FIBA Under-21 World Championship

FIBA Under-21 World Championship

Formerly	FIBA 22 & Under World Championship (1993–1998) World Championship for Young Men (1998–2004)
Sport	Basketball
Founded	1993
Founder	FIBA
Inaugural season
Ceased	2005
CEO	(程万琦)
No. of teams	12
Continent	FIBA (International)
Last champion(s)	Lithuania (1st title)
Most titles	United States (2 titles)
Related competitions	FIBA Under-17 World Cup FIBA Under-19 World Cup

The FIBA Under-21 World Championship was a men's under-21-only basketball competition organized by the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). It was known as the FIBA 22 & Under World Championship before FIBA lowered the age limit to 21 years in December 1998, and had its name changed to World Championship for Young Men. The competition adopted its final name in 2004. FIBA later discontinued the world championship for this age group.^[1]

Summaries[]

Year	Host		Final				Third Place Match
			Champion	Score	Second Place		Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
	Valladolid			87–73	France			79–76	Italy
	Melbourne			88–73			FR Yugoslavia	84–72
	Saitama			89–80	Croatia			87–82
2005	Mar del Plata		Lithuania	65–63	Greece			79–74

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1		2	0	0	2
2		1	0	0	1
	Lithuania	1	0	0	1
4	Croatia	0	1	0	1
	France	0	1	0	1
	Greece	0	1	0	1
		0	1	0	1
8		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
		0	0	1	1
	FR Yugoslavia	0	0	1	1
Totals (11 nations)		4	4	4	12

Participation details[]

Team				2005	Total
	10th				1
	6th	4th	3rd	6th	4
	8th	1st	8th	4th	4
	3rd				1
				3rd	1
		12th		11th	2
	12th				1
Croatia			2nd		1
			4th		1
		10th	9th		2
France	2nd				1
Greece	5th			2nd	2
Iran				12th	1
Israel	9th		7th	10th	3
Italy	4th				1
			11th		1
	11th	9th	12th		3
Lithuania		8th		1st	2
		11th			1
				9th	1
		2nd		7th	2
			10th		1
Slovenia			6th	8th	2
Spain	7th	7th	5th		3
Turkey		6th			1
	1st	5th	1st	5th	4
FR Yugoslavia		3rd			1
Total	12	12	12	12

References[]

External links[]

• United States history via Archive.org
• FIBA Archive