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TBF International Under-16 Tournament
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Sport Basketball
Founded1994
Country  Turkey
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champion(s)		  Turkey
(7th title)
Most titles  Turkey
(7 titles)
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The TBF International Under-16 Tournament, or TBF Under-16 Basketball World Cup, is an international boys' youth age basketball tournament that is contested between the best Under-16 age national teams in the world. The tournament takes place every year in Turkey, and is organized by the Turkish Basketball Federation (TBF). Since FIBA does not currently organize an under-16 age boys' world championship, this tournament serves as the de facto boys' official Under-16 World Cup. It is 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, the tournament has been 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

[2]

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.

External links

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