FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship

FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2015 FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1964
No. of teams	16
Continent	Europe (FIBA Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Greece (2nd title)
Most titles	Croatia, Serbia, France and Spain (3 titles)
Official website	u18men.fibaeurope.com

The FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship, originally known as the European Championship for Juniors, is a youth men's basketball competition that was inaugurated in 1964. It was held biannually until 2002. From 2004 onward, it is held every year. The current champions are Greece.

Division A

Summary
Year	Host	Gold medal game			Bronze medal game
Year	Host	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 (Bulgaria, 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	FR 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)

Performances by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union*	8	3	1	12
2	Yugoslavia*	5	4	2	11
3	Croatia	3	4	2	9
4	France	3	3	1	7
5	Spain	3	2	5	10
6	Serbia	3	2	2	7
7	Turkey	2	3	2	7
8	Lithuania	2	3	1	6
9	Greece	2	2	3	7
10	Italy	1	4	7	12
11	Russia Slovenia		1		1
13	Bulgaria			3	3
14	Latvia			2	2
15	CIS Czechoslovakia			1	1

FIBA considers the records of SFR Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union distinct from FR Yugoslavia/Serbia and Montenegro/Serbia and Russia, respectively.^[1]

Participating nations

Nation	1964	1966	1968	1970	1972	1974	1976	1978	1980	1982	1984	1986	1988	1990	1992	1994	1996	1998
Austria			12th			16th						12th
Belgium				12th		10th	10th	10th	11th						10th		4th
Bosnia and Herzegovina	played as part of Yugoslavia
Bulgaria	4th	5th		7th	12th		4th	4th	3rd	3rd	10th							8th
Croatia	played as part of Yugoslavia															2nd	1st	2nd
Czech Republic	played as part of Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia	5th	4th	10th	8th	5th	9th		7th	8th	7th	6th	8th	3rd	11th		defunct
Denmark
England
Estonia	played as part of the Soviet Union
Finland		8th	8th			15th	13th			8th	7th	7th	11th		8th
France	2nd	7th			6th	8th		9th	12th	10th		10th		7th	1st	5th	2nd	10th
Georgia	played as part of the Soviet Union
Germany			11th	10th		14th	11th		6th	5th	5th	4th	9th	12th	7th	12th	8th
Greece			6th	2nd	9th	7th	7th	6th			9th	6th	4th	8th	4th	6th	7th	3rd
Hungary					8th					11th		9th			11th
Iceland
Israel			7th		4th	11th	8th		7th	9th			10th		5th	10th		6th
Italy	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	5th	5th	5th	4th	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	4th	6th	12th
Latvia	played as part of the Soviet Union																	4th
Lithuania	played as part of the Soviet Union															1st	12th	9th
Montenegro	played as part of Yugoslavia
Netherlands						12th						11th	12th	10th
Norway										12th
Poland	6th		9th	6th	10th	6th	6th	12th			11th			6th	9th
Romania				9th				11th						4th			11th
Russia	played as part of the Soviet Union															8th	10th	5th
Serbia	played as part of Yugoslavia																3rd
Slovenia	played as part of Yugoslavia															7th		7th
Soviet Union	1st	1st	1st	1st	3rd	5th	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	5th	2nd	3rd	defunct
Spain	8th	6th	5th	5th	7th	2nd	3rd	2nd	4th	6th	4th	5th	6th	3rd	6th	3rd	9th	1st
Sweden						4th	12th		10th		12th		8th
Turkey			4th	11th	11th	13th	9th	8th	9th		8th		7th	9th		9th	5th	11th
Ukraine	played as part of the Soviet Union															11th
Yugoslavia	7th	2nd	2nd	4th	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	5th		defunct

Nation	2000	2002	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	Overall Appearances
Austria																3
Belgium				16th			15th									9
Bosnia and Herzegovina												13th	12th	4th	Q	4
Bulgaria	12th		10th	12th	8th	14th	13th	10th	16th		8th	15th				20
Croatia	2nd	1st		11th	10th	7th	3rd	8th	5th	8th	1st	2nd	3rd	12th	Q	17
Czech Republic								16th		15th		12th	13th	16th		5
Czechoslovakia	defunct															13
Denmark											15th					1
England												9th	14th			2
Estonia						12th	16th									2
Finland										16th				13th	Q	12
France	1st	7th	3rd	6th	1st	6th	4th	2nd	7th	7th	13th	7th	9th	6th	Q	28
Georgia			11th													1
Germany		12th		14th	13th	9th	14th	11th	13th	11th	14th			8th	Q	24
Greece	3rd	3rd	7th	13th	6th	2nd	1st	13th	8th	14th	11th	11th	4th	1st	Q	29
Hungary																4
Iceland					15th											1
Israel	10th	6th	8th	7th	11th	11th	10th	15th							Q	19
Italy	4th		4th	3rd	7th	13th	11th	7th	12th	4th	7th	10th	6th	11th	Q	32
Latvia	8th	11th	12th	8th	12th	3rd	7th	9th	3rd	10th	6th	4th	8th	10th	Q	16
Lithuania	7th	4th	9th	9th	2nd	4th	2nd	4th	1st	5th	2nd	5th	7th	3rd	Q	18
Montenegro													11th	14th		2
Netherlands																4
Norway																1
Poland		8th		15th					6th	6th	16th	16th				16
Romania						16th										5
Russia	6th	10th	6th	5th	9th	10th	8th	6th	2nd	9th	4th	8th	10th	9th	Q	18
Serbia	5th		5th	1st	5th	1st	6th	1st	4th	2nd	3rd	6th	2nd	5th	Q	15
Slovenia	9th	2nd		10th	14th	15th		12th	10th	12th	10th	16th			Q	13
Soviet Union	defunct															15
Spain	11th	9th	1st	4th	3rd	5th	5th	5th	11th	1st	5th	3rd	5th	7th	Q	33
Sweden									15th						Q	7
Turkey		5th	2nd	2nd	4th	8th	9th	3rd	9th	3rd	9th	1st	1st	2nd	Q	27
Ukraine							12th	13th	14th	13th	12th	14th		15th		8
Yugoslavia	defunct															14

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^[2]
2013	Kenan Sipahi
2014	Egemen Güven
2015	Vassilis Charalampopoulos

Division B

Summary
Year	Host	Promoted to Division A			Bronze medal game
Year	Host	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 (Debrecen)	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 (Strumica)	Montenegro	64–63	Poland	Belgium	70–45	Macedonia
2014 details	Bulgaria (Sofia)	Germany	64–40	Ukraine	Finland	70–50	Sweden
2015 details	Austria (Fürstenfeld, Güssing & Oberwart)	Sweden	73–72	Israel	Slovenia	78–60	Poland
2016 details	Finland

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

Division B Leaders

Top Scorers

Here is a list of all Top Scorers

Year	Top Scorer	PPG
2005	Tom Schumacher	20.6
2006	Samy Picard	22.1
2007	Antti Kanervo	24.5
2008	Richard Grznárr	22.0
2009	Thomas Laerke	27.0
2010	Alasdair Fraser	20.6
2011	Chris Ebou Ndow	22.3
2012	Jo Hoeser	22.8
2013	Vincent Kesteloot	18.6
2014	Fraser Malcolm	17.4
2015	Jordan Blount	25.4

Top Rebounders

Here is a list of all Top Rebounders

Year	Top Scorer	RPG
2005	Eoin McDermott	12.1
2006	Daniel Clark	15.9
2007	Cláudio Fonseca	15.4
2008	Rolland Török	12.8
2009	János Eilingsfeld	11.7
2010	Ondřej Balvín	11.0
2011	Clint Capela	15.7
2012	Jusuf Nurkić	13.3
2013	Jakob Pöltl	12.3
2014	Johannes Dolven	12.4
2015	Yordan Minchev	10.4

Top Assist Leaders

Here is a list of all Top Assist Leaders

Year	Top Scorer	APG
2005	Pavel Ermolinskij	5.5
2006	Aron Roijé	3.3
2007	Nikola Lalić	7.1
2008	Tomáš Satoranský	6.4
2009	Aegir Steinarsson	5.5
2010	Bar Timor	5.8
2011	Simon Krajcovic	5.8
2012	Radovan Kouril	8.0
2013	Tuomas Samuel Hirvonen	7.5
2014	Tamir Blatt	6.8
2015	Mário Ihring	4.9

Participating nations

Nation	2005	2006	2007	2008
Armenia			20th
Austria	7th	7th	13th	5th
Belarus				15th
Belgium		8th	1st
Bosnia and Herzegovina	8th	9th	7th	14th
Bulgaria			2nd
Czech Republic	15th	10th	6th	2nd
Denmark			17th	8th
England	14th	4th	18th	18th
Estonia	10th	2nd
Finland	4th	12th	9th	10th
Georgia				13th
Hungary	3rd	11th	8th	17th
Iceland	2nd
Ireland	16th	19th	16th	20th
Luxembourg	11th	16th	15th
Macedonia	12th
Moldova		17th
Montenegro			4th	11th
Netherlands	6th	14th	14th	9th
Norway		13th	11th	19th
Poland		6th	3rd	3rd
Portugal	5th	3rd	12th	7th
Romania	17th	1st		12th
Scotland		18th
Slovakia	13th	15th	10th	4th
Slovenia				1st
Sweden	9th	5th	5th	6th
Switzerland			19th	16th
Ukraine	1st

Division C

Summary
Year	Host	Promoted to Division A			Bronze medal game
Year	Host	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	–	Scotland	Andorra
2005 details	Malta	Andorra	97–85	Scotland	Luxembourg	81–39	Wales
2007 details	Israel	Scotland	Round Robin	Wales	Moldova	Round Robin	Andorra
2009 details	Malta	Malta	75–38	Gibraltar	Andorra	76–71	Moldova
2011 details	San Marino	Wales	Round Robin	San Marino	Moldova	Round Robin	Andorra
2013 details	Andorra (Andorra La Vella)	San Marino	103–100 OT	Moldova	Andorra	70–50	Monaco
2014 details	Andorra (Andorra La Vella)	Monaco	66–38	Gibraltar	Andorra	51–46	San Marino
2015 details	Gibraltar	Andorra	80–66	Azerbaijan	Wales	82–64	Malta

Performances by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Andorra	2	1	4	6
2	Moldova	1	1	2	4
3	Scotland	1	3		4
4	San Marino	1	1		2
5	Cyprus Wales	1	1	1	3
6	Albania Iceland Malta Monaco	1			1
7	Gibraltar		2		2
8	Azerbaijan Ireland		1		1
9	Luxembourg			3	3

Notes

↑ FIBA World Championships medals' table 1950-2006
↑ "MVP Saric Heads All Tournament Team". 19 August 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2012.

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External links

Official Site

FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship

Division A	Italy 1964 Italy 1966 Spain 1968 Greece 1970 Yugoslavia 1972 France 1974 Spain 1976 Italy 1978 Yugoslavia 1980 Bulgaria 1982 Sweden 1984 Austria 1986 Yugoslavia 1988 Netherlands 1990 Hungary 1992 Israel 1994 France 1996 Bulgaria 1998 Croatia 2000 Germany 2002 Spain 2004 Serbia and Montenegro 2005 Greece 2006 Spain 2007 Greece 2008 France 2009 Lithuania 2010 Poland 2011 Lithuania/Latvia 2012 Latvia 2013 Turkey 2014 Greece 2015

Division B	Slovakia 2005 Romania 2006 Bulgaria 2007 Hungary 2008 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2009 Israel 2010 Bulgaria 2011 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2012 Republic of Macedonia 2013 Bulgaria 2014 Austria 2015

Division C	Andorra 1997 Luxembourg 1999 Malta 2001 Malta 2003 Malta 2005 Israel 2007 Malta 2009 San Marino 2011 Andorra 2013 Andorra 2014 Gibraltar 2015

Basketball in Europe

Organizations

Tournaments for nations

Men	EuroBasket Small Countries Under-20 Under-18 Under-16

Women	EuroBasket Women Small Countries Under-20 Under-18 Under-16

Tournaments for clubs

Men	Euroleague Eurocup FIBA Europe Cup Champions League Next Generation Tournament

Women	EuroLeague EuroCup SuperCup

Defunct club competitions

Awards

International men's youth basketball

FIBA Youth Olympics World Rankings U21 World Championship U19 World Championship U17 World Championship

Africa	FIBA Africa U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Americas	FIBA Americas U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Asia	FIBA Asia U-20 (defunct) U-18 U-16

Europe	FIBA Europe U-20 U-18 U-16

Oceania	FIBA Oceania U-20 U-18 U-16

Note: Under-20/21 tourneys except FIBA Europe's are no longer held.

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