U16 FIBA Europe Championship 2025
August
Tournament website
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-u16-womens-eurobasket-2025
(Division A Pitesti, Romania) August 15th – 23rd ( NB not to be confused with Ploiesti last years location)
https://www.fiba.basketball/en/events/fiba-u16-womens-eurobasket-2025-division-b
(Division B Istanbul, Turkey) August 20th-29th
I will be in Pitesti to watch last four game days from 19th-23rd. I will then travel to Istanbul to watch the end of the B Division
Venues
Pitesti (About an hour 45 minute drive from Bucharest)
Group games take place in two venues:
Pitesti Arena
Location – https://maps.app.goo.gl/oSAF6vHyyZmUqnAL6
Sala Sporturilor Mioveni
Location – https://maps.app.goo.gl/gkc9ChxVnpKGABFL7
The drive between gyms is about 30 minutes.
Hotels & Transport
Plenty of options available but not your regular chain hotels outside of the Budget Ibis.
Istanbul
Group games take place in the same venue.
Basketbol Gelişim Merkezi ( Basketball Development centre )
Location – https://maps.app.goo.gl/cDQJ2wVX8VeUgHr38
Hotels & Transport
The new facility is on the European side of the Bosphorus strait there is a Hampton by Hilton Istanbul Zeytinburnu that is directly opposite the facility. Traffic is normally very bad in Istanbul so this might be a good location to avoid loss of time travelling on game days.
Istanbul Airport (IST, IGA) is the largest and new airport on the northern European side of Istanbul about 50 minute drive to the venue, Sabiha Gökçen Airport is on the Asian side of Turkey and about an hour drive from the venue.