TBF International Under-16 Tournament
Current season, competition or edition: 2020 | |
Sport | Basketball |
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Founded | 1994 |
Ceased | 2020 |
Country | Turkey |
Last champion(s) | Turkey (7th title) |
Most titles | Turkey (7 titles) |
Official website | TBF 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
[edit]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
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ "History". tbf.org.tr. Turkish Basketball Federation. Archived from the original on 29 September 2018. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
External links
[edit]- Official Webpage (in Turkish)
- Basketball competitions in Europe between national teams
- Defunct basketball competitions in Europe
- International youth basketball competitions hosted by Turkey
- Recurring sporting events established in 1994
- Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2020
- 1994 establishments in Turkey
- 2020 disestablishments in Turkey
- Under-16 basketball competitions between national teams