FIBA U18 European Championship – Wikipedia

International men’s juniors basketball tournament

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 champions are Spain.

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.[1] The 2021 FIBA U18 European Challengers were played instead.
2022 details	Turkey (İzmir)	Spain	68–61	Turkey	Serbia	70–67	Slovenia
2023	Serbia (Niš)

Medal table[edit]

Participating nations[edit]

^{^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)[edit]

Division B[edit]

Results[edit]

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

Medal table[edit]

Participating nations[edit]

Division C[edit]

Results[edit]

Medal table[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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