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 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.
TBF International Under-16 Tournament results
Year Host Category Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal 1994 Sakarya 1995 Edirne Turkey B 1997 Sakarya 1998 Antalya (2×) 1999 Antalya 2001 Bursa 2002 Istanbul 2005 Sakarya (2×) 2006 Sakarya (3×) 2007 Sakarya (3×) 2008 Sakarya 2009 Ankara (4×) 2010 Konya 2011 Gaziantep 2012 Sakarya 2013 Sakarya (2×) 2014 Sakarya 2015 Konya (5×) 2016 Samsun 2017 Konya (6×) 2018 Sakarya 2019 Sakarya (2×) 2020 Konya (7×)
See also FIBA Under-17 World Cup AST Under-18 World Cup FIBA Under-19 World Cup
References
External links Official Webpage (in Turkish)