FIBA European Championship for Small Countries

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

History

This championship was first introduced in 1988, 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 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]

Results

Year	Host	Final match			Third place match
		First place	Score	Second place	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1988 details	Malta	Iceland	86–69	Ireland	Cyprus	73–68	Luxembourg
1990 details	Wales (Cardiff)	Iceland	101–93	Cyprus	Luxembourg	75–70	Ireland
1992 details	Cyprus (Nicosia)	Austria	70–68	Luxembourg	Cyprus	86–85	Ireland
1994 details	Ireland (Dublin)	Ireland	81–78	Cyprus	Iceland	95–87	Luxembourg
1996 details	San Marino	Austria	54–52	Norway	San Marino	85–70	Wales
1998 details	Gibraltar	Andorra	Group tournament	Wales	San Marino	Group tournament	Gibraltar
2000 details	Andorra	Andorra	Group tournament	San Marino	Scotland	Group tournament	Wales
2002 details	Malta (Ta' Qali)	San Marino	82–70	Wales	Scotland	94–80	Andorra
2004 details	Andorra	Andorra	95–83	Luxembourg	Scotland	101–78	Azerbaijan
2006 details	Albania (Durrës)	Azerbaijan	66–57	Albania	Andorra	94–85	Moldova
2008 details	Scotland (Edinburgh)	Azerbaijan	80–78	Moldova	Scotland	90–76	Andorra
2010 details	Malta (Valletta)	Denmark	87–69	Andorra	Malta	85–77	Moldova
2012 details	San Marino	Andorra	74–72	Moldova	Malta	96–57	San Marino
2014 details	Gibraltar	Andorra	66–63	Malta	Scotland	67–55	San Marino
2016 details	Moldova (Ciorescu)	Armenia	79–71	Andorra	San Marino	60–53	Ireland
2018 details	San Marino	Malta	75–59	Norway	Ireland	86–66	Gibraltar

Performance

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Andorra	5	2	1	8
2	Iceland	2	0	1	3
3	Austria	2	0	0	2
	Azerbaijan	2	0	0	2
5	San Marino	1	1	3	5
6	Malta	1	1	2	4
7	Ireland	1	1	1	3
8	Armenia	1	0	0	1
	Denmark	1	0	0	1
10	Cyprus	0	2	2	4
11	Luxembourg	0	2	1	3
12	Moldova	0	2	0	2
	Norway	0	2	0	2
	Wales	0	2	0	2
15	Albania	0	1	0	1
16	Scotland	0	0	5	5
Totals (16 nations)		16	16	16	48

Participation details

Team	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2016	2018	Total
Albania								6th	5th	2nd							3
Andorra				8th	6th	1st	1st	4th	1st	3rd	4th	2nd	1st	1st	2nd	5th	13
Armenia															1st		1
Austria			1st		1st												2
Azerbaijan									4th	1st	1st						3
Cyprus	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd													4
Denmark												1st					1
Gibraltar	7th	5th	7th	7th	8th	4th	6th	8th	7th	7th	6th	7th	7th	6th	8th	4th	16
Iceland	1st	1st	3rd														3
Ireland	2nd	4th	4th	1st											4th	3rd	6
Luxembourg	4th	3rd	2nd	4th					2nd								5
Malta	6th	7th	6th	6th	7th	5th	5th	7th	9th	8th	7th	3rd	3rd	2nd	6th	1st	16
Moldova								5th		4th	2nd	4th	2nd		5th	7th	7
Norway					2nd											2nd	2
San Marino	5th	6th	5th		3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	6th	5th	5th	8th	4th	4th	3rd	6th	15
Scotland					5th		3rd	3rd	3rd		3rd	6th	6th	3rd			8
Wales	8th	8th	8th	5th	4th	2nd	4th	2nd	8th	6th	8th	5th	5th	5th	7th		15

See also

• FIBA Women's European Championship for Small Countries

References

External links

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