The Russia women's national under-16 and under-17 basketball team is a national
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appro ...
team of Russia, administered by the
Russian Basketball Federation
Russian Basketball Federation (), also known as RBF, is a national governing body of basketball in Russia. It was founded in 1991, and is the successor to the Soviet Basketball Federation. After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, FIBA banned R ...
.
It represents the country in international under-16 and under-17 (under age 16 and under age 17) women's basketball competitions.
After the
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, , starting the largest and deadliest war in Europe since World War II, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, conflict between the two countries which began in 2014. The fighting has caused hundreds of thou ...
, FIBA banned Russian teams and officials from participating in FIBA 3x3 Basketball competitions.
History
FIBA Under-17 Basketball World Cup
FIBA Europe Under-16 Championship
See also
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Russia women's national basketball team
The Russia women's national basketball team is administered by the Russian Basketball Federation.
The team has participated in four FIBA Women's World Cups and their best finish has been a silver medal in 1998, 2002 and 2006. In European Women ...
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Russia women's national under-19 basketball team
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Soviet Union women's national under-17 basketball team
References
External links
Archived recordsof Russia team participations
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Women's national under-17 basketball teams
1993 establishments in Russia
National sports teams established in 1993