TBF International Under-16 Tournament

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TBF International Under-16 Tournament
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2020
SportBasketball
Founded1994
Ceased2020
Country Turkey
Last
champion(s)		 Turkey
(7th title)
Most titles Turkey
(7 titles)
Official websiteTBF Under-16 Tournament (in Turkish)

The TBF International Under-16 Tournament, or TBF Under-16 Basketball World Cup, was an international boys' youth age basketball tournament that was contested between the best Under-16 age national teams in the world. The tournament took place every year in Turkey, and was organized by the Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF). Since FIBA does not currently organize an under-16 age boys' world championship, this tournament served as the de facto boys' official Under-16 World Cup. It was considered by followers of European basketball to be one of the most prestigious international tournaments in the boys' youth categories.

History

The first TBF International Under-16 Tournament took place in Sakarya, Turkey, in 1994. In the first tournament, which was won by Italy, it was an Under-18 competition. Since then until its discontinuation in 2020, the tournament was an Under-16 competition. The list of some of the players that have played at the tournament, and have then gone on to have successful pro careers, includes players like: Hedo Türkoğlu, Kerem Tunçeri, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Ömer Aşık, Ersan İlyasova, and Peja Stojaković.[1]

TBF International Under-16 Tournament results

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Year Host Category Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal
1994 Sakarya
Under-18
  Italy  Germany  Turkey
1995 Edirne
Under-16
  Turkey Turkey B  Moldova
1997 Sakarya
Under-16
  Yugoslavia  France  Turkey
1998 Antalya
Under-16
  Yugoslavia (2×)  Turkey  Lithuania
1999 Antalya
Under-16
  Bulgaria  Yugoslavia  Turkey
2001 Bursa
Under-16
  Russia  Macedonia  Turkey
2002 Istanbul
B
  Sweden  Italy  Turkey
2005 Sakarya
Under-16
  Turkey (2×)  Serbia and Montenegro  Italy
2006 Sakarya
Under-16
  Serbia and Montenegro (3×)  Iran  Turkey
2007 Sakarya
Under-16
  Turkey (3×)  France  Croatia
2008 Sakarya
Under-16
  Greece  Italy  France
2009 Ankara
Under-16
  Turkey (4×)  Slovenia  Croatia
2010 Konya
Under-16
  Serbia  France  Turkey
2011 Gaziantep
Under-16
  China  Turkey  Germany
2012 Sakarya
Under-16
  Egypt  Poland  Russia
2013 Sakarya
Under-16
  Greece (2×)  Serbia  France
2014 Sakarya
Under-16
  Latvia  France  Germany
2015 Konya
Under-16
  Turkey (5×)  Lithuania  France
2016 Samsun
Under-16
  Lithuania  Serbia  Turkey
2017 Konya
Under-16
  Turkey (6×)  Lithuania  Argentina
2018 Sakarya
Under-16
  France  Lithuania  China
2019 Sakarya
Under-16
  Lithuania (2×)  Serbia  Turkey
2020 Konya
Under-16
  Turkey (7×)  Russia  Lithuania

See also

References

  1. ^ "Annual International U16 Tournament Begins Tomorrow". tbf.org.tr. Turkish Basketball Federation. 1 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 25 July 2014.
  2. ^ "History". tbf.org.tr. Turkish Basketball Federation. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2016.