FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship

FIBA Europe Under-18 Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 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
Gold Score Silver Bronze Score Fourth place
1964
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 Italy (Naples)
Soviet Union
62–41
France

Italy
73–72
Bulgaria
1966
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 Italy (Porto San Giorgio)
Soviet Union
71–50
Yugoslavia

Italy
47–42
Czechoslovakia
1968
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 Spain (Vigo)
Soviet Union
82–73
Yugoslavia

Italy
53–44
Turkey
1970
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 Greece (Athens)
Soviet Union
80–48
Greece

Italy
62–57
Yugoslavia
1972
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 Yugoslavia (Zadar)
Yugoslavia
89–65
Italy

Soviet Union
73–60
Israel
1974
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 France (Orléans)
Yugoslavia
80–79
Spain

Italy
77–69
Sweden
1976
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 Spain (Santiago de Compostela)
Yugoslavia
92–83
Soviet Union

Spain
89–72
Bulgaria
1978
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 Italy (Roseto degli Abruzzi, Teramo)
Soviet Union
104–100
Spain

Yugoslavia
95–72
Bulgaria
1980
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 Yugoslavia (Celje)
Soviet Union
83–81
Yugoslavia

Bulgaria
96–90
Spain
1982
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 Bulgaria (Bulgaria, Haskovo)
Soviet Union
97–87
Yugoslavia

Bulgaria
84–73
Italy
1984
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 Sweden (Huskvarna, Katrineholm)
Soviet Union
75–74
Italy

Yugoslavia
92–89
Spain
1986
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 Austria (Vöcklabruck, Gmunden)
Yugoslavia
111–87
Soviet Union

Italy
83–53
West Germany
1988
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 Yugoslavia (Titov Vrbas, Srbobran)
Yugoslavia
84–75
Italy

Czechoslovakia
88–70
Greece
1990
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 Netherlands (Groningen, Emmen)
Italy
92–79
Soviet Union

Spain
105–73
Romania
1992
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 Hungary (Budapest, Zalaegerszeg, Szolnok)
France
94–83
Italy

CIS
113–108
Greece
1994
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 Israel (Tel Aviv)
Lithuania
73–71
Croatia

Spain
87–76
Italy
1996
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 France (Auch, Lourdes, Tarbes)
Croatia
64–51
France

FR Yugoslavia
77–61
Belgium
1998
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 Bulgaria (Varna)
Spain
81–70
Croatia

Greece
97–91
Latvia
2000
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 Croatia (Zadar)
France
65–64
Croatia

Greece
71–65
Italy
2002
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 Germany (Ludwigsburg, Esslingen, Böblingen)
Croatia
74–72
Slovenia

Greece
82–67
Lithuania
2004
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 Spain (Zaragoza)
Spain
89–71
Turkey

France
74–68
Italy
2005
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 SCG (Belgrade)
Serbia and Montenegro
78–61
Turkey

Italy
88–83
Spain
2006
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 Greece (Amaliada, Olympia, Argostoli)
France
77–72
Lithuania

Spain
92–83
Turkey
2007
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 Spain (Madrid)
Serbia
92–89
Greece

Latvia
74–72
Lithuania
2008
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 Greece (Amaliada, Pyrgos)
Greece
57–50
Lithuania

Croatia
73–68
France
2009
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 France (Metz)
Serbia
78–72
France

Turkey
95–74
Lithuania
2010
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 Lithuania (Vilnius)
Lithuania
90–61
Russia

Latvia
75–49
Serbia
2011
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 Poland (Wroclaw)
Spain
71–65
Serbia

Turkey
69–65
Italy
2012
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 Lithuania (Vilnius)
 Latvia (Liepāja)

Croatia
88–76
Lithuania

Serbia
66–56
Russia
2013
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 Latvia (Liepāja, Riga & Ventspils)
Turkey
81–74
Croatia

Spain
57–56
Latvia
2014
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 Turkey (Konya)
Turkey
85–68
Serbia

Croatia
75–71
Greece
2015
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 Greece (Volos)
Greece
64–61
Turkey

Lithuania
74–49
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2016
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 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

Participating nations

Nation Italy
1964
Italy
1966
Spain
1968
Greece
1970
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1972
France
1974
Spain
1976
Italy
1978
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1980
Bulgaria
1982
Sweden
1984
Austria
1986
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
1988
Netherlands
1990
Hungary
1992
Israel
1994
France
1996
 Austria 12th 16th 12th
 Belgium 12th 10th 10th 10th 11th 10th 4th
 Bulgaria 4th 5th 7th 12th 4th 4th 3rd 3rd 10th
 Croatia played as part of Yugoslavia 2nd 1st
 Czechoslovakia 5th 4th 10th 8th 5th 9th 7th 8th 7th 6th 8th 3rd 11th
 Finland 8th 8th 15th 13th 8th 7th 7th 11th 8th
 France 2nd 7th 6th 8th 9th 12th 10th 10th 7th 1st 5th 2nd
 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
 Hungary 8th 11th 9th 11th
 Israel 7th 4th 11th 8th 7th 9th 10th 5th 10th
 Italy 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 5th 5th 5th 4th 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 4th 6th
 Lithuania played as part of the Soviet Union 1st 12th
 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
 Serbia played as part of Yugoslavia 3rd
 Slovenia played as part of Yugoslavia 7th
 Soviet Union 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 5th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 5th 2nd 3rd
 Spain 8th 6th 5th 5th 7th 2nd 3rd 2nd 4th 6th 4th 5th 6th 3rd 6th 3rd 9th
 Sweden 4th 12th 10th 12th 8th
 Turkey 4th 11th 11th 13th 9th 8th 9th 8th 7th 9th 9th 5th
 Ukraine played as part of the Soviet Union 11th
 Yugoslavia 7th 2nd 2nd 4th 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 5th

MVP Awards (since 1998)

Year MVP Award Winner
1998 Slovenia Sani Bečirović
2000 France Tony Parker
2002 Slovenia Erazem Lorbek
2004 Spain Sergio Rodríguez
2005 Serbia and Montenegro Dragan Labović
2006 France Nicolas Batum
2007 Greece Kosta Koufos
2008 Lithuania Donatas Motiejūnas
2009 Turkey Enes Kanter
2010 Lithuania Jonas Valančiūnas
2011 Spain Álex Abrines
2012 Croatia Dario Šarić[2]
2013 Turkey Kenan Sipahi
2014 Turkey Egemen Güven
2015 Greece Vassilis Charalampopoulos

Division B

Summary
Year Host Promoted to Division A Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze * Score Fourth place
2005
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 Slovakia
Ukraine
82-56
Iceland

Hungary
97-76
Finland
2006
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 Romania
Romania
67-54
Estonia

Portugal
76-74
England
2007
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 Bulgaria
Belgium
86-58
Ukraine

Poland
80-68
Montenegro
2008
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 Hungary (Debrecen)
Slovenia
68–60
Czech Republic

Poland
70-60
Slovakia
2009
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sweden
87–71
Poland

Montenegro
73–71
England
2010
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 Israel
Czech Republic
78–46
Finland

Montenegro
75–60
Israel
2011
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 Bulgaria
Bulgaria
70–68
Denmark

Sweden
71–65
Montenegro
2012
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 Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
76–64
Czech Republic

England
73–59
Finland
2013
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 Macedonia (Strumica)
Montenegro
64–63
Poland

Belgium
70–45
Macedonia
2014
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 Bulgaria (Sofia)
Germany
64–40
Ukraine

Finland
70–50
Sweden
2015
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 Austria (Fürstenfeld, Güssing & Oberwart)
Sweden
73–72
Israel

Slovenia
78–60
Poland

Division B Leaders

Top Scorers

Here is a list of all Top Scorers

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

Top Rebounders

Here is a list of all Top Rebounders

Year Top Scorer RPG
2005 Republic of Ireland Eoin McDermott 12.1
2006 England Daniel Clark 15.9
2007 Portugal Cláudio Fonseca 15.4
2008 Romania Rolland Török 12.8
2009 Hungary János Eilingsfeld 11.7
2010 Czech Republic Ondřej Balvín 11.0
2011 Switzerland Clint Capela 15.7
2012 Bosnia and Herzegovina Jusuf Nurkić 13.3
2013 Austria Jakob Pöltl 12.3
2014 Norway Johannes Dolven 12.4
2015 Bulgaria Yordan Minchev 10.4

Top Assist Leaders

Here is a list of all Top Assist Leaders

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

Division C

Summary
Year Host Promoted to Division A Bronze medal game
Gold Score Silver Bronze * Score Fourth place
1997
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 Andorra
Moldova
85–78
Andorra

Cyprus
114–81
San Marino
1999
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 Luxembourg
Iceland
93–65
Ireland

Luxembourg
93–90
Andorra
2001
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 Malta
Cyprus
76–74
Scotland

Luxembourg
74–69
Albania
2003
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 Malta
Albania

Scotland

Andorra
2005
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 Malta
Andorra
97–85
Scotland

Luxembourg
81–39
Wales
2007
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 Israel
Scotland
Round Robin
Wales

Moldova
Round Robin
Andorra
2009
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 Malta
Malta
75–38
Gibraltar

Andorra
76–71
Moldova
2011
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 San Marino
Wales
Round Robin
San Marino

Moldova
Round Robin
Andorra
2013
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 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
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 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

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