Paris.
All of the draws will be available live on fibaeurope.com.
European Championship for U16 Boys Division A (all seedings are based on the last FIBA Europe official competition)
| Date and Venue |
Participants |
Format |
5th - 14th July
Amaliada, GRE |
| Seed 1: |
SCG, TUR, RUS, ESP |
| Seed 2: |
FRA, SLO, GRE, ITA |
| Seed 3: |
ISR, LTU, CRO, GER |
| Seed 4: |
LAT, BEL, POL, GEO | |
The 12 teams will be divided into 3 groups of 4. |
European Championship for U16 Boys Division B
Due to the high number of participants Division B has been divided into 2 separate tournaments.
| Date and Venue |
Participants |
Format |
| 6th - 15th August Manchester, ENG |
MKD, ENG, CZE, ISL, HUN, AUT, IRL, SWE, NED, FIN
|
The registered teams will play a round robin and numbers will be assigned to each team to determine the order of games. |
| Date and Venue |
Participants |
Format |
|
6th - 15th August
V. Tarnovo, BUL |
BUL, POR, UKR, CYP, ROM, EST, BLR, ALB, BIH |
The registered teams will play a round robin and numbers will be assigned to each team to determine the order of games. |
European Championship for U16 Girls Division A (all seedings are based on the last FIBA Europe official competition)
| Date and Venue |
Participants |
Format |
| 30th July - 8th August Biella, ITA |
| Seed 1 |
SCG, BLR, ESP, FRA |
| Seed 2 |
RUS, CZE, CRO, GER |
| Seed 3 |
ITA, TUR, GRE, BUL |
| Seed 4 |
SVK, POL, HUN, BEL | |
The 12 teams will be divided into 4 groups of 4. |
European Championship for U16 Girls Division B
Due to the high number of participants Division B has been divided into 2 separate tournaments.
| Date and Venue |
Participants |
Format |
30th July - 8th August Tuzla, BIH
|
UKR, POR, ISR, ROM, SLO, LUX, BIH, ALB |
The registered teams will play a round robin and numbers will be assigned to each team to determine the order of games. |
| Date and Venue |
Particpants |
Format |
| 30th July - 8th August Tallinn, EST |
LAT, LTU, FIN, ENG, SWE, IRL, EST, ISL, NED |
The registered teams will play a round robin and numbers will be assigned to each team to determine the order of games. |
European Championship for U20 Men (all seedings are based on the Qualifying Round)
| Date and Venue |
Particpants |
Format |
| 23rd July - 1st August Brno, CZE |
| Seed 1 |
GRE, ESP |
| Seed 2 |
RUS, LTU |
| Seed 3 |
CRO, SLO |
| Seed 4 |
UKR, LAT |
| Seed 5 |
ISR, SCG |
| Seed 6 |
BLR, CZE | |
The 12 teams will be divided into 2 groups of 6. |
European Championship for U20 Women (all seedings are based on the Qualifying Round)
| Date and Venue |
Particpants |
Format |
| 23rd July - 1st Vannes, Quimper, St. Brieuc, FRA |
| Seed 1 |
CZE, RUS |
| Seed 2 |
FRA, ESP |
| Seed 3 |
SVK, CRO |
| Seed 4 |
HUN, ITA |
| Seed 5 |
UKR, BEL |
| Seed 6 |
FIN, POL | |
The 12 teams will be divided into 2 groups of 6. |
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