FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries

The FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries is the lowest-ranked tier of the biannual FIBA EuroBasket Women competition, organized by FIBA Europe.

This championship was first introduced in 1989, as the Promotion Cup, the competition organized for the lowest ranked European national basketball teams. Since then, the competition has been held biannually. In 2007, the Promotion Cup was officially renamed to EuroBasket Division C.

In 2011, after the divisional system for the FIBA EuroBasket was abolished, the FIBA EuroBasket Division C was renamed to FIBA European Championship for Small Countries.^[1]

History

Year	Host	Final match			Third place match
		First place	Score	Second place	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1989 details	Luxembourg	Austria	63–57	Ireland	Luxembourg	73–52	Iceland
1991 details	Gibraltar	Turkey	95–65	Ireland	Austria	67–58	Luxembourg
1993 details	Cyprus (Nicosia)	Austria	68–54	Ireland	Cyprus	57–51	Iceland
1996 details	Malta (Valletta)	Iceland	81–73	Albania	Luxembourg	65–58	Cyprus
1998 details	Austria (Oberpullendorf)	Austria	85–45	Luxembourg	Cyprus	53–51	Iceland
2000 details	(Ohrid)	Macedonia	Group tournament	Scotland	Andorra	Group tournament	Malta
2002 details	Andorra (Andorra la Vella)	Albania	84–79	Iceland	Cyprus	71–61	Luxembourg
2004 details	Andorra (Andorra la Vella)	Iceland	81–66	Luxembourg	Malta	69–61	Armenia
2006 details	Malta (Ta' Qali)	Luxembourg	54–49	Scotland	Moldova	81–75	Malta
2008 details	Luxembourg	Malta	81–61	Albania	Luxembourg	55–45	Andorra
2010 details	Armenia (Yerevan)	Malta	74–65	Armenia	Scotland	88–67	Moldova
2012 details	Macedonia (Ohrid)	Austria	68–63	Macedonia	Malta	72–52	Scotland
2014 details	Austria (Sankt Pölten)	Austria	87–81	Iceland	Malta	66–59	Scotland
2016 details	Gibraltar	Malta	67–59	Ireland	Moldova	66–50	Andorra

Performance

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Austria	5	0	1	6
2	Malta	3	0	3	6
3	Iceland	2	2	0	4
4	Luxembourg	1	2	3	6
5	Albania	1	2	0	3
6	Macedonia	1	1	0	2
7	Turkey	1	0	0	1
8	Ireland	0	4	0	4
9	Scotland	0	2	1	3
10	Armenia	0	1	0	1
11	Cyprus	0	0	3	3
12	Moldova	0	0	2	2
13	Andorra	0	0	1	1

References

1. Small Countries commission in San Marino FIBA Europe. July 20, 2011

External links

• European Women's Basketball Championship for Small Countries at FIBA Europe official website