2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women
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| 27th FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women | |||||||||||||
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| Host nation | Portugal | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 13–23 August 2015 | ||||||||||||
| Teams | 16 (from 1 federations) | ||||||||||||
| Venues | 2 (in 1 host city) | ||||||||||||
| Champions |
 Czech Republic (1st title)
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| MVP |
 Ana Ramos
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| Official website | |||||||||||||
| u16women.fibaeurope.com | |||||||||||||
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The 2015 FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship for Women was the 27th edition of the European championship for women's national under-16 basketball teams. A total of 16 teams participated in the competition, which took place in Matosinhos, Portugal, from 13 to 23 August 2015.
The champions were Czech Republic, who defeated Portugal 79–55 to secure their first title in this competition, after being losing finalists in the previous two editions. Portugal achieved their best-ever result in an international basketball competition, having never reached the quarterfinals at this age level. The host nation's Ana Ramos was named the tournament's MVP and selected for the tournament's All-Star Five.
The first-round groups draw took place on 30 November 2014 in Budapest, Hungary. In the first round, the sixteen teams are allocated in four groups of four teams each. The top three teams of each group will qualify to the Second Round. The last team of each group will play in the Classification Group G first, then in the 9th–16th place playoffs.
Twelve advancing teams from the First Round will be allocated in two groups of six teams each. The top four teams of each group will advance to the quarterfinals. The last two teams of each group will play for the 9th – 16th places against the teams from the Group G.
The last team of each group of the First Round will compete in this Classification Round.
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