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2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
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Source revisionSep 25, 2026
Entity authorityQ20646766 ↗
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The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women was the 32nd edition of the European Under-18 Women's Basketball Championship. 16 teams participated in the competition, held in Celje, Slovenia, from 30 July to 9 August 2015.

Participating teams

Belgium

Croatia

Czech Republic

Estonia (Runners-up, 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women Division B)

France

Hungary (Winners, 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women Division B)

Israel (3rd place, 2014 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship for Women Division B)

Italy

Lithuania

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal

Russia

Serbia

Slovenia

Spain

First round

The first-round groups draw took place on 30 November 2014 in Budapest, Hungary. In the first round, the sixteen teams are allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three teams of each group will qualify to the Second Round. The last team of each group will play in the Classification Group G first, then in the 9th–16th place playoffs.

All times are local – Central European Summer Time (UTC+2).

Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Second round

Twelve advancing teams from the First Round will be allocated in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams of each group will advance to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group will play in the 9th–16th place playoffs against the teams from the Group G.

Group E

Group F

Classification Group G

Last placed team from each group of first round competes in classification round-robin group for lower four seeds in 9th–16th place playoff.

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