FIBA U18 European Championship

The FIBA U18 European Championship, originally known as the European Championship for Juniors, is a youth men's 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 champion is Spain.

FIBA U18 European Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
2019 FIBA U18 European Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1964
Divisions3
No. of teams16 (division A)
ContinentEurope (FIBA Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Spain (4th 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

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
details
 Turkey
(Konya)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Turkey

Performances by nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union ✝️83112
2 Yugoslavia ✝️54211
3 Spain43512
4 France4329
5 Serbia4217
6 Croatia3429
7 Lithuania2428
 Turkey2428
9 Greece2237
10 Italy14813
11 Serbia and Montenegro ✝️1012
12 Latvia0123
13 Slovenia0112
14 Russia0101
15 Bulgaria0022
16 CIS ✝️0011
 Czechoslovakia ✝️0011
Totals (17 nations)363636108

Participating nations

Nation
1964

1966

1968

1970

1972

1974

1976

1978

1980

1982

1984

1986

1988

1990

1992
 Austria 12th16th12th
 Belgium 12th10th10th10th11th10th
 Bulgaria 4th5th7th12th4th4th3rd3rd10th
 Czechoslovakia ✝️ 5th4th10th8th5th9th7th8th7th6th8th3rd11th
 Finland 8th8th15th13th8th7th7th11th8th
 France 2nd7th6th8th9th12th10th10th7th1st
 West Germany 11th10th14th11th6th5th5th4th9th12th7th
 Greece 6th2nd9th7th7th6th9th6th4th8th4th
 Hungary 8th11th9th11th
 Israel 7th4th11th8th7th9th10th5th
 Italy 3rd3rd3rd3rd2nd3rd5th5th5th4th2nd3rd2nd1st2nd
 Netherlands 12th11th12th10th
 Norway 12th
 Poland 6th9th6th10th6th6th12th11th6th9th
 Romania 9th11th4th
 Soviet Union ✝️ 1st1st1st1st3rd5th2nd1st1st1st1st2nd5th2nd3rd
 Spain 8th6th5th5th7th2nd3rd2nd4th6th4th5th6th3rd6th
 Sweden 4th12th10th12th8th
 Turkey 4th11th11th13th9th8th9th8th7th9th
 Yugoslavia ✝️ 7th2nd2nd4th1st1st1st3rd2nd2nd3rd1st1st5th
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

2020
Total
 Belgium 4th 16th15th15th 10
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13th12th4th6th8th16th 6
 Bulgaria 8th 12th10th12th8th14th13th10th16th8th15th 20
 Croatia 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd1st11th10th7th3rd8th5th8th1st2nd3rd12th14th11th 13th DNP 20
 Czech Republic 16th15th12th13th16th DNP 6
 Denmark 15th 1
 Estonia 12th16th 2
 Finland 16th13th8th10th13th 14th 15
 France 5th 2nd 10th 1st7th3rd6th1st6th4th2nd7th7th13th7th9th6th1st6th3rd 5th DNP 32
 Georgia 11th 1
 Germany 12th 8th 12th14th13th9th14th11th13th11th14th8th4th11th6th 11th DNP 28
 Great Britain played separately as , and 7th 8th DNP 3
 Greece 6th 7th 3rd 3rd3rd7th13th6th2nd1st13th8th14th11th11th4th1st9th7th14th 4th DNP 33
 Iceland 15th 1
 Israel 10th 6th 10th6th8th7th11th11th10th15th15th DNP 20
 Italy 4th 6th 12th 4th4th3rd7th13th11th7th12th4th7th10th6th11th3rd5th10th 9th DNP 36
 Latvia 4th 8th11th12th8th12th3rd7th9th3rd10th6th4th8th10th13th16th2nd 16th 19
 Lithuania 1st 12th 9th 7th4th9th9th2nd4th2nd4th1st5th2nd5th7th3rd2nd3rd5th 7th DNP 22
 Montenegro played as part of 11th14th13th8th 12th DNP 6
 Netherlands 15th 5
 Poland 8th15th6th6th16th16th DNP 17
 Romania 11th 16th 5
 Russia 8th 10th 5th 6th10th6th5th9th10th8th6th2nd9th4th8th10th9th7th9th4th 6th DNP 22
 Serbia played as part of 1st6th1st4th2nd3rd6th2nd5th10th1st1st 10th DNP 14
 Slovakia 15th 1
 Slovenia 7th 7th 9th2nd10th14th15th12th10th12th10th16th11th14th 3rd DNP 16
 Spain 3rd 9th 1st 11th9th1st4th3rd5th5th5th11th1st5th3rd5th7th5th2nd9th 1st DNP 37
 Sweden 15th16th 7
 Turkey 9th 5th 11th 5th2nd2nd4th8th9th3rd9th3rd9th1st1st2nd12th4th12th 2nd DNP 31
 Ukraine 11th 16th12th14th14th13th12th14th15th12th15th 11
Nation
1994

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011


2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020
Nation
 Austria playing in lower divisions 3
 Hungary playing in lower divisions 4
 Norway playing in lower divisions 1
 England 9th 14th  Great Britain[2] 2
 Czechoslovakia ✝️ defunct 13
 Soviet Union ✝️ defunct 15
 Yugoslavia ✝️ defunct 14
 FR YugoslaviaA ✝️
 Serbia and Montenegro
✝️
3rd 5th 5th 1st 5th defunct 5
^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)

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[3]
2013 Kenan Sipahi
2014 Egemen Güven
2015 Vassilis Charalampopoulos
2016 Frank Ntilikina
2017 Nikola Mišković
2018 Marko Pecarski
2019 Santiago Aldama

Division B

Results

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
details
 Romania
(Oradea)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Romania
  • Since 2012, the 3rd team in Division B is also promoted to Division A for the next tournament.
  1. Estonia was not promoted due to Latvia hosting the 2018 Division A tournament.
  2. Belgium was not promoted due to Greece hosting the 2019 Division A tournament.

Performances by nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Montenegro2024
2 Sweden2013
3 Ukraine1304
4 Czech Republic1214
5 Slovenia1113
6 Israel1102
7 Belgium1023
8 Bosnia and Herzegovina1001
 Bulgaria1001
 Croatia1001
 Germany1001
 Netherlands1001
 Romania1001
14 Poland0325
15 England0112
 Estonia0112
 Finland0112
18 Denmark0101
 Iceland0101
20 Hungary0011
 Portugal0011
 Slovakia0011
Totals (22 nations)15151545

Participating nations

Nation
2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019
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 15
 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 12
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8th 9th 7th 14th 8th 1st 12th 7
 Bulgaria 19th 1st 14th 19th 12th 7th 11th 14th 8
 Croatia 1st 1
 Cyprus 24th 1
 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 12
 England 14th 4th 18th 18th 7th 6th 14th 3rd 7th 9th 2nd 11
 Estonia 10th 2nd 15th 5th 5th 6th 7th 17th 15th 7th 3rd 4th 5th 13
 Finland 4th 12th 9th 10th 2nd 4th 9th 3rd 8
 Georgia 13th 8th 19th 15th 17th 21st 20th 8th 10th 18th 21st 8th 12
 Germany 11th 1st 2
 Hungary 3rd 11th 8th 17th 5th 13th 8th 11th 13th 8th 5th 4th 12th 10th 15th 15
 Iceland 2nd 6th 13th 9th 6th 13th 10th 15th 11th 9
 Ireland 16th 19th 16th 20th 22nd 22nd 22nd 23rd 24th 16th 10
 Israel 2nd 4th 7th 7th 5th 6th 2nd 4th 9th 1st 10
 Kosovo 23rd 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 14
 North Macedonia 12th 21st 4th 15th 21st 16th 16th 18th 4th 9
 Norway 13th 11th 19th 16th 20th 14th 10th 13th 20th 9
 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 15
 Romania 17th 1st 12th 16th 20th 11th 15th 16th 18th 16th 20th 15th 23rd 21st 14
 Scotland 18th 20th 14th 22nd 22nd 19th 20th 22nd 8
 Slovakia 13th 15th 10th 4th 17th 17th 10th 16th 18th 17th 3rd 14th 22nd 13
 Slovenia 1st 3rd 5th 3rd 2nd 5
 Sweden 9th 5th 5th 6th 1st 3rd 14th 6th 4th 1st 14th 7th 7th 13
  Switzerland 19th 16th 14th 11th 13th 21st 15th 21st 14th 19th 17th 19th 12
 Ukraine 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 9th 5

Division C

Results

Year Host Gold Medal Game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth 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
details
 San Marino
(Serravalle)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in San Marino

Performances by nation

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Andorra2248
2 Cyprus2215
3 Scotland1304
4 Moldova1124
5 Wales1113
6 Azerbaijan1102
 Monaco1102
 San Marino1102
9 Albania1012
 Kosovo1012
 Malta1012
12 Iceland1001
 Norway1001
14 Gibraltar0202
15 Ireland0112
16 Luxembourg0033
Totals (16 nations)15151545

See also

References

  1. "All-Time Medalists". FIBA.basketball.
  2. "FIBA SIGN OFF BRITISH BASKETBALL AGREEMENT". www.gbbasketball.com. Retrieved 28 August 2018.
  3. "MVP Saric Heads All Tournament Team". 19 August 2012. Archived from the original on 26 January 2013. Retrieved 19 August 2012.
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