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
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1964
Divisions	3
No. of teams	16 (division A)
Continent	Europe (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 website	www.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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union ✝️	8	3	1	12
2	Yugoslavia ✝️	5	4	2	11
3	Spain	4	3	5	12
4	France	4	3	2	9
5	Serbia	4	2	1	7
6	Croatia	3	4	2	9
7	Lithuania	2	4	2	8
	Turkey	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
Totals (17 nations)		36	36	36	108

• Source:[1]
• 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

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	2020	Total
Belgium		4th					16th			15th						15th							10
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	DNP	20
Czech Republic											16th		15th		12th	13th	16th					DNP	6
Denmark														15th									1
Estonia									12th	16th													2
Finland													16th				13th	8th	10th	13th	14th		15
France	5th	2nd	10th	1st	7th	3rd	6th	1st	6th	4th	2nd	7th	7th	13th	7th	9th	6th	1st	6th	3rd	5th	DNP	32
Georgia						11th																	1
Germany	12th	8th			12th		14th	13th	9th	14th	11th	13th	11th	14th			8th	4th	11th	6th	11th	DNP	28
Great Britain	played separately as , and																			7th	8th	DNP	3
Greece	6th	7th	3rd	3rd	3rd	7th	13th	6th	2nd	1st	13th	8th	14th	11th	11th	4th	1st	9th	7th	14th	4th	DNP	33
Iceland								15th															1
Israel	10th		6th	10th	6th	8th	7th	11th	11th	10th	15th							15th				DNP	20
Italy	4th	6th	12th	4th		4th	3rd	7th	13th	11th	7th	12th	4th	7th	10th	6th	11th	3rd	5th	10th	9th	DNP	36
Latvia			4th	8th	11th	12th	8th	12th	3rd	7th	9th	3rd	10th	6th	4th	8th	10th	13th	16th	2nd	16th		19
Lithuania	1st	12th	9th	7th	4th	9th	9th	2nd	4th	2nd	4th	1st	5th	2nd	5th	7th	3rd	2nd	3rd	5th	7th	DNP	22
Montenegro	played as part of															11th	14th		13th	8th	12th	DNP	6
Netherlands																					15th		5
Poland					8th		15th					6th	6th	16th		16th						DNP	17
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	DNP	22
Serbia	played as part of								1st	6th	1st	4th	2nd	3rd	6th	2nd	5th	10th	1st	1st	10th	DNP	14
Slovakia																			15th				1
Slovenia	7th		7th	9th	2nd		10th	14th	15th		12th	10th	12th	10th	16th			11th	14th		3rd	DNP	16
Spain	3rd	9th	1st	11th	9th	1st	4th	3rd	5th	5th	5th	11th	1st	5th	3rd	5th	7th	5th	2nd	9th	1st	DNP	37
Sweden												15th						16th					7
Turkey	9th	5th	11th		5th	2nd	2nd	4th	8th	9th	3rd	9th	3rd	9th	1st	1st	2nd	12th	4th	12th	2nd	DNP	31
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	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 Yugoslavia^A ✝️  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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Montenegro	2	0	2	4
2	Sweden	2	0	1	3
3	Ukraine	1	3	0	4
4	Czech Republic	1	2	1	4
5	Slovenia	1	1	1	3
6	Israel	1	1	0	2
7	Belgium	1	0	2	3
8	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	0	1
	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
	Croatia	1	0	0	1
	Germany	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
	Romania	1	0	0	1
14	Poland	0	3	2	5
15	England	0	1	1	2
	Estonia	0	1	1	2
	Finland	0	1	1	2
18	Denmark	0	1	0	1
	Iceland	0	1	0	1
20	Hungary	0	0	1	1
	Portugal	0	0	1	1
	Slovakia	0	0	1	1
Totals (22 nations)		15	15	15	45

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

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Andorra	2	2	4	8
2	Cyprus	2	2	1	5
3	Scotland	1	3	0	4
4	Moldova	1	1	2	4
5	Wales	1	1	1	3
6	Azerbaijan	1	1	0	2
	Monaco	1	1	0	2
	San Marino	1	1	0	2
9	Albania	1	0	1	2
	Kosovo	1	0	1	2
	Malta	1	0	1	2
12	Iceland	1	0	0	1
	Norway	1	0	0	1
14	Gibraltar	0	2	0	2
15	Ireland	0	1	1	2
16	Luxembourg	0	0	3	3
Totals (16 nations)		15	15	15	45

See also

• FIBA U16 European Championship
• FIBA U20 European Championship

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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External links

• Official Site
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