FIBA U20 European Championship
Most recent season or competition:
2023 FIBA U20 European Championship
SportBasketball
Founded1992
Divisions2
No. of teams16 (Division A)
ContinentEurope (FIBA Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 France (2nd title)
Most titles Greece,  Serbia,  Spain (3 titles)
Related
competitions
FIBA Europe U-16
FIBA Europe U-18
Official websitefiba.com/europe/u20

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 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

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)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[1]
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)

Medal table

Countries in italics no longer compete in FIBA U20 European Championship

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Spain36716
2 Greece3216
3 Serbia3014
4 Lithuania2417
5 Israel2406
6 France2248
7 Italy2215
8 Slovenia2114
9Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro2024
10 Turkey1135
11 Belarus1001
 Russia1001
13 Croatia0101
 Latvia0101
15 Germany0022
16 Montenegro0011
Totals (16 entries)24242472

Participation details

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
N/A
2024
Total
 Austria 15th1
 Belarus 1st 10th9th14th16th5
 Belgium 8th12th16th8th14th8th4thQ8
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 19th1
 Bulgaria 9th8th15th14th15th20th6
 Croatia 9th4th8th12th11th5th10th12th8th4th16th12th4th17th2nd7th7th14th18
 Czech Republic 12th8th16th16th17th17th6th7th15th15thQ11
 Estonia 15th19th16th3
 Finland 10th15th2
 France 3rd11th11th5th8th3rd6th6th9th7th2nd1st3rd2nd9th8th4th13th3rd4th4th5th1stQ24
 Georgia 12th16th16th20th4
 Germany 12th9th7th13th15th14th14th5th5th11th14th11th4th7th3rd3rd11th6thQ19
 Great Britain 11th15th10th8th4
 Greece 2nd4th6th11th7th1st4th5th8th13th13th1st2nd12th8th5th6th18th1st13th9th12th3rdQ24
 Hungary 14th16th20th16th4
 Iceland 8th15th12thQ4
 Israel 4th5th9th10th2nd10th2nd4th12th6th10th15th15th7th10th12th2nd1st1st4th2ndQ22
 Italy 1st2nd5th6th11th8th4th3rd6th4th10th2nd10th1st10th9th5th13th8th13th9th9thQ23
 Latvia 12th7th7th13th14th11th10th11th8th6th2nd16th5th6th16th16th16
 Lithuania 1st8th10th5th3rd2nd7th11th2nd5th9th14th1st7th5th7th2nd6th9th5th2nd8thQ23
 Montenegro played as part of Serbia and Montenegro5th7th6th7th14th8th18th11th11th12th3rd13thQ13
 Netherlands 15th1
 North Macedonia 11th15thQ3
 Poland 11th9th14th14th13th15th6
 Portugal 14th1
 Romania 9th16th2
 Russia 7th8th9th4th6th1st10th4th9th9th5th4th11th4th13th16th16
 Serbia played as part of Serbia and Montenegro1st1st11th7th13th4th13th3rd1st11th5th6th15th5thQ15
 Slovakia 12th1
 Slovenia 8th7th2nd1st6th1st10th3rd5th14th13th12th11th7th10th12th13th9th14th11th10th11thQ23
 Spain 6th3rd2nd4th3rd2nd11th9th11th2nd3rd3rd3rd1st3rd3rd2nd2nd1st4th7th2nd1st10thQ25
 Sweden 9th13th16th19th10th12th14th7
 Turkey 10th6th4th3rd6th9th12th2nd7th4th6th13th6th9th6th1st3rd3rd9th5th6th6th7thQ24
 Ukraine 12th10th15th8th12th8th10th12th18th12th8th10th12th10th16thQ16
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
N/A
2024
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 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

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  Georgia
(Tbilisi)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia.
2021  Georgia
(Tbilisi)
Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[1]
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)
  • 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

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Poland2035
2 Georgia2002
 Montenegro2002
4 Czech Republic1315
5 Croatia1102
6 Finland1023
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)17171751

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "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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