GB U16 Women seal promotion with third place at U16 Euros

Great Britain sealed the final promotion spot after victory in the third-place game at the U16 Women's EuroBasket.

By winning bronze with a 84-62 victory over Turkey, GB secured a spot in Division A.

The home nation failed to lead at any point in the game, with Great Britain's scoring duo of Athena Thompson and Irene Oboavwoduo combining for 39 points while Emma Briggs dropped a double-double with 14 points and 10 rebounds.

Thompson (pictured below) was named in the tournament's All-Star Five.

Coach Donald Macdonald's side rounded out the summer's proceedings as the final age group to compete - and notched the highest-placed finish of a British team.

They narrowly lost the semi-final 65-61 to the Czech Republic but saw off Turkey after previous victories so far against Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia, Iceland and Denmark.

The U16 Men finished in 12th place after got their campaign under way in Skopje with a disappointing 70-65 loss to Ireland, before going down to Slovakia, beating Denmark and falling to Romania.

The U18 Women finished sixth in Ploiesti, Romania with a 3-3 record that included wins over Lithuania, the Netherlands and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

The U18 Men finished 19th in Skpoje, North Macedonia, with a 2-5 record that included wins over Cyprus and the Netherlands.

The U20 Women's and Men's campaigns are also already in the bag.

The Women had a seventh-placed finish in Sofia, Bulgaria. GB took a win against Romania and a 20-0 default against Croatia due to sickness in their opponents' camp.

The Men finished 12th with wins over Ireland, Azerbaijan and Latvia, going close in the 11/12th place game with Estonia before a 84-83 loss.

For detailed information about their progress, including YouTube live streams of games, visit the competition pages on the FIBA website listed below and follow on GB social media pages on Instagram, X and TikTok and Facebook.

Results stats and streams

GB U20W 

6-14 July
Venue: Sofia, Bulgaria
Results, stats & streams: https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-u20-womens-eurobasket-2024-division-b

GB U20M 

12-21 July
Venue: Pitesti, Romania
Results, stats & streams: https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-u20-eurobasket-2024-division-b

GB U18M

26 July - 4 August
Venue: Skopje, North Macedonia
Results, stats & streams: https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-u18-eurobasket-2024-division-b

U18W

2-11 August
Venue: Ploiesti, Romania
Results, stats & streams: https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-u18-womens-eurobasket-2024-division-b

U16M

8-17 August
Venue: Skopje, North Macedonia
Results, stats & live streams: https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-u16-eurobasket-2024-division-b

 

U16W

15-24 August
Venue: Konya, Turkey
Results, stats & live streams: https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-u16-womens-eurobasket-2024-division-b