FIBA U18 EuroBasket

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.

FIBA U18 EuroBasket
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2023 FIBA U18 European Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1964
Divisions3
No. of teams16 (Division A)
ContinentEurope (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 websitewww.fiba.com/europe/u18

Division A

Results

YearHostGold medal gameBronze medal game
GoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth 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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Soviet Union83112
2  Spain54514
3  Yugoslavia54211
4  Serbia5229
5  France4329
6  Croatia3429
7  Turkey2529
8  Lithuania2428
9  Greece2237
10  Italy14813
11  Serbia and Montenegro1012
12  Latvia0123
13  Slovenia0112
14  Russia0101
15  Bulgaria0022
16  CIS0011
 Czechoslovakia0011
 Germany0011
Totals (18 entries)383838114

Participating nations

Nation
1964

1966

1968

1970

1972

1974

1976

1978

1980

1982

1984

1986

1988

1990

1992
 Austria12th16th12th
 Belgium12th10th10th10th11th10th
 Bulgaria4th5th7th12th4th4th3rd3rd10th
 Czechoslovakia5th4th10th8th5th9th7th8th7th6th8th3rd11th
 Finland8th8th15th13th8th7th7th11th8th
 France2nd7th6th8th9th12th10th10th7th1st
 West Germany11th10th14th11th6th5th5th4th9th12th7th
 Greece6th2nd9th7th7th6th9th6th4th8th4th
 Hungary8th11th9th11th
 Israel7th4th11th8th7th9th10th5th
 Italy3rd3rd3rd3rd2nd3rd5th5th5th4th2nd3rd2nd1st2nd
 Netherlands12th11th12th10th
 Norway12th
 Poland6th9th6th10th6th6th12th11th6th9th
 Romania9th11th4th
 Soviet Union1st1st1st1st3rd5th2nd1st1st1st1st2nd5th2nd3rd
 Spain8th6th5th5th7th2nd3rd2nd4th6th4th5th6th3rd6th
 Sweden4th12th10th12th8th
 Turkey4th11th11th13th9th8th9th8th7th9th
 Yugoslavia7th2nd2nd4th1st1st1st3rd2nd2nd3rd1st1st5th
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
 Belgium4th16th15th15thQ11
 Bosnia and Herzegovina13th12th4th6th8th16th6
 Bulgaria8th12th10th12th8th14th13th10th16th8th15th20
 Croatia2nd1st2nd2nd1st11th10th7th3rd8th5th8th1st2nd3rd12th14th11th13th13th10thQ22
 Czech Republic16th15th12th13th16th10th16th7
 Denmark15th13thQ2
 Estonia12th16th2
 Finland16th13th8th10th13th14th15th16
 France5th2nd10th1st7th3rd6th1st6th4th2nd7th7th13th7th9th6th1st6th3rd5th5th4thQ34
 Georgia11th1
 Germany12th8th12th14th13th9th14th11th13th11th14th8th4th11th6th11th11th3rdQ30
 Great Britainplayed separately as , and 7th8th15th3
 Greece6th7th3rd3rd3rd7th13th6th2nd1st13th8th14th11th11th4th1st9th7th14th4th12th7thQ35
 Iceland15th1
 Israel10th6th10th6th8th7th11th11th10th15th15th8th6thQ22
 Italy4th6th12th4th4th3rd7th13th11th7th12th4th7th10th6th11th3rd5th10th9th6th9thQ38
 Latvia4th8th11th12th8th12th3rd7th9th3rd10th6th4th8th10th13th16th2nd16thQ20
 Lithuania1st12th9th7th4th9th9th2nd4th2nd4th1st5th2nd5th7th3rd2nd3rd5th7th7th11thQ24
 Montenegroplayed as part of 11th14th13th8th12th16thQ7
 Netherlands15th5
 North Macedonia14th1
 Poland8th15th6th6th16th16th9th14th18
 Romania11th16th5
 Russia8th10th5th6th10th6th5th9th10th8th6th2nd9th4th8th10th9th7th9th4th6th22
 Serbiaplayed as part of 1st6th1st4th2nd3rd6th2nd5th10th1st1st10th3rd1stQ16
 Slovakia15th1
 Slovenia7th7th9th2nd10th14th15th12th10th12th10th16th11th14th3rd4th8thQ18
 Spain3rd9th1st11th9th1st4th3rd5th5th5th11th1st5th3rd5th7th5th2nd9th1st1st2ndQ39
 Sweden15th16th12thQ9
 Turkey9th5th11th5th2nd2nd4th8th9th3rd9th3rd9th1st1st2nd12th4th12th2nd2nd5thQ33
 Ukraine11th16th12th14th14th13th12th14th15th12th15th11
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
 Austriaplaying in lower divisions3
 Hungaryplaying in lower divisions4
 Norwayplaying in lower divisions1
 England9th14th  Great Britain[6]2
 Czechoslovakiadefunct13
 Soviet Uniondefunct15
 Yugoslaviadefunct14
 FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and MontenegroA3rd5th5th1st5thdefunct5
^A As FR Yugoslavia (1992–2002, 2 participations, 1 medal) and as Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006, 3 participations, 1 medal)

MVP Awards (since 1998)

YearMVP 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

Results

YearHostPromoted to Division ABronze medal game
GoldScoreSilverBronze *ScoreFourth 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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Sweden3014
2  Montenegro2035
3  Ukraine1304
4  Czech Republic1214
5  Belgium1124
6  Slovenia1113
7  Israel1102
8  Bosnia and Herzegovina1001
 Bulgaria1001
 Croatia1001
 Germany1001
 Latvia1001
 Netherlands1001
 Romania1001
15  Poland0325
16  Denmark0202
17  Finland0123
18  England0112
 Estonia0112
20  Iceland0101
21  Hungary0011
 Portugal0011
 Slovakia0011
Totals (23 entries)17171751

Participating nations

Nation
2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2022
Total
 Armenia20th1
 Albania23rd23rd21st21st24th5
 Austria7th7th13th5th13th10th18th12th20th16th13th18th17th16th17th12th16
 Azerbaijan22nd20th2
 Belarus15th18th9th18th12th18th11th20th6th13th10
 Belgium8th1st9th7th9th8th3rd9th5th9th3rd10th10th13
 Bosnia and Herzegovina8th9th7th14th8th1st12th6th8
 Bulgaria19th1st14th19th12th7th11th14th16th9
 Croatia1st1
 Cyprus24th22nd2
 Czech Republic15th10th6th2nd1st2nd8th13th5th3rd10
 Denmark17th8th10th15th2nd17th12th10th15th8th22nd18th2nd13
 England14th4th18th18th7th6th14th3rd7th9th10
 Estonia10th2nd15th5th5th6th7th17th15th7th3rd4th5th9th14
 Finland4th12th9th10th2nd4th9th3rd3rd9
 Georgia13th8th19th15th17th21st20th8th10th18th21st8th15th13
 Germany11th1st2
 Great Britain2nd1
 Hungary3rd11th8th17th5th13th8th11th13th8th5th4th12th10th15th14th16
 Iceland2nd6th13th9th6th13th10th15th11th4th10
 Ireland16th19th16th20th22nd22nd22nd23rd24th16th20th11
 Israel2nd4th7th7th5th6th2nd4th9th1st10
 Kosovo23rd21st2
 Latvia13th1
 Luxembourg11th16th15th24th16th17th19th19th11th24th19th23rd19th24th14
 Moldova17th1
 Montenegro4th11th3rd4th5th1st1st7
 Netherlands6th14th14th9th11th12th6th9th8th13th11th17th6th1st8th15
 North Macedonia12th21st4th15th21st16th16th18th4th9
 Norway13th11th19th16th20th14th10th13th20th18th10
 Poland6th3rd3rd4th2nd4th6th5th12th2nd10
 Portugal5th3rd12th7th12th18th12th10th10th7th12th14th11th8th6th5th16
 Romania17th1st12th16th20th11th15th16th18th16th20th15th23rd21st7th15
 Scotland18th20th14th22nd22nd19th20th22nd8
 Slovakia13th15th10th4th17th17th10th16th18th17th3rd14th22nd17th14
 Slovenia1st3rd5th3rd2nd5
 Sweden9th5th5th6th1st3rd14th6th4th1st14th7th7th1st14
  Switzerland19th16th14th11th13th21st15th21st14th19th17th19th19th13
 Ukraine1st2nd2nd2nd9th11th6
Nation
2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2022
Total

Division C

Results

YearHostGold Medal GameBronze medal game
GoldScoreSilverBronzeScoreFourth place
1997
details
 Andorra
Moldova
85–78
Andorra

Cyprus
114–81
San Marino
1999
details
 Luxembourg
Iceland
93–65
Ireland

Luxembourg
93–90
Andorra
2001
details
 Malta
Cyprus
76–74
Scotland

Luxembourg
74–69
Albania
2003
details
 Malta
Albania
Round-robin group
Scotland

Andorra
Round-robin group
Malta
2005
details
 Malta
Andorra
97–85
Scotland

Luxembourg
81–39
Wales
2007
details
 Wales
Scotland
Round-robin group
Wales

Moldova

Andorra
2009
details
 Malta
Malta
75–38
Gibraltar

Andorra
76–71
Moldova
2011
details
 San Marino
Wales
Round-robin group
San Marino

Moldova
Round-robin group
Andorra
2013
details
 Andorra
San Marino
103–100
(OT)

Moldova

Andorra
70–50
Monaco
2014
details
 Andorra
Monaco
66–38
Gibraltar

Andorra
51–46
San Marino
2015
details
 Gibraltar
Andorra
80–66
Azerbaijan

Wales
82–64
Malta
2016
details
 San Marino
Azerbaijan
74–57
Andorra

Kosovo
100–57
San Marino
2017
details
 Cyprus
(Nicosia)

Norway
84–53
Cyprus

Malta
68–61
Moldova
2018
details
 Kosovo
(Pristina)

Kosovo
73–64
Cyprus

Ireland
93–91
Monaco
2019
details
 Andorra
(Andorra la Vella)

Cyprus
67–59
Monaco

Albania
66–58
San Marino
2020  San Marino
(Serravalle)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino.
2021  San Marino
(Serravalle)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3]
The 2021 FIBA U18 European Challengers were played instead.
2022
details
 San Marino
(Serravalle)

Albania
93-78
Monaco

Azerbaijan
78-73
(OT)

Luxembourg
2023
details
 Azerbaijan
(Baku)

Cyprus
68-48
Monaco

Moldova
76-68
Luxembourg

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Cyprus3216
2  Andorra2248
3  Albania2013
4  Monaco1304
 Scotland1304
6  Moldova1135
7  Azerbaijan1113
 Wales1113
9  San Marino1102
10  Kosovo1012
 Malta1012
12  Iceland1001
 Norway1001
14  Gibraltar0202
15  Ireland0112
16  Luxembourg0033
Totals (16 entries)17171751

Under-19 World Cup record

Team
1979

1983

1987

1991

1995

1999

2003

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023

2025

2027
Total
 CroatiaPart of Yugoslavia4th3rd4th3rd8th2nd7
 Czech RepublicPart of Czechoslovakia14thQ2
 France8th3rd8th7th3rd2nd2nd7
 Germany5th4th5th3
 Greece1st7th3rd2nd4th10th6
 Hungary16th1
 Italy6th6th3rd2nd13th12th6th2nd7
 LatviaPart of Soviet Union9th10th12th11th4
 LithuaniaPart of Soviet Union5th2nd9th9th1st3rd6th4th6th9
 Poland7th1
 Portugal16th1
 Romania5th1
 RussiaPart of Soviet Union6th3rd9th5th4
 SerbiaPart of Yugoslavia1st2nd2nd9th7th4th6th7
 SloveniaPart of Yugoslavia7th9th2
 Spain4th6th3rd1st8th10th5th8th4th5th1st11
  SwitzerlandQ1
 Turkey8th7th3rd9th3rd5
Team
1979

1983

1987

1991

1995

1999

2003

2007

2009

2011

2013

2015

2017

2019

2021

2023

2025

2027
Total
 Soviet Union5th2nd7th9thdefunct4
 Yugoslavia4th8th1st4thdefunct4
Total354454445656566666

See also

References