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FIBA U18 EuroBasket

International men's juniors basketball tournament

FIBA U18 EuroBasket

Current season, competition or edition: 2023 FIBA U18 European Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1964
Divisions	3
No. of teams	16 (Division A)
Continent	Europe (FIBA Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Serbia (5th title)
Most titles	Soviet Union (8 titles)
Related competitions	FIBA Europe U-20 FIBA Europe U-16
Official website	www.fiba.com/europe/u18

The FIBA U18 EuroBasket is the new name for the FIBA U18 European Championship,^[1][2] originally known as the FIBA European Championship for Juniors. It's a men's youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1964 edition. It was held biennially through the 2002 edition. From the 2004 edition onward, it has been held every year. It serves as the qualification tournament for the FIBA Under-19 World Cup, for the FIBA Europe region. The current champions are Serbia.

Division A[edit]

Results[edit]

Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze	Score	Fourth place
1964 details	Italy (Naples)	Soviet Union	62–41	France	Italy	73–72	Bulgaria
1966 details	Italy (Porto San Giorgio)	Soviet Union	71–50	Yugoslavia	Italy	47–42	Czechoslovakia
1968 details	Spain (Vigo)	Soviet Union	82–73	Yugoslavia	Italy	53–44	Turkey
1970 details	Greece (Athens)	Soviet Union	80–48	Greece	Italy	62–57	Yugoslavia
1972 details	Yugoslavia (Zadar)	Yugoslavia	89–65	Italy	Soviet Union	73–60	Israel
1974 details	France (Orléans)	Yugoslavia	80–79	Spain	Italy	77–69	Sweden
1976 details	Spain (Santiago de Compostela)	Yugoslavia	92–83	Soviet Union	Spain	89–72	Bulgaria
1978 details	Italy (Roseto degli Abruzzi, Teramo)	Soviet Union	104–100	Spain	Yugoslavia	95–72	Bulgaria
1980 details	Yugoslavia (Celje)	Soviet Union	83–81	Yugoslavia	Bulgaria	96–90	Spain
1982 details	Bulgaria (Dimitrovgrad, Haskovo)	Soviet Union	97–87	Yugoslavia	Bulgaria	84–73	Italy
1984 details	Sweden (Huskvarna, Katrineholm)	Soviet Union	75–74	Italy	Yugoslavia	92–89	Spain
1986 details	Austria (Vöcklabruck, Gmunden)	Yugoslavia	111–87	Soviet Union	Italy	83–53	West Germany
1988 details	Yugoslavia (Titov Vrbas, Srbobran)	Yugoslavia	84–75	Italy	Czechoslovakia	88–70	Greece
1990 details	Netherlands (Groningen, Emmen)	Italy	92–79	Soviet Union	Spain	105–73	Romania
1992 details	Hungary (Budapest, Zalaegerszeg, Szolnok)	France	94–83	Italy	CIS	113–108	Greece
1994 details	Israel (Tel Aviv)	Lithuania	73–71	Croatia	Spain	87–76	Italy
1996 details	France (Auch, Lourdes, Tarbes)	Croatia	64–51	France	Yugoslavia	77–61	Belgium
1998 details	Bulgaria (Varna)	Spain	81–70	Croatia	Greece	97–91	Latvia
2000 details	Croatia (Zadar)	France	65–64	Croatia	Greece	71–65	Italy
2002 details	Germany (Ludwigsburg, Esslingen, Böblingen)	Croatia	74–72	Slovenia	Greece	82–67	Lithuania
2004 details	Spain (Zaragoza)	Spain	89–71	Turkey	France	74–68	Italy
2005 details	SCG (Belgrade)	Serbia and Montenegro	78–61	Turkey	Italy	88–83	Spain
2006 details	Greece (Amaliada, Olympia, Argostoli)	France	77–72	Lithuania	Spain	92–83	Turkey
2007 details	Spain (Madrid)	Serbia	92–89	Greece	Latvia	74–72	Lithuania
2008 details	Greece (Amaliada, Pyrgos)	Greece	57–50	Lithuania	Croatia	73–68	France
2009 details	France (Metz)	Serbia	78–72	France	Turkey	95–74	Lithuania
2010 details	Lithuania (Vilnius)	Lithuania	90–61	Russia	Latvia	75–49	Serbia
2011 details	Poland (Wroclaw)	Spain	71–65	Serbia	Turkey	69–65	Italy
2012 details	Lithuania (Vilnius)  Latvia (Liepāja)	Croatia	88–76	Lithuania	Serbia	66–56	Russia
2013 details	Latvia (Liepāja, Riga & Ventspils)	Turkey	81–74	Croatia	Spain	57–56	Latvia
2014 details	Turkey (Konya)	Turkey	85–68	Serbia	Croatia	75–71	Greece
2015 details	Greece (Volos)	Greece	64–61	Turkey	Lithuania	74–49	Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016 details	Turkey (Samsun)	France	75–68	Lithuania	Italy	74–68	Germany
2017 details	Slovakia (Bratislava)	Serbia	74–62	Spain	Lithuania	97–88	Turkey
2018 details	Latvia (Liepāja, Riga & Ventspils)	Serbia	99–90	Latvia	France	79–70	Russia
2019 details	Greece (Volos)	Spain	57–53	Turkey	Slovenia	81–57	Greece
2020	Turkey (Konya)	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey.
2021	Turkey (Konya)	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3] The 2021 FIBA U18 European Challengers were played instead.
2022 details	Turkey (İzmir)	Spain	68–61	Turkey	Serbia	70–67	Slovenia
2023 details	Serbia (Niš)	Serbia	81–71	Spain	Germany	67–59	France
2024 details	Finland (Tampere)

Medal table[edit]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	8	3	1	12
2	Spain	5	4	5	14
3	Yugoslavia	5	4	2	11
4	Serbia	5	2	2	9
5	France	4	3	2	9
6	Croatia	3	4	2	9
7	Turkey	2	5	2	9
8	Lithuania	2	4	2	8
9	Greece	2	2	3	7
10	Italy	1	4	8	13
11	Serbia and Montenegro	1	0	1	2
12	Latvia	0	1	2	3
13	Slovenia	0	1	1	2
14	Russia	0	1	0	1
15	Bulgaria	0	0	2	2
16	CIS	0	0	1	1
	Czechoslovakia	0	0	1	1
	Germany	0	0	1	1
Totals (18 entries)		38	38	38	114

• Source:^[4]
• ¹ Since 1992, Czechoslovakia, the Soviet Union and Yugoslavia are defunct.
• ² FR Yugoslavia was formed in 1992 and renamed to Serbia and Montenegro in 2003. As of 2006, Serbia and Montenegro is defunct.
• ³ Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) competed only in 1992.

Participating nations[edit]

Nation	1964	1966	1968	1970	1972	1974	1976	1978	1980	1982	1984	1986	1988	1990	1992
Austria			12th			16th						12th
Belgium				12th		10th	10th	10th	11th						10th
Bulgaria	4th	5th		7th	12th		4th	4th	3rd	3rd	10th
Czechoslovakia	5th	4th	10th	8th	5th	9th		7th	8th	7th	6th	8th	3rd	11th
Finland		8th	8th			15th	13th			8th	7th	7th	11th		8th
France	2nd	7th			6th	8th		9th	12th	10th		10th		7th	1st
West Germany			11th	10th		14th	11th		6th	5th	5th	4th	9th	12th	7th
Greece			6th	2nd	9th	7th	7th	6th			9th	6th	4th	8th	4th
Hungary					8th					11th		9th			11th
Israel			7th		4th	11th	8th		7th	9th			10th		5th
Italy	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	5th	5th	5th	4th	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd
Netherlands						12th						11th	12th	10th
Norway										12th
Poland	6th		9th	6th	10th	6th	6th	12th			11th			6th	9th
Romania				9th				11th						4th
Soviet Union	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	5th	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	5th	2nd	3rd
Spain	8th	6th	5th	5th	7th	2nd	3rd	2nd	4th	6th	4th	5th	6th	3rd	6th
Sweden						4th	12th		10th		12th		8th
Turkey			4th	11th	11th	13th	9th	8th	9th		8th		7th	9th
Yugoslavia	7th	2nd	2nd	4th	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	5th
Nation	1964	1966	1968	1970	1972	1974	1976	1978	1980	1982	1984	1986	1988	1990	1992

Nation	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	2024[5]	Total
Belgium		4th					16th			15th						15th								Q	11
Bosnia and Herzegovina															13th	12th	4th	6th	8th	16th					6
Bulgaria			8th	12th		10th	12th	8th	14th	13th	10th	16th		8th	15th										20
Croatia	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	1st		11th	10th	7th	3rd	8th	5th	8th	1st	2nd	3rd	12th	14th		11th	13th	13th	10th	Q	22
Czech Republic											16th		15th		12th	13th	16th					10th	16th		7
Denmark														15th									13th	Q	2
Estonia									12th	16th															2
Finland													16th				13th	8th	10th	13th	14th		15th		16
France	5th	2nd	10th	1st	7th	3rd	6th	1st	6th	4th	2nd	7th	7th	13th	7th	9th	6th	1st	6th	3rd	5th	5th	4th	Q	34
Georgia						11th																			1
Germany	12th	8th			12th		14th	13th	9th	14th	11th	13th	11th	14th			8th	4th	11th	6th	11th	11th	3rd	Q	30
Great Britain	played separately as , and																			7th	8th	15th			3
Greece	6th	7th	3rd	3rd	3rd	7th	13th	6th	2nd	1st	13th	8th	14th	11th	11th	4th	1st	9th	7th	14th	4th	12th	7th	Q	35
Iceland								15th																	1
Israel	10th		6th	10th	6th	8th	7th	11th	11th	10th	15th							15th				8th	6th	Q	22
Italy	4th	6th	12th	4th		4th	3rd	7th	13th	11th	7th	12th	4th	7th	10th	6th	11th	3rd	5th	10th	9th	6th	9th	Q	38
Latvia			4th	8th	11th	12th	8th	12th	3rd	7th	9th	3rd	10th	6th	4th	8th	10th	13th	16th	2nd	16th			Q	20
Lithuania	1st	12th	9th	7th	4th	9th	9th	2nd	4th	2nd	4th	1st	5th	2nd	5th	7th	3rd	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	7th	11th	Q	24
Montenegro	played as part of															11th	14th		13th	8th	12th	16th		Q	7
Netherlands																					15th				5
North Macedonia																						14th			1
Poland					8th		15th					6th	6th	16th		16th						9th	14th		18
Romania		11th							16th																5
Russia	8th	10th	5th	6th	10th	6th	5th	9th	10th	8th	6th	2nd	9th	4th	8th	10th	9th	7th	9th	4th	6th				22
Serbia	played as part of								1st	6th	1st	4th	2nd	3rd	6th	2nd	5th	10th	1st	1st	10th	3rd	1st	Q	16
Slovakia																			15th						1
Slovenia	7th		7th	9th	2nd		10th	14th	15th		12th	10th	12th	10th	16th			11th	14th		3rd	4th	8th	Q	18
Spain	3rd	9th	1st	11th	9th	1st	4th	3rd	5th	5th	5th	11th	1st	5th	3rd	5th	7th	5th	2nd	9th	1st	1st	2nd	Q	39
Sweden												15th						16th					12th	Q	9
Turkey	9th	5th	11th		5th	2nd	2nd	4th	8th	9th	3rd	9th	3rd	9th	1st	1st	2nd	12th	4th	12th	2nd	2nd	5th	Q	33
Ukraine	11th							16th		12th	14th	14th	13th	12th	14th		15th		12th	15th					11
Nation	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	2023	2024	Nation
Austria	playing in lower divisions																								3
Hungary	playing in lower divisions																								4
Norway	playing in lower divisions																								1
England															9th	14th			Great Britain[6]						2
Czechoslovakia	defunct																								13
Soviet Union	defunct																								15
Yugoslavia	defunct																								14
FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and MontenegroA		3rd		5th		5th	1st	5th	defunct																5

^{^A} AsFR Yugoslavia (1992–2002, 2 participations, 1 medal) and as Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006, 3 participations, 1 medal)

MVP Awards (since 1998)[edit]

Year	MVP Award Winner
1998	Sani Bečirović
2000	Tony Parker
2002	Erazem Lorbek
2004	Sergio Rodríguez
2005	Dragan Labović
2006	Nicolas Batum
2007	Kosta Koufos
2008	Donatas Motiejūnas
2009	Enes Kanter
2010	Jonas Valančiūnas
2011	Álex Abrines
2012	Dario Šarić[7]
2013	Kenan Sipahi
2014	Egemen Güven
2015	Vassilis Charalampopoulos
2016	Frank Ntilikina
2017	Nikola Mišković
2018	Marko Pecarski
2019	Santiago Aldama
2022	Izan Almansa
2023	Nikola Topić

Division B[edit]

Results[edit]

Year	Host	Promoted to Division A			Bronze medal game
		Gold	Score	Silver	Bronze *	Score	Fourth place
2005 details	Slovakia	Ukraine	82–56	Iceland	Hungary	97–76	Finland
2006 details	Romania	Romania	67–54	Estonia	Portugal	76–74	England
2007 details	Bulgaria	Belgium	86–58	Ukraine	Poland	80–68	Montenegro
2008 details	Hungary	Slovenia	68–60	Czech Republic	Poland	70–60	Slovakia
2009 details	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Sweden	87–71	Poland	Montenegro	73–71	England
2010 details	Israel	Czech Republic	78–46	Finland	Montenegro	75–60	Israel
2011 details	Bulgaria	Bulgaria	70–68	Denmark	Sweden	71–65	Montenegro
2012 details	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	76–64	Czech Republic	England	73–59	Finland
2013 details	Macedonia	Montenegro	64–63	Poland	Belgium	70–45	Macedonia
2014 details	Bulgaria	Germany	64–40	Ukraine	Finland	70–50	Sweden
2015 details	Austria	Sweden	73–72	Israel	Slovenia	78–60	Poland
2016 details	Macedonia	Montenegro	83–72	Ukraine	Slovakia	63–62	Hungary
2017 details	Estonia (Tallinn)	Croatia	90–84	Great Britain	Estonia[note 1]	90–71	Israel
2018 details	Macedonia (Skopje)	Netherlands	86–57	Slovenia	Belgium[note 2]	73–67	Estonia
2019 details	Romania (Oradea)	Israel	81–79	Poland	Czech Republic	89–80	North Macedonia
2020	Romania (Oradea)	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Romania.
2021	Romania (Oradea)	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3] The 2021 FIBA U18 European Challengers were played instead.
2022 details	Romania (Ploeisti)	Sweden	79–66	Denmark	Finland	72–66	Iceland
2023 details	Portugal (Matosinhos)	Latvia	75–69	Belgium	Montenegro	85–80	Austria
2024 details	North Macedonia (Skopje)

• Since 2012, the 3rd team in Division B is also promoted to Division A for the next tournament.

Medal table[edit]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Sweden	3	0	1	4
2	Montenegro	2	0	3	5
3	Ukraine	1	3	0	4
4	Czech Republic	1	2	1	4
5	Belgium	1	1	2	4
6	Slovenia	1	1	1	3
7	Israel	1	1	0	2
8	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	0	1
	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
	Croatia	1	0	0	1
	Germany	1	0	0	1
	Latvia	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
	Romania	1	0	0	1
15	Poland	0	3	2	5
16	Denmark	0	2	0	2
17	Finland	0	1	2	3
18	England	0	1	1	2
	Estonia	0	1	1	2
20	Iceland	0	1	0	1
21	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
Totals (23 entries)		17	17	17	51

Participating nations[edit]

Nation	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	Total
Armenia			20th														1
Albania					23rd						23rd	21st	21st	24th			5
Austria	7th	7th	13th	5th	13th	10th	18th	12th	20th	16th	13th	18th	17th	16th	17th	12th	16
Azerbaijan													22nd	20th			2
Belarus				15th	18th	9th		18th	12th		18th	11th	20th	6th	13th		10
Belgium		8th	1st		9th	7th	9th	8th	3rd		9th	5th	9th	3rd	10th	10th	13
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8th	9th	7th	14th		8th		1st							12th	6th	8
Bulgaria					19th		1st			14th	19th	12th	7th	11th	14th	16th	9
Croatia													1st				1
Cyprus												24th				22nd	2
Czech Republic	15th	10th	6th	2nd		1st		2nd				8th	13th	5th	3rd		10
Denmark			17th	8th	10th	15th	2nd		17th	12th	10th	15th	8th	22nd	18th	2nd	13
England	14th	4th	18th	18th	7th	6th	14th	3rd			7th	9th					10
Estonia	10th	2nd			15th	5th	5th	6th	7th	17th	15th	7th	3rd	4th	5th	9th	14
Finland	4th	12th	9th	10th		2nd		4th	9th	3rd						3rd	9
Georgia				13th	8th	19th	15th	17th	21st	20th	8th	10th	18th	21st	8th	15th	13
Germany									11th	1st							2
Great Britain													2nd				1
Hungary	3rd	11th	8th	17th	5th	13th	8th	11th	13th	8th	5th	4th	12th	10th	15th	14th	16
Iceland	2nd				6th			13th		9th	6th	13th	10th	15th	11th	4th	10
Ireland	16th	19th	16th	20th	22nd					22nd	22nd	23rd	24th		16th	20th	11
Israel					2nd	4th	7th	7th	5th	6th	2nd		4th	9th	1st		10
Kosovo															23rd	21st	2
Latvia																13th	1
Luxembourg	11th	16th	15th		24th	16th	17th	19th	19th	11th	24th	19th	23rd	19th	24th		14
Moldova		17th															1
Montenegro			4th	11th		3rd	4th	5th	1st			1st					7
Netherlands	6th	14th	14th	9th	11th	12th	6th	9th	8th	13th	11th	17th	6th	1st		8th	15
North Macedonia	12th				21st				4th	15th	21st	16th	16th	18th	4th		9
Norway		13th	11th	19th			16th	20th	14th	10th				13th	20th	18th	10
Poland		6th	3rd	3rd	4th				2nd		4th	6th	5th	12th	2nd		10
Portugal	5th	3rd	12th	7th	12th	18th	12th	10th	10th	7th	12th	14th	11th	8th	6th	5th	16
Romania	17th	1st		12th	16th	20th	11th	15th	16th	18th	16th	20th	15th	23rd	21st	7th	15
Scotland		18th			20th	14th		22nd	22nd	19th	20th	22nd					8
Slovakia	13th	15th	10th	4th	17th	17th	10th	16th	18th		17th	3rd		14th	22nd	17th	14
Slovenia				1st	3rd					5th	3rd			2nd			5
Sweden	9th	5th	5th	6th	1st		3rd	14th	6th	4th	1st		14th	7th	7th	1st	14
Switzerland			19th	16th	14th	11th	13th	21st	15th	21st	14th		19th	17th	19th	19th	13
Ukraine	1st		2nd							2nd		2nd			9th	11th	6
Nation	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2022	Total