FIBA U20 EuroBasket

FIBA U20 EuroBasket
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 FIBA U20 EuroBasket
SportBasketball
Founded1992
Divisions2
No. of teams16 (Division A)
ContinentEurope (FIBA Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 France (3rd title)
 Romania (Division B) (2nd title)
Most titles France,  Greece,  Serbia,  Spain (3 titles)
 Poland,  Georgia,  Montenegro (Division B) (2 titles)
Related
competitions
FIBA U18 EuroBasket
FIBA U16 EuroBasket
Official websitefiba.com/europe/u20

The FIBA U20 EuroBasket is the new name for the FIBA U20 European Championship,[1][2] originally known as the European Championship for Men '22 and Under'. It's a men's youth basketball competition that was inaugurated with the 1992 edition. Through the 2004 edition, it was held biennially, 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 Spain.

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

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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

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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)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3]
The 2021 FIBA U20 European Challengers were played instead.
2022  Montenegro
(Podgorica)

Spain
69–61
Lithuania

Montenegro
86–77
Israel
2023  Greece
(Heraklion)

France
89–79*
Israel

Greece
68–64
Belgium
2024  Poland
(Gdynia)

France
82–78
Slovenia

Greece
70–68
Belgium

Medal table

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Countries in italics no longer compete in FIBA U20 European Championship

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain36716
2 France3249
3 Greece3227
4 Serbia3014
5 Lithuania2417
6 Israel2406
7 Italy2215
 Slovenia2215
9Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro2024
10 Turkey1135
11 Belarus1001
 Russia1001
13 Croatia0101
 Latvia0101
15 Germany0022
16 Montenegro0011
Totals (16 entries)25252575

Participation details

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Nation Greece
1992
Slovenia
1994
Turkey
1996
Italy
1998
North Macedonia
2000
Lithuania
2002
Czech Republic
2004
Russia
2005
Turkey
2006
Italy
Slovenia
2007
Latvia
2008
Greece
2009
Croatia
2010
Spain
2011
Slovenia
2012
Estonia
2013
Greece
2014
Italy
2015
Finland
2016
Greece
2017
Germany
2018
Israel
2019
Montenegro
2022
Greece
2023
Poland
2024
Total
 Austria 15th 1
 Belarus 1st 10th 9th 14th 16th 5
 Belgium 8th 12th 16th 8th 14th 8th 4th 4th 8
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19th 1
 Bulgaria 9th 8th 15th 14th 15th 20th 6
 Croatia 9th 4th 8th 12th 11th 5th 10th 12th 8th 4th 16th 12th 4th 17th 2nd 7th 7th 14th 18
 Czech Republic 12th 8th 16th 16th 17th 17th 6th 7th 15th 15th 6th 11
 Estonia 15th 19th 16th 3
 Finland 10th 15th 2
 France 3rd 11th 11th 5th 8th 3rd 6th 6th 9th 7th 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 9th 8th 4th 13th 3rd 4th 4th 5th 1st 1st 24
 Georgia 12th 16th 16th 20th 4
 Germany 12th 9th 7th 13th 15th 14th 14th 5th 5th 11th 14th 11th 4th 7th 3rd 3rd 11th 6th 12th 19
 Great Britain 11th 15th 10th 8th 4
 Greece 2nd 4th 6th 11th 7th 1st 4th 5th 8th 13th 13th 1st 2nd 12th 8th 5th 6th 18th 1st 13th 9th 12th 3rd 3rd 24
 Hungary 14th 16th 20th 16th 4
 Iceland 8th 15th 12th 13th 4
 Israel 4th 5th 9th 10th 2nd 10th 2nd 4th 12th 6th 10th 15th 15th 7th 10th 12th 2nd 1st 1st 4th 2nd 10th 22
 Italy 1st 2nd 5th 6th 11th 8th 4th 3rd 6th 4th 10th 2nd 10th 1st 10th 9th 5th 13th 8th 13th 9th 9th 9th 23
 Latvia 12th 7th 7th 13th 14th 11th 10th 11th 8th 6th 2nd 16th 5th 6th 16th 16th 16
 Lithuania 1st 8th 10th 5th 3rd 2nd 7th 11th 2nd 5th 9th 14th 1st 7th 5th 7th 2nd 6th 9th 5th 2nd 8th 5th 23
 Montenegro played as part of Serbia and Montenegro 5th 7th 6th 7th 14th 8th 18th 11th 11th 12th 3rd 13th 16th 13
 Netherlands 15th 1
 North Macedonia 11th 15th 15th 3
 Poland 11th 9th 14th 14th 13th 15th 8th 7
 Portugal 14th 1
 Romania 9th 16th 2
 Russia 7th 8th 9th 4th 6th 1st 10th 4th 9th 9th 5th 4th 11th 4th 13th 16th 16
 Serbia played as part of Serbia and Montenegro 1st 1st 11th 7th 13th 4th 13th 3rd 1st 11th 5th 6th 15th 5th 11th 15
 Slovakia 12th 1
 Slovenia 8th 7th 2nd 1st 6th 1st 10th 3rd 5th 14th 13th 12th 11th 7th 10th 12th 13th 9th 14th 11th 10th 11th 2nd 23
 Spain 6th 3rd 2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 11th 9th 11th 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 3rd 2nd 2nd 1st 4th 7th 2nd 1st 10th 7th 25
 Sweden 9th 13th 16th 19th 10th 12th 14th 7
 Turkey 10th 6th 4th 3rd 6th 9th 12th 2nd 7th 4th 6th 13th 6th 9th 6th 1st 3rd 3rd 9th 5th 6th 6th 7th 14th 24
 Ukraine 12th 10th 15th 8th 12th 8th 10th 12th 18th 12th 8th 10th 12th 10th 16th 15
Nation Greece
1992
Slovenia
1994
Turkey
1996
Italy
1998
North Macedonia
2000
Lithuania
2002
Czech Republic
2004
Russia
2005
Turkey
2006
Italy
Slovenia
2007
Latvia
2008
Greece
2009
Croatia
2010
Spain
2011
Slovenia
2012
Estonia
2013
Greece
2014
Italy
2015
Finland
2016
Greece
2017
Germany
2018
Israel
2019
Montenegro
2022
Greece
2023
Poland
2024
Total
 CIS 7th defunct 1
 Czechoslovakia 5th defunct 1
 FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and MontenegroA 3rd 1st 5th 7th 5th 3rd 1st defunct 7
^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)

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Year MVP Award Winner
1996 Slovenia Rasho Nesterović
1998 Serbia and Montenegro Igor Rakočević
2000 Slovenia Sani Bečirovič
2002 Greece Nikos Zisis
2004 Slovenia Erazem Lorbek
2005 Russia Nikita Kurbanov
2006 Turkey Ersan İlyasova
2007 Serbia Miloš Teodosić
2008 Serbia Miroslav Raduljica
2009 Greece Kostas Papanikolaou
2010 France Andrew Albicy
2011 Spain Nikola Mirotić
2012 France Léo Westermann
2013 Italy Amedeo Della Valle
2014 Turkey Cedi Osman
2015 Serbia Marko Gudurić
2016 Spain Marc García
2017 Greece Vassilis Charalampopoulos
2018 Israel Yovel Zoosman
2019 Israel Deni Avdija
2022 Spain Juan Núñez
2023 France Ilias Kamardine
2024 France Zacharie Perrin

Statistical leaders

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Division B

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

Results

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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  Georgia
(Tbilisi)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia.
2021  Georgia
(Tbilisi)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[3]
The 2021 FIBA U20 European Challengers were played instead.
2022
details
 Georgia
(Tbilisi)

Serbia
81–67
Iceland

Estonia
63–53
Finland
2023
details
 North Macedonia
(Skopje)

Czech Republic
85-72
North Macedonia

Ukraine
83-61
Sweden
2024
details
 Romania
(Pitesti)

Romania
80-58
Ukraine

Finland
73-56
Netherlands
  • Until 2011, the top two placed teams in Division B were promoted to the next year's Division A.
  • In 2012, the top four teams in Division B were promoted to the 2013 Division A.
  • Since 2013, the top three teams in Division B are promoted to Division A for the next tournament.

Medal table

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Poland2035
2 Georgia2002
 Montenegro2002
4 Czech Republic1315
5 Croatia1102
6 Finland1034
7 Austria1001
 Bosnia and Herzegovina1001
 Bulgaria1001
 Germany1001
 Netherlands1001
 Portugal1001
 Romania1001
 Serbia1001
15 Belgium0213
 Sweden0213
17 Iceland0202
 North Macedonia0202
19 Hungary0123
 Ukraine0123
21 Estonia0112
 Great Britain0112
23 Slovenia0101
24 Greece0011
 Israel0011
 Latvia0011
Totals (26 entries)17171852

Participation details

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Nation Bulgaria
2005
Portugal
2006
Poland
2007
Romania
2008
North Macedonia
2009
Austria
2010
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2011
Bulgaria
2012
Romania
2013
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2014
Hungary
2015
Greece
2016
Romania
2017
Bulgaria
2018
Portugal
2019
Georgia (country)
2022
North Macedonia
2023
Romania
2024
Total
 Albania 11th 16th 21st 14th 16th 12th 15th 19th 18th 9
 Armenia 12th 17th 17th 21st 21st 19th 6
 Austria 8th 12th 10th 5th 1st 10th 11th 15th 17th 12th 10
 Azerbaijan 19th 19th 20th 20th 20th 5
 Belarus 18th 17th 17th 13th 4th 5th 13th 15th 11th 13th 10
 Belgium 5th 6th 10th 2nd 8th 4th 7th 4th 2nd 6th 8th 3rd 12
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6th 1st 5th 3
 Bulgaria 1st 9th 4th 8th 4th 18th 7th 5th 7th 10th 9th 11
 Croatia 1st 4th 2nd 10th 4
 Cyprus 11th 8th 2
 Czech Republic 5th 13th 9th 2nd 3rd 2nd 6th 2nd 1st 9
 Denmark 15th 7th 11th 3
 Estonia 6th 4th 2nd 12th 19th 14th 10th 3rd 11th 9
 Finland 8th 3rd 3rd 18th 7th 9th 10th 8th 10th 7th 1st 9th 5th 11th 4th 9th 3rd 17
 Georgia 4th 1st 8th 13th 1st 10th 11th 8th 7th 13th 8th 11th 14th 5th 14
 Germany 4th 1st 2
 Greece 3rd 1
 Great Britain 14th 8th 15th 13th 6th 13th 6th 2nd 7th 3rd 8th 12th 12
 Hungary 2nd 12th 14th 11th 18th 18th 3rd 3rd 11th 10th 14th 10th 15th 6th 14
 Iceland 12th 12th 14th 2nd 7th 2nd 6
 Ireland 10th 16th 11th 16th 12th 18th 20th 9th 16th 14th 10
 Israel 5th 11th 3rd 3
 Latvia 3rd 6th 13th 13th 4
 Kosovo 14th 20th 12th 18th 18th 12th 11th 16th 8
 Luxembourg 16th 22nd 17th 12th 13th 8th 19th 19th 18th 17th 10
 Malta 20th 1
 Moldova 18th 21st 22nd 21st 4
 Montenegro 1st 4th 1st 3
 Netherlands 9th 14th 7th 1st 16th 14th 8th 5th 6th 15th 10th 15th 6th 13th 5th 4th 16
 North Macedonia 2nd 8th 6th 19th 16th 7th 14th 13th 12th 16th 8th 2nd 12
 Norway 11th 11th 10th 20th 4
 Poland 3rd 4th 5th 13th 3rd 3rd 9th 5th 1st 6th 5th 1st 12
 Portugal 9th 10th 15th 6th 15th 7th 5th 9th 5th 6th 9th 11th 8th 9th 1st 6th 7th 17
 Romania 17th 5th 17th 14th 15th 7th 9th 17th 10th 1st 17th 16th 1st |13
 Russia 9th 4th 4th 4th 4
 Serbia 1st 1
 Slovakia 6th 13th 7th 14th 10th 12th 12th 12th 9th 10th 16th 16th 17th 15th 19th 18th 8th 17
 Slovenia 2nd 1
 Sweden 7th 11th 9th 3rd 4th 2nd 2nd 9th 5th 4th 15th 11
  Switzerland 15th 16th 17th 12th 16th 21st 15th 6th 14th 13th 14th 7th 17th 13
 Ukraine 7th 2nd 3rd 3rd 2nd 5
Nation Bulgaria
2005
Portugal
2006
Poland
2007
Romania
2008
North Macedonia
2009
Austria
2010
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2011
Bulgaria
2012
Romania
2013
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2014
Hungary
2015
Greece
2016
Romania
2017
Bulgaria
2018
Portugal
2019
Georgia (country)
2022
North Macedonia
2023
Romania
2024
Total

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Draws complete for FIBA Youth EuroBasket 2024
  2. ^ Draw results
  3. ^ a b "FIBA Europe Board approves alternative format for Youth Competitions, new dates for Small Countries Championships". FIBA. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.
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