Tomorrow the draw for the European Youth Championships

The summer will once again be dedicated to the European Youth Championships in which Greece has its own special place, since it will host another big event for the future of basketball, the European Children’s Championship! The countdown will begin tomorrow (6/2) at 12.00 with the event draw in Freising, Germany, which will be broadcast live on the FIBA ​​YouTube channel. EEC will be represented by Dimos Dikoudis (responsible for National Teams and member of the Board) and Dinos Sverkounos (general manager).

A total of 16 events will be held in A’, B’ and C’ Category, Children, Girls, Teenagers, Youth, Young Men and Young Women. The first ever European Championship to be held is that of Young Women A’ and B’ category in Lithuania and Bulgaria respectively.

See in detail the events that will be held in the summer of 2024:

European Youth Championships

Men’s

European U20, 13-21/7 Gdynia (Poland)

European U20 (2nd Cat.), 12-32/7, Pitesti (Romania)

European U18, 27/7-8/4 Tampere (Finland)

European U18 (B’ Cat.), 26/7-4/8 Skopje (North Macedonia)

European U18 (3rd Cat.), 20-28/7 (announcement expected)

European U16, 9-17/8, Heraklion, Crete (Greece)

European U16 (B’ Kat.), 8-17/8, Skopje (North Macedonia)

European U16 (3rd Cat.), 9-14/7, Durres (Albania)

Women’s

European U20, 6-14/7 Vilnius (Lithuania)

European U20 (2nd Cat.), 6-14/7 Sofia (Bulgaria)

European U18, 3-11/8, Matosinhos (Portugal)

European U18 (2nd Cat.), 2-11/8, Ploiesti (Romania)

European U18 (3rd Cat.), 23-28/7 Pristina (Kosovo)

European U16, 16-24/8 Hungary (city to be announced)

European U16 (2nd Cat.), 25-14/8 Turkey (city announcement awaited)

European U16 (‘ Cat.), 9-14/7 Gibraltar

A total of 13 countries will host European championships and 244 teams (128 men and 116 women) from 47 European confederations will compete.