FIBA U20 European Championship

The FIBA U20 European Championship, previously known as the European Championship for Men '22 and Under', is a men's youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1992 edition. Through the 2004 edition, it was held biannually, but since 2005 edition, it is held every year. The tournament was originally an Under-22 age tournament, but it is now an Under-20 age tournament. The current champions are Israel.

FIBA U20 European Championship
Most recent season or competition:
2019 FIBA U20 European Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1992
Divisions2
No. of teams16 (division A)
ContinentEurope (FIBA Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Israel (2nd title)
Most titles Greece &  Serbia (both 3 titles)
Related
competitions		FIBA Europe U-16
FIBA Europe U-18
Official websitefiba.com/europe/u20

Starting with the 2005 B edition, a Division B tournament, which is the secondary level of the European Under-20 Basketball Championship, is also organized. Since the 2013 B edition, the top three placed teams at each year's Division B tournament are promoted to the next year's Division A Championship. This way, the three bottom teams of the Division A Championship are relegated to the next year's Division B Championship.

Division A

The Division A is the top level of the Under-20 championship organized by FIBA Europe.

These teams have always played in Division A, and have never been relegated to Division B:

Results
Year Host Gold medal game Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1992  Greece
(Athens)
Italy		 65–63
Greece
France		 63–60
Israel
1994  Slovenia
(Maribor, Postojna & Ljubljana)
Belarus		 96–91
Italy
Spain		 83–69
Greece
1996  Turkey
(Bursa & Istanbul)
Lithuania		 85–81
Spain
FR Yugoslavia		 67–62
Turkey
1998  Italy
(Trapani)
FR Yugoslavia		 92–73
Slovenia
Turkey		 64–57
Spain
2000  Macedonia
(Ohrid)
Slovenia		 66–65
Israel
Spain		 82–77
Croatia
2002  Lithuania
(Kaunas, Alytus & Vilnius)
Greece		 77–73
Spain
France		 95–78
Russia
2004  Czech Republic
(Brno)
Slovenia		 66–61
Israel
Lithuania		 92–63
Greece
2005  Russia
(Chekhov)
Russia		 61–53
Lithuania
Serbia & Montenegro		 63–45
Israel
2006  Turkey
(İzmir)
Serbia & Montenegro		 64–58
Turkey
Slovenia		 83–75
Italy
2007  Slovenia (Nova Gorica)
 Italy (Gorizia)
Serbia		 87–78
Spain
Italy		 74–63
Russia
2008  Latvia
(Riga)
Serbia		 96–89
Lithuania
Spain		 91–72
Turkey
2009  Greece
(Rhodes & Ialysos)
Greece		 90–85
France
Spain		 75–72
Italy
2010  Croatia
(Zadar, Crikvenica & Makarska)
France		 73–62
Greece
Spain		 86–79
Croatia
2011  Spain
(Bilbao)
Spain		 82–70
Italy
France		 66–50
Russia
2012  Slovenia
(Ljubljana, Domžale & Kranjska Gora)
Lithuania		 50–49
France
Spain		 67–66
Serbia
2013  Estonia
(Tallinn)
Italy		 67–60
Latvia
Spain		 70–63
Russia
2014  Greece
(Heraklion & Rethymno)
Turkey		 65–57
Spain
Serbia		 79–66
Croatia
2015  Italy
(Lignano Sabbiadoro & Latisana)
Serbia		 70–64
Spain
Turkey		 84–74
France
2016  Finland
(Helsinki)
Spain		 68–55
Lithuania
Turkey		 76–61
Germany
2017  Greece
(Heraklion, Rethymno & Chania)
Greece		 65–56
Israel
France		 72–58
Spain
2018  Germany

(Chemnitz)
Israel		 80–66
Croatia
Germany		 81–70
France
2019  Israel

(Tel Aviv)
Israel		 92–84
Spain
Germany		 73–65
France
2020  Lithuania

(Klaipėda)

 Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Lithuania
2021  Montenegro

(Podgorica)

Medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Greece3205
2 Serbia3014
3 Spain26715
4 Lithuania2316
5 Israel2305
6 Italy2215
7 Slovenia2114
8 Serbia and Montenegro2024
9 France1247
10 Turkey1135
11 Belarus1001
 Russia1001
13 Croatia0101
 Latvia0101
15 Germany0022
Totals (15 nations)22222266
  • Defunct nations in italics.

Participation details
Nation
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2005
2006

2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020		 Total
 Austria 15th1
 Belgium 8th12th16th8th14thDNP6
 Belarus 1st 10th9th14th16th5
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19th1
 Bulgaria 9th8th15th14th15th20th6
 Croatia 9th4th8th12th11th5th10th12th8th4th16th12th4th17th2nd7thDNP17
 Czech Republic 12th8th16th16th17th17th6th7th15thDNP10
 Estonia 15th19th2
 Finland 10th15th2
 France 3rd11th11th5th8th3rd6th6th9th7th2nd1st3rd2nd9th8th4th13th3rd4th4thDNP22
 Georgia 12th16th16th20th4
 Germany 12th9th7th13th15th14th14th5th5th11th14th11th4th7th3rd3rdDNP17
 Great Britain 11th15th10th8thDNP5
 Greece 2nd4th6th11th7th1st4th5th8th13th13th1st2nd12th8th5th6th18th1st13th9thDNP22
 Hungary 14th16th20th16th4
 Iceland 8th15th2
 Israel 4th5th9th10th2nd10th2nd4th12th6th10th15th15th7th10th12th2nd1st1stDNP20
 Italy 1st2nd5th6th11th8th4th3rd6th4th10th2nd10th1st10th9th5th13th8th13thDNP21
 Latvia 12th7th7th13th14th11th10th11th8th6th2nd16th5th6th16th16th16
 Lithuania 1st8th10th5th3rd2nd7th11th2nd5th9th14th1st7th5th7th2nd6th9th5thDNP21
 North Macedonia 11th15th2
 Montenegro played as part of 5th7th6th7th14th8th18th11th11th12thDNP11
 Netherlands 15th1
 Poland 11th9th14th14th4
 Portugal DNP1
 Romania 9th16th2
 Russia 7th8th9th4th6th1st10th4th9th9th5th4th11th4th13th16th16
 Serbia played as part of 1st1st11th7th13th4th13th3rd1st11th5th6th15th13
 Slovakia 12th1
 Slovenia 8th7th2nd1st6th1st10th3rd5th14th13th12th11th7th10th12th13th9th14th11thDNP21
 Spain 6th3rd2nd4th3rd2nd11th9th11th2nd3rd3rd3rd1st3rd3rd2nd2nd1st4th7th2ndDNP23
 Sweden 9th13th16th19th10th12th14th7
 Turkey 10th6th4th3rd6th9th12th2nd7th4th6th13th6th9th6th1st3rd3rd9th5th6thDNP22
 Ukraine 12th10th15th8th12th8th10th12th18th12th8th10th12th10thDNP15
Nation
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002
2004
2005
2006

2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020		 Total
 CIS 7thdefunct1
 Czechoslovakia 5thdefunct1
 FR Yugoslavia
 Serbia and MontenegroA		 3rd1st5th7th5th3rd1stdefunct7
^A As FR Yugoslavia (1992–2003, 4 participations, 2 medals) and as Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006, 3 participations, 2 medals)

MVP Awards (since 1996)
Year MVP Award Winner
1996 Rasho Nesterović
1998 Igor Rakočević
2000 Sani Bečirovič
2002 Nikos Zisis
2004 Erazem Lorbek
2005 Nikita Kurbanov
2006 Ersan İlyasova
2007 Miloš Teodosić
2008 Miroslav Raduljica
2009 Kostas Papanikolaou
2010 Andrew Albicy
2011 Nikola Mirotić
2012 Léo Westermann
2013 Amedeo Della Valle
2014 Cedi Osman
2015 Marko Gudurić
2016 Marc García
2017 Vassilis Charalampopoulos
2018 Yovel Zoosman
2019 Deni Avdija

Statistical leaders

Division B

Division B is the lower tier of the two Under-20 championships organized by FIBA Europe.

Results
Year Host Promoted to Division A Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze * Score Fourth place
2005
details		  Bulgaria
(Varna)
Bulgaria		 86–80
Hungary
Poland		 96–76
Georgia
2006
details		  Portugal
(Lisbon)
Georgia		 96–88
Macedonia
Finland		 91–75
Poland
2007
details		  Poland
(Warsaw)
Montenegro		 89–68
Ukraine
Finland		 76–73
Germany
2008
details		  Romania
(Târgu Mureș)
Germany		 110–102
Belgium
Sweden		 80–71
Estonia
2009
details		  Macedonia
(Skopje)
Netherlands		 88–77
Czech Republic
Poland		 96–66
Sweden
2010
details		  Austria
(Oberwart & Güssing)
Austria		 71–66
Sweden
Poland		 86–76
Bulgaria
2011
details		  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Sarajevo)
Georgia		 79–70
Estonia
Czech Republic		 86–85
Belgium
2012
details		  Bulgaria
(Sofia)
Croatia		 88–80
Czech Republic
Israel		 101–67
Bulgaria
2013
details		  Romania
(Pitești)
Poland		 83–71
Great Britain
Hungary		 70–69
Belgium
2014
details		  Bosnia and Herzegovina
(Sarajevo)
Bosnia and Herzegovina		 76–70
Belgium
Ukraine		 77–62
Belarus
2015
details		  Hungary
(Székesfehérvár)
Finland		 80–76
Sweden
Hungary		 68–66
Montenegro
2016
details		  Greece
(Chalkida)
Montenegro		 78–76
Iceland
Greece		 73–67
Croatia
2017
details		  Romania
(Oradea)
Romania		 80–67
Croatia
Great Britain		 81–65
Russia
2018
details		  Bulgaria
(Sofia)
Poland		 71–60
Slovenia
Latvia		 76–62
Russia
2019
details		  Portugal
(Matosinhos)
Portugal		 73–57
Czech Republic
Belgium		 88–80
Russia
2020
details		  Georgia
(Tbilisi)		 Canceled due to coronavirus pandemic in Georgia
  • Until 2012, the top two placed teams in Division B were promoted to the next year's Division A.
  • Since 2013, the 3rd team in Division B is also promoted to Division A for the next tournament.

Performances by nation
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Iceland2103
2 Poland2035
3 Georgia2002
 Montenegro2002
5 Croatia1102
6 Finland1023
7 Austria1001
 Bosnia and Herzegovina1001
 Bulgaria1001
 Germany1001
 Netherlands1001
 Portugal1001
 Romania1001
14 Czech Republic0314
15 Belgium0213
 Sweden0213
17 Hungary0123
18 Great Britain0112
 Ukraine0112
20 Estonia0101
 North Macedonia0101
 Slovenia0101
23 Greece0011
 Israel0011
 Latvia0011
Totals (25 nations)17151547

See also

References
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