FIBA European Championship for Small Countries
| Current season, competition or edition: 2026 FIBA European Championship for Small Countries | |
| Formerly | Promotion Cup EuroBasket Division C |
|---|---|
| Sport | Basketball |
| Founded | 1988 |
| First season | 1988 |
| Countries | Lowest-ranked FIBA Europe teams |
| Continent | Europe |
Most recent champion | Andorra (6th title) |
| Most titles | Andorra (6 titles) |
| Related competitions | EuroBasket |
| Website | www.fiba.basketball/history |
The FIBA European Championship for Small Countries is the lowest-ranked tier of the biennial 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
Performance
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andorra | 6 | 3 | 2 | 11 |
| 2 | Ireland | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Iceland | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Armenia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Austria | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 7 | Malta | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | San Marino | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | 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 entries) | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57 | |
Participation details
| Team | 1988 |
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| Albania | 6th | 5th | 2nd | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Andorra | 8th | 6th | 1st | 1st | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 16 | |||
| Armenia | 1st | 1st | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Austria | 1st | 1st | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Azerbaijan | 4th | 1st | 1st | 4th | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 5th | 6th | 4th | 19 |
| Iceland | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Ireland | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Luxembourg | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Malta | 6th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 5th | 5th | 7th | 9th | 8th | 7th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 6th | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | 19 |
| 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 | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 18 | |
| 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
References
- ^ Small Countries commission in San Marino FIBA Europe. July 20, 2011