FIBA U20 European Championship

FIBA U20 European Championship

Sport	Basketball
Founded	1992
Divisions	2
No. of teams	16 (division A)
Continent	Europe (FIBA Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Israel (2nd title)
Most titles	Greece &  Serbia (both 3 titles)
Related competitions	FIBA Europe U-16 FIBA Europe U-18
Official website	fiba.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 biannually, 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 Israel.

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:

•  France
•  Italy
•  Lithuania
•  Spain
•  Turkey

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]

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Greece	3	2	0	5
2	Serbia	3	0	1	4
3	Spain	2	6	7	15
4	Lithuania	2	3	1	6
5	Israel	2	3	0	5
6	Italy	2	2	1	5
7	Slovenia	2	1	1	4
8	Serbia and Montenegro	2	0	2	4
9	France	1	2	4	7
10	Turkey	1	1	3	5
11	Belarus	1	0	0	1
	Russia	1	0	0	1
13	Croatia	0	1	0	1
	Latvia	0	1	0	1
15	Germany	0	0	2	2
Totals (15 nations)		22	22	22	66

• Defunct nations in italics.

Participation details[]

Nation	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019		Total
Austria														15th										1
Belgium	8th		12th									16th						8th	14th				Q	6
Belarus		1st	10th				9th	14th	16th															5
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	Q	17
Czech Republic					12th		8th	16th					16th			17th	17th	6th	7th	15th			Q	10
Estonia															15th	19th								2
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	Q	22
Georgia										12th	16th				16th	20th								4
Germany	12th	9th		7th				13th	15th			14th	14th	5th	5th	11th	14th	11th	4th	7th	3rd	3rd	Q	17
Great Britain																	11th	15th			10th	8th	Q	5
Greece	2nd	4th	6th	11th	7th	1st	4th	5th	8th	13th	13th	1st	2nd	12th	8th	5th	6th	18th		1st	13th	9th	Q	22
Hungary									14th	16th							20th		16th					4
Iceland																				8th	15th			2
Israel	4th	5th	9th	10th	2nd	10th	2nd	4th	12th	6th	10th	15th				15th	7th	10th	12th	2nd	1st	1st	Q	20
Italy	1st	2nd	5th	6th		11th		8th	4th	3rd	6th	4th	10th	2nd	10th	1st	10th	9th	5th	13th	8th	13th	Q	21
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	Q	21
North Macedonia					11th					15th														2
Montenegro			played as part of								5th	7th	6th	7th	14th	8th	18th			11th	11th	12th	Q	11
Netherlands													15th											1
Poland	11th																9th	14th				14th		4
Portugal																							Q	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							1st	1st	11th	7th	13th	4th	13th	3rd	1st	11th	5th	6th	15th		13
Slovakia		12th																						1
Slovenia		8th	7th	2nd	1st	6th	1st	10th	3rd	5th	14th	13th	12th	11th	7th	10th	12th	13th	9th	14th		11th	Q	21
Spain	6th	3rd	2nd	4th	3rd	2nd	11th	9th	11th	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	1st	3rd	3rd	2nd	2nd	1st	4th	7th	2nd	Q	23
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	Q	22
Ukraine						12th	10th	15th			8th	12th	8th	10th	12th	18th		12th	8th	10th	12th	10th	Q	15
Nation	1992	1994	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019		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)[]

Year	MVP Award Winner
1996	Rasho Nesterović
1998	Igor Rakočević
2000	Sani Bečirovič
2002	Nikos Zisis
2004	Erazem Lorbek
2005	Nikita Kurbanov
2006	Ersan İlyasova
2007	Miloš Teodosić
2008	Miroslav Raduljica
2009	Kostas Papanikolaou
2010	Andrew Albicy
2011	Nikola Mirotić
2012	Léo Westermann
2013	Amedeo Della Valle
2014	Cedi Osman
2015	Marko Gudurić
2016	Marc García
2017	Vassilis Charalampopoulos
2018	Yovel Zoosman
2019	Deni Avdija

Statistical leaders[]

Top scorers Year Top Scorer PPG 1996 İbrahim Kutluay 22.3 1998 Igor Rakočević 21.1 2000 Vlado Ilievski 23.0 2002 Marko Popović 25.0 2004 Kostas Vasileiadis 25.5 2005 Damir Markota 18.3 2006 Ernests Kalve 20.5 2007 Ronalds Zaķis 24.7 2008 Vladimir Dašić 22.8 2009 Robin Benzing 22.2 2010 Nikos Pappas 22.1 2011 Nikola Mirotić 27.0 2012 Marko Mugoša 18.0 2013 Dani Díez 18.7 2014 Sasha Vezenkov 19.3 2015 19.6 2016 Lauri Markkanen 24.9 2017 Sviatoslav Mykhailiuk 20.4 2018 Elijah Clarance 22.4 2019 Georgios Kalaitzakis 19.7

Assist leaders Year Top Assist Leaders APG 1996 6.0 1998 Kęstutis Marčiulionis 2.3 2000 Sani Bečirovič 3.3 2002 Marko Popović 7.1 2004 Víctor Sada 4.3 2005 Jure Močnik 5 2006 Edgars Jeromanovs 6.3 2007 Miloš Teodosić 5.4 2008 Quino Colom 6.1 2009 Dmitry Khvostov 6.1 2010 Andrew Albicy 5.9 2011 Josep Franch 5.1 2012 5.3 2013 6.2 2014 Matic Rebec 9.0 2015 5.5 2016 Žan Mark Šiško 7.1 2017 Tamir Blatt 10.1 2018 6.4 2019 Yam Madar 7.7

Top rebounders Year Top Rebounder RPG 1996 Rasho Nesterović 9.6 1998 9.6 2000 Andrija Žižić 10.3 2002 Nenad Krstić 11.3 2004 Paulius Jankūnas 12.1 2005 Damir Markota 10.8 2006 Carlos Suárez 10.4 2007 Povilas Butkevičius 11.7 2008 Miroslav Raduljica 10.9 2009 Nikola Vučević 10.8 2010 Furkan Aldemir 11.6 2011 Furkan Aldemir 15.9 2012 Vyacheslav Bobrov 8.9 2013 Tomaž Bolčina 9.7 2014 Sasha Vezenkov 11.2 2015 Domantas Sabonis 13.2 2016 Regimantas Miniotas 9.3 2017 Simon Birgander 13.8 2018 11.4 2019 Marko Simonović 11.4

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	Austria (Oberwart & Güssing)	Austria	71–66	Sweden	Poland	86–76	Bulgaria
2011	Bosnia and Herzegovina (Sarajevo)	Georgia	79–70	Estonia	Czech Republic	86–85	Belgium
2012	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	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 coronavirus pandemic in Georgia
2021	Georgia (Tbilisi)	Cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic in Europe[1]

• Until 2012, the top two placed teams in Division B were promoted to the next year's Division A.
• Since 2013, the 3rd team in Division B is also promoted to Division A for the next tournament.

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Poland	2	0	3	5
2	Georgia	2	0	0	2
	Montenegro	2	0	0	2
4	Croatia	1	1	0	2
5	Finland	1	0	2	3
6	Austria	1	0	0	1
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	0	1
	Bulgaria	1	0	0	1
	Germany	1	0	0	1
	Netherlands	1	0	0	1
	Portugal	1	0	0	1
	Romania	1	0	0	1
13	Czech Republic	0	3	1	4
14	Belgium	0	2	1	3
	Sweden	0	2	1	3
16	Hungary	0	1	2	3
17	Great Britain	0	1	1	2
	Ukraine	0	1	1	2
19	Estonia	0	1	0	1
	Iceland	0	1	0	1
	North Macedonia	0	1	0	1
	Slovenia	0	1	0	1
23	Greece	0	0	1	1
	Israel	0	0	1	1
	Latvia	0	0	1	1
Totals (25 nations)		15	15	15	45

See also[]

• FIBA U16 European Championship
• FIBA U18 European Championship

References[]

• Archive FIBA

External links[]

• FIBA Archive
• Official Site